Category: Competition Report

By Mark Bilbrough, Competition Secretary

RISWith 45 beers, 10 judges, three stewards, one-and-a-half days and a great venue, we judged a fantastic selection of beers for the Canberra Brewers Club Comp 2 on July 2 and 3. Over the course of the weekend, Canberra Brewers finest Scottish and American Ales, Lagers and a couple of RISs were on show.  Club Comp 2 covered: American Pale Ale, American India Pale Ale and Imperial India Pale Ale; Premium American Lager, Munich Helles, Dortmunder Export, German Pilsner, Bohemian Pilsener, Classic American Pilsner; Vienna Lager, Oktoberfest, Munich Dunkel, Schwarzbier, Maibock/Helles Bock, Traditional Bock, Doppelbock; Scottish Light 60/- and Scottish Heavy 70/-; and, last but definitely not least, Russian Imperial Stout.

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By Mark Bilbrough, Competition Secretary

BillyHey Brewers, i’m looking forward to the challenging job of running a productive competition program that will help cement Canberra Brewers as the Nations top club for the third year in a row. Hopefully you’ve had a chance to look through the program which was recently published on the forum, and you're getting together your entries for the first competition in late March.

As in previous years, the club competition schedule has covered pretty much all of the BJCP styles for you to present your brews for judging and feedback. As we get to the ACT Comp later in the year, we’ll switch over to the AABC styles to qualify for the Nationals (being held in Adelaide this year).

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Brewers, entries have now closed for the 2010 ACT Amateur Brewing Championships.

Beers can be entered as one of 81 styles in 18 categories, and judges will assess each beer on appearance, aroma and taste, providing detailed feedback on each entry. The top three-placed entries for each category qualify for the national championships, where the ACT will aim to defend its title as champion state. Entries close September 12 and beers must be submitted before September 17. Each entry will cost $5 and you will need to submit at least 500mL of beer (two stubbies, or one long neck).

By Peter Devries, Competition Secretary

Authorbox_compsec Welcome all to the first Ferm of 2010! The club competition's for 2010 will follow on from last year’s excellent effort coordinated by the outgoing Competition Secretary, Charles Newton. The same beers and style categories will appear this year, with the major difference being that the beers from competition three have been swapped for those in competition one. There were a few reasons to make this switch, but the first one was to get your fresh-is-best summer ales and wheat beers into the first competition of the year.

Not all of our members have the ability to adequately cool their fermenters during warmer weather, and this may have presented an issue for those wishing to brew Lagers and Pilseners. The beers that may need cooler weather can therefore be brewed in the middle of the year, and then entered into competition three in August. We also have the stronger beers — that need some quality time spent in the keg — in competition three. So, think about those strong beers now, and get brewing!

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