Canberra Brewers

Oktoberfest

By Tom Dixon, Social Secretary

Brewers - Oktoberfest is on again! The Canberra Brewers Club Oktoberfest will be held during our October meeting. Just like last year, we’ll kick off at 6:30pm in the restaurant upstairs, where the Chef will provide us with an excellent selection of German foods — and it truly was excellent last year!

We will be running the 'Best of the Fest' beer competition again. Bring along your best German beer and they will be assessed by a panel of judges in a very relaxed competition. The winner will take home a $100 Mashematics voucher. Entry is free, just bring 1x750mL or 2x500mL bottles or serve out of a keg! If you don't have any German beer handy, bring along what ever you have as usual.

Entry to the Oktoberfest will be $10 per head and will include not only your German feast (subsidised by the Club) but also a ticket in the end of the year Nookie Prize draw. Of course we will have the usual raffles, with great prizes, on the night. Feel free to bring significant others, friends or family who can also join the festivities at $10 per head.

To get an idea for catering we need to know numbers. Please reply to the thread on the club forum with your name and the number of guests you will be brining (if applicable).

Sydney bus trip

By Tom Dixon, Social Secretary

G’day brewers. Well the 2010 events calendar is quickly filling, with the Wig and Pen Brew Day set for 5 June and the Sydney Bus trip departing on 15 May. The Bus trip is sure to be popular with Rob Freshwater of Malt Shovel Brewery kindly offering to take us through their macro-brewery in Camperdown. Following the tour, I’m hoping to write-off all that we’ve learnt with a comprehensive pub-crawl of Sydney’s finest including; Lord Nelson, James Squire Brew House, The Australian, Harts Pub, Belgians, Redoak, Macquarie and The Local Taphouse.

Other upcoming events include the Presidents Brew Day in late April/early May, where Darryl plans to pop someone’s All Grain cherry. We’re also working towards a Zeirholz brew day, so keep an eye out on the Social Scene forum.

Social Secretary

By Tom Dixon, Social Secretary

G’day Brewers, I hope you have all recovered from the festive period, because the 2010 Canberra Brewers Calendar is going to be bigger and more chock-full than Hagrid’s Y-fronts! For the first time in five years, we are going to bring back the Brewer Bus Tours, with a couple of road trips currently being mapped out. You can also expect all of your old favourites including Oktoberfest and the Wig and Pen Brew Day. We have also introduced the ‘Social Scene’ Forum to advertise and organise official Canberra Brewers events throughout the year. Feel free to also use this forum to advertise your own events, everything from brew days to BBQs.