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OK - the Local paper - Gawler Bunyip- is doing a story on the Barossa Brewers Club... will be published tomorrow...
I have mentioned the website and they have printed the URL.
Flame suit is on...as i know i will cop some crap - as usual :beerbang:
But thought my fellow brew brothers & sisters might like to read it. :super:
Oct6beer
Heidi (Bunyip Editor)
*with pic by Dave
Wine connoisseurs step aside beer appreciation is the new wine appreciation.
Characteristics like aroma, flavour, body and style once reserved for wine are now applicable to beer.
Lyndochs Ken Jermey is debunking the myth that drinking beer is all about swilling.
Otherwise known as GMK - Grand Master Ken, he has founded the Barossa Brewers Club a group solely dedicated to the art of brewing and beer appreciation.
The first Friday of each month, beer aficionados from across the district come together for home brew demonstrations, style nights, imported beer nights, competitions and of course, beer appreciation most commonly known as product sampling.
While its a guaranteed recipe for a good night out, Ken says home brewing is serious business thats beginning to become a lucrative business too.
In fact the beer appreciation movement is growing so fast that lovers of the amber liquid will soon be able to study at Regency TAFE courses in beer appreciation, beer judging and believe it or not, beer and cheese matching.
A lot of people dont realise how vast the beer spectrum is compared to the wine spectrum, says Ken. Its more than double the wine spectrum in terms of different styles.
The BBC was born earlier this year after Ken relocated from interstate and was surprised to discover there was no local brewers club.
I came from Canberra and Canberra has a really good brewing club- the largest in Australia, Ken says. Wherever I go I end up helping people to brew beer which is why I started the club, hence my nickname, Grand Master Ken as given to me by my first beer apprentice Zac or BroSixpence to fellow Canberra Brew Club members.
Like all do-it-yourself hobbies, brewing beer is literally all about individual taste. Ken says no two of his home brews are the same - variety is the spice of life.
Theres definitely an art to brewing beer. Its one of those things you can make it as simple or as complex as you like. You brew the best beer that you can with the equipment you have on hand at the level/complexity you want to goto., he says.
While some club members are content with the supermarket home brew packs, others like Ken dabble in all grain brewing, a sophisticated process involving mashing, boiling, primary and secondary fermentations, which replicates professional brewing on a smaller home scale. Great fun but takes a fair bit of time and a very understanding wife!
We have a saying that there are no bad brewers, just different brewers. At the end of the day you brew for yourself.
And when it comes to home brews, the price is also right. According to Ken, for as little as $30 home brewers can make 23 litres of real good tasting, full bodied beer that is better than most readily available commercial beers. Feel free to come along to a meeting and test this out.
Currently, the BBC has around 16 members but new members are always welcome to sample the camaraderie and ales on offer.
And Ken says people should not be dissuaded if they are not experts. We all have to start somewhere. Homebrewing is a personal /individual thingAt the end of the day you brew for yourself.
The club meets this Friday night, October 7 at 7.30pm at Williamstown. For further details about the BBC phone Ken on 85244542 AH or email [email protected] or for general home brew information, visit www.aussiehomebrewer.com
I have mentioned the website and they have printed the URL.
Flame suit is on...as i know i will cop some crap - as usual :beerbang:
But thought my fellow brew brothers & sisters might like to read it. :super:
Oct6beer
Heidi (Bunyip Editor)
*with pic by Dave
Wine connoisseurs step aside beer appreciation is the new wine appreciation.
Characteristics like aroma, flavour, body and style once reserved for wine are now applicable to beer.
Lyndochs Ken Jermey is debunking the myth that drinking beer is all about swilling.
Otherwise known as GMK - Grand Master Ken, he has founded the Barossa Brewers Club a group solely dedicated to the art of brewing and beer appreciation.
The first Friday of each month, beer aficionados from across the district come together for home brew demonstrations, style nights, imported beer nights, competitions and of course, beer appreciation most commonly known as product sampling.
While its a guaranteed recipe for a good night out, Ken says home brewing is serious business thats beginning to become a lucrative business too.
In fact the beer appreciation movement is growing so fast that lovers of the amber liquid will soon be able to study at Regency TAFE courses in beer appreciation, beer judging and believe it or not, beer and cheese matching.
A lot of people dont realise how vast the beer spectrum is compared to the wine spectrum, says Ken. Its more than double the wine spectrum in terms of different styles.
The BBC was born earlier this year after Ken relocated from interstate and was surprised to discover there was no local brewers club.
I came from Canberra and Canberra has a really good brewing club- the largest in Australia, Ken says. Wherever I go I end up helping people to brew beer which is why I started the club, hence my nickname, Grand Master Ken as given to me by my first beer apprentice Zac or BroSixpence to fellow Canberra Brew Club members.
Like all do-it-yourself hobbies, brewing beer is literally all about individual taste. Ken says no two of his home brews are the same - variety is the spice of life.
Theres definitely an art to brewing beer. Its one of those things you can make it as simple or as complex as you like. You brew the best beer that you can with the equipment you have on hand at the level/complexity you want to goto., he says.
While some club members are content with the supermarket home brew packs, others like Ken dabble in all grain brewing, a sophisticated process involving mashing, boiling, primary and secondary fermentations, which replicates professional brewing on a smaller home scale. Great fun but takes a fair bit of time and a very understanding wife!
We have a saying that there are no bad brewers, just different brewers. At the end of the day you brew for yourself.
And when it comes to home brews, the price is also right. According to Ken, for as little as $30 home brewers can make 23 litres of real good tasting, full bodied beer that is better than most readily available commercial beers. Feel free to come along to a meeting and test this out.
Currently, the BBC has around 16 members but new members are always welcome to sample the camaraderie and ales on offer.
And Ken says people should not be dissuaded if they are not experts. We all have to start somewhere. Homebrewing is a personal /individual thingAt the end of the day you brew for yourself.
The club meets this Friday night, October 7 at 7.30pm at Williamstown. For further details about the BBC phone Ken on 85244542 AH or email [email protected] or for general home brew information, visit www.aussiehomebrewer.com
