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Home Make It Clayton (Victoria) is on the hunt for a dedicated Home Brewer Retail Assistant (Full Time or Part Time). Key to the successful role will be the weekly operation of the small scale on-site brewery & facilitation of workshops at the Clayton outlet. Click on this link for more details.

After confirmation via VicBrew, we can announce that the winner of the Grain and Grape Best Novice Award is Todd Wade (No Club). Todd took 1st Place in the American IPA category, with the beer that was crowned Champion Beer. Not a bad effort on his first competitive outing! Congratulations, Todd!

Glad you asked, Take Your Chances: The Champion Beer was brewed by Todd Wade (No Club), whose American IPA scored 124 points. Todd wins an Oxebar Fermentasaurus (plus pressure kit) from our sponsor Keg King. Champion Brewer prize goes to Rohan Lowe (Merri Mashers) who scores a carton of...

If you won a Category First Place in the Merri Mashers IPA Comp 2018, you have won a prize, and every place-getter receives a trophy (glass or commemorative bottle-opener). I will be contacting each winner individually to arrange the collection of their prize. Best Novice will be announced when...

Thanks, too, to all the sponsors who have made the Merri Mashers IPA Competition 2018 possible. Thanks especially to The Terminus Hotel Fitzroy North for hosting the event. You can expect your Certificates of Appreciation shortly.

Thanks again to all stewards and judges who volunteered their time yesterday. I hope you enjoyed the day, and will be willing to come back again next year. Please provide any feedback you think will help us improve the competition and your experience.

Full competition results are attached. Individual results are available at: https://comps.merrimashers.org/ Scoresheets will be uploaded and available soon.

We are generally sticking to the established VicBrew/AABC rulebook, but we are not limiting entries. My philosophy is that carpet bombing doesn't guarantee a win or place - you are better off concentrating your efforts. Entering the same beer twice (or more) in the same style is poor form, but...

Thanks for a well run comp, Melbourne Brewers, and thanks especially to Ian and Roger for taking the time to come to our Merri Mashers club meeting to present awards to Clint Bee for his 1st place in Wheat and Rye, and Jeffrey Bell for 2nd place in Strong Ale and Lager and 2nd place Farmhouse...

There are plenty of prizes up for grabs in the Merri Mashers IPA Comp 2018, but this year 2nd and 3rd place getters will not go empty handed. Place 2nd or 3rd in any category and you will receive one of these engraved bottle openers: :

The Merri Mashers IPA Competition 2018 has some great major prizes - for Champion Beer, Champion Brewer, Best Novice and Club of Show - as well as three fantastic Brewer's Choice Awards. But wait - there's more! Every category winner will receive a prize package to the value of $100 or more...

In addition to some awesome major prizes, the Merri Mashers IPA Competition 2018 will be offering three Brewer's Choice Awards, thanks to the generosity of sponsors Clifton Hill Brewpub, Tallboy and Moose, in Preston, and The Craft and Co, Collingwood. An expert industry panel will be...

Both PET and glass bottles are accepted - minimum 500 ml, although 640-750 ml is preferred.

The Merri Mashers IPA Comp 2018 is being brought to you by an array of supporters. Our major sponsors include: The Terminus Hotel, Fitzroy North who are providing the venue for the fourth year running, as well as sponsoring the category prize pool. Himmel Hund Brewing Co who are providing...