Guild Holiday Party Tickets ON SALE NOW!!!!

Baltibrewers:
Got the official word that Guild Holiday Party Tickets are ON SALE NOW. Buy them here: http://www.mdhomebrewers.org/holiday

Tickets are only available online, cost $25, and proceeds go to charity.

If you are interested in going, get on this ASAP. Tickets ALWAYS sell out.

Our theme for "Club Hour" is "Griswold Family Christmas." We have a subcommittee that should get going soon to help get this in order. Individual emails about this will go out on Monday-ish.

Further details about the party after the jump.

The below is the text from Guild President, Les White's email:

Hi Fellow Homebrewers and Friends,

We're just under a month away from the Free State Homebrewer Club Guild Holiday Party. The date is Saturday, December 4th. Once again, Hugh Sisson and crew have opened up Clipper City Brewing to host our party. We thank them and all homebrew shops, breweries, pubs, restaurants and private donors who gratiously give to this, our largest charity fundraising event of the year.

Details, details, details....

Date: Dec. 4th, 2010
Time: 6-10pm
Place: Clipper City Brewing
Menu: German
Tickets: $25 in advance

This event is limited and will sell out. Tickets are Only available ONLINE at:
http://www.MDHomebrewers.org/holiday

Charities this year include House of Ruth, Soldier Care Packages, The Baltimore Station men's shelter, and the Harford County Animal Shelter.

***New This Year ***
You talked - We listened! After last year's party, we conducted a survey to gather feedback for how to improve future parties and here this year's changes:

1. Club Happy Hour - The first hour (6-7pm) of the party will be a time for the homebrew clubs to shine! If you've ever been to an AHA National Homebrew Conference you are familiar with "Club Night". Well, we're doing the same thing but on a much smaller scale. 5 local clubs will decorate tables and serve their homemade food and beer. All tables will be judged and a door prize will be awarded for best overall table. This is the "Appetizer" portion of our meal. The clubs are receiving a stipend and the Guild council is working closely with them to make sure we have plenty of tasty appetizers and beers to sample!

2. The Raffle will have fewer but larger prizes this year. We had suggestions to bundle smaller prizes into prize packages and we are doing just that! This will make for a shorter length of raffle and while we'll have fewer winners, those folks will go home with some really nice prizes!

3. More Staff - We admit we didn't have enough volunteers last year to successfully execute this event. That will be remedied this year.

4. The Homebrew Competition  - It's open to ANY and ALL types of homebrew - beer, wine, mead, cider, moonshine, sake - if you brewed it, bring it on! All attendees will receive a voting slip upon entry into the event and we'll have instructions on where/how to vote!

5. This year's food theme - Picked by the survey takers! Hope you enjoy the German cuisine!

Other homebrew events on the calendar...

Sunday, Nov 21st, MALT Turkey Shoot competition. All BJCP categories and entries are due This Sunday, Nov 14th. Check out the website for details, sign up for judging/stewarding, and drop off locations: http://www.maltclub.org/MALT/Turkey_Shoot.html

Cheers,

Les White
FSHCG Prez