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Hey folks! Sorry to double bombard you in one day, but I just talked to Brian Strumke who let me know that there is a Stillwater event going on at Max's this Thursday from 6 pm to 10 pm, and he got Max's approval and requested that we all bring some of the brew we did with him to taste.

So if you took home wort from the event, do all of us a favor and stop up at Max's with a bit of the saison to share.

Picnic time swiftly approaches, but not so swiftly that we can't brew a beer especially for this event.

As noted in the previous post, there is a wheat beer competition the day of the picnic, and apparently there are CASH PRIZES.The comp is BJCP judged, but not sanctioned; sorry, no points. That said, if you are taking the BJCP course, this is an excellent opportunity for you to get some off the grid tasting/judging experience.

This is a kid friendly/family friendly event, so please bring out significant others, and/or offspring.

I expect that I'll brew something this weekend — probably Sunday — for this event specifically. Not sure exactly what, but I may do two different ten gallon batches.

I want to reiterate that this event is one of the Guild's bigger parties, and having as many Baltibrewers in attendance as possible is pretty important. We owe the Guild big ups for hooking all of our dues paying members up with our discount at the participating homebrew shops, and promoting homebrewing throughout the state in such an effective way.

If you haven't been to Patapsco Valley State Park, it's even more reason to attend. It's a beautiful park, not far from the City, and it's always a good time. The picnic is held in the Hollofield Area off Rt. 40 at Shelter 300, and you should bring food and beer as the event is basically one big potluck picnic. The shelter features a massive grill, so bring grillables if that's your thing.

I will probably send my beer(s) over by car with a friend or the wife, as I intend to bike out to the park which also features some pretty awesome trails — get some ride in between rounds of judging.

Hope to see a lot of you out there!

Bit late in posting about last week's meeting. We had some website issues, but they are obviously resolve.

We'll get minutes up soon, but for the moment, I wanted to remind club members that the Spring Real Ale Festival is this weekend at Pratt Street Ale House.

Details after the jump.

Additionally, mark your calendars for June 4th's Guild Holiday Picnic and Wheat Beer Comp at Patapsco State Park out on 40.

Our regular meeting falls on June 2nd, and we'll be brewing at John Jester's house on June 25th with Rob Perry from Brewer's Art.

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As noted last post, our regular May meeting falls on Cinco De Mayo this year, and we will be at our normal Muggsy's haunt. That's 8 p.m. tonight, folks!

Basic Agenda items (more to be brought up at meeting):

1. June meeting/brew
2. Guild picnic
3. Mashout
4. Baltimore Beer Week 2011
5. Regular meeting scheduling
6. Transportation to extra-city brew days
7. Summer activities

Lots to talk about so please do your best to come out.

Two great events over the past two Sundays for the Baltibrew community.

April 10th, Baltibrew made 40 gallons of a new beer designed by Brian "Stillwater" Strumke, and sent 7 batches of beer home with members. We also debuted our rent-able starter fermentation kits. By all accounts, the event was a great success with some new members appearing, and a veritable smorgasbord of food on hand throughout the day; not to mention the excellent beers shared by Baltibrew members. Brian also brought a case of his own "white label" beers for the club to taste. Excellent stuff.

We should see some of the results of that brew at our May meeting, and more at the June meeting and brew. Speaking of June brew, we are tentatively talking with Rob Perry of the Brewer's Art about doing a similar brew, this time at John Jester's spot. We'll keep you posted on that.

This past Sunday, April 17th Baltibrew sponsored Chilibrew 3.0 at the Hampden-based Baltimore Free Farm in conjunction with the release of Baltimore's new local currency, the B-Note and Localize It. After expenses, the club raised nearly $3,000.

Proceeds will be split evenly and given to the Velocipede Bike Project, and the Baltimore Free School.

The crowd was large from start to finish, with most brewers and chili makers completely selling out by the end of the event.

Made some great contacts with prospective brewers.

Can't wait for the next Chilibrew.

Don't forget, May regular meeting is coming up on May 5th. Yes, that's Cinco de Mayo, a.k.a. Mexican St. Patty's Day. Perhaps we can get Danny to put Negra Modelo on tap that night.