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IBDA
IBD MATTERS
- 2012 Summer Examinations closing soon
- Diploma in Distilling
ASIA PACIFIC MATTERS
- 2012 Membership Fees
- 2012 Asia Pacific Convention
- New AP Members
MAJOR EVENTS
- Asia Pacific 2012 Convention
- World Brewing Congress.
- Aust International Beer Awards
INDUSTRY NEWS
- Australian Retailers Private Beer Brands
COMPANY NEWS
- Malt Shovel Brewery
- LBrewcorp WA. - Matilda Bay Brewing
REGIONAL NEWS
OBITUARY
-Peter Franklyn
POSITIONS VACANT
- Townsville Brewing Company - Head Brewer
BREWERS EDUCATION CORNER.
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SUMMER EXAMS DEADLINE
Examination deadline fast approaching! The closing date for this summer's examinations is the 1st March 2012. All forms must be submitted to Francesca Williams (francesca.williams@ibd.org.uk) by
1st March 2012. To download an application form visit
www.ibd.org.uk/qualifications/examinations/
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If you are planning to sit the Diploma in Distilling examinations in 2012 and require training support then we suggest that you contact the IBD accredited trainer for this qualification directly.
Contact details are:
Brian Eaton b.eaton@tiscali.co.uk
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MEMBERSHIP FEES
By now you should all have received your membership renewal invoice for 2012. Note that fees are now payable direct to London and the cost is £106.00 (British Pounds) which represents a significant saving to members.
The simplest way to pay the fee and not incur a surchage is to log into the members area of the IBD Website
https://login.ibd.org.uk/MembersArea/
You will have previously been sent your member number and password to enable you to login. However, if you don't have one or both of these click on "Here" in the "Forgotten Your Member Number" area. This then asks for your email address and if you have forgotten your Password you can click on "Here" again and you will be sent the necessary information. Once you have this login you can proceed to pay your fees using a credit card.
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2012 ASIA PACIFIC CONVENTION
Registrations are rolling in and accommodation bookings are now heavy. The Convention Hotel "The Promenade" is filling fast so register now to ensure you can obtain the right accommodation.
All the events are now locked in place. The final Technical Programme and Partner's Programme are available from our Website and details of the Debate and Panel topics are now part of the Programme. Go to the Programme section under Convention.
As well we have had a great deal of interest in Poster presentations so the Exhibition and Posters session on the Monday will be of great benefit.
The social programme is designed to allow delegates to catch up, renew old friendships, create new ones and to take advantage of Melbourne's highlights. Similarly the partner's programme offers a varied sample of Melbourne's offerings.
Sponsorships have now been finalised and Sponsors are recognised on this Website in the Convention section under Sponsorships. We would like to thank all our Sponsors for their great support.
Normal Registration can be made from our Website under the 2012 Convention. Follow the link below to access the registration form now and to view the Technical programme.
http://www.ibdasiapac.com.au/convention/registration/
For any enquiries contact Felicity Smith at etm group Phone 03 9521 5355 or email felicitys@etmgroup.com.au.or editor@ibdasiapac.com.au
Michael Stoneman
Convention Chairman
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NEW MEMBERS
We would like to welcome the following new members to Asia Pacific.
David Baxter
CUB Victoria
Andri Budiarto
PT Multi Bintang Indonesia, Tangerang, Indonesia
Bradley Campbell
Ecolab Queensland
Ian Chang
Kavalan Distillery Taiwan
Robert Ellis
Ecolab Victoria
Colm Culligan
Ecolab Victoria
Florine Jourdain
Gage Roads Brewing Co. Palmyra Australia
Anthony Koutoulis
University of Tasmania
Rory Main
DB Breweries NZ
James Natzka
DB Breweries NZ
Anthony Mokaraka
Victoria Australia
Lewis Maschmedt
Little Creatures Brewery, Nedlands, Australia
Jogha Pratama
PT Multi Bintang Indonesia, Tangerang, Indonesia
Ampu Resmanto
PT Multi Bintang Indonesia, Tangerang, Indonesia
Kai Routledge
NSW
Zhizhuang Su
APB Singapore
Lim Yee Fong
APB Singapore
Beni Widodo
PT Multi Bintang Indonesia, Tangerang, Indonesia
These new members take the total membership of Asia Pacific to well over 900 members.
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ASIA PACIFIC 2012 CONVENTION
Our 2012 Convention will be held in Melbourne from 25th March to 30th March 2012.
Registration and details of the Technical and Partner's Programme are now available via our Website.
