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.

1. Last month’s clone competition meeting at Sapwood Cellars went well. We might make this a yearly event.

2. MASHOUT

1. The CRABS food+beer pairing was a success, with 8 food+beer pairings and great weather.

2. Big Brew was also a success despite a lighter than usual turnout, with great weather and several folks brewing.

3. The Guild summer picnic will be on Saturday June 7, noon-dusk, at Patapsco Valley State Park, Hollofield area, shelter #300. There will be a hedonistic homebrew contest.

1. 2025 dues are to be paid to Rob K. via cash, check, or Venmo @Rob-Kiernan-CRABS

2. John Bugert won Black Flag’s homebrew contest with a Belgian quad. It will be on tap on Friday March 7. We’ll have a CRABS happy hour then. John has 10 tickets for free beers.

3. John has also set up a CRABS swag store where we can submit designs for shirts. He brought some samples. We get 15% off purchases. The link is https://crabs.logosoftwear.com/

4. Maryland Homebrew will host Big Brew on Saturday May 3.