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IBDA
IBD MATTERS
-IBD Training Courses
- International Brewing Convention
- GEA Younger Members Award 2010
ASIA PACIFIC MATTERS
- Flavour Training Programme in Melbourne
- Training Course in SE Asia
MAJOR EVENTS
- International Brewing Convention
- AIP Conference
- EBC Hops Symposium
INDUSTRY NEWS
- Australian International Beer Awards
- 2010 World Beer Cup
- Distilling News
- Australian Beer Consumption Drops
- 'Low Carb' Beer Misleading Consumers?
- Rice Malt for Gluten-free Beer.
- Redoak Beer interview.
COMPANY NEWS
- Fosters Group
- Coca Cola Amatil
- Coopers
REGIONAL NEWS
- South Australia Meeting 9th June
- Report on Victoria Meeting
POSITIONS VACANT
BREWERS EDUCATION CORNER.
IBD TRAINING COURSES
As members know the IBD runs a great many courses each year. Details of the courses available can be obtained by clicking on the link below and choosing the course in which you are interested
http://www.ibd.org.uk/qualifications/examinations/
All candidates sitting the GC May Exam and Diplomas & Master Brewer Exams in June will receive their exam centre confirmation letter via email 3 weeks before the date of the Exam. The email will be sent to the email address that was given on the candidates' exam application form.
If you have not received an email please contact Andrea Williams on: andrea.williams@ibd.org.uk
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INTERNATIONAL BREWING CONVENTION
This Convention will be held in Machester UK from 18-20 October 2010. Registration is now open - early bird closes on 30th June 2010 to save 10% off full delegate registration fees. For more information or to register go to:
www.ibcmanchester.org
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GEA YOUNGER MEMBERS AWARD 2010
We are delighted to announce that GEA are once again offering this Award to members from Asia Pacific and Africa Sections. This award was won by a younger member from Asia Pacific last year and the member gained very valuable experience from it. We would encourage eligible members to apply this year.
Details can be found in our CURRENT NEWS section of this Website at http://www.ibdasiapac.com.au/news/
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FLAVOUR TRAINING PROGRAMME
In conjunction with the Australian International Beer Awards and the Beer & Brewing Expo held in Melbourne, on 21 May 2010 IBD Asia Pacific ran a Flavour Training session at the Young and Jacksons Hotel in Melbourne. This was very well attended with 60 participants and we would like to thank our two presenters Peter Aldred from Ballarat University and Tina Panoutsos from Fosters Group.
They presented samples of 5 taints that can occur in beers and discussed these taints, and how they may be created during the brewing process. There was a very lively and interesting discussion following the presentations.
These sessions are now being run as often as possible in the regions as part of our commitment to education for brewers in this Section. We are currently looking at opportunities to run similar sessions plus other training programmes in other regions. As an example we have a brief report on a programme run in Asia recently.
TRAINING IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
(Report by Tim O'Rourke)
The Asia Pacific Section has been active in providing brewing education and training for its members in South East Asia.
In April the Institute of Brewing was invited to provide training for Asia Pacific Breweries for students preparing for their General Certificate in Brewing and Brewing Diploma examinations.
The course was hosted by Clifford Jones, Supply Chain Director of Vietnam Breweries Ltd (VBL) and Mrs Nguyen Thi Doi, Training Manager, who along with her training team brought together 28 delegates from 8 different countries at VBL's flagship Hoc Mon brewery.
The training was provided by two accredited trainers from the section, Hugh Dunn from Edith Cowan University in Perth and Tim O'Rourke from the Brilliant Beer Company. Our job was made much easier by the efficiency of the organisation and the real interest, enthusiasm and application of the students.
At the end of the course all the students completed mock exams with very good results. It is hoped that this will translate into equally good results in the exams in May and June. The progress so far was particularly impressive as none of the students had English as their first language adding to the challenge of learning the material.
Following on from this formal programme I visited Malaysia, where I was able to provide coaching for three of the newest members of the Section, who work in a small independent brewery called Napex and are studying for Diploma 1and I was able to mentor a student completing the new Master Brewer Project and who hopefully will become one of first Master Brewers in Malaysia, and will be available to help with training in the Region.
