Australian Amateur Brewing Championship

[Dazzbrew]

Thanks for posting antmandan, thanks to all of the organisers, judges, stewards and venue.
Wooh Hoo!!!!! :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: Dazz's Dark Ale (Australian Dark Ale) has just taken it's 3rd win from the 3 comps it as been entered into, thanks very much Nick for your'e kind words, i still can't quite believe it, i'm keen to try your porter too mate. I've just poured myself one and there may be a few more to follow tonight :chug:

 

[MartinOC]

'Feels good to get a National Gong, eh? :icon_cheers:

 

[Dazzbrew]

Fudge yeah!

 

[brewn00b]

Congrats Dazz!

 

[biggo]

WA for the Win :super: :kooi:

 

[Moad]

Enjoy Daz!

Thanks for sending entries off too Steve (Brewman).

 

[Mr. No-Tip]

Thanks for the quick results!

Congrats to my man Jeff. Well deserved and welcome to the club

Good showing from all the Canberra guys. Next year!

 

[christopher.whitten]

4 out of 17 beers scored under 20 at a national comp in the low alcohol category. Beers couldn't have been that bad! Well done Brettles on your Kolsch and Pils!

 

[MartinOC]

Anyone that gets a Gong in low alcohol category (State or National level) is a great brewer. No doubt about it.

 

[andyth]

Thanks to the nationals organizers and everyone that made this possible. Congrats to my friend Jeff McGrath!

 

[Mashhead]

Grats to the winners. So close again ACT...

 

[timmi9191]

My entry doesnt appear. Who do I need to contact?

 

[Grainer]

Stoked with a 40.5 3rd Place in the Specialty with a American Bourbon Oaked Russian Imperial Stout and a 5th with 30.5 with a Baltic Porter.. Booyeah :super:

 

[antmandan]

My entry doesnt appear. Who do I need to contact?

Have you looked at both of the html files? One only lists the top 3 so make sure you check the full list. If it isn't in there speak to your state delegates as they are who Dave has been liaising with.

 

[mofox1]

Woohoo! Best ESB!

Okay, okay... 5th place bitter ale, but stoked as.

Thanks to the Melbourne Brewers* fellas organising the bottle deliveries.

Ed: * Corrected thanks...

 

[timmi9191]

Have you looked at both of the html files? One only lists the top 3 so make sure you check the full list. If it isn't in there speak to your state delegates as they are who Dave has been liaising with.

yes, im looking at the full list and its not there.

 

[mxd]

yes, im looking at the full list and its not there.

2 of mine aren't there either a german pil and american barley wine. the other 2 are ? not sure what may have happened ?

 

[m_peve]

Thanks to the organisers. A lot of hard and under-appreciated work done.

Congrats to everyone for getting to the nationals. Super stoked with my result

 

[antmandan]

2 of mine aren't there either a german pil and american barley wine. the other 2 are ? not sure what may have happened ?

yes, im looking at the full list and its not there.

One of the Victorian boxes went missing in transit, as in it never turned up at Craftbrewer. I believe that Dave had been making loads of frantic emails and phonecalls with your delegates, and AusPost to try to work it out. timmi919 I'm guessing yours was a Common Cider? And Matt I can see your name in the list of missing beers as well. I think the entries were split for postage which is why some of your beers arrived and those that were in the missing box are the ones you can't see on the list.

It's such a shame that this sometimes happens, I'm sure there were some great beers in that bunch

 

[Edgebrew]

What the hell. My cider is not there! What.... There was a box that went missing from vic? Is my entry part of the missing shipment? I dropped my entry at Melbourne Brewers club night.

 

[stevemc32]

Well done fellas. Didn't get a place but look forward to seeing the feedback.

 

[Kodos]

Well done organisers on such a quick turnaround, and thanks all for your efforts.

Well done Mr No-Tip, third nationals weizen gold in a row, and 2nd place champion brewer. Marvellous effort that!

