Author: Lachlan Johnson

The committee has decided to terminate the zoom subscription we purchased back in 2020, but we thought we might have one last virtual happy hour before it’s gone. Next Wednesday 13/03, 8pm, jump grab a pint of your latest brew and jump online to relive life under lockdown.

There is no set agenda, however this will be a good oppurtunity to talk about the ESB pilot brews for the Tafe collab, and organise some group brew days. There’s only 5 weeks between this zoom meet and the ESB tastings at the April meeting.

When: Wed 13th, 8PM

Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3308073610?omn=89384114469

Looking forward to seeing Gus back in Jerry’s apartment, Leon with his wall of clogs and Chris performing some sort of cross dementional move to appear in the same shed as me.

The results are in from our member poll on the prefered style to brew with Tafe, and the winner is English Special Bitter/ESB.

We now need to get cracking designing recipes and planning group brew days. The target date is to have recipes brewed and ready to taste at the April monthly meeting – thats 44 days away.

Recipe ingredients need to be easy to obtain and scale up for a 600L batch, so common dry english yeasts are going to be the best option. Head over to the SABC Facebook group to discuss recipes/techniques and share ideas!

If you need some inspiration check out this BYO article on ESBs from the classic style master Jamil.

BeerBQ

You can now take our your pens and put a big X agianst Saturday June 1st for our annual BeerBQ event. We’ll be heading back to ETKG for the 3rd consecutive year for what I hope is another cracking night.

If you can help out in anyway – now is the time to put your hand up. We need BBQ pit masters, we need BIG salads, we need help with logistics. Email info@sabrew.com or contact Lachlan directly to volunteer.

Winter Comp

Winter comp has been scheduled in for June 30th, and the theme is Euro 2024. What does that mean? The styles are all from countries competing in the European Cup. Think England, Germany, Belgium and Scotland. Stay tuned for a post from Gerrard with all the details.

ABCSA

ABCSA (formally SABSOSA) has been tentatively scheduled for September 7/8th. ABCSA is the qualifer for the national competition – AABC – and this year it will once again be co-hosted with ANHC with judging likely to be Oct 31st.

ANHC

The biennial Australian National Homebrew Conference (ANHC) is back in 2024 and will be heading up to Queensland. The event will be held South Bank TAFE, November 1 – 2, 2024 with a theme of Sunshine & Sustainability. If you’re looking for a weekend getaway where you can sample cracking beers, learn from some of the best brains in brewing and participate in the infamous Club Night, start planning your trip to this one now.

We’re very excited to annouce that SABC has several new commercial collaborations in the works, and the previously brewed collab with Pirate Life is only a few weeks from release.

TAFE SA

Tafe SAs Head Brewer/Lecturer Mark has offered to brew a collaborative beer in Tafe’s teaching brewhouse with a view of serving it at this years Beer and BBQ event. There are still a few detail to finalise, however it’s expected that a contingent of SABC members will be able to participate in the brew day, and the finished beer will be packaged and available for purchase from Regency Tafe. Beer and BBQ 2024 hasn’t been officially announced, however we will are planning a brew schedule that will allow the beer to be served at a July event when it would usually be run.

In order to brew a club beer we need a club recipe, and we want as much club member input as possible. The first crucial decision to make it the beer style, and so we’re putting it to a vote. With so many styles available, the committee has narrowed it down to 5. Please see the poll on Facebook and vote for your preference. Voting closes at the end of Feb.

Following the vote, the club will be asking members break out into groups similar to our previous “team challenges”. The goal will be to design and brew a beer to the chosen style, but with a focus on working together to create the best recipe possible rather then competing for top honors. We will encourage groups to design their recipes openly and aim to try different ingredients/methods so we can collectively come up a great club recipe. Members will taste the group brewed beers at the APRIL meeting to see which gets the nod to rebrew.

Wheaty Brewing Corps

Following the Summer competition that was judged a couple of weeks ago At Unit Three Collective, the 5 winners from each category had the oppurtunity to go into a a taste off at the Wheaty, with Jade choosing her favourite beer to be scaled up and rebrewed by Wheaty Brewing Corps.

In an unexpected twist and and amazing endorsement for the Club, Jade and the Wheaty staff could not decide between their top two beers, so they have opted to rebrew both of them! Massive congradulations to Mark who will have his Belgian Single brewed in a few months time, and Tali Warnock with her Scottish Light which will be brewed as soon as they can fit in into the busy schedule. We can’t wait to see these on tap!

