June 2025 Update
Brewers, It’s getting colder, so what a great time to focus on cold fermented beers, and get brewing for the June Club comp! It’s Lager month at the Canberra Brewers meeting, 5 June 2025 at the Polish White Eagle Club.
The raffle will have some great German-Style lagers (some dark for the Winter) as well as some lager yeast, thanks to Mashematics. Don’t forget to bring your latest and greatest brews to share. Extra NOOKIE points for those who bring a keg the share. We will also have some of our club barrel project beer on tap.
Education
This month’s education session will be on tips for brewing lagers. Although simple to drink and readily available, this style can be deceptively difficult to brew well. The seasoned lager brewers of the club will highlight common issues and provide tips to brewing better lagers.
Six-pack swap
The six-pack swap is on again! Add your beer details to the FB or the forum, bring your 6 beers to the meeting and walk away with a mixed six-pack to enjoy at your leisure!
Raffle
The raffle will be on again with great prizes up for grabs! Thanks to our sponsors who donate prizes or provide significant discounts on great products. Don’t forget to bring your latest brew along to earn NOOKIE points with raffle tickets purchased.
Club Competition
Canberra Brewers Winter Comp is on Saturday, 28 June at BentSpoke Budding Cells. We need your beers, ciders and meads so please jump onto the comp website and enter. We also need volunteers for judging and stewarding. A great opportunity to get experience and be a part of the comp. More details including beer styles for this competition are at the website Canberra Brewers Winter Comp – Brew Competition Online Entry & Management
Beer school’s out!
Congratulations to the seven club members who sat the Beer Judge Certification Program Judging Exam earlier this month. After months (and in some cases years) of preparation, Amber, Ken, Frank, James, David, Richard and Ed judged six beers in 90 minutes, without style guides, and without any prior knowledge of the beers they had to judge. They will be assessed on their scoring, perception, descriptive ability, feedback and completeness and communication, with their scoresheets compared to those of three proctors: Weenie, Stretch and David. Thanks to the proctors and our stewards Nicole, Stephen and Chuck, and the brewers who donated beer for the exam.
A HUGE thanks to BentSpoke for letting us take over their upstairs bar for a Saturday morning – it was an outstanding venue and a great place to enjoy that first beer you don’t have to judge!
See you at the June Meeting!