The competition is running on Sunday, Feb 20. The event is up and entries are coming in — now we need your help. 

As always we need judges. Even if you’ve never judged before, we need your help. It’s just drinking beer after all. 

Register in the portal so you can be allocated even if you’ve entered. We place you in a different style or flight. https://comps.sabrew.com

Don’t be nervous. It’s fun, you’ll be with other experienced judges and you’ll learn a lot that benefits your own understanding of tasting and brewing beer.

The location is in Lonsdale in space that will become a new brewery. So you get to see it in development. 

Social event.

We can also welcome members to come to the venue for the winners’ presentation and share a beer or two. Bring one or two to share around. It’s a social event too.

Of course, you can enter your beer for the competition too. There are limits on the number of entries and entries per style.

Bottle drop will be on the day, at the meeting the week prior and at BeerBelly by 5pm Friday 18th.

The categories are;

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

One beer from each category will be crowned the winner with medals for second and third.

Entry is only open to SABC financial club members, including new financial members who join the club. There can be one entry per category and a maximum of three entries. There will be a cap on total entries..

Entries close on Thursday 17th February. Judges and stewards will be needed. Register your availability in the portal.

We still hope that the winning beer will be brewed by a commercial brewing company and released on tap at our very own stand at the July Beer & BBQ festival.

This Wednesday is our last meeting of the year and as usual, it’s a casual affair with nothing planned except we’ll get in some pizzas.

Bring a bottle of homebrew to add to the ‘secret Santa’ swap.

We’ll also be presenting the club award to SABC Brewer of the Year.

Reminders: Summer Comp closes before judging at Homebrewed on Saturday, Jan 25. That’s only six weeks to brew a beer in the styles being judged.

It’s also only eligible for current financial members — as are all events, meetings, pizzas, barrels and extras the club offers — so if you’re reading this and your membership has lapsed, it’s time to log in and renew. What better gift for the beer lover mate or family friend.

From us at SABC have a merry Christmas and a safe New Years.

Bring your best home-brew to Beer & BBQ Homebrewed festival for summer comp 2022. We are excited to announce our biggest and best Club competition in our ten-year history.

The 2022 SABC summer competition will judge three styles in an exciting collaboration with the Homebrewed Beer and BBQ Festival.

The categories are;

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

One beer from each category will be crowned the winner.

Each winning beer will be brewed by our commercial brewing partner(s) (TBA) and released on tap at our very own stand at the July Beer & BBQ festival.

Beers will be judged at the summer Homebrewed festival on Saturday 22nd January at the Showgrounds and announced on Stage on Sunday 23rd January. 

We expect a large number of entries this year. Entry is only open to SABC financial club members, including new financial members who join the club, at no cost per entry. There can be one entry per category and a maximum of three entries. There will be a cap on total entries (TBC).

Entries close on Sunday 16th January. Judges and stewards will be needed. As a reward, they will receive complimentary weekend passes for the festival.

Indicate your intention to participate via the SABC entry portal when this opens. As well as a commercial release, Beer & BBQ Homebrewed will also be sponsoring additional prizes to be announced. For full competition entry conditions, please see previous competitions announcements here.

Christmas get-together at Shapeshifter reminder

If you missed our plans, 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.

Facebook event for RSVP here so we can gauge numbers.

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.