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WORLD BREWING CONGRESS 2012
You are invited to attend the next World Brewing Congress in Portland, OR, U.S.A.—the perfect city for this epic event. Current technological advances, new research results, the future of brewing, and different methods of brewing will all be discussed on a global scale. This international gathering of brewing industry professionals only takes place every four years, so mark your calendar today and make plans to join five international brewing societies July 28–August 1, 2012.
Hosted by:
American Society of Brewing Chemists
Master Brewers Association of the Americas
With Active Participation by:
Brewery Convention of Japan
European Brewery Convention
Institute of Brewing & Distilling
Call for Papers Opened December 1
Your research is an integral part of the WBC program. The abstract submission period is December 1, 2011, through January 31, 2012. Please review the Abstract Submission Instructions and start preparing your research for this global event.
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AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL BEER AWARDS
Hop to it to Enter the 2012 Australian International Beer Awards
Entries for the 2012 Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA), the pre-eminent showcase of beer and brewing excellence in the Asia Pacific Region, have been extended to Friday, 24 February.
Now in its 20th year, the AIBA is presented annually by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) in conjunction with the University of Ballarat. A new Industry Advisory Group has been appointed to further enhance the relevance of the prestigious competition.
The industry representatives come from a broad interest base including small and large breweries, education, hospitality and distribution. The members of the Advisory Group are Bill Taylor of Lion Nathan, Brad Rogers of Stone and Wood and Craft Beer Limited Association, Chris Badenoch of Josie Bones, Leif Ryan of Phoenix Beers, Peter Aldred from the University of Ballarat and AIBA Chief Judge, Peter Manders.
(This article has been reproduced with the kind permission of e-Malt.com. Members are encouraged to subscribe to this excellent newsletter)
RETAILERS' PRIVATE BEER BRANDS
Australia's retail behemoth set to increase sales of private beer brands
Coles and Woolworths are set to prise tens of millions of dollars from big brewers through house-brand beers, Adelaide Now reported this week.
The Australian retail behemoths have been advised they have the potential to significantly increase sales of private labels despite falling beer consumption.
Liquor industry analysts predict the retailers - believed to reap at least A$100 million a year in sales of own-brand beer - can increase their market share from 2.5 to 4 per cent.
Supermarket-owned wine labels now account for almost 20 per cent of wine sales in Australia. The supermarket giants have antagonised food and beverage companies by aggressively rolling out new home-brand labels in recent years.
Woolworths, which last year stated its wish to double private label sales across all products, has clearly been most aggressive in the beer market and this month added a new label, Sail & Anchor, to its range.
The group's liquor buying manager, Steve Donahue, said beer sales were growing. Market research indicates industry-wide sales fell more than 5 per cent in the year to November.
Woolworths has also moved into the booming cider market using the Sail & Anchor brand.
[From E-malt.com newsletter 4b of 27th Jan 2012]
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MALT SHOVEL BREWERY NSW
Recent renovations at Malt Shovel Brewery (Camperdown), including a refurbished ground floor featuring a gleaming copper kettle and a new administration office, are designed to create a visitor centre and other ‘consumer connection' points.
OTHER NSW COMPANY NEWS
New start-ups scheduled for 2012 include Casey's Brewery (Penrith) and Badlands Brewery (Orange). [From Beer & Brewer Aus & NZ #20, Autumn 2012]
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BREWCORP WA.
Two noted breweries, Feral and Nail, are setting up a joint facility – Brewcorp – to boost production and availability of draught and packaged beers, including Feral Hop Hog IPA, Feral White, Nail Ale and Nail Stout. They have ordered a new 50hL brewery and leased a warehouse in Bayswater. Brewcorp is not a merger but a pragmatic way for both companies to grow separately from one plant. Brendan Varis's modest Feral brewery at Baskerville has expanded as far as possible with new tanks and shed add-ons. John Stallwood's Nail production, at the Edith Cowan University teaching brewery at Joondalup, is so severely limited that bottled beers are released only rarely. For Feral, the new shared brewery means a capacity increase from 4,000hL a year to 25,000hL. [From MB News 126, Jan 27, 2012]
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No Regional functiosn to report this month.
PETER FRANKLYN – 1926-2012
Peter passed away on Tuesday 31st January. His funeral was held in Perth on 7th February.
He was an active member of the IBD and a very keen attender of regional meetings & events since 1952.
He started work at the Merredin brewery in 1941, then part of the Kalgoorlie Brewery & Ice Company Ltd which was sold to Swan in 1945. Peter moved to Swan Brewery, Perth in 1949 until 1958 when he went to the Stuart Brewery in Darwin for Swan until 1963. He was, to a great extent, the ‘face' of Swan in the Northern Territory and contributed in a big way to its success.