 

[mxd]

One of the Victorian boxes went missing in transit, as in it never turned up at Craftbrewer. I believe that Dave had been making loads of frantic emails and phonecalls with your delegates, and AusPost to try to work it out. timmi919 I'm guessing yours was a Common Cider? And Matt I can see your name in the list of missing beers as well. I think the entries were split for postage which is why some of your beers arrived and those that were in the missing box are the ones you can't see on the list.

It's such a shame that this sometimes happens, I'm sure there were some great beers in that bunch

thanks for the update

bloody aus post

 

[Yob]

Sack Aus Post,

E-go couriers FTW

 

[Mardoo]

gotta agree. as long as you insure e-go have been flawless for me so far, 40 shipments or so.

 

[donald_trub]

Well done to all and to the organisers. Happy with a 2nd place!

 

[clarkey7]

Congrats to all the winners and especially WA who have taken our Champion State for the first time !!
Well done guys. I'm pretty disappointed with how QLD went, but am rapt that you guys took it out.

Thank you to all my amazing helpers - Organisers, Judges and Stewards and special thanks to all the guys who traveled from Interstate or afar to assist us to run the AABC for the first time here in QLD. We had ACT, VIC, NSW and of course QLD judges.

Clarification on a few items.
Firstly, we postponed our registration date because 50 or so entries that we were expecting still hadn't arrived in Brisbane by the competition closing date of 2nd October.
Following registration on 10th October, we still didn't have a few parcels (25 or so beers). We were tracking some on AUSPOST.
I waited till the last minute on Thursday October 15 to register the stragglers. We moved the beers to the venue on Friday October 16.
Comp was run on October 17. The final wash up for the entries that didn't make it into the AABC was 8 beers from VIC in one package still hadn't arrived, 1 beer arrived but was empty, one beer exploded in a 1 degree coldrooom and one was broken en route to the venue. I have sent details and photos to your delegates and have been in constant contact with them regarding these entries. We did our best to include everyone's entries and run a fair competition. I believe we achieved this.

The Champion beer went to a countback as per the AABC listed rules and was checked by delegates before releasing results. Both beers were crackers !

We will now start the large job of posting your scoresheets and medals to you as soon as we take a breath.

Cheers,

Dave Clarke
Organiser/Chief Steward & Fridge Monkey for AABC 2015

 

[beachy]

Thanks to all the volunteers who ran the event and for the fast posting of results.

Congratulations to all the brewers who placed and WA for winning the overall best state.

I am very happy with a 1st and 2nd from 5 entries.

To those that did not place it is still a great effort to qualify for the nationals and all of the beers would have been good examples of style when they placed at state level.

 

[Weizguy]

One of the Victorian boxes went missing in transit, as in it never turned up at Craftbrewer. I believe that Dave had been making loads of frantic emails and phonecalls with your delegates, and AusPost to try to work it out. timmi919 I'm guessing yours was a Common Cider? And Matt I can see your name in the list of missing beers as well. I think the entries were split for postage which is why some of your beers arrived and those that were in the missing box are the ones you can't see on the list.

It's such a shame that this sometimes happens, I'm sure there were some great beers in that bunch

FWIW, I participated in the NSW Comp help at Bathurst, years ago, and although my prize arrived in the mail, the judging sheets never turned up.

Seems that some crafty bastards (employees) at Aus Post are still happy to liberate goods at will.

I received a postcard from Aus Post some time later advising that some of my mail was identified as having been stolen internally, and they were taking it seriously, and an investigation was taking place. No follow up was received by me. Strange!

 

[Blind Dog]

Fairly peed off - how the F*** does a beer that scores over 40 at States score 13 at the Nationals? Interested in receiving feedback as its still tasting great form the keg; guessing infected bottle which is really annoying as the others I bottled at the same time for a mate are fine.

Mild ale was also presumably in the missing case from Vic as it has no score...

Rant over and congrats to the winners; thanks to judges, organisers, stewards and all