South Australian Brewing Club

Winter competition judging
2021-07-21 | The Suburban Brew, 98 Goodwood Rd, Goodwood, 5034, Australia
Judging of the Club’s winter competition.

Club meeting - AGM and Supermarket challenge beer tasting
2021-07-21 19:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | SA

SABSOSA Entry close (6pm Friday)- bottle drop and sort
2021-08-14 11:00 - 14:00 | Irish Club, 13-15 Carrington St, Adelaide, 5000, Australia

Club Meeting
2021-08-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia

SABSOSA Judging
2021-08-21 - 2021-08-22 | Irish Club, 13-15 Carrington St, Adelaide, 5000, Australia

SABSOSA Prize Presentations
2021-08-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia

Club Meeting - Brewing technology
2021-09-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia
Lachlan and Brendan demonstrate some whizz-bang tech you can use for homebrewing – tilts, Raspberry Pi, Wifi, apps and more.

Club Meeting - October
2021-10-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia

Club Meeting - November
2021-11-17 19:00 - 21:00 | SA

Christmas Party (venue TBC)
2021-12-05 | SA

End of year club meeting, beers and pizzas
2021-12-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia

Beer tour to Little Blessings Brewing, Laura
2024-08-03 | SA
The date is getting close, August 3! Join SABC members for a road trip to Laura in the mid-north on the first weekend in August to enjoy beers crafted by our member Craig Blesing at his brand new (old church) brewery!

Limited spots are available, so please RSVP (or email) if you’re certain you’ll attend. Also, let us know if you’re planning a day trip (about 2 hours drive) or staying overnight. Depending on numbers, we may need separate sessions.

For overnight stays, check out the Laura Caravan Park directly across from the brewery. Everyone gets scones on arrival. It’s a delightful place. When we know more, we can coordinate shared accommodation or rides with fellow members.

August Meeting at The Suburban Brew Glynde
2024-08-21 19:00 - 21:00 | The Suburban Brew – Glynde, 26/30 Provident Ave, Glynde, South Australia, 5070, Australia
The August club meeting on August 21 (3rd Wednesday of the month) will be at The Suburban Brew Glynde. Owner and brewer, Tony, a former club member, will give us a tour of his one-year-old facility. This brewhouse produces excellent beers, including the award-winning Sunday Session Ale, which recently won a gold medal at the Royal Adelaide Beer and Cider Awards.

Address: 26-30 Provident Avenue, Glynde (not Goodwood!).

Transport: Buses 174, 176, or H33 from the city.

Parking: Plenty of on-site parking available.

ABCSA State Competition Judging
2024-09-07 - 2024-09-08 | SA
The entry portal and website will update in early August. Key dates to remember:

Bottle Drop: closes at drop-off locations, COB August 31 or by 12pm Saturday at The Irish Club.
Judging: Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8 at The Irish Club, Carrington Street

The portal will also invite judge and steward registrations. We need help to run the competition, so any time you can give is appreciated. There’s still time to brew a comp-winning beer. Good luck!

ABCSA Awards presentation at the Wheaty
2024-09-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia

September club meeting at The Wheaty
2024-09-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia
‘Best brewers reveal their secrets’

October club meeting
2024-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia
Looking at all the brewing tools, tech, and gadgets you need, you never knew you needed and the garbage ones you wish you kept the receipt for (curse you Temu!).

November club meeting
2024-11-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia
Bottling beer from kegs
The best way. Save your beer for later, enter in competitions or free up keg space, bottling beer correctly is a skill all brewers need to know. Avoid oxidation and under/over carbonation. As well as from kegs, we’ll also look at bottling from pressure fermentors.
with Chris and Russ

Christmas Case Swap and brew day
2024-12-15 12:00 - 17:00 | SA Brewing Supplies, Maria Street, Thebarton, SA, Australia
The SA Brewing Club end of year brewday and case swap — ‘System Wars’II, the Chillers Strike Back’ (because we did one years ago…)
From 12pm at SA Brewing Supplies, Maria Street Thebarton the 100L mash will be up and running then boiled in separate smaller systems and chilled using different methods (immersion, plate, and no-chill).
The results will be blind-tasted at our January 15th meeting.
But wait, there’s more! There will be a BBQ and your homebrew to share — bottles, growlers or mini kegs.
The Christmas Case Swap will also happen during the day. Bring your bottles to swap in an esky or box and the elves will do their magic. If you didn’t register for it, there’s always next year.

December Christmas Drinks and pizza meeting
2024-12-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia
Celebrate another great year of brewing with pizza and drinks.

Club meeting
2025-01-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia
Kick off the 2025 club year with a meeting at the Wheaty where we’ll be A/B tasting a certain beer.

Summer Competition - focus on wheat
2025-02-09 11:00 - 15:00 | East Torrens Kensington Gardens Tennis Club, East Tce, Kensington Gardens, Australia
Competition details at a glance:
Date: Sunday, 9th February 2024
Time: 11:00 AM
Venue: East Torrent Kensington Gardens Tennis Club
Cost: $5 per entry

Categories:
This competition will feature the following BJCP styles:
– American Wheat (1D)
– Weisse Beer (10A)
– Dunkelweisse (10B)
– Witbier (24A)
– Saison (25B)
– Berliner Weisse (23A)
– Gose (23G)
– Wheat Wine (22D)

Important Dates:
– Portal Opens: Thursday, January 9th
– Portal Closes: Friday, February 8th
– Drop-off Locations: SA Brewing Supplies, Thebarton to COB Friday or at the venue on the day from 10am.