He transferred back to Perth in 1963 and was very actively involved in the transfer to the new Canning Vale site in 1978 as second brewer and then, before his retirement in 1985, he was packaging manager. His brother, Reg Franklyn was brewer and then manager of Kalgoorlie Brewery for Swan until it was closed in 1983.
Peter joined up & served briefly in the RAAF towards the end of the 2nd World War and served overseas - well Tasmania - just prior to the end of the war.
He was a very keen and good sportsman - he played for Claremont Football Club (Australian Rules Football) in his youth and was still playing tennis up until late 2011 at 86.
He was a devoted family man, married to his beloved Mary, who died late last year, for 63 years and leaves a large family of children, grandchildren & great-grandchildren.
THE TOWNSVILLE BREWING COMPANY
HEAD BREWER
The Townsville Brewing Company, established in 2001, located in North Queensland is currently seeking a Head Brewer. Constructed inside the historic former Townsville post office building in the city heart is a 17 hectolitre brewery that has proudly been producing a range of craft beers for over 10 years. With a fine dining restaurant, large tavern and state of the art banquet facility all under the one roof, - The Brewery” is a local icon.
The Head Brewer will be in control of all aspects of micro brewery production with a focus on maintaining the highest standards of quality assurance ensuring beers are delivered on time and in specification. An ability to work to deadlines and to meet production targets is essential as both packaged and in house draught beer sales are experiencing strong growth.
The successful applicant will have extensive brewing experience and relevant qualifications. Packaging experience would be desirable.
Forward CV's to
carey@aecgroupltd.com
THE BANKING CRISIS EXPLAINED
Young Paddy bought a donkey from a farmer for £100.
The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day...
The next day he drove up and said, 'Sorry son, but I have some bad news. The donkey's died.'
Paddy replied, 'Well then just give me my money back.'
The farmer said, 'Can't do that. I've already spent it.'
Paddy said, 'OK, then, just bring me the dead donkey.'
The farmer asked, 'What are you going to do with him?'
Paddy said, 'I'm going to raffle him off.'
The farmer said, 'You can't raffle a dead donkey!'
Paddy said, 'Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead.'
A month later, the farmer met up with Paddy and asked, 'What happened with that dead donkey?'
Paddy said, 'I raffled him off.
I sold 500 tickets at two pounds apiece and made a profit of £898'
The farmer said, 'Didn't anyone complain?'
Paddy said, 'Just the guy who won.
So I gave him his two pounds back.'
Paddy now works for the Royal Bank of Scotland .
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SENSITIVE AUSSIE BLOKES
Three aussie blokes working up on an outback mobile phone tower: Mongrel, Coot and Bluey .
As they start their descent, Coot slips, falls off the tower and is killed instantly..
As the ambulance takes the body away,
Bluey says, 'Well, mate, someone's gotta go and tell Coot's wife.
Mongrel says, 'OK, I'm pretty good at that sensitive stuff, I'll do it.'
Two hours later, he comes back carrying a case of Beer.
Bluey says, 'Where'd you get the grog, Mongrel?'
'Coot's wife gave it to me,' Mongrel replies. 'That's unbelievable, you told the Missus her husband was dead and she gave you a case of beer?' 'Well, not exactly', Mongrel says. 'When she answered the door, I said to her, "you must be Coot's widow." She said, 'You must be mistaken.. I'm not a widow.' Then I said, 'I'll betcha a case of beer you are..'
Aussies are good at that sensitive stuff.
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ARTHRITIS
A drunken man who smelled strongly of alcohol sat down on a subway next to a priest.
The man's tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and began reading.
After a few minutes the man turned to the priest and asked, 'Say Father, what causes arthritis?'
The priest replies, 'My Son, it's caused by loose living, being with cheap, wicked women, too much alcohol, contempt for your fellow man, sleeping around with prostitutes and lack of a bath.'
The drunk muttered in response, 'Well, I'll be damned, ' Then returned to his paper.
The priest, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologized. 'I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to come on so strong. How long
have you had arthritis?'
The drunk answered, 'I don't have it, Father. I was just reading here that the Pope does.'
MORAL: Make sure you understand the question before offering the answer.
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HOW TO START A FIGHT WITH YOUR WIFE
One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift...
The next year, I didn't buy her a gift.
When she asked me why, I replied, "Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!"
And that's how the fight started.....
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My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby table.
I asked her, "Do you know him?"
"Yes", she sighed, "He's my old boyfriend. I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since."
"My God!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?"
And then the fight started...
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When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed. But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, the shed, the boat, making beer.. Always something more important to me. Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point.
When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into the house.
I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush. I said, "When you finish cutting the grass, you might as well sweep the driveway."
The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp.
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Happy Brewing
Gary Blomeley FIBD
Editor IBD Asia Pacific
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