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Afternoon folks, The ball is finally rolling for the NSW State Amateur Homebrew Competition. We, the Hunter United Brewers club, have put our hand up for the 2nd year running to host this event. Once again it will be hosted at the fantastic Potters Brewery in the beautiful Hunter Valley - who...

Hey Folks, Made a bit of a mention of this last meeting and (belatedly) am making it official. Aiming for the week after the July meeting (20th July), hopefully aiming for the Sunday 29th of July to commense a swapping of beers and meeting of brewers. Potters Brewery in Gods Country, ie The...

G'day folks, Gonna try and keep this short and sweet - for a change. I do recall reading a book (name alludes me) from the late, great Michael Jackson (beer connoisseur, not the singing dude), who seemed to like to relate several beers, and beer styles, particularly Belgian, to styles of wine...

Evening folks, The Bitter & Twisted Beer Festival is near approaching - Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of November. For the second year running, the Hunter United Brewers (HUB) club has a stand at the show. Here members have a chance to serve their beer on draught to public, promoting not only...

Greetings folks, The city of Newcastle is promoting Australian craft week by hosting a number events at various pubs and bars across the city, and Hunter itself, in the last week of November. Soundss like a good chance to support Aussie craft beer and venues, try some good brews and food, meet...

Greetings, We're running a Hunter United Brewers caseswap and thought I might give a last minute yell out to anyone else outside of the club to see if they're interested in being part of it. Usual sort of rules apply...750/800mL long necks. We're not expecting to get a full 28 participants, I...

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Hey folks, Everyone's doing it, so we may as well have a thread for our tasting notes on the caseswap beers, despite the modest amount of entries. I got a bit keen with Schooey's beer sitting there in the fridge all week.... Merry Christmas to all! Beer: 3. Schooey - Shazzam Hefe Date: 17th...

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G'day folks, So I purchased some malted Rye and Naked Oats a couple of months back, a kilo of each, and have been toying with the idea of putting them in all sorts of brews, but i've really wanted to make something completely different which accentuates the grains themselves. My idea was to...

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The title says it all. Well regarded Scottish brewer Brew Dog have recently released the beer Tactical Nuclear Penguin, an aged, eis'd imperial stout, sitting at a whopping 32%alc/vol. Check out the website for more, and a hilarious making of video! http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article.php?id=214...

G'day everyone, I had in possession a good amount of grapes (15kg or so) that I was considering making into a wine. But due to time constraints, storage space and questionable quality, I decided to dump the grapes, but no before purchasing a wine yeast beforehand. The yeast is a dry wine...

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