We encourage everyone to nominate to judge or steward.

Stay tuned for updates. We encourage all members to add this event to their calendars and slot in a wheat beer to your schedule.

February meeting - RO Water
2025-02-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia
A side-by-side comparison of R1 filters and how RO works.

SABC Club excursion to... BRIGHTSTAR BREWING
2025-03-19 18:30 - 22:00 | Brightstar Brewing, 35-37 Stirling St, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia
With the Wheaty unavailable, we’re meeting on away grounds just around the corner at Brightstar Brewing, Thebarton. We will be outside on the deck so if it’s cool, bring a cardigan. There won’t be a formal tour or any talks or tastings this month. If you’ve never been to Brightstar, it’s worth taking this opportunity to Czech it out. Brewing excellent beers, in particular Czech pils etc.
We are an independently owned, European inspired brewery and tap-house located in a historic building, just outside the Adelaide CBD in Thebarton. A place for friends, family and beer lovers to come together and connect with each other over one (or more) of our easy drinking brews! Using traditional European brewing techniques, we produce a wide-range of balanced beers each as delicious as the next – so it’s easy to find your perfect tipple.
https://brightstarbrewing.com.au/

Brewing low and no alcohol beer
2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia
Darren Williams has done a lot of experimenting with low/no alc brewing, and he’ll present what he has learned and taste some he has ‘brewed’.

Southern Vales Breweries Bus Tour
2025-05-10 | SA
The club has organised a bus tour of Southern Vales breweries on Saturday, 10th May. The last club bus tour was way back in 2023, with 20 people joining the event, which toured through the Barossa region.
Book your seat here
This tour is taking in four breweries to provide more time to relax and enjoy drinks and tours where available, without rushing to get to the next destination.
The schedule for the day is:

0930 Meet at Cafe Bang Bang, 53 Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000 – grab a coffee or breakfast.
0945 Leave Cafe Bang Bang 55min drive
1100 Arrive Swell Brewing 60min visit
1200 Leave Swell Brewing 18min drive
1230 Arrive Kick Back Brewing (lunch) 90min visit
1400 Leave Kick Back Brewing 18min drive
1415 Arrive Penny Red Beer Co 60min visit
1515 Leave Penny Red Beer Co 14min drive
1530 Arrive Shifty Lizard 60min visit
1630 Leave Shifty Lizard 55min drive
1730 Arrive Wheatsheaf Hotel Thebarton (likely include a second dropoff at Craft Robot in CBD)

Tickets are $35pp and available at the SABC shop here. This cost includes bus travel only and enjoyment. Food and drinks are to be paid for on the day.
Depending on requests we may be able to organise a second pickup/dropoff location for folk somewhere between the city and McLaren Vale.
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Kick Back has generously offered to have us for lunch, and is offering a free pint with any burger purchased. Brenton and or Adam will provide a talk and tour of the brewery with some sneaky tastings apparently!
The food menu is here . If we are able to provide a list of orders before arriving this will ensure no one has a long wait for lunch when we arrive. Please send me your order when possible, preferably before the day.
Penny Red have offered to provide a chat and possibly a tour; they have a relatively small brew system. I’ve been told, but when I chatted with Craig and Jess about brew club members visiting and it sounds like it’s the perfect opportunity for brew club members to enjoy.
Shifty Lizard is the last stop on the tour, as the club managed to visit several years ago on a previous bus tour. Lee has also said he or a brewer will be available on the day, they also have Soul Bird Distilling if anyone is interested in asking about the distilling business.
Gavin from Bizzy buses is driving us again — Gavin has hosted the club on a couple of bus tours over the years, and luckily, even though his company is double booked for the day, he has managed to drive us again. He’s a very friendly chap, so be sure to say hello while on the tour.
At this stage, this event is only open to financial members, but if there are unsold tickets, non-members may be able to grab one.
Any other questions, please send through!
Cheers, Nick (on behalf of SABC)

Franken Chiller… ! VENUE CHANGE - CRAFTY ROBOT!
2025-05-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Crafty Robot, 180/188 Grote St, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
What’s a freakin; Franken Chiller… we’ll find out from Jules.
The meeting is at CRAFTY ROBOT, City

June Club Meeting
2025-06-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia

BeerBQ 2025
2025-06-28 18:00 - 22:00 | East Torrens Kensington Gardens Tennis Club, East Tce, Kensington Gardens, Australia
Members’ tickets ($0) and guests $30 available NOW.
You know the drill. Lots of amazing homebrewed beers, lots of delicious BBQ, lots of prizes and BOTY points on offer. Head to the SABC shop to register your free member ticket, purchase a ticket for your friends and/or family and get ready for a fantastic night.
>> Get your tickets now <<
It’s free for members, login to the shop. Please book your ticket so we have catering numbers. Guest tickets are $30.
If you’re able to help out by putting together a salad, please email the club or reach out to a committee member. All ingredient costs will be reimbursed, and a little help will go a long way!
Join the SABC Facebook Group event to chat about what you’re bringing.
BeerBQ in 3 weeks!

Club meeting (and AGM)
2025-07-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton, SA, 5031, Australia