I also had meetings with Carlsberg and GAB to discuss their education requirements and was able to support students studying for this year's exams by providing learning materials.
INTERNATIONAL BREWING CONVENTION
Registration for this event is now open. This event will be held in Manchester UK from 18-20th October 2010. It involves a 3 day Convention, an exhibition of over 100 exhibitors and over 800 delegates expected plus 40 expert speakers. This has been an excellent Convnetion in the past with several members from Aisa Pacific attending. Booking before 30 June 2010 gives a 10% reduction of full delegae fees. Register at http://www.ibdmanchester.org.uk
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF PACKAGING CONFERENCE
The 2010 biennial National Conference of the AIP will be held on16th & 17th of June 2010 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Victoria. The theme will be "Back to the Future: The Art & Science of Packaging" and we hope that you mark these dates in your diary. Should your company wish to partner with the event, showcase new products or innovations then please email info@aipack.com.au and we will send you an exhibitors kit. The AIP National Conference is the largest educational event of its kind in the industry and we look forward to seeing you all there.
EBC HOPS SYMPOSIUM
This year's EBC Hop Symposium will take place from the 12th to the 14th of September 2010 in Wolnzach (Bavaria), one of the main centres of the German hop growing industry in the Hallertau. Presentations covering all aspects of hop breeding and growing, the use of hops and hop products in brewing, flavour aspects and hop chemistry, as well as items on beer, hops and health will be considered for inclusion into the technical and scientific programme. We therefore welcome abstracts from interested individuals, companies and research institutes. These may be submitted via the symposium web-site: http://www.ebc-hop-symposium.org . This web-site will be going live as from the 1st of March. Online registrations and further information may also be obtained via this web-site.
AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL BEER AWARDS
This annual event was held in Melbourne during May and culminated with the Award presentation dinner held on the Thursday evening 20th May.
There were 1170 entries from 243 breweries across 34 countries.
This was a grand event with over 700 people attending the dinner. Asia Pacific brewers traditionally do very well but this year there were only 6 trophy winners from our Section.
The Premier's Trophy for the Best Victorian Beer was won by the 2 Brothers Brewery for their Voodoo Beer.
HGM Trophy for Champion Wheat Beer was won by Emeerson's Brewery Dunedin New Zealand for their Emerson's Weizenbock.
The Cryer Malt Trophy for Champion ALe was won by Feral Brewery WA for their "The Runt" beer.
The RAS of Victoria Trophy for Champion Porter was won by Hunter Beer Co NSW for their "Hunter Chocolate Porter". I spoke with Keith Grice from the Company following the event and he "was blown away that our team picked up a trophy. I think everyone knows that there is some luck involved, but you still can't wipe the stupid grins off our faces."
He asked me to pass along his thanks to others who helped them achieve this award. " Everyone in the industry, suppliers, consultants, manufacturers , educators and of course the brewers, have always been happy to share their thoughts, experiences and answer my many and sometimes rather obvious questions (or just have a chat over a schooner and share their passion). There is no doubt that it's this generosity that has helped us land our first gold. I really do hope that everyone shares in our celebrations, because they should feel they own a piece of our success."
TAC Trophy for Champion Reduced Alcohol Beer was won by Redoak Pty Ltd NSW for their Redoak Bitter. Janet & David Hollyoak commented that they too were very excited by their win. I asked them some questions about their win and their comments are set out below.
The University of Ballarat Champion Packaging Award was won by Scotts Brewing Co Auckland for their 6 Pack Holder for their Scotts Pale Ale.
The full list of results can be seen by following the link http://www.beerawards.com/results.asp.
2010 WORLD BEER CUP
Held in Chicago, USA where 3,330 beers from 642 breweries in 44 countries were judged. Australian brewers entered 38 beers, three of which were awarded medals: Gold: Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan) with New Norcia Abbey Ale; silver: Redoak Brewery with Redoak Bitter & O'Brien's Brewery (Ballarat) with O'Brien Brown Ale. [from Beer & Brewer Australia & New Zealand,# 13 May 2010 & other sources]
DISTILLING NEWS
Lark Distillery in Tasmania featured their Tasmanian Single Malt Whisky at the Whiskies of the World Expo in San Francisco earlier this year. The Whisky received excellent reviews.
