Author: Social Secretary

The next club meeting is on Thursday night April 4th, at the Polish White Eagle Club.

  • Education: Kurtz is bringing along a special guest – Doug from Three Sons Cider. Doug offers not just an insight to cider, but tastings of various blends from table to full on cider apples. An evening not to be missed… bring your questions.
  • Raffle: We will have a range of interesting and exciting prizes on offer.
  • Six Pack Swap: is on again and it’s a great way to try new styles, practice judging and receive feedback on your brews. Sign up on FB or on the forum.
  • Kegerator Raffle: Plenty more opportunities to earn tickets in the kegerator raffle, by attending, bringing along your beer and putting your beer into the six pack swap… easy!

CBR Brewers & Cypher Brewing Co. Competition

Thanks to the 17 volunteers and the great staff at Cypher Brewing Co for a great first comp of 2024. 

All results and feedback are now available for download on the competition website. We had 48 entries – thanks to all who submitted their beers and great work of the stewards and judges for providing such comprehensive feedback.

The Best of Show award was picked up by Patrick Baggoley for his Red IPA – to be on tap at Cypher Brewing Co later in the year.

Big thanks to Cypher Brewing Co for hosting and sponsoring this competition, and a very big thanks to Nic and Ed for running a smooth operation. Great work everyone!

Upcoming Events

There’s a few more event coming up in the future, don’t forget to lock these into your calendars:

  • 4th May 2024 – International Home Brew Day
  • 8th June 2024 – Club Competition 2

A quick reminder that the club meeting is on next Thursday night March 7, at the Polish White Eagle Club.

AGM

March is also the Club’s Annual General Meeting, where all committee positions are up for re-election. Full details are available on the forum here.

Education

Kurtz will be talking about (in his words) a recent “3-way experiment”… but one that involved 2.2kg of low-sulphur grape pomace in a sour beer.

Hops

Weenie has generously sourced a range of Yakima Chief hops (56g/2oz packs), these will be given away free to members at the door (limit of 2 per person).

The Regulars

  • There’s a bunch of swag available in the raffle
  • Sign up for the Six Pack Swap on FB or on the forum
  • Don’t forget you’ll get entries in the Kegerator Raffle by attending, bringing along your beer and putting your beer into the six pack swap… easy!

CBR Brewers & Cypher Brewing Co. Competition

Don’t forget to get your entries in for the first competition for the 2024 season, sponsored by Cypher Brewing Co who will brew the Beer of Show entry with the winning brewer.

  • Entries close March 8, with entry drop offs closing on March 9. Nic and Ed are also conveniently collecting entries at the March meeting
  • Don’t forget to sign up to judging or steward on the day, which will be at Cypher Brewing in Gungahlin on March 16.
  • Full details are available here

See you next week!

Brewers

Thanks to all who came along to the February meeting last week, great to see you all again.

GABS 2024 countdown

Thanks to the crew who rocked up to BentSpoke to countdown the GABS hottest 100. Biug congrats to BentSpoke and Cranky for coming in #3. Another great result for the local brewers!

Kegerator Raffle

With thanks to former member Peter Pick for his generous donation, the club is raffling a second hand (in very good condition) Three Tap Keg King kegerator at the June club meeting (6th June 2024). The kegerator is a Keg-King “Kegmaster Series 3” 3x tap kegerator that’s been set up to control the temperature via wifi. New lines and fitting are being donated by Mashematics.

The only condition is you have to get involved with the club to get entries, like volunteering to judge or steward at competitions, or bringing a keg of your latest to club meetings. Full details about how you can obtain entries into this raffle can be found here.

Upcoming Events:

16-18 February 2024: Multicultural Festival 

Multi-Culti is back for 2024 and the club will be selling local Canberra brews (commercial) at our stall. It’s always great fun and a really important event for the club each year as it helps fund the club’s activities and provides an opportunity to promote and welcome potential members.

