For those who weren’t at the German Club on Saturday for Mike’s announcement, we can now happily confirm that South Australia will be hosting ANHC and AABC next year in October. Thanks to all those who have put their name forward to help out – the response was extremely encouraging. It’s early stages yet, but we will endeavour to keep everyone posted as things start to unfold.
Category: Competitions
SABC Brewer of the Year – and the winner is…
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.
Gawler Show results
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 results
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.
SABC Winter Competition Judging
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.
SABC 2015 Spring Competition
The Spring competition, which was announced in March, will be judged at the next SABC general meeting on Wednesday August 19 at the Wheaty.
The format of the judging will be slightly different from usual, being an open judging session where any member interested in judging will be able to sit on a panel with an experienced BJCP certified judge and learn more about the process. South Australia needs more judges, and the hope is to get some more people interested in undertaking the BJCP certification course.
All beers will be judged according to style, and any major scoring discrepancies will be reviewed. All other SABC competition rules will apply as usual. See the link below for entry forms and rules.
Any member with beers to enter in the competition and who is unable to attend the August meeting can contact the club via email or the organiser on the phone number listed in the rules. Members attending the meeting, please be at the Wheaty by 6.30pm with your beers, as we are aiming to start the judging as close to 7.00pm as possible.
As always, please send any questions through to sabrewclub@gmail.com
Good luck!
SA Country Shows with Homebrew Comps
With thanks to Rachel E, she’s compiled a list of all SA Country Shows with homebrew competitions!
With this list it’s a perfect opportunity to get involved at a more basic level, either for entry or for judging, rather than going straight to the big comps such as SABSOSA, Gawler Show and Tanunda show.
SABC are not directly related to any of the competitions below – please contact the organisers of the relevant show for further information. All contact details are available at the URL http://www.sacountryshows.com/pages/sa-country-shows.php
AUGUST 2015
8 – Crystal Brook
15 & 16 – Whyalla
23 – Port Lincoln
29 – 30 – Gawler
SEPTEMBER 2015
19 Wudinna Districts
26 – Balaklava & Dalkey
25 (night) & 26 – Murray Bridge
OCTOBER 2015
3 – Yankalilla, Rapid Bay & Myponga
4 & 5 – Kingston
4 & 5 – Loxton
5 – Jamestown
7 – Pinnaroo
7 – Southern Yorke (Minlaton)
10 – Burra (Cancelled for 2015)
10 – Keith
10 – Mil-Lel
17 – Clare
24 – Callington
31 – Kangaroo Island
NOVEMBER 2015
14 – Parndana
8 – Eudunda
FEBRUARY 2016
20 – Uraidla & Summertown
MARCH 2016
5 – Mannum –
5 – Mundulla
10 – Maitland
12 – Tanunda
19 – Mt Pleasant
Gawler Show – 2015!
It’s that time again, Gawler Show is coming up quickly! Entries close date is FRIDAY AUGUST 7th!
Entries must be received by August 7th to be accepted.
Entries are judged on Friday August 21 – if you wish to be a Judge or Steward please contact the competition convenor, Olexij Straschko, or wish to find out any more information, please check the details in the following document: http://www.gawlershow.org.au/sections/4homebeer.pdf
SABSOSA – Deadline approaching FAST!
Don’t forget folks, SABSOSA is coming up fast! Entries close Saturday August 29th!
Entries Close – Saturday 29th August 2015
Entry Fees – $5.00 per bottle, still one of the best value comps in Oz!
Judging – 12th & 13th September 2015 (a.m. judging sessions) at the Holdfast Bay Bowls & Croquet Club
Presentation – Sunday 20th September @ 12:30pm, Wheatsheaf Hotel, George St, Thebarton
If you are interested in being a judge, a steward or just generally helping the competition then please contact us at info@sabsosa.com
Clock’s tickin’!
SABSOSA Entry Form is live!
Are you planning on entering SABSOSA this year?
The entry form is now live over on http://sabsosa.com/ on the Entry Form page
2015 JUDGING AND PRESENTATION DATES
Entries Close – Saturday 29th August 2015
Entry Fees – $5.00 per bottle, still one of the best value comps in Oz!
Judging – 12th & 13th September 2015 (a.m. judging sessions) at the Holdfast Bay Bowls & Croquet Club
Presentation – Sunday 20th September @ 12:30pm, Wheatsheaf Hotel, George St, Thebarton
If you are interested in being a judge, a steward or just generally helping the competition then please contact us at info@sabsosa.com
SABC Summer Competition – Results announcement!
The SABC Summer Competition has been run and won!
On Saturday the 21st of March judges and stewards headed to the Wheaty nice and early to get stuck into some steam beer.
With a total of 20 entries, the California Commons beers were split across two tables with three judges each. After each table had scored their beers, the top three beers from each table faced off in a best of show style round with Jade, Laura and Brad selecting a 1, 2 and 3 overall placing.
The decision between the top two beers was a tough one, with both beers being well brewed but having some characteristics that were on the edge of the style definition. In the end, the top three placings were as follows:
1. Simon Rofe
2. Craig Milnes
3. James Forrest
Simon will now have the chance to work with Jade and Laura to brew a batch on the Wheaty Brewing Corps rig later in the year. It sounds like he may have to throw a few extra hops on the day to keep them happy though. 🙂
While the California Common beers were being judged, the current BJCP study group took on the Other category. With beers ranging from a blonde ale, through dry stout to a caramelised fig and coffee imperial oatmeal stout they had quite a challenge adjusting their palette with each beer, bet eventually decided on a standout.
Matt Kennedy took out the category with an American IPA which by all accounts was a very good example of the style.
SABC would like to thank Jade and Laura from the Wheaty for providing us with this opportunity and their support of the competition. Also the other judges, Brad, Dan and Dave from the Wheaty, Ian for stewarding, and the BJCP group, Gary, Jules and anyone we’ve likely forgotten!
Scoresheets and the remaining unopened beers will be available at the May SABC meeting for collection.
Don’t forget the SABC Spring Competition categories have been announced and with a lager in the mix you’ll need to start thinking about brewing soon to have your been in top condition for judging.
SABC – Spring Competition Announcement!
SABC’s Spring competition is being announced early this year with 3 categories, all will be eligible for Brewer of the Year points. Oktoberfest is traditionally brewed as a lager so extra time is being given for this category.
Categories are:
4.1 Oktoberfest / Marzen
12.1 Australian Stout / Foreign Extra Stout
Other (Beers from any other style category).
AABC Style Guidelines:
http://www.aabc.org.au/docs/
Entries will close in early AUGUST (date TBA) – so get brewing! We’ve intentionally aligned this competition date to be close to SABSOSA as there is generally some crossover in entries between these competitions; additionally the ANAWBS ‘Mash Paddle’ award style this year is Oktoberfest – we’d love to see an SABC member take out the honours!
ANAWBS entries close:
Friday 18th Sept at Winequip Products
or can be delivered to Waite Campus on
Monday 21st Sept 10am – 4pm and Tuesday 23nd Sept 10am – 12 noon.
No BOTY points are on offer for ANAWBS.
We’re also planning a subsidised Members Event for later in the year which will tie in with the Oktoberfest / Marzen style – you probably don’t need to be a genius to figure out what that event will be based on these styles!