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There have been a few stumbles in getting the 2016 version together. The plan was to have this running as the Castle Hill show comp. However, this was recently thrown into disarray by the whole CH show going under (part of the NW rail link and perhaps not unrelated to developers eyeing up all...

So it's finally all come together and I can announce that the Castle Hill competition will be held on 22nd and 23rd August at the Castle Hill Showground. There are some fantastic prizes with Champion Brewer and Best in Show prizes being the stand outs (thanks to Wayward Brewing and to...

I can announce that the Castle Hill competition will also be the NSW Comp for 2014. The dates for the competition are the 23rd and 24th August for judging with closing date for entries likely to be 16th August. I know this is short notice but that's the way the cookie crumbles. The sponsorship...

Just a heads up for people up in Brisbane (or those visiting) that a place callled Brewski is opening up there. I have friends connected with it, so I'm not totally unbiased, but they seem really keen and have some good beers on tap it seems (Rogue on tap seems pretty good to me). Anyway, would...

So, the sponsors have turned up with pockets full of cash, and I've finally got some time to get together all the information for this competition. This year the Castle Hill and Hills District Homebrew Competition will double as the NSW State Competition. It will be held on Saturday 24th and...

I am nearly ready to get the information out for the Castle Hill and Hills District Show homebrewing competition for 2012 out there. I am still waiting to finalise a few things but thought I'd better get some info out so people know what is going on. We will be holding the competition this year...

Inner Sydney Brewers are proud to announce that the Castle Hill comp will be on again this year on 17th and 18th September. We have some great sponsors with prizes including: Brew for a day at the Australian Brewery Dinner for two at the Australian Brewery Brew for a day at the Schwartz...

It's been a while since I started one of these but a request from Philip for a thread on rye sounded like a great idea to me. An adjunct grain, rye can be malted or unmalted. Unmalted, flaked rye is often available at a wholefoods shop, malted from your LHBS etc. There are a couple threads on...

This is to announce the NSW State Competition for 2010 will be run as part of the Castle Hill and Hills District Show Competition 2010/11. The full details are in the flyer below. Entries close at the start of next month. There are a great range of prizes for winners as noted in the flyer and...

Just a quick heads up to let everyone know that the NSW state comp this year will be held along with the Castle Hill and Hills Districts Show competition on the weekend of the 18th and 19th September 2010 at the showground in Castle Hill. Full details on sponsorship and so on are yet to be...

So with winter upon us, stouts seem a good beer to be brewing and drinking. We've done a number of the other stout styles, so this week (and by request) we have American Stout. A bigger, bolder stout (though not up to RIS levels), often with the added bonus of American hops (not something...

So this week we're looking at a style that revolves around a great ingredient - rye. There's been a fair amount of talk on the forum about rye and a bit on this style but it's always good to have more. :) Basically, it's like a dunkleweizen but with rye included. Links AHB thread BYO Jamil...

So this week we have the Mash Paddle style for this year, an old US style, California Common (Steam Beer). Steam beer is an older West-coast US style which was revived by Anchor Brewing Company of San Francisco who then snaffled the name (hence the Cal common name now used). There are a few...

So after a little prompting from a few people, I've started a new 'Style of the Week' thread, this time looking at grains. I thought we could look generally at Munich malts this week. So what sort of beers do you use it for? What percentage do you use? Have you a favourite brand you like? Is...

Inner Sydney Brewers are pleased to announce that the Castle Hill and Hills District Agricultural Society Homebrewing Competition will be run this year at the showgrounds on 21st and 22nd November. The competition will be run by ISB club along with the Castle Hill Show society. There will a...

So after a very long break, I was prodded to do another of these and this week it's Northdown. Would be good to get some of these threads going to consolidate the info on this UK hop. So what are your experiences with Northdown? Have you used it in a bitter? Any other styles? Does it go with...

So there seems to be a bit of interest in this style so I thought I'd start a thread on this really big style, American Barleywine. Big on malt, big on hops, altogether an over the top sort of beer. :icon_drunk: Links All about beer article Jamil show on American Barleywines BYO style of the...

So after a bit of a gap, Pete's thread (and Andrew's post) have prodded me into doing another style. Being as it's winter (and there aren't many styles left to do) I thought we could talk about Baltic Porters. A big dark beer, often a lager but not always. Maybe something to put down now for...

So after a few requests (and a bit of procrastination), I thought we could skip from Style of the Week to Yeast of the Week (partly because there aren't that many styles left to cover). The idea is that we look at some of the great yeasts out there (liquid and dry), people can vote on if they...

My wife is going over to Fremantle to run a training workshop. She should be coming back with some luggage space so I've asked nicely for a few bottles of craft beer to make the journey back with her. :) So can anybody from the west recommend some beers that might not make it to the east...