Pirate Life

The British Strong ale that was brewed with Pirate Life back in Nov 2022 has made it onto bottles after 12 months of barrel aging. Once the beer has been suitably bottle conditioned, Pirate Life have invited the club down to the Port Adelaide brewery to assisst with the labeling followed by a tasting. Stay tuned for exact dates/times.

Meeting @ Yellow Matter

A reminder that the Feurary meeting this Wednesday will be at Yellow Matter Brewing. The outside seating area will be reserved for SABC. We have some exciting announcements regarding upcoming events and group activities and winners from the Summer Competition will receive their trophies. We’ll also have the results of the best-of-show judging to see which of the 5 winners gets to brew their beer at the Wheaty.

See Feb 5th post below (or click here) for venue details and directions.

West Side Workshop

Speaking of the Wheaty, next Saturday (24/02) they will be hosting Briony from Flavour Logic to celebrate Local Beer Day. There will be a guided tasting of 8 beers from six local west-side breweries. As a bonus for SABC, members who purchase a ticket to the event will receive a free fancy.

For tickets and further information head here – https://events.humanitix.com/westside-workshop-craft-beer-tasting

Jugs Jugs Jugs

I have a large number of jugs previosuly used for SABSOSA that are no longer required. If anyone wants some please reach out to me directly or email info@sabrew.com. They are mostly plastic but there’s also a few glass.

It’s Februrary which means Fringe 2024 is nearly upon us, and this also means a change of venue for the monthly meeting while the Wheaty hosts fringe events. This month we’ll be heading to Yellow Matter Brewing in Brooklyn Park. There is an outdoor seating area which will be reserved for the club to run through our formalities as a group, but you’ll be able to venture inside to checkout the stainless and/or make use of the free pool table.

The kitchen will be open and serving their regular pizza menu, and there’s a solid line up of beers to try. Feel free to swap beers in bottle bingo, however we have not arranged for any club tastings so please only consume drinks purchased at the venue.

Yellow Matter Brewery
When: Wednesday 21st Feb, 7PM
Where: 108-120 Marion Road, Brooklyn Park, 5032

If you’re taking public transport from the City, catch the J1/2 or 163 and get off at stop 6B just before Marion rd. It’s a 5 minute walk from the stop.

August Meeting at Bowden Brewing

Next weeks meeting will be held at Bowden Brewing. Alex and the team will be taking us through the brewery and talking us through a few tastings. Kick off at the usual time of 7pm, and their kitchen will be open if you need a feed.

Address: 12 fourth street, Bowden.

If you end up at the Wheaty by mistake, it’s only a 20 minute walk! (or stay at the wheaty for the whisk(e)y tasting)

Winter Competition Results and Winners.

Results for the Winter Compettion 2023 have now been posted and are available on the competition portal – https://comps.sabrew.com/. This year it was a extremely close with 13 medal winners out of 24 entrants. Big congradulations to Mark Lehman for winning Best of Show – thats off the back of taking the honors at the Summer Comp as well!

ABCSA Reminder (formerly SABSOSA)

A general reminder that ABCSA registrations are open. Head over to the ABCSA website to find all the relevant information and entry portal – https://www.abcsa.org.au/ .

New Club Committee

The AGM was held at the July monthly meeting and there have been a few changes to the committee.

President: Gary Waters
Vice President: Sam Beard
Secretary: Marina Baker
Treasurer: Lachlan Johnson
Comp Coordinator: Gerard Flynn
General positions:
Julien Gibson
Nick McAuley
Brendan Macey
Nick Hauschild
Chris Kerr
Russ Saint
Rachel Edwards

Pirate Life Brewers Shout

A reminder that the Pirate Life Brewers Shout is on the first Thursday of every month and all members are encouraged to attend. The next one is sheduled for 7th September and happens to coincide with a certain club presidents 60th! Mark it in your diaries now so you don’t forget (like I did for the August event…)

The SABC BeerBQ is less then two weeks away, on Saturday May 6th. It’s a bit late to brew but not to late to secure your ticket so we have accurate numbers for catering! Head to the SABC shop for event details: https://shop.sabrew.com/product/sabc-beerbq-2023-member-ticket/

If you’d like to help with catering -> contact us

If you need advice/help on setting up keg -> contact us or reach out in the Facebook group

Happy New Year all! The first monthly meeting of 2023 is this Wednesday in the usual location out back at the wheaty. This month’s agenda is a little different, the committee is seeking input from all club members on what you would like to see at the club over the next 12 months. Bring you ideas for meeting topics, events, competitions, club projects etc. Bring a bottle for bottle bingo.

