1. The Guild summer picnic will be on Saturday June 5 at Patapsco State Park, Hollofield area, pavilion #300 (the one with the fridge and big grill). There will be a hedonistic beer competition. Entry fee is $2 and cash prizes will be given for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place.

 

About a dozen of us Zoomed and talked about a number of topics such as attenuation, sulfites, the National Homebrew Competition, today’s snow, smashing carboys, cats puking, the (possible) 2021 HomebrewCon in San Diego, cancellation of the Anne Arundel County bar/restaurant shutdown, Max’s bottle/can sale, adding fruit to lambics, beer flavor additives, Covid issues, brewing/drinking while teleworking, and the Grainfather.

 

We had our first in-person meeting since February.  Since Heavy Seas still does not have indoor seating, we met in the parking lot across the street from Checkerspot Brewing.  There were about a dozen of us.  There were also other groups scattered around the lot who had brought chairs and tables.  Rather than have a table for folks to crowd around, we kept socially distant by spacing chairs 6 feet apart and having folks walk around serving their beer to people one at a time.

 

1) Most events have been cancelled due to COVID-19, including:

2) We’d still like to do the CRABS food and beer pairing, but we cannot set a concrete date at this time.  We’re leaning toward late summer or early fall.