1. The Katie’s Bridge to Independence event was a success. There were over 100 attendees, 15 beers on tap, and lots of beef, ham, turkey, and pork. This was the last of these events. The very large 12-tap kegerator is up for grabs. Speak up if you’d like to take it.

2. Anil hosted another great beer tasting a few weeks ago, and plans to host more in the future.

3. Crabs4CRABS will be this Sunday September 21 at Guilford Park in Jessup, 1:00-6:00. Free to all CRABS members. Price for guests is $20. If you are going and have not signed up, please sign up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Xn79jnKYXpsziEFWD9WZ9A75bHseXY86ABSPYim7h9U/edit?gid=0#gid=0

4. The 15th Homebrew Extravaganza will be on Wednesday October 15, 6-9 PM (brewers can show up at 5:00 to set up) at Checkerspot, 1421 Ridgely St, Baltimore. Brewers get in free. Admission is only $10 and all proceeds go to BARCS. Top 10 brewers get prizes. If you haven’t signed up yet, contact Judy at judy@checkerspotbrewing.com

5. The CRABS barrel with barleywine is ready to be emptied. (The quad barrel will be emptied sometime later.) Come and get your wort. Contact Ben to set up a time. Not everyone has to go on the same day.

6. The 18th annual Maryland Microbrewery Festival will be on Saturday September 27, 11 AM – 6 PM at Union Mills in Westminster. See http://www.marylandmicrobreweryfestival.com/ for more info and tickets.

7. Das Best Oktoberfest will be on Saturday October 4, 12-5 PM at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. See https://baltimore.dasbestoktoberfest.com/ for info and tickets.

8. Wanderland (formerly Hops+Harvest Festival) will be held on Saturday October 4, 11:00-4:00 at Symphony Woods in Columbia. Info and tickets: https://mailchi.mp/marylandbeer.org/wanderland

9. The Snallygaster Festival will be on Saturday October 11 on Pennsylvania Ave in DC. See https://www.snallygasterdc.com/ for info and tickets.

10. The Patterson Park Brewfest will be on Saturday November 8, 11:00-4:30. Info and tickets: https://pattersonpark.com/brewfest

11. This month’s competition was pale/bitter/hoppy. There were 10 entries. Winners were:

• 5th – Joe O’Keefe
• 4th – Jared Jarsocrak
• 3rd – Rob Kiernan
• 2nd – Bob Baroncinni
• 1st – John Jester

12. Next meeting: Wednesday October 22 (4th Wednesday because Homebrew Extravaganza will be on the 3rd Wednesday). Competition will be strong beers.

13. Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information. The 2025 CRABS competition schedule is at http://www.crabsbrew.org/competition_schedule