1) A nice turnout.  Lots of food and beer, and we donated a lot of beer to the heavy Seas folks.

2) The Iron Brewer competition ingredients were selected.  They are hazelnut, dates, and coffee.  Beers must contain at least two of them.

3) The clone competition will be Kwak.  See http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/202/635/

1) We have a few new members.  If it weren’t for the Alzheimers I’d remember their names.

2) The Little Havana Homebrew Showcase was another success.  11 CRABS folks attended and a few placed 13th or better out of 42 entries.

3) We’ve been doing periodic Bikes & Beer events.  Email Joe at jfo363@verizon.net for info.

1) Dan no longer works at Heavy Seas.  Although rumors are flying, we have no confirmed details.

2) This Sunday 8/24 will be Beer & Biking 3.  It will begin at the Severna Park Taphouse, then proceed on the B&A Trail to Bill Bateman’s, then to nearby Adam’s Ribs.  Bikers are welcome to drink/crash at Ben’s place the night before.  E-mail Ben at benbrew@verizon.net if interested in the overnight option.

3) CRABS will make a charitable donation for NoVA due to the death of one of their members this past weekend.

1) It was hot in the brewery!

2) Several CRABSters went to the National Homebrewers Conference in Grand Rapids.  They brought back some New Glarus beers for the club and will start bringing them to meetings next month.

3) Congrats to Glenn Quinting for taking a second place for his Dark American Lager in the National Homebrew Competition.

4) This Sunday there will be a bike+beer ride in Columbia starting at 10 AM.  An e-mail with more details is forthcoming.

5) There will be a fundraiser with homebrew tasting and live music for a co-op in Catonsville on Saturday August 2 from 2-6 PM at a private residence at 120 Forest Drive, Catonsville MD 21228.  Please consider attending and sharing your brews.  Go to http://www.catonsvillecooperativemarket.com for a list of upcoming events and other info, or e-mail Ben Blank at blankben@hotmail.com  

6) MASHOUT registration is open.  It will be held at a hop farm 20 minutes south of the old site.  Go to http://www.campmashout.com to register.

7) This month’s competition was session ales.  There were 9 entries.  Winners were:

5th place: John Jester
4th place (tie): Jeff Adelsberger
4th place (tie): Don Zwach
3rd place: Rob Farrell
2nd place: Jason Heinen
1st place: Joe O’Keefe

8) Next meeting: Wednesday 7/16.  It will feature the same-grain-and-hop competition.  See http://crabsbrew.org/same_grain_and_hops for the recipe.

9) Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information.

Upcoming events:

•    Aug 14-16: MASHOUT.  Featured will be a club collaboration contest: members of 2 or more clubs must brew the beer.  And don’t forget Sour Hour, run by CRABSter Jason Heinen.
•    Sunday 9/14: Crabs4CRABS.