Since its inception in 2012, the South Australian Brewing Club (SABC) has swiftly grown to become the largest and most successful brewing club in Adelaide and the country. The club embodies a diverse membership of individuals with a broad range of brewing expertise, all coming together to share knowledge and enhance their homebrewing skills. Central to the club’s calenda is the popular monthly meeting on the third Wednesday of each month, regularly attended by over 30 participants, thanks to the generous support of The Wheatsheaf Hotel. In addition to these gatherings, the club also hosts special events and brewery visits in Adelaide and the surrounding region. Find out more on our About SABC page.
As you are aware, we need brewers to brew for Club Night. In an effort to keep it all in one place, we have created a web form for brewers to submit their info. Even if you have told a committee member that you are brewing, please take a minute to fill out the form so we know what we are getting and from whom. We still need more brewers, so if you think you have some spare bandwidth in your brewing schedules, please help out.
The form is here.
ANHC 5 in Adelaide is looming ever closer, and the conference team are seeking some enthusiastic volunteers who are keen to lend a hand during the event. If you’d like to be a part of the team and assist with things like processing registrations, moving kegs, pouring/serving beers and whatever other important tasks are required to make the event a success, please email Lachlan via clubnight@anhc.com.au
These aren’t requirements, but it would help us to know:
Congratulations and welcome to our newest member, Travis Campbell. What Travis’s wife didn’t know when she signed him up for Father’s Day, was that his membership means we can now boast that every place in all categories for the Gawler Show was taken out by an SABC member. Nice work people!
The BOTY leader board has now been updated, you can check it out here.
Here are the results for this year’s Gawler Show (as yet unpublished by the organisers, so E&OE). A good representation by our members, and congratulations to all that took part. The BOTY leaderboard should be updated in the next few days.
Wheat:
1. Lachlan Johnson (only entry)
Lagers:
1. Matt Wood
2. Dez Cook
3. Greg Wieder
Dark:
1. Michael Smith
2. Lachlan Johnson
3. Gary Waters
Pale:
1. Kieren Vercoe
2. Michael Smith
3. Gary Waters
Specialty:
1. Travis Campbell
2. Kieren Vercoe
3. Kieren Vercoe
Stout:
1. Gary Waters
2. Travis Campbell
3. Greg Wieder
We are just about ready to order another batch of gear, so if you are interested in a t-shirt, polo or hoodie, now is the time to get your order in.
Please email the club by this Friday if you would like to take part. Clint will get back to you with costs and sizing guidelines.
A quick update on next month’s meeting. We are lucky to have Matt King coming along to talk to us about the craft beer industry and where things are heading over the next little while. For those that don’t know, Matt is one of the brains behind the Crafty Pint website and blog. As you can imagine, he has his finger pretty well on the pulse.
The September meeting is on Wednesday the 21st, and we start at 7pm, out the back at the Wheaty.
The final (hopefully) push to get the boat-bar finished for Club Night is scheduled for Saturday September 3rd. Anyone with any kind of manual skills (let’s face it, opposable thumbs will do) who has a bit of time to help out in the morning would be most welcome. Gary will throw a few snags on the BBQ, and maybe we can even persuade him to knock the lids of a couple of his finest (or you could bring one of your own…)
As mentioned at the meeting this week, we also need some more people to put their hand up to brew for the event, so if you have a keg to spare or the time to brew one in time for mid-October, or if you can help with the build on the 3rd, please let us know.
We also talked about gas supplies for Club Night. The ANHC has asked if we can organise as many cylinders as possible, so if you can spare one for the night please get in touch via the Club Night email address: clubnight@anhc.com.au
SABSOSA is still looking for judges for this year’s competition. You do not need to be an experienced judge to join in, but if you have an interest and some time available your help would be most welcome. The details are:
10th and 11th September
9am till finish (usually around 1pm)
Lunch supplied
Holdfast Bay Bowling Club
583 Anzac Hwy, Glenelg North SA 5045
If you can help out, please contact Mike Leupold at mikeleupold@internode.on.net
Unfortunately for us (and Pirate Life), the council has temporarily withdrawn approval for licensed events along that section of South Road, citing safety concerns due to the road works. This means we are not able to buy beer to drink on the premises (i.e. over the bar), and we are not able to have the food truck on premises. This would have made for a rather dreary event, so the committee has decided to postpone until November. We have been assured that by then everything will be back to normal.
Keep an eye out for further news, as we will be trying to lock in a date in the next week or so.
Please note that membership renewals are now overdue. If you haven’t renewed and are intending to, please fill out the form here and organise payment.
A few more details for the Pirate Life event, which is on Sunday August 28th, starting at 12.30pm. We will hopefully kick off with a brewery tour (and a pint), with lunch starting from 1.30pm. There will be wood oven pizzas (vegetarian available), bruschetta and garlic bread served until 3.30pm. We will have a raffle, and there will be a prize for the best pirate themed accessory or clothing.
Cost for non-members is $20.00 per person.
For catering numbers, please let us know if you are coming along, either by indicating so on the facebook event or the old fashioned way by emailing events@sabrew.com.
See you there, shipmates!
After some technical issues, we’re happy to report that the score sheets for the winter comp are now available on the Compmaster website. Please let us know if you have any difficulties accessing them.
For those that entered the stout category, please note that the aggregate scores for that category have been calculated differently to the other categories due to a glitch. The scores have all been checked manually and the placings (and indeed the scores within the category relative to each other) are consistent. If you add the scores you got from the three judges, you will get a higher figure that the aggregate score on the website. If you then divide by 4 and multiply by 3, you should get a matching figure. This has happened because when entering the judge details, we ended up with a phantom fourth judge in the stouts category, which couldn’t be deleted. The spreadsheet then expected four sheets per entry and calculated the totals as such. If you are unsure about this or require further explanation, please get in touch.
We have certainly learned a few things from our first attempt using Compmaster, but on the whole it was a positive experience. The site is under constant development, and we now have a good idea of what to look out for, so the next competition should be smoother. If you have any specific feedback, please let us know.