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by Dion Clark These faults were sampled in our March 2019 education night sensory training session. They represent some of the most common beer faults. Tips aim to be relevant to our member’s brewing practices. Diacetyl Aroma of butter, Werther’s caramel, or artificial popcorn butter.  Taste is buttery, and leaves a characteristic oily slickness on …

Guide to improving your hoppy beers by Nick Holt The Hops The first and most basic is the hop itself. Look at the type and try and select more classic American hop types for that typical hop character. Australian and NZ hops can be great, but start with a classic well known hop you know …

The table below table shows the full results of water analyses commissioned by BABBs in March 2019. Note that the City and West sources come from the same source, while the Cleveland, Northgate, and Rochedale South all come from separate reservoirs. There is quite an amount of variation in metals across samples from the City …

By Mish Woodhouse. This winter we thought we’d duck the cold and head over to Europe for 7 weeks, my cousin was getting married in England in the 7th week, so we thought we’d make the most of the airfare and time zone difference, by spending the first 5 weeks in Europe, before heading on …

Congratulations to David Nielsen for taking home the Ernie Melville most consistent brewer award for his performance in the mini-comps throughout the year. Trophy winner: David Nielsen First runner up: Nick Holt (Tied for first, second on count-back) Second runner up: Cary McDonald

By Dion Clark. My in-laws live on the northern beaches of Cairns, so we visit there regularly. Now, it’s lovely there and everything, but there’s always been a distinct lack of breweries. Until now. The in-laws had often mentioned that an old friend of theirs “Terry” was also a homebrewer. A couple of times off-handedly …