Category: Competitions

ENTRIES CLOSE FEBRUARY 26^TH See tanundashow.org.au for details

Show Day 12^th March

For those wanting a real head start in the 2016 BOTY this is great news
Tanunda has expanded its Home Brew Competition to 11 categories
That means a total of 66 points is available towards this years BOTY
Tanunda has always been well supported by its sponsors  and great prizes can be won

For more details please contact:
Luke Willis 0403 438 923
Gary Waters 0417 893 321

BETTER BREWING THROUGH BEER JUDGING

With the increase in interest in Home brewing and Craft brewing the number and quality of judges needs to take the next leap forward.

2016 will be an exciting year for competitions and judging with the following events:

• Tanunda increasing categories to 11, potentially being BJCP recognised
• The second opportunity for a club brewer to brew with the Wheaty
• Oct 2016 sees 12 places available for BJCP qualification (potentially doubling the number of qualified judges for SA)
• Openings for a second BJCP study group with exams already lodged for April 2017
• Another record year for number of entries and brewers for SABSOSA
• AABC is here in October ( no transport this time, could we contemplate taking top state?)
• 24 Country comps are sponsored by  SABSOSA
• Don’t forget Gawler and the second club comp

So the call out is LOUD. We need as many people as possible to put their hand up to help these competitions flourish.

Judging will give anyone a better understanding of beer styles, brewing techniques and achieving results.

Feel free to contact Gary Waters 0417 893 321 on any matter

After some discussion with Jade, we have a bit more information regarding the style for this competition.  A firm judging date will be set soon, but expect early March.

Get brewing folks!

At the October meeting at the Wheaty last week, those in attendance were lucky enough to be able to sample Simon’s Cal Common which he brewed with the Wheaty.  Simon also brought in some of his home brewed Cal Common, which was as close as he could practically make to what was produced at the Wheaty.  While there were definitely some common (see what I did there) attributes to both beers, the differences were intriguing.  Very nice beers both however.

After giving us a run down of the recipe and brew day, Jade also announced the style for the summer competition, which is to be judged sometime in the first quarter of 2016.  The challenge is a Session IPA. The only stipulations are that the beer be 4.5% ABV or less, and clearly an IPA (new world, old world, out of this world).  More details to follow…

All the points are in, and we are thrilled to announce that the SABC Brewer of the Year for 2015 is Brad Bown!  The award was presented at the Oktoberfest lunch at The German Club on October 24th.  Clearly Brad was able to focus all his considerable efforts on brewing top quality beers, without the unrelenting pressure of the club presidency slowing him down.  Amongst Brad’s prizes is what is possibly the most lethal mash paddle we’ve ever seen. A big thanks to Simon Rofe for organising that.  Other goodies will be forthcoming at the November meeting.  Head over to the Competitions page for the final points tally.

As some people have been asking, and considering the results don’t seem to have been published elsewhere, please see below:

Specialty
1 Brett Riemann
2 Damian Hehir
3 Gary Waters

Wheat
1 Luke Scrivens
2 Duncan Kennington
3 Brett Hall

Stout
1 Adrian Reich
2 Damian Hehir
3 Gary Waters

Lager
1 Brad Bown
2 Brett Hall
3 Matt Kennedy

Dark ale
1 Matt Kennedy
2 Greg Wieder
3 Gary Waters

Pale ale
1 Ashley Pyman
2 Brett Riemann
3 Luke Scrivens

SABSOSA has been run and won for another year.  A big congratulations to all members who placed this year, and good luck for the nationals if you are entering your beer.  A particular mention to our glorious ex-president Brad Bown for getting the best mash beer gong.  See you all at the presentations next Sunday 20th September, 12.30pm at the Wheaty.  If you haven’t already, check the results here.

At the August member’s meeting last week we sat down to judge the Winter Competition (previously incorrectly referred to as the Spring Competition – not sure where that slipped in!). As a bit of a social experiment judging was open to all in attendance, and we were extremely pleased to see that just about everyone there had a go at judging. There were many first-timers, and from casual discussion later in the evening it seems that overall it was a positive experience, with a number of members saying that their interest in judging had been ignited.

For those not present on the day, here are the results:

Oktoberfest:
1st James Forrest
2nd Matt Kennedy
3rd Clint Fisher

Foreign Extra Stout:
1st Gary Waters
2nd Matt Kennedy
3rd Brendan Hennessy

Other:
1st Simon Rofe – Dry Stout
2nd Matt Kennedy – Scottish Ale
3rd Clint Fisher – American IPA

Beer Of Show: Matt Kennedy – Oktoberfest

Congratulations to all place-getters, and in particular to Matt Kennedy who not only placed in all categories, but took out the Beer Of Show gong. We are putting together some fabulous prize packs, to be presented along with the Brewer of the Year announcement at the next club event, which will be announced very soon.