Author: Admin

Brewers,

In light of the heightened level of caution surrounding the recent growth in COVID-19 detections around the country the Committee has decided to postpone what would have been our monthly meeting this Thursday, 1 July 2020.

The recent mask mandate introduced by ACT Health (https://www.covid19.act.gov.au/act-status-and-response/face-masks) and other COVID-related measures show the potential seriousness of the wider situation and have informed the caution behind our decision. At this stage we consider our responsibility to Canberra Brewers’ Club members and as a community group is to hold off on promoting an event where people will gather. For members’ and the community’s safety.

We will have an update next week as to when we may be able to reschedule or if we will have to give this month a miss.

Stay safe, mask up and please reach out if you ever have any concerns or suggestions on how we can make sure our meetings and events are COVID-safe. Hopefully we can share a brew sooner rather than later.

 

It’s the start of June in Canberra and winter is definitely here – the last mixed six of beers I purchased was almost exclusively imperial brown ales and stouts!

Meeting Details

When: Thursday 3 June 2021, 7:30pm – late
Where: Bentspoke Brewery, 79 Lysaght St, Mitchell ACT 2911 (enter via side entrance on Lysaght St facing the petrol station – not the front door)
Who: Attendance for non-members is free for their first meeting, but after then a paid membership is required. Visit this link to join up – Become A Member

Bring your beer/brews to share

Remember, our meetings are all about brewing – which includes sampling. Bring your best in bottles, growlers or kegs, and remember you earn NOOKIE entry points for the annual prize draw.

Education

Dan Rayner from BenSpoke is going to be taking us through their yeast laboratory and talk about some of the work he is doing there. That’s rad.

6-pack swap

This keeps being my favourite thing between meetings. Bring 6 of your brews and you’ll go home with a mixed 6 of beers made by your fellow club members. The more people we get the better, there isn’t a limit on the number of people who can take part and it’s a great way to get feedback for brewers of all abilities. Label your beers and post what you’re bringing on the forum https://www.canberrabrewers.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8720&p=70347#p70347

2021 Club Competition

Entries have closed for the 2021 Club Competition! Judging is next weekend on 5-6 June. Allocations have been sent around but we can always do with more people helping out and it’s a great way to see how a competition works. Check out the forum for details.

Raffle

We’ve got a variety of great prizes again in this month’s raffle, from our valued sponsors – including a beer pack from Plonk!

BJCP

The BJCP tasting course continues with wheat and some pale ales last week. We are struggling to find a commercial examples of some styles. If you want to assist, please keep an eye on the BJCP section of the forum – you may have a bottle or two of a home crafted version of the style we we can’t find are keen to take off your hands.

Forum

You may have noticed some changes in the forum lately. Apparently we had to upgrade it and the process remains underway. Tapatalk is currently not working and we’re not sure when it will be, so best access the forum through a browser on any devices.

Cheers!

Hot off heels of a successful International Homebrew Day, it’s time for our May meeting!

Meeting Details

When: Thursday 6 May 2021, 7:30pm – late
Where: Bentspoke Brewery, 79 Lysaght St, Mitchell ACT 2911 (enter via side entrance on Lysaght St facing the petrol station – not the front door)
Who: Attendance for non-members is free for their first meeting, but after then a paid membership is required. Visit this link to join up – Become A Member

Bring your beer/brews to share

Remember, our meetings are all about brewing – which includes sampling. Bring your best in bottles, growlers or kegs, and remember you earn NOOKIE entry points for the annual prize draw.

Education

Australian and multi-ACT champion brewer Lawfo will be taking us through the Czech Premium Pale Lager style – including his tips to brew a great one and a tasting! This is a really great opportunity to hear direct from one of the top brewers in the country. He’s also a top guy! Always a great source of advice or to discuss your latest brew.

6-pack swap

This month’s 6-pack swap is looking good and can always do with more contributions! Last month had some huge numbers and huge beers so let’s keep that up. Our wonderful sponsor Mashematics has yet again thrown in 3 bags of malt to be drawn out and taken home by 3 lucky swappers. This month it’s 2kg of Gladfield American Ale, 1kg of Gladfield Brown and 1kg of Gladfield light crystal.

