At our meeting this Wednesday at the Wheaty from 7pm we’ll be tasting some of the national AABC medal-winning beers from club brewers and hearing from them about how they were made and any tips on taking a good beer to great. Get your questions ready.

Beer Bingo is on as usual. Bring a bottle of your beer and take another one home. It’s slipped a bit recently so make the effort to bottle something and bring it along. It’s rewarding to get someone else’s beer to enjoy for a change. Judging by our recent successes in competitions, you might get a winning beer.

Say this out loud: Hey Google | Hey Seri, remind me to take a beer to the club meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 6pm.

Christmas event

Our Christmas event this year is a simple affair. We’re going to visit the new home of Shapeshifter Brewing Co on Crittenden Rd Findon for a Sunday afternoon get together.

• Date: Sunday 5th December
• Time: 1 – 6pm
• Location: Shapeshifter Brew Co. – Unit 2/54 Crittenden Rd, Findon

There will be a food truck on-site for eating and a wide range of head brewer James McCall’s delicious beers.

We’ll still have a regular monthly meeting for our annual pre-Christmas pizza get together and secret Santa beer swap (ie beer bingo in a brown paper bag) at the Wheaty on Wednesday, December 15.

Now that the government has given us some indication of when restrictions will be lifted (or not lifted), we’ve decided to keep the Christmas event simple and head to Shapeshifter Brewing Co and see their new home on Crittenden Rd Findon for a Sunday afternoon get together.

• Date: Sunday 5th December
• Time: 1 – 6pm
• Location: Shapeshifter Brew Co. – Unit 2/54 Crittenden Rd, Findon

There will be a food truck on-site for eating and a wide range of head brewer James McCall’s delicious beers.

We’ll still have a regular monthly meeting for our annual pre-Christmas pizza get together at the Wheaty on Wednesday, December 15.

We hope to plan for a summer BBQ + homebrew event in the new year.

Australian Amateur Brewing Competition 2021 results

Congratulations to all the eight SABC brewers that won a medal, including gold in IPA by Craig Blessing, and Greg Weider winning fourth overall. It was judged in Hobart a couple of weeks ago.

The full results are here.

On Wednesday for our regular monthly meeting at the Wheaty we’re again giving the opportunity for members to have their beer anonymously assessed by the members in small judging groups.

Bring in a beer, ideally in an unmarked bottle, and let the members guess the style and give feedback. You can fess up if it’s yours or not. We only need one 750ml bottle or a couple of stubbies.

Bring in beers for bottle bingo too. Leave a bottle and take another one.

New members welcome.

If you missed the announcement about our 2022 summer comp… it will be a banger, trust us. The only styles being judged will be: 

• Hop forward beers (IPA, pale ales etc)
• Dark/Stout
• Sours

Read more here.

For the September monthly meeting, we have Brendan, Nick and Lachlan talking all things tech in brewing.

They will demonstrate several hardware and software solutions that can make the home brewing process just that little bit easier and help you keep track of your fermentation even when you’re away.

There will be digital hydrometers, internet-connected fermentation fridges, Pi’s, Plaato’s, cloud APIs, smartphone keg management tools and online tap lists and even a guest appearance by Alexa.

The Wheatsheaf Hotel, George St, Thebarton. 7pm.

One not to miss.

The Champion Brewer title for 2021 went to SABC member Brendan Macey!

He not only took home the perpetual Mike Leupold trophy but also a huge prize pack thanks to our friends at BeerCo.com

Best Beer of Show went to Allan Rowland, who has won the opportunity to collaborate on a brew with the guys at Western Ridge Brewing Collective.

Thanks as always to the Wheatsheaf Hotel for hosting the awards presentation, and to all the other SABSOSA sponsors for their support. (go on, click and see them all)

Results are now published on the entry portal and scoresheets are available for download.

Login to your account, scroll down to see your entries and then click the blue pdf icon to the right of each entry to download the scoresheets. https://enter.sabsosa.com.au

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BOS – SABSOSA 2021 Competition

Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alan Rowland	NEIPA	New England IPA [BJCP 21B]

Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
2nd	Rafael Aragon	Leatherwood Batch 2	Sweet Mead [BJCP M1C]	SABC

Howdy. It’s been a big beer week for us. SABSOSA had over 380 entries and thanks to the team who collected them all up from drop off venues and at the Irish Club on Saturday. Judging is this weekend. Again, we need help. If you can judge, please register in the portal enter.sabsosa.com.au or talk to Gary and the team on Wednesday night.

Yes, Wednesday night. We’re back IRL, in person, in skin. 7pm at the Wheaty.

We’ll knock over our AGM requirements swiftly. Nominations are still open at info@sabrewcom or on the night. If you’ve got ideas about things the club could do and steer in the future, put your hand up. We welcome you.

After that, we’ll be getting on to the ‘supermarket challenge beers’ tasting. They’re had an extra month to condition and by all accounts they’re drinkable.

Other than that, we’ve got nothing else.

A reminder that we have a closed Facebook Group for members to communicate and we share info. If you didn’t know or haven’t got around to joining, let us know at info@sabrew.com.au and we’ll get you in.

See you Wednesday.

All members are notified the AGM of the South Australian Brewing Club will be held on Wednesday, 21st July 2021 at 7:00 pm at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, George St, Thebarton.

AGM Agenda items:

• Welcome
• Confirmation of Minutes from the previous meeting, 15 July 2020, (read here).
• President’s Report
• Treasurer’s Report
• Election of Committee
• Club business

All members are invited to attend. The Committee looks forward to wrapping up 2020 and plans for 2021 and beyond..

