It’s less than two weeks to our end-of-year event on Sunday, December 15. It’s a club brew day at SA Brewing Supplies in Maria Street, Thebarton. It’s a ‘System Wars’ II, the Chillers Strike Back.
We’re brewing one big 100L batch in a BIG system using a recipe from the SA Brewing Supplies recipe book. The boil will be split over four systems then using different chilling methods (immersion, plate, and no-chill). All fermentation will be at the same location for consistency.
The results will be blind-tasted at our January 15th meeting.
But wait, there’s more! There will be a BBQ (with ‘gourmet’ snags) and please bring some homebrew to share — bottles, growlers or mini kegs.
Summary:
- Sunday 15 Dec from 12pm
- SA Brewing Supplies, Maria St, Thebarton
- Free for members but RSVP to the Facebook event so we can cater. Renew your membership now if it has lapsed.
It should be a fun day to get involved in, see some different systems, share ideas, catch up with brewer friends and meet new members.
Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated. Let us know at info@sabrew.com or leave a comment in the event.
The Christmas Case Swap will also happen during the day. Bring your bottles to swap in an esky or box and the elves will do their magic.
Thanks to everyone who has helped make this event happen, especially Damien Burnley whose big system we’re using (and BBQ and gazebo) and Jon at SABS.
December monthly meeting
But wait there’s even more… we’ve also got a regular meeting on Wednesday 18th. Tradition says it’s a casual catch-up, and the club puts on pizza. Bring a Secret Santa 🎅 homebrew bottle (or a nice crafty) to drop and swap. Wrap it up all nice and pretty.
While we scoff pizza, we’ll also present the trophies to AABC winners and the club’s celebrated Brewer Of The Year. Who will it be?
November meeting wrap
Chris and Russ were under pressure (now you’ve got the song in your head, right?! 🎵 or maybe they kept the 🎸 ‘pressure down’ 😜)
Russ did a deep dive into popular affordable plastic pressure fermenters like Fermzillas and Apollos and shared his experience using the different generations and designs for better beer.
Chris shared his techniques for using a spunding valve to correctly calculate the pressure to set to achieve perfect carbonation at the end of fermentation. Then how to use different gadgets to bottle beer from kegs to maximise long-term freshness and maintain carbonation.
If you didn’t go and order a stack of carbo caps and a digital spunding valve by the end of the night, you’re a bloody idiot.
If you’ve got an idea for a meeting or some gear or a technique to share, let us know.
See youse all on the 15th