Australia's Inner Circle Green Dot Rum won the "Spirit of the Year" award at the recent 2010 World Spirit Awards in Klagenfurt, Austria. THe3 Innewr Cirlce range received double-gold medals for the Red and Green dot varieties, while the Black Dot received gold. Inner Circle has been part of the Bacardi Lion portfolio since 2007. (from National Liquor News Vol 29 no 3 - April 2010.)
AUSTRALIAN BEER CONSUMPTION DROPS
Australia's beer consumption has dropped to a 60-year low in the year to June 30, 2009, the latest data published on May, 27 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.
The estimated quantity of pure alcohol available for consumption from beer increased by 1.7% from 78.1 million litres in 2007–08 to 79.4 million litres of alcohol in 2008–09, the Bureau said.
Apparent per capita consumption of pure alcohol available for consumption from beer, for persons aged 15 years and over, decreased marginally from 4.51 litres of alcohol per person in 2007–08 to 4.49 litres of alcohol per person in 2008–09.
The volume of beer available for consumption increased slightly by 1.4% from 1,828.1 million litres in 2007–08 to 1,853.0 million litres in 2008–09.
Full strength beer accounted for most of the increase in total beer volume, by 2.7% or 36.8 million litres, followed by mid strength beer, which increased by 3.7% or 10.0 million litres. However, low strength beer decreased by 12.2% or 22.0 million litres in 2008–09. For the year 2008–09, the apparent per capita consumption of beer decreased by 1.0 litre of beer per person.
(E-malt.com newsletter 22b of 28th May).
This article and others in this Newsletter reproduced with the kind permission of E-malt.com. Members are invited to subscribe to emalt.com to remain up-to-date with all the Brewing industry news. Go to the Website to subscribe.
'LOW CARB' BEER MISLEADING CONSUMERS?
At the end of 2009 the Alcohol Policy Coalition (APC) called on the Council of Australian Government (COAG) to address the need for factual alcohol labelling in response to a rise in "misleading health claims. such as 'low carbohydrate" on beer products around Australia.
In a recent submission to the Federal Government's Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy the APC maintained that consumers have the right to know what is in alcohol products so that they can make informed decisions about the drinks they purchase and consume.
(Food Australia Magazine Issue 62 - May 2010)
RICE MALT SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR GLUTEN-FREE BEER
Malted rice could offer formulators a new weapon in their gluten-free arsenal after tests showed the potential to product the ingredient at the pilot scale, Italian researchers report.
Elena Ceppi and Oreste Brenna from the University of Milan report they obtained gluten-free malt from rice at both the lab and pilot plant scale. The scientists chose rice because not only it is free of gluten, but it is also similar to barley, they said.
- Malted rice with [an] appreciable sensory characteristics could be used by food industries to produce a number of products, such as gluten-free foodstuffs (as well as beer) or baby and dietetic food,” they wrote in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
If further studies, including additional scale-up, affirm the potential of the rice malt, it may see an interesting new ingredient added to the growing list of options available to gluten-free formulators.
(From Food Navigator.com)
RED OAK BEER - COMMENTS ON THEIR AIB AWARD (These were some questions I as the Editor put to Janet & David Hollyoak following their win at the Awards and their responses which I hope will be of interest)
Did you expect your light beer to do this well or were there some other beers that you were hoping might do very well?
We were thrilled Redoak Bitter took out the Champion Reduced Alcohol trophy. This is a category we have not won before and a tough category too. As you know when brewing a low alcohol beer it is often difficult to achieve a beer with full flavour and aroma. The Redoak Bitter has all the flavour and aroma of a full strength beer but has the added advantage of being light in alcohol.
Tasting Notes: Redoak's Bitter is an interpretation of the traditional session English style bitter with Redoak's own character added. It has a rich amber colour, a good balance of hops and caramel aroma with a pleasant 'crystal malt' flavour and finishes with a refreshing bitterness. The excellent mouth-feel and body of this beer is bound to surprise you. 3.5%. Available in Keg/Bottle.
You have done very well over the last few years – was this result a bit disappointing.
Not at all! Every year we release new beers and we are excited that one of our new beer styles won. We also won one of only 5 trophies that stayed in Australia – which we think is a great achievement.