Please forward any nominations for committee positions or cub business to the Secretary, by July 7th or from the floor at the meeting.

Regards,

SABC Committee

Email your RSVP or apology.

Everyone had an excellent time at our Real Ale Festival. Thank you brewers who created something for us to enjoy at the Hilton RSL.

It’s the third Wednesday of the month and that means it’s meeting week. This month we’re at Pirate Life in Port Adelaide where we will again be their guests and that often means treats and special offers.

The subject is no and low alcohol beers. PL has released their Point Nine, a 0.9% beer, and there are now many 0.0% abv beers on the shelves and they are getting better and better. How does Pirate Life brew them? 

Julien has also brewed one for us to assess.

‘Brewer’s shout’ happy hour is from 6pm- 7pm.

18 Baker St, Port Adelaide.

Members only for this one. If you’re interested in joining the club because we do cool stuff like this, join up or come to a regular meeting.

Hoodies and kit

Our new order of hoodies are in. If you expressed interest in one, log in to the shop and grab it. If they’re not bought soon they’ll be released to the wider club.

 https://shop.sabrew.com/product-category/swag/ Order ASAP and don’t miss out.

SABC Real Ale Fest this Saturday, June 5

Our next big club event is our Real Ale Festival this coming Saturday night. It’s free for members and $10 for invited guests – members have to buy their tickets.  

Please book now. Partners who are non-drinking designated drivers are OK without a ticket.

Our members have brewed a range of British ales for us to enjoy. BYO food – Uber eats, share a pizza, bring a picnic to eat for yourself. 

The venue is the Hilton RSL – 147 Sir Donald Bradman Dr, Hilton SA 5033.

It’s a great little venue with a very ‘pub’ feel to it. Bring your darts and coins for cheap pool. Their bar will be open for wine or other beer.

If you have anything that you think would help, please let us know – info@sabrew.com

Note: we’ll only be serving the beers brewed specifically for this event – there won’t be any BYO kegs. We won’t have any ice or co2 for them anyway because. Real Ale!

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June meeting at Pirate Life

Our Wednesday meeting in June will be at Pirate Life where we will again be their guests and that often means treats and special offers.

The subject is no and low alcohol beers. PL have released a 0.9 beer and there are now many 0.0% abv beers on the shelves and they are getting better and better. How does Pirate Life brew them? Member Julien has also brewed one for us to assess.

‘Brewer’s shout’ happy hour is from 6pm- 7pm.

18 Baker St, Port Adelaide.

Hoodies and kit

Our new order of hoodies are in. They’ll be available to buy online soon. https://shop.sabrew.com/product-category/swag/ Order ASAP and don’t miss out.

The club monthly meeting is this Wednesday at the Wheaty. If you’ve just joined the club, jump in. There are always new members at our meetings. We meet from 7pm in the back area of the pub. 

It’s a Q&A session. Bring along your most burning homebrewing question and get an answer from the member brains trust. It can be anonymous so you can get an answer without feeling like it’s below us. 

On the night you’ll be able to ask a question online or post it now.

ASK NOW

Tasting

We’ll be having a proper crack at tasting the Flanders Red Ale brewing by the club and barrel-aged.

Supermarket Challenge

We announced on Facebook that we’re doing a fun ‘supermarket will it brew challenge’. Get a team together or join one on Wednesday and help brew a beer using the ingredients in the mystery bag. 

We’ll give each team some credit to buy regular beer ingredients too. Your creations will be tasted in July, so there’s two months to brew and condition.

SABC Real Ale Fest

Our next big club event is our Real Ale Festival on June 5. Our members have brewed a range of British ales for us to enjoy. The venue is the Hilton RSL – 147 Sir Donald Bradman Dr, Hilton SA 5033.

It’s FREE for members and $10 for friends who are drinking – book your ticket and friend ticket now! Partners and designated drivers are OK. 

BYO food – Uber eats, share a pizza, bring a picnic to eat for yourself. 

It’s a great little venue with a very ‘pub’ feel to it. Bring your darts and coins for cheap pool. Their bar will be open for wine or other beer.

If you have anything that you think would help, please reach out – info@sabrew.com

Note: we’ll only be serving the beers brewed specifically for this event – there won’t be any BYO kegs. We won’t have any ice or co2 for them anyway because. Real Ale!

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Real Ale fest planning is coming along with 6 members volunteering to put down some British ales – thank you to all who have offered.

The venue has now been confirmed as the Hilton RSL –
147 Sir Donald Bradman Dr, Hilton SA 5033.

It’s a great little venue with a very ‘pub’ feel to it. Bring your darts and coins for cheap pool. Their bar will be open for wine or other beer.

Reaffirming the date for your diaries: Saturday June 5th, 6-10PM

Stay tuned for a FaceBook event and registration.

Our regular monthly meeting is in this week at The Wheaty from 7pm.

Gary Waters will be covering aspects of the BJCP qualification including
Guidelines of how to categorise your beer, how to improve your beer and judge other brewers beers appropriately.

If you want to become BJCP accredited by joining the next intake, improve your judging or even learn how judging can make you a better brewer, this meeting is for you.

Please email the club at info@sabrew.com if you can bring a beer to the next meeting.

And, as always (if you haven’t drank it all over the holiday period!) Bottle Bingo is back on – bring a bottle, take a bottle!