Just bring 6 of your brews and you’ll go home with a mixed 6 of beers made by your fellow club members. The more people we get the better, there isn’t a limit on the number of people who can take part and it’s a great way to get feedback for brewers of all abilities. Label your beers and post what you’re bringing on the forum https://www.canberrabrewers.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8708&sid=ba937b2753bf4cc3cf5db8e026a36ef2

2021 Club Competition

Entries for the 2021 Club Competition are now open at https://canberrabrewers.com.au/clubcomp2021

Entries close 29 May (end of this month!) and judging dates will be 5-6 June.

The link above also has the option to volunteer as a judge and/or steward.

Further details will be posted on the forum but the club competition is a key feature of the brewing year. If you can judge or help out, or want to see what judging is like then definitely get involved.

Raffle

We’ve got a variety of great prizes again in this month’s raffle, from our valued sponsors – more details on the night.

Library

Did you know the club has a library? Well, it does! It’s an amazing resource of books about brewing, about beer, about cooking things to go with beer…really, there are heaps of books! Ask anyone in the committee or who looks like they’re in the know, or look it up on the forum.

Hoping to see you there on thursday or sometime soon! Cheers!

Kip.

Brewers,

Time for our April meeting!
Now we’ve got the Committee sorted we’ll be back to normal meetings – Education, the Swap, Raffle, Brews – all the good things!

Meeting Details

When: Thursday 1 April 2021, 7:30pm – late
Where: Bentspoke Brewery, 79 Lysaght St, Mitchell ACT 2911 (enter via side entrance on Lysaght St facing the petrol station – not the front door)
Who: Attendance for non-members is free for their first meeting, but after then a paid membership is required. Visit this link to join up – Become A Member

Bring your beer/brews to share

Remember, our meetings are all about brewing – which includes sampling. Bring your best in bottles, growlers or kegs, and remember you earn NOOKIE entry points for the annual prize draw.

Education

I happen to know that our new Education Officer Charles Newton (you likely know him as Chuck) has a bunch of great education sessions in the works for the coming year. Keep an eye out with each coming meeting for what we’ll be doing.

This week he’ll be giving us a primer on the bane of anyone who’s used a truckload of hops to make a facemelting (or, nowadays) juicy IPA – oxidation. In some styles a little bit is acceptable but in most cases it’s a great way to ruin your beer! Chuck will be taking us through how a beer can get oxidised (there are some obvious ways and some which are a regular source of debate) and ways to avoid it. These sort of fundamental concepts always lead to interesting discussions so make sure you arrive by 7.30pm and get involved.

6-pack swap

This month’s 6-pack swap is shaping up to be pretty amazing! If you’ve never taken part just bring 6 of your brews and you’ll go home with a mixed 6 of beers made by your fellow club members. The more people we get the better, there isn’t a limit on the number of people who can take part and it’s a great way to get feedback for brewers of all abilities. Label your beers and post what you’re bringing on the forum https://www.canberrabrewers.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8683

International HomeBrew Day

International Homebrew Day (IHBD) is coming up on 1 May 2021! We’ll have more details soon but suffice to say a recipe is being adapted and we’ll have some details soon. I only took part in my first IHBD last year and, even done remotely, it was really fun brewing something you know others are brewing all around Canberra (and the world) at the same time. This year, COVID-willing, we’ll have a venue where people can bring their systems and brew alongside each other, so watch this space.

Raffle

We’ve got a variety of great prizes again in this month’s raffle, from our valued sponsors;

  • Craft beers from our friends at Page Bottler
  • Stuff for brewing from Mashematics & Belco Brew Supplies
  • Other goodies as determined closer to the night

Library

Did you know the club has a library? Well, it does! It’s an amazing resource of books about brewing, about beer, about cooking things to go with beer…really, there are heaps of books! Ask anyone in the committee or who looks like they’re in the know, or look it up on the forum.

Hoping to see you there on thursday or sometime soon! Cheers!

Kip.