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At the West Coast Brewers meeting last night we were graced with the presence of Roger Bussell who first started working in breweries in 1960. After completing his Bachelor Degree in Biochemistry and post graduate Diploma in Malting and Brewing in 1964, Roger went on to work in just about every aspect of the brewing field. He has worked for Harp Brewery in the UK, New Zealand Breweries in Auckland, Courage/Tooth Breweries in Melbourne, the Swan Brewery in Perth, Joe White Maltings in Port Adelaide and Perth, and has worked as a consultant to Wander, Chinese Maltsters, Lion Nathan, AMCOR, DME Brewing Services, Dingo Brewing, and Little Creatures (Rogers Ale is named after him). Roger was also an Australian International Beer Awards Judge from 1993-2002 and is currently the Secretary/Executive Officer for the Institute of Brewing and Distilling in the Asia-Pacific Region.
He talked to us about identifying flaws in beer and walked us through a beer-tasting kit with eight chemicals representing common beer flaws. He was a modest and restrained fellow with no need to boast given his very smart credentials. He clearly knew his material from a very practical as well as scientific basis.
In between flawed samples I asked him how he let his creative juices flow in brewing and he commented that honing the Rogers Ale recipe over a couple of years was something that allowed him to be creative and there were other instances of creativity in professional brewing. I asked whether he did any brewing for his own private consumption and he said he enjoyed home-brewing English ales. Goat asked him what sort of system he ran at home as everyones imagination ran to something big, shiny and automated neatly set up in a dedicated Brewery Room at home.
Oh I brew those Coopers kits. They make very good beer you know!
There is nothing quite so annoying as a kit brewer vindicated so I will say no more.
He talked to us about identifying flaws in beer and walked us through a beer-tasting kit with eight chemicals representing common beer flaws. He was a modest and restrained fellow with no need to boast given his very smart credentials. He clearly knew his material from a very practical as well as scientific basis.
In between flawed samples I asked him how he let his creative juices flow in brewing and he commented that honing the Rogers Ale recipe over a couple of years was something that allowed him to be creative and there were other instances of creativity in professional brewing. I asked whether he did any brewing for his own private consumption and he said he enjoyed home-brewing English ales. Goat asked him what sort of system he ran at home as everyones imagination ran to something big, shiny and automated neatly set up in a dedicated Brewery Room at home.
Oh I brew those Coopers kits. They make very good beer you know!
There is nothing quite so annoying as a kit brewer vindicated so I will say no more.
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