What do you think was the cause of so many overseas beers doing so well this year – has their quality gone up or more entrants, or has Aussie quality gone down?
The micro and craft beers brewed in Australia are awesome and are getting better every year. Quite simply, the number of AIBA entries were up, there was good representation from around the world and there are some incredibly well brewed beers from all around the world. So, all in all, the RASV is conducting a very well run AIBA competition and ‘the best of the best' are being recognised.
To what or whom do you attribute your success – do you do it all yourselves or are there other people involved who provide advice etc.
My core inspiration comes from ‘within the bottle'. I have been fortunate enough to travel and have visited some amazing breweries and tasted some incredible beers which are based upon century old recipes or brewing methods.
I brew all of my beers true to style with as much complex flavour and aroma possible. However, the art of brewing is challenged when I brew innovative and creative beers.
Do you have any special plans for next year – new beers or process changes for example.
We are always planning, always developing and creating new and innovative beers. So, to answer your question, yes we do have some new and exciting beers in the pipeline. As I always like to say…………..watch this space!
FOSTER'S GROUP
Foster's Group Ltd. may be a takeover target after announcing plans to spin off its wine unit, with SABMiller Plc and Asahi Breweries Ltd. among companies attracted to the wider profit margins in Australia, Bloomberg cited fund managers on May, 26.
The brewing business may be worth more than A$13.5 billion ($11 billion) and draw interest from Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. of Japan, said Theo Maas, who helps manage A$5 billion at Arnhem Investment Management in Sydney.
The brewer of Foster's Lager and Victoria Bitter, Australia's top-selling brand, controls about 50 percent of the local market.
- I wouldn't be surprised to see Coca-Cola Amatil and SABMiller bid for the beer business,” said Rhett Kessler, who helps manage about $1.1 billion at Pengana Capital Ltd. in Sydney and doesn't hold Foster's shares.
SABMiller, which already owns Foster's in India and brewing rights to the brand in the U.S., declined to comment on the reports.
According to a Sydney Morning Herald citing an interview with Coca-Cola Amatil's incoming alcoholic beverages unit head John Murphy, the company won't bid for Foster's Group Ltd.'s beer division. Coca-Cola Amatil will instead focus on developing its own beer brands, the newspaper cited Murphy as saying.
(From E-malt.com Newsletter 22b of 28th May)
COCA-COLA AMATIL
Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (CCA) said on May, 14 that Pacific Beverages JV, its joint venture with SABMiller plc, has continued to invest in building its brands and growing its market share of the Australian premium alcoholic beverages market in the current first half of 2010.
While the beer market overall has experienced a softer start to the year, Pacific Beverages' premium beer portfolio has continued to grow volumes and market share and now accounts for almost 10% of the premium beer market in Australia, the company said, citing AC Nielsen data.
The Bluetongue Brewery in New South Wales will be commissioned later this month with the first commercial production expected at the end of June, CCA reports.
- With the Bluetongue Brewery about to be commissioned, we will have the manufacturing platform to take our beer business to the next level,” CCA's Group Managing Director, Mr Terry Davis, said.
In a press conference after the annual general meeting, Davis said players in the premium beer market, into which it is selling its Bluetongue and Peroni Leggera beers, is losing some of its pricing power, with a 3%-5% compression in prices in that market recently. The premium market has grown more competitive in Australia.
(from E-malt.com Newsletter 20b of 13th May).
COOPERS BREWERY
Coopers Brewery said that exceptional growth in interstate beer sslaes in the last six months of 2009 enabled it to finish the year in record territory.They are also predicting that sales for 2010 year are expected to exceed 60 million litres for the first time.
Dr Tim Cooper said that a total of 58.781 million litres were sold during 2009 an increase of 4.9% over 2008 figure of 56.024 million litres. Beer sales in the second half of the year rose by 7.4% with strong growth in NSW (19.2%), Victoria (11.9%) and Queensland (11.1%). Home brew sales rose by 6.9% in the same period.
(From Food Australia 62 May 2010.)
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Members are invited to the second Regional Meeting for 2010 in S.A. It will be held on Wednesday 9th June from 6.30 pm at Coopers Brewery 461 South Rd, Regents Park.
