Kefir Made Easy

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Kefir Made Easy

February 10, 2026 By Callan O’Neill This article was originally written as part of our “alternative fermentables” education night. What is kefir? Kefir is soured, tart, fermented milk with...

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BJCP Scoresheets 2: Scoring the Beer

April 11, 2025 In part one we discussed how to describe the beer in the middle section covering: Aroma, Appearance, Flavour, and Mouthfeel. Now we turn our attention to scoring. It’s common to score...

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BJCP Scoresheets 1: Describing the Beer

March 11, 2025 In our BABBs mini-competitions we collaboratively judge beers according to the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) standard. We use the BJCP 2021 scoring guidelines, download them here,...

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Beer fault sensory training

Sensory Training 2023: Common Beer Faults

September 29, 2023 By Dion Clark Notes from one of our sensory training education nights held on September 2023. We used Siebel fault kits with tasters blind to the faults at first. Only common beer faults...

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Brisbane Water Analysis 2022

December 3, 2022 The table below table shows the full results of laboratory water analyses commissioned by BABBs in November 2022. Several areas of Brisbane are represented, but be aware that there is some...

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Brussels to Berkeley

February 28, 2021 Taking a look at some lesser known IPA sub-styles with Tony Van Der Linden When you think of IPAs these days, where does your mind normally go? Is it hazies and the (these days)...

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How to Really Clean Glasses

January 30, 2021 By José Perez If you got served the two beers below, which one would you choose to drink? If you picked the one on the right, then you can already instinctively recognise a beer poured in...

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Reaching Terminal Gravity

August 24, 2020 By Dion Clark Reaching your proper final gravity is something that newer brewers in particular worry about a lot. Here are some tips. Learn your tools Whatever tool you are using for your...

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Beer Design: Improving Competition Results

July 20, 2020 By Nick Holt Are your beers scoring low 30’s and fault free, but your not getting those competition wins? Take heart, these scores are a sign you are really a good brewer. When a judge...

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Fruited Kettle Sours

May 16, 2020 with Anthony “Ziggo” Zigenbine Sour beers have been around since beer was invented, and this new trend of fruited sours is just their latest incarnation. You can impress your...

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