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A session on yeast farming would be nice.
 
Hey Mate careful who your calling a blow in I found that offensive. I have been on this forum just as long as you and for my own reasons I do not belong to BABBS but that does not mean I dont take my brewing seriously.
Altstart

Sorry Blow hard

:icon_cheers:

Paul
 
TICKETS NOW ON SALE

The Queensland Homebrewing Conference has made two big announcements this week, with tickets going on sale and a major speaker announced.

The speaker, Chris White, President of Whitelabs Yeasts, has agreed to cross the pond and present about yeast. Chris has spoken a number of times in Australia and has always been very well received. Chris has worked with yeasts his entire life, with a PhD in biochemistry and he is a member of the Seibel Institute teaching faculty.

Chris started Whitelabs in 1995 and has seen it grow into one of the major liquid yeast suppliers in the brewing world. With a range of hundreds of pitchable, pure strain yeasts covering beer, wine and distilling, Whitelabs is a major force in the home brewing industry worldwide.

Chris is also the author of the authoritative book on yeast in brewing, Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation.

Other presenters include Brad Rogers (Stone & Wood), Jaron Mitchell (4 Pines Brewery) and a host of other product specialists from Bintani Malts, Hop Products Australia and a bunch of great local home brewers. Kevin Longhurst (QldKev) will be presenting on growing your own hops, and Andrew Clark, Champion Qld Brewer (2008,09) will be talking on the new Beersmith 2 software (with some giveaways, as well)

We also have the results of a 4-way Mash Systems war, being run by BABBS. The final beers will get judged at the Conference and results announced AFTER the participants present their session.

The conference will be held in Brisbane on Nov 5 2011 at the Southbank Institute of Technology.

Full details can be found on www.theqhc.com.au

Buy tickets here.
 
Just a reminder that the Early-bird discount on the Queensland Homebrewing Conference Ticket expires on 31 August, so if you are thinking of purchasing a ticket, get in now and save $10.

Tickets available at www.theqhc.com.au

Cheers David
 
Beer and Food Matching Dinner at Qld Homebrewing Conference

The Queensland Homebrewing Conference can confirm today details of the Beer and Food Matching Dinner to be held on 05 November 2011. The Dinner will be open to Conference attendees, their guests and friends.

The Beer and Food Matching Dinner will be held at Deck's Steak and Seafood Restaurant at Southbank. The menu has been prepared by Matt Kirkegaard, founder of Good Beer Lunches and Editor of Australian Brews News.

With a minimum of 3 courses and 4 beers matched and introduced by Matt, it should be a great night of dining. Entertainment will be provided by Rory Gibson, Beer Editor at the Courier Mail, who will be sharing his journey from beer consumer to critic. Jaron Mitchell will also be talking to us about 4 Pines' new Vostok Space Stout, the first beer designed for interstellar travel.

Beers on the night will include the 4 Pines Space Stout; an American Pale Ale brewed by Champion Queensland brewer, Tony Brown; and a Pro/Am collaborative Pilsner brewed at Bacchus by Ms Aine O'Hora, up and coming brewer from Matilda Bay.

The dinner will be held in Decks Steak and Seafood Restaurant on Nov 5 2011, starting at 6.30pm. For full information and to purchase tickets, visit www.theqhc.com.au.
 
Purchased a ticket today, I can't wait. The dinner will be amazing! :icon_cheers:
 
Updated information on QHC website for System Wars (conducted and presented by the BABBs club) and the Beer & Food Matching dinner.

See you at the conference :icon_cheers:

PB
 
Hi all. an update on beer for the Conference Dinner. Press release and posting on www.theqhc.com.au will go up tomorrow.

Pro-Am Collaborative Beer Brewed for Conference Dinner
Aine O'Hora, a lovely Irish brewer from Matilda Bay Brewing Company made a flying visit to Brisbane recently to whip up a quick batch of beer for the Conference dinner. Aine chose the style made with all pilsner malt brew to create a DMS brew, just like you would get in Europe, like she grew up on in Ireland. The beer was all made with pilsner malt and traditional Saaz hops to be a true expression of the style that Aine grew up enjoying.

The beer was brewed at Bacchus Brewery with the assistance of David Clarke (fellow organiser of the Conference and BABBS Deputy Brewmaster) and Sim Bonetti (Manager Brewers Choice Enoggera). The beer is now maturing in the cool room at Bacchus and should have matured beautifully for the dinner. Aine's beer will be the accompaniment for our Entree of Scallops and Rocket a beautiful combination.


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My brother in-law has gone and organised his wedding on that day, and I'm the official photographer... I may be able to make the dinner, but spewing that I'll miss the conference.
 
Pretty sure I'll be attending!
 
BEER AND FOOD MATCHING DINNER GAINS A COURSE

Latest news on the Beer and Food Matching Dinner is that Witches Chase Cheese Co. will be offering us a Cheese Course for the dinner. Meredith from Witches Chase has selected cheeses to match a Belgian Tripel being brewed especially for the occasion. The two cheeses Labour Intensive Wash Rind, and Farmhouse Clothbound Cheddar are full flavoured, prize winning cheeses. Full details of these cheeses will be available on the Conference website.

With the addition of the Cheese Course, the Beer and Food Matching Dinner will now expand to (at least) four courses and five beers a fantastic culinary exploration of the finer qualities of craft brewed beers and the excellent food they can be matched with.

The Decks Restuarant is just a short walk from the Conference venue, nestled in the Southbank area. With two guests speakers, and at only $67 for a fully catered, restuarant standard meal with alcohol, the dinnner is a steal. Tickets are available to anyone - conference attendees, guests, friends and general public. Numbers for the dinner are limited, so book your ticket early or risk missing out.


For full details on the Conference and Dinner, and to purchase tickets, visit the website www.theqhc.com.au.
 
I am looking forward to the dinner also, but am allergic to scallops. Hopefully they will find our group something else to match the beer. I am new to the AHB Forum, but not to home brewing in general. The info will hopefully help to get my brewing up to scratch for next year's round of competitions.
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Time to get your calenders & tickets sorted for this one-day conference and dinner.

The conference is a month away. :eek:

FYI - the beer and food matching dinner are being run as separate events.

You can book for both or only attend one event that you are specifically interested in.

Check out the Official QLD Homebrewing Conference web page for details of program, including the open to anyone "pre" and "post" conference get-togethers.

Cheers, :icon_cheers:

PB (Dave Clarke BABBs Deputy Brewmaster and Braumeister brewer in the Systems Wars)
 
More Beers at the Conference and Dinner

An integral part of the Conference will be an opportunity to taste some great craft brewed beers, judge them and talk to the brewers responsible for them. The companies involved range from a one-man operation to a microbrewery about to step up from 6 to 50 hectalitres. Beers already confirmed will include:

- 4 Hearts Brewing 4 Degrees Pale Ale, 4 Degrees Summer Wheat.

- Brisbane Brewhouse Australian Pale Ale, Wit Beer (collaboration with Sim Bonetti)

- MT Brewery Rainforest German Lager, Bavarian Wheat

- Matilda Bay/Bacchus Brewing Collaboration European Pilsner

- 4 Pines Brewery Vostok Space Stout

- Tony Brown Award-winning American Pale Ale

- Sim Bonetti, Brewers Choice Kolsch-style

- Liam Ahearn Award-winning Belgian Tripel

We are trying for a couple more beers for the day - you can never have too many!

As well as the samplers, Yamanto Tavern and Bitter Suite are both providing a number of 6-packs of craft beers which we will be giving away through the day.

If you have not bought your tickets yet, go to www.theqhc.com.au and order them now.
 

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