Since its inception in 2012, the South Australian Brewing Club (SABC) has swiftly grown to become the largest and most successful brewing club in Adelaide and the country. The club embodies a diverse membership of individuals with a broad range of brewing expertise, all coming together to share knowledge and enhance their homebrewing skills. Central to the club’s calenda is the popular monthly meeting on the third Wednesday of each month, regularly attended by over 30 participants, thanks to the generous support of The Wheatsheaf Hotel. In addition to these gatherings, the club also hosts special events and brewery visits in Adelaide and the surrounding region. Find out more on our About SABC page.
As has become our winter event tradition in recent years, the Great SABC BeerBQ will be coming your way on Saturday 5th May 2018.
As always, this will be a fully subsidised event for SABC club members and one not to be missed as previous events have been sensational.
More communication regarding venue etc will be announced in the near future.
Unfortunately due to a lack of interest in the Gladfields malt buy, we will not be going ahead with the bulk buy at this time. Apologies to those who have made purchases, these will be refunded in full in the coming few days.
If you have any feedback for how or when we conduct buys again in the future, or if you have not received your refund within a week, please send us an email at info@sabrew.com
We’ll be looking to have our first of several ANHC planning meetings from 5-6pm on Sunday 25th February just after the Hawkers Beer event at the Wheaty lead by Gary Waters.
At this stage there are no formal plans for the meeting. We are looking to guage interest in those wanting to join in for ANHC planning and get some discussion going around the travel plans and event going forward. This is going to be a massive event later in the year for SABC, don’t miss your chance to get involved.
Grain bulk buy announcement:
Due to a slow pick up on the Gladfields grain buy, the closing date will be extended to COB Friday 2nd March.
SABC Club members can purchase grain from the SABC shop on a first come first served basis at https://shop.sabrew.com/
Non club members on the SABC Facebook group may participate if a minimum of 40 Sacks (1 pallet) is not achieved by Club members alone. If you are not an SABC Club member, register your interest to purchase by emailing the club at info@sabrew.com
Please jump on board and support the buy
Get set for one of the most eagerly awaited meetings of the year on 21st February from 7pm at the West Thebby Social Club.
The meeting will feature a yeast master-class from Tomaso and Federico from Atomic Yeast. A word from Federico about the meeting:
“Brewing yeast: the science behind the art of beer”. Not a divine intervention gave man beer: chemistry and biology orchestrate the production of this delicious beverage. Yeast, a little single cell organism, plays a fundamental role and therefore it has been domesticated for its ability to produce different flavour and aroma. Since the discovery of yeast in the late 1860’s by Louis Pasteur we have been studying it, but, in 2018 we are still far from unveil all its mysteries. Here a short summary of what we learned along the way”
Summer Comp results announced: It’s the news you’ve been waiting for! All will be revealed and place getters announced, be there!
Meeting tastings will be kept to a maximum of 2, due to the presentation, please email the Club if you intend to bring a beer along. Only brewers that have confirmed their tastings will be accepted.
See you at the West Thebby!
This wednesday, join us for our first meeting of 2018 at Little Bang in Stepney from 7pm.
Ryan will be giving us the run down of the newest developments at one of SA’s brightest young micro’s. Always a treat to hear him talk.
There are spaces left for tastings at this meeting. Feel free to bring your best or worst or most interesting creation along for feedback from our knowledgeable gang, no beer is too too big or small and remember to bring at least 3-4 longnecks. We also encourage brewers to be prepared to bring as many notes and details about your brew as possible. Why not print out your recipe to pass out or post it on our Facebook page?
Also, remember that Summer Comp entries are welcome to be dropped off at this meeting.
See you there!
It’s time to get your Wheaty beers into bottles and head over to the Club competition site to get your entries in: https://comps.sabrew.com
Prizes have been nailed down and consist of flight to GABS with weekend pass, brewday at the Wheaty, Club membership for the year, Hawkers beer cases and Country Brewer vouchers. Oh, and not to mention, TRIPLE brewer of the year points!
Entries accepted at Country Brewer Clovelly Park, Beerbelly Pooraka and Brewmaker Holden Hill, alterntively, bring your bee along to the January Club meeting at Little Bang on Wednesday 17th.
It’s never been a better time to enter a brew in the Club Comp. Best of luck to all!!
February social gathering will be happening on Saturday 3rd February at West End from 1pm. Come and see a state of the art brewing facility up there with the worlds best.
Tickets are available and need to be pre-purchased at the SABC shop page: https://shop.sabrew.com
The Club needs a minimum of 15 attendees to proceed so please book ASAP and invite friends!
The Gladfields grain bulk buy for SABC members is live on the SABC website shop here https://shop.sabrew.com
In order to keep folks from waiting too long for their purchase to get processed, we will ask to get orders in by the end of day 4th February.
Please get orders in ASAP.
This years ANHC will be held in Melbourne from 22-24th October 2018. This year SABC has plans to attend the conference and Club Night event and all are welcome! We’d like to set up a sub committee for organising all aspects of the weekend including travel, accommodation, conference and of course the BIG BASH of Club night. Lock it in your diaries and if you want to be part of organising, please contact the Club at info@sabrew.com
Hoppy New Year, brewers!
Now that the festive season has come and gone and the kegs have been drained, time to get your brew on again! Its been a memorable 2017 for the club, with our biggest growth in membership to date, some enjoyable events and social gatherings, some great meetings and many great beers brewed over the year which have had success at state and national level.
We’ll be going even bigger and better in 2018 which promises to be our strongest year yet as our committee will be meeting this week to plan out the next 6 months activities. If you have any suggestions or input, drop us an email at info@sabrew.com
Dates for the diary in the next 2 months:
January meeting: 7pm Wednesday 17th at Little Bang Brewery, Stepney
Summer Comp: Entries close Thursday 25th January. Enter at our competition portal here: https://comps.sabrew.com/
Social Gatherings: West End brewery tour Saturday 3rd February at 1pm. Details to follow shortly.
February meeting: Atomic Yeast presentation, yeast master-class and tastings. 7pm Wednesday 21st February at West Thebby Social Club.
Late February (TBA) Hawkers Beer South African hops showcase event with special tastings by SABC and Hawkers Beer.