South Australian Brewing Club (SABC) is a club based in Adelaide where beer and brewing enthusiasts can collaborate and discuss the brewing of beer at home or at the craft brewing level. We welcome members from all over South Australia.
Thanks to those who have contacted the Club recently regarding BYO subscriptions. Despite several attempts to contact BYO, they have unfortunately not been responsive in offering Club subscriptions.
The committee have decide not to pursue Club subscriptions going forward.
We apologise for late notice and will ask those wanting to renew to do so on an individual basis in the future.
Winter is coming … hopefully that means the fermenters are filling with some dark winter warmers and a few brews for our upcoming Winter Competition.
Autumn has kicked off with a bang. Our SABC BeerBQ at Colonel Light Gardens Bowl club was a roaring success. Good Beer Wheaty followed shortly after. It was well attended by the SABC massive if the dodgy Facebook pics are anything to go by (Dave Pridham don’t give up your day job!). We then paid a visit to burgeoning Sweet Amber Brewing for May’s meeting. If you have brewed a beer for their bi-monthly competition, great job and thanks for representing SABC. Don’t forget, entries close 31st May.
As we head into winter, some good stuff is ahead with some notable dates for the diary:
June 20th: SABC Club meeting at the Wheaty. The theme is a faults tasting session. One not to be missed … so tell ya friends!
July 6-8th: Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival at the Showgrounds (Social Gathering).
July 18th: SABC Club meeting, AGM and Winter Competition judging at the Wheaty. If you are thinking of standing for the coming year committee, please have a chat with me at our next meeting. Your Club needs you!
The Club has just re-stocked with fresh merchandise; t-shirts, caps and hoodies. We can’t bring them all along to each meeting, so why not email the Club at info@sabrew.com to enquire about sizes so we can bring them along to the next gathering for you.
I look forward to seeing you all in a few weeks time.
Clint
It’s time to dust the cobwebs off the brew gear and get cracking for the annual SABC Winter Competition which is now just 7 weeks away. Brew your best beer or beers in one of the following AABC categories:
Low Alcohol (1.)
Brown Ale (7.)
Wheat and Rye Ale (13.)
Sour Ale (14.)
Fruit/Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (17.)
So why not have a crack at something you’ve never brewed before like a Pumpkin Ale, Light Australian Lager, Dark Mild, Gose or your best tried and trusted Weizen. Plenty of styles to chose from and a host of bountiful prizes including a full pass to this years ANHC and some some of the finest ingredients our friends at BeerCo have to offer.
Ready…Set… Brew!
It’s SABC club meeting time tomorrow night.
Please be aware that this month’s meeting is NOT at the Wheaty!
We will be enjoying a brewery tour of one of SA’s newer craft breweries at Sweet Amber Brewing from 7pm
Unit 5, 21 Naweena road Regency Park.
(Note this is the brewery and tap room, not the Semaphore Cafe)
There will be a burger food truck from 6pm, so bring a few dollars for some tukka.
Tasting are welcome, please indicate if you have something to bring along by emailing info@sabrew.com
It’s that time of year again when craft beer lovers and nerds convene at the Wheaty for Good Beer Wheaty from 10-13th of May. (That’s this week!!)
This year has some sessions that are not to be missed, and as an SABC member, the Wheaty are kindly offering each SABC member that attends a session a FREE schooner for that session.
See the sessions here:
https://craftypint.com/event/10464/Good-Beer-Wheaty-2018-SA
You must register to be eligible by filling in your details and the session you will be attending via this link: https://goo.gl/forms/TlxDchhVcppNx54o2
Saturday saw us enjoy another spectacular SABC BeerBQ with some 80 people in attendance. As the event continues to grow and get better and better each year, I wanted to take the time to thank a number of people for playing their part in its success.
Firstly, the committee who pulled together to make light work of a lot of tasks to get through, onya lads!
To our BBQ guru’s BJ, Sean Bradley, Jules, BobbyD and Butchy, what an effort! Meaty nirvana! Thanks guys.
A big thanks also to Lee Waters for her outstanding salads and Veggie options.
Thanks to everyone who brewed for the event, the beer turnout was truly epic with over 20 beers on tap at a terrific standard, not a bad beer in the house. Congratulations also to Joel Gaskin and Ben Till who’s beers were voted 3rd and 2nd respectively behind Wolf’s expertly brewed Pilsner which took out first place for best beer of the night, beautiful beer. Big thanks to our sponsors at Beerbelly too.
Our raffle was eventually won after several goes by that regular winner of SABC awards, Kieren Vercoe. Our thanks go to Brad at Left Barrel brewing for his support in the prize.
We’ve taken the experiences learned from this year’s event to hopefully improve things further. Please feel free to shoot us an email with any feedback for next year’s event, we’d love to make it even better.
Onwards now into competition season and if we can keep the standards high, state and national success is assured.
Thanks and good brewing!
Clint
Previous communication about this Saturday’s BeerBQ has stated the INCORRECT address. Please accept our apologies for this mix up. The correct address below:
Colonel Light Gardens Bowling Club
Reade Park Reserve, Flinders Ave
Colonel Light Gardens, SA 5041
This address also appears on your eventbrite ticket.
Please register to attend before end of day tomorrow (Wednesday 2nd May) by following the link on the previous post.