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Hi all, I've just tried a bit of searching but with no luck...just curious, are there two home brew clubs in Geelong? I think what I'm seeing is the "Corio Bay Brewers" have become the "Geelong Craft Brewers"...but I just got an email from someone asking if the "Grog Cobras" could be added to...

I figured it might be simpler to start a new thread for this now everything's finally getting locked down. As you can see from the logo, we'll have the new "Sub-Category 21B - Specialty IPA" covered for the first time in a comp in Australia. 21B includes Red, Rye, Belgian, Brown, Black &...

From this Saturday (Feb 14), Aldi have 20m of food grade hose for $24.99: https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/saturday-14-february-2015/saturday-detail-wk-7/ps/p/20m-drinking-water-hose/ The same length Pope branded one is $40 on the Bunnings website...

The NSW town of Yenda – home to Australia's largest family-owned winemaker – is best known for its rice paddies and vineyards. But soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Amatil hopes the Riverina hamlet will soon become synonymous with craft beer...

Wondering if anyone has any experience with this brewery setup from Keg King? Looks to be good value for what it is, but this is not an area I'm familiar with as a BIAB guy. http://kegking.com.au/magento/3-vessel-recirculating-herms-brewery-kit-assembled.html If there's a thread already on...

Aldi's selling 10l and 2 x 5l stackable storage containers for $9.99 next Wed, might be handy for spec grain storage, or even as big yeast starter containers? https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/wednesday-13-august-2014/

Just saw this from the CBIA, doesn't seem to be up on their web site as yet: -------------------------------------------- The Craft Beer Industry Association is proud to announce the inaugural Craft Beer Awards: The Best Of Australian Brewing. To be held during Sydney Craft Beer Week, the...

Sierra Nevada getting all excited about a new variety they've embraced: http://www.sierranevada.com/blog/hops/fostering-the-equinox-hop

<sigh> http://www.brewsnews.com.au/2014/06/cub-launches-new-crown-golden-ale/

http://www.openhousemelbourne.org/ Anyone else share my curiosity/interest in Melbourne's hidden architectural gems? I'm thinking of combining a peek at a few Melbourne CBD buildings that are normally closed to the public, with a craft beer pub crawl along the way. You know, one building, one...

For the science geeks amongst us (still an interesting read for anyone who's not): http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/science/craft-beer-at-the-genetic-level.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

Great news for our meeting later this month, Kevin and I met with Renata over at Temple last night, and she is more than happy to host the May club meeting. Unfortunately prior commitments means they can't accomodate the Tuesday, but the next night is doable, so we'll move this month's meeting...

I just spotted this event on the Good Beer Week website. Anyone know who's involved in presenting this workshop? Might be a good opportunity to spread the word about the Merri Mashers given the location.

Just a quick reminder of our inaugural AGM tonight, 7pm at the Eagle's Nest Theatre, Hardy Street, Brunswick. We'll look to get the committee appointments done and dusted (over a beer) early on, then we can get stuck into tasting a few of our free-hop Horizon/Select brews, over what should be a...

Just thinking about beer tasting sessions at our future meetings, what do you guys think about running it this way? I was thinking that some guys might want a level of anonymity for their beers being tasted, which will remove any possible bias, and save any embarrassment for the shy, retiring...

As discussed at the meeting tonight, here's a link to the "Should your club incorporate" information on Consumer Affairs Victoria's website. Also, here's the link to CAV's "Incorporated association rules" page, which outlines why you need rules, and has a link to the "Model Rules" that we can...

No wonder my brand new 6.8kg bottle of co2 ran out in only 6 weeks and 3 carbed kegs, see the attached video: http://youtu.be/NC36P7bfcv0 The bubbles are coming from the middle connector. After this video I unplugged that middle gas line and swapped it with the one above, tested again...

First things first, Rob.P is a true beer legend....I had 8 blokes about to turn up to my place for our fantasy footy draft day when I discovered a leak in my kegerator (damn splitters) had left my co2 bottle completely empty overnight. A quick call to Rob and he very kindly offered up his 10kg...

For those of you not aware, we've been organising a bulk buy of 500ml craft beer bottles. The bottles are from Plasdene, and I've purchased a pallet of 1,800 bottles. The price per bottle drops from around 85c to around 37c per bottle when you buy an entire pallet. 37c is excellent value for...

At a national conference of the Australian Hotels Association, the general managers of Cascade Brewery (Tasmania), Tooheys (New South Wales), XXXX (Queensland), CUB (Victoria) and Coopers (South Australia) found themselves sitting at the same table for lunch. When the waitress asked what they...