There’s still a few opening for volunteers on Saturday and Sunday, so if you’re available for a few hours, please sign up on the forum here: http://tinyurl.com/brewers2024mcf

7 March 2024: Club Meeting and AGM

As usual the club meeting will be at the Polish White Eagle Club. Please support our hosts by buying your first drink from The Polo, or arrive early and explore their menu.

There will be our brew-education session brought to you by Kurtz, the 6-pack swap and the club raffle. Don’t forget to bring along your latest or greatest brew to share (bottles or kegs) and new members are always welcome.

If you’re interested in ridesharing, then start a conversation on the forum or the Facebook page and, last of all, please consider sitting this meeting out if you’ve tested positive to COVID.

AGM: The AGM covers off a range of club business, but of particular note is the Committee election.

If you are interested in helping run the club as a member of the Committee, express your interest in advance of the AGM by contacting the committee, or get in touch with the person who currently holds a position you’re interested in, or email president@canberrabrewers.com.au or editor@canberrabrewers.com.au. Nominations are welcome on the night as well.

Joining the Committee is a really great way to get more involved in the Club, meet more members, and help make the Club as great as it can be. If you’re interested in helping to run the club, please consider nominating yourself before the meeting! The Committee is currently comprised of the following positions:

  • President
  • Treasurer
  • Social Secretary
  • Competition Secretary
  • Education Officer
  • Editor
  • Webmaster
  • Asset Manager
  • General Members

16 March 2024: Club Competition 1

The first competition is coming up quickly, so better get brewing. Nic and Ed are innovating by opening The Club Comps to the public. Entries (and the competition website) are opening soon on 17th of February, and don’t forget to sign up to judge or steward too!

Don’t forget the Best of Show will be brewed at Cypher Brewing! So please thank them for sponsoring the Club Competitions by visiting them in Gungahlin and tasting some of their brews. 

Further details on Club Comp 1 are available on the forum.

Canberra Brewers, welcome to 2024!

We hope you’ve had a relaxing break filled with a few froths and bit of brewing thrown in too. There’s a bunch of events coming up in the next few weeks, February and even a couple of competitions in the pipeline for you to starting prepping.

27th January 2024: GABS countdown @ BentSpoke in Braddon

The Club has booked one of the big outdoor tables at BentSpoke to countdown the GABS hottest 100 and celebrate the winners. #Cranky_No1_2024

The Club will be putting on some snacks throughout the afternoon, so come along!

1st February 2024: Club Meeting

As usual the club meetings are on the first Thursday of February at the Polish White Eagle Club. Please support our hosts by buying your first drink from The Polo, or arrive early and explore their menu.

There will be our brew-education session from Kurtz, the 6-pack swap and the club raffle. Don’t forget to bring along your latest or greatest brew to share (bottles or kegs) and new members are always welcome.

If you’re interested in ridesharing, then start a conversation on the forum or the Facebook page and, last of all, please consider sitting this meeting out if you’ve tested positive to COVID.

16-18 February 2024: Multicultural Festival

Multi-Culti is back for 2024 and the club will be selling local Canberra brews (commercial) at our stall. It’s always great fun and a really important event for the club each year as it helps fund the club’s activities and provides an opportunity to promote and welcome potential members.

But MultiCulti requires volunteers for it to be a successful club event, so if you’re available for a few hours on any of the days, please sign up on the forum here: http://tinyurl.com/brewers2024mcf

16 March 2024: Club Competition 1

The first competition is coming up quickly, but there’s still plenty of time to get a few entries brewed. The Categories are listed on the forum here: http://tinyurl.com/brewers2024compdates and Nic and Ed are innovating by opening The Club Comps to the public. Further details to be posted on the forum and FB pages soon.

Don’t forget the Best of Show will be brewed at Cypher Brewing! So please thank them for sponsoring the Club Competitions by visiting them in Gungahlin and tasting some of their brews.