This year’s mash paddle beer, suggested by the folks at Eagle Heights, is to be a “Winter Warmer’ with a chocolate theme.

Just a final reminder that the Annual Club Competition is being judged on the weekend of 25-26 July - less than two weeks away.  Entry forms, schedule of classes etc. are available at http://www.babbrewers.com/files/story/2009/01/babbs_2009_comp_schedule_pdf_61683.pdf.

The revised Schedule and Entry form for the 2009 BABB's Annual competition is attached.  This document supercedes all previous versions.
Please note that the set of classes and subclasses has changed from the 2008 Competition.
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 or higher is required to read the schedule. If necessary this may be downloaded from:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Results of the 2008 Australian Amateur Brewing Championship can be found at http://www.aabc.org.au/stateresults/AABC2008FullResults.pdf

The 2008 Queensland Amateur Brewing Championship, hosted this year by the Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers club, was judged over the weekend of September 19-21.  Results are available at the QABC website at http://qabc.chad.id.au/results/qabc2008%20-%20results.zip

The article by Rory Gibson on the QABC this year is now online.
No picture of the BABBs shirt in the online version though...
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24238659-5013512,00.html

Here are the results of the 2008 annual club competition, congratulations to all those who competed, the results as evidenced by the scores continues to lift the bar each year. For all those who didn’t get around to entering this year there’s always next year.

The PDF document attached contains the schedule, rules, labels and entry form for the 2008 QAAWBG Queensland State Brewing Competition.

Huge congratulations to BABBs member Ben Connery for placing second in British and Irish Ale, and third in Stout.  Ben was the only placegetter from Queensland.  Congratulations to all the competitors for what was, by all reports, a very high quality competition with much difficulty choosing winning beers.A special congratulations must go out to Dan Rayner (Champion Beer) and Craig Webber (Champion Brewer) both of the ACT.Check out http://www.aabc.org.au for the summary results of all classes.

The Last general meeting of the year last night saw Ross Kenrick named the 2007 BABB Most Consistent Brewer. This is rewarded to the brewer who performs best over the years mini-comps. Ross brewed consistently excellent beer, winning two comps for the year and always appearing in the top place getters for the others. Paul Hoepper was awarded first runner up and Michael Mowbray second runner up. Congratulations to the place getters and to all competitors over the year.

Several BABB members entered the recently resinstated Queensland Amateur Brewing Championship with much success. Club members managed to win seven of nine classes judged and also picked up a couple of second and third places. Sounds impressive, huh? Well, there were only 40 entries for this competition this year so let's hope plenty more Queenslanders (and more BABBs members) get behind this competition in 2008. It is a prequalifier for the Australian Amateur Brewing Championship and so this year BABBs will be well represented in that competition. Good luck to all competitors! The QABC results are attached.

Once again, BABB's members have put in an exceptional performance at this years Australian National Amateur Wine & Beer Show. Congratulations to all BABB's members who participated in this year's competition and represented the club so strongly.

On Saturday, September 1st, a group of 10 BABB's members, including your editor, made the journey to the Ipswich Showgrounds for the QAAWBG Annual Competition Dinner. I am pleased to report that on the return journey, we were weighed down by an impressive array of trophies and awards. BABB's retained the title of Champion Beermaking Guild, increasing last year's winning margin, and scoring more than three times the points of our nearest competitor. Of the ten classes open to all-grain brewers, eight were won by BABB's, with the other two classes won by Lyall Cottam, representing PUBS. Congratulations to all BABB's members who participated in this year's State Championship.