1) The CRABS food/beer pairing was a success. A great turnout with lots of good food and beer.
2) The Guild summer picnic had a record 75 attendees. Congratulations to CRABSter Jeff Adelsberger for winning the wheat beer contest.
3) Annapolis Homebrew Club’s Pints for Paws also had record attendance and several CRABSters served their beer to help out.
4) HomebrewCon will take place June 27-29 in Providence RI. CRABS has 17 people going and will serve 8 beers at Social Club on Friday June 28 from 2:30-4:30pm and also that night at Club Night. If you’d like to take a shift pouring beer, go to the sign-up sheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yFaZm3XJFt3MZ2_23qINMZ1AHkBsrDBKSA4Q7GzhnWE/edit?usp=sharing
5) Jailbreak Brewing will hold a homebrew contest on July 27. The style to brew: Cucumber Saison. See https://jailbreakbrewing.com/event/can-you-brew-q/ for details.
6) MASHOUT will take place August 15-18 in western Maryland at a new location: 11828 Mason Rd NE, Cumberland MD. Registration will be at campmashout.com but it is not quite up yet. When it’s ready, a notification message will be sent.
7) The 6th annual Hometown Brewdown will take place on Saturday September 7. Contact Rob K. at rmkst16@yahoo.com if you’d like to serve your beer (this will get you free admission). Website is https://www.catonsvillecoop.com/calendar/2019/9/7/6th-annual-catonsville-cooperative-markets-hometown-brewdown
8) Crabs4CRABS will be on Saturday September 14 at Guilford Park in Jessup.
9) The top 3 brewers at the CRABS hedonistic competition in September will have a chance to brew at Checkerspot. The parameters are that the beer must be under 9% ABV and not contain funky yeast or bacteria.
10) This month’s competition was same grain / same hop. There were 11 entries. Winners were:
- 5th - Jeff Adelsberger
- 4th - Tom Flavin
- 3rd - Brian England
- 2nd - Trevor Rose
- 1st - Dwayne and Chuck
(Honorable mention goes to Craig and Rachel Szczesiul, whose beer tied for 4th, but it was ineligible because they did not make the required 5 gallons.)
11) Next meeting: Wednesday July 17. Competition will be UK beers (bitter, golden, Scottish).
12) Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information. The 2019 competition schedule is at http://crabsbrew.org/competition_schedule
13) See http://crabsbrew.org/Other_Competitions for a list of upcoming local homebrew competitions.