9th Annual BBW Homebrew Extravaganza
Beer drinkers’ bliss at Checkerspot Brewing Company at this Baltimore Beer Week staple.

The place was packed with brew buffs, there to sample beers created by some 30 to 40 homebrewers and vote on their favorites.

Pictured (LtoR) Chas Phillips, homebrewer; Judy Neff, Checkerspot Brewing Co. owner/brewer/event organizer; Jed Jenny, homebrewer; Caiti Sullivan, homebrewer; and Jake Quaytman, homebrewer

Pictured (LtoR) Jeff Scher, Horseshoe Casino Baltimore employee & labor relations specialist; Susan Scher, Erickson Living senior business analyst; Gagan Ahluwalia, Cigna-HealthSpring program manager; and Karen Schulte, Mueller Associates mechanical engineer

Pictured (LtoR) Madeleine Feletto, travel RN; Anthony Seidel, travel RN; and Shawn Seidel, US Gypsum Corp. engineering manager/Baltimore Beer Week photographer

Pictured (LtoR) Colleen Isaiah, BTE marketing coordinator; Genevieve O’Keefe, BTE UI designer; Micheal Calin, Exelon UI designer; and Ryan Tucker, Baltimore-based day trader

Pictured (LtoR) Josh Crow, University of Florida PhD student; Swati Patel, Rice University graduate student; Yamini Kathari, University of Maryland Medical Center internal medicine resident; and Danica Palacio, University of Maryland Medical Center internal medicine resident

Pictured (LtoR) Bill Davidson, food service district manager; Colleen McLean, Wicked Sisters bartender/event server; and Jim Harvison, retired consultant