Summer Comp

The portal for the Summer Comp is open – comps.sabrew.com – so go ahead and add your entries. Note: at the time of writing there is an issue with PayPal payments which we are looking into. You can still add entries, just check back later to make payment.

WE NEED JUDGES….! If you can help, we need you to log into the portal to register to judge.

DATE:
Sunday 29th Jan. Judging starts at midday.
Enter by Friday 27th January on the portal.

LOCATION:
East Torrens Kensington Gardens tennis club
https://etkgtennis.org.au/

DROP OFF:
Beerbelly Pooraka by 5pm Friday 27th January

The January meeting at The Wheaty on Wednesday 19th January (from 7pm)

At the judging venue by 11am Sunday 29th January

CATEGORIES:
1A – American (Australian) Light Lager
1B – American (Australian) Lager
18A – Blonde Ale
12B – Australian Sparkling ale
X5 – New Zealand Pilsner
18B – NZ/AUS Pale Ale (American Pale Ale but must use native ingredients)
21A – NZ/ AUS IPA (American IPA but must use native ingredients)
21C – Hazy IPA
34C – Experimental Beer (for all other creations. Get creative with native AUS/NZ ingredients).

This is a club member competition only for financial members of SABC

This Wednesday we have our traditional casual xmas drinks and pizza meet at the Wheaty. We’ll be in the smaller room at the big kitchen table to make way for a function out the back. Be sure to bring along your Secret Santa homebrew wrapped up for a bottle swap on the night.

For those who weren’t at the 10 year dinner, this will be your opportunity to try the collaboration beer brew between SABC, SABSOSA and the Wheaty! Introducing the BIG Imperial Pils: Worth the Wai-iti

I’ll leave it to Jade to provide one of her signature detailed beer descriptors on the night. If you can’t make it Wed don’t worry as this has made it’s way into 500ml cans for takeaways as well!

I personally won’t make it Wed so let me take the opportunity to say 2022 has been a fantastic year for the club with numerous competitions, events and team challenges. It’s the homebrew that brings us together, but it’s the mateship that keeps everyone coming back! If you feel like having a brew day or catching up for a beer over the holiday break, why not put up a post in the Facebook group and invite some fellow members along. See you in 2023!

Wow, that was an epic night last weekend celebrating 10 year of SABC! It was so great to see members who have been around since day one together with new additions attending their first major event. We had award ceromonies, speeches, prizes prizes prizes, and a silent auction for the SS fermenter which went to new member Jordan at the end of the night.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped pull the night together, to brewers who provided the beer, to Blake and Brad for talking about the club history, to all the attendees who came along and to anyone who helped pack down at the end of the night.

And lets not forget this guy, who finally received the award he so deserves.

The 10 year dinner also saw the 2022 Brewer Of The Year awarded to <drum roll> Mark Woods! In an extremely tight contest Mark Woods clipped Mark Perry by a single point to take top honours. This is off the back of Mark taking out Champion Brewer at AABC, so clearly we have a true master brewer in our ranks and we look forward to many more great beers in 2023. Congrats mate!

There’s some more photos of the event available here – https://photos.app.goo.gl/oHQUKZ4zWqcQkofM9 – upload your own if you have any!

There’s just over 2 weeks to go until we get together to celebrate 10 years of SABC! A 3 course dinner will be fully catered by the Golden Roast, and we need to confirm numbers ahead of time. Ticket sales will close this weekend, so this is your final reminder! If you havn’t purchased one – head to the shop now or miss out!

Another huge prize!

If the kegerator wasn’t a big enough prize to get you attention, we have another. The SABC crew who travelled to ANHC went all out for club night, and their rainbows and unicrorns costume was voted best scoring the club this epic 14 gallon Brew Bucket from SS Brewtech!

If you want to win this prize, you have to be there on the night.

More Beer!

Announcing another beer brewed especially for the night, Craig Blesing has put together a Vienna Session IPA. Described as an “easy drinking IPA for the craft and non craft drinkers”, this beer has been double hopped with Strata, Idaho 7 and mosaic (3 of my personal favs!).

Craig has graciously donated this keg for the event, despite being unable to make it on the night. He is absolutely flat out fitting out his church in Laura to become the new Little Blesing’s Brewery. We look forward to it’s opening and hope to arrange a special event there for club members. Thanks Craig!