The speaker will be Stephen Livens who is Head of Brewing Services - Campden BRi speaking on "A Microbiologists guide to Dispense Technologies" Please advise Nick Sterenberg by email (nicks@coopers.com.au) or phone 08 8440 1811 by Friday 4th March if you plan to attend the meeting.
VICTORIA REGION
On 11 May a Victorian Section meeting was held at Mountain Goat Brewery with 16 IBD members and 17 members from the Victorian Association of Microbrewers. Robert Greenaway, the new Secretary for the IBD explained the benefits of membership tothe VAMI members present.
Tim Lord and Dr Simon Whittock from Hop Products Australia trekked up from Tasmania for the event. They showed a video that detailed the hop production process and discussed their exciting hop breeding program, which sees Hops Products Australia produce approx 1500 - 2000 "potential" new hop varieties a year. Only a few of these ever make it to commercial production and after the presentations, we were lucky enough to taste Southern Hallertau and unreleased Stella hop flowers in the Randall, paired with Mountain Goat Steam Ale. The hops displayed spicy, earthy characters reminiscent of old world, English-type hops.
Pizzas were provided for all to snack on and there was a vast array of Victorian microbrewed beers available to taste. The meeting provided a great opportunity for both VAMI and IBD members to mix and we hope to strengthen the interaction between the two organizations going forward.
No positions being advertised this month.
ANOTHER BLONDE JOKE
(I apologise for picking on blondes - they seem to cop a regular beating - you can substitue brunette or redhead or whoever else you like).
Colin, a handsome dude, walked into a sports bar at around 9.58pm. He sat down next to a blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV. The 10.00pm news was coming on. The news crew was covering a story of a man on the ledge of a large building preparing to jump.
The blonde looked at Colin and said - do you think he'll jump?
Colin says - yes I bet he does”
The blonde replies - well I bet he won't”
Colin placed a £20 bill on the bar and said - you're on”
Just as the blonde placed her money on the bar, the guy on the ledge of the building did a swan dive off the building, falling to his death.
The blonde was very upset but willingly handed her £20 to Colin, saying - fair's fair, here's your money”
Colin replied, - I can't take your money, I saw this earlier on the 5pm news and so I knew he would jump”
The blonde replied - I did too but I didn't think he'd do it again”
…………Colin took the money!!
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Bacon Tree
Two Mexicans are stuck in the desert after crossing into the United States , wandering aimlessly and starving. They are about to just lie down and wait for death, when all of a sudden Luis says.........
"Hey Pepe, do you smell what I smell. Ees bacon, I theenk."
"Si, Luis, eet sure smells like bacon. "
With renewed hope they struggle up the next sand dune, & there, in the distance, is a tree loaded with bacon.
There's raw bacon, there's fried bacon, back bacon, double smoked bacon ... every imaginable kind of cured pork.
"Pepe, Pepe, we ees saved. Ees a bacon tree."
"Luis, maybe ees a meerage? We ees in the desert don't forget."
"Pepe, since when deed you ever hear of a meerage that smell like bacon...ees no meerage, ees a bacon tree."
And with that, Luis staggers towards the tree. He gets to within 5 metres, Pepe crawling close behind, when suddenly a machine gun opens up, and Luis drops like a wet sock. Mortally wounded, he warns Pepe with his dying breath,
"Pepe... go back man, you was right, ees not a bacon tree!"
"Luis, Luis mi amigo... what ees it? "
"Pepe.. ees not a bacon tree. Ees
Ees
Ees
Ees
Ees a ham bush...."
SO SORRY I know there is something wrong with me for including this. Just couldnt help it!
The little voices made me do it !!! And I bet you tried to do the accent didn't you - I know you did!!!!
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When Love Fades...
Last night I was sitting on the sofa watching TV when I heard my wife's' sweet voice from the kitchen.
"What would you like for dinner my Love? Chicken, beef or lamb?"
I said, "Thank you, I'll have chicken."
She replied "You're having soup, I was talking to the cat."
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Your Yearly Dementia Test
It's that time of year for us to take our annual senior citizen test.
Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's important to keep mentally alert. If you don't use it, you lose it! Below is a very private way to gauge how your memory compares to the last test. Some may think it is too easy but the ones
with memory problems may have difficulty. Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or not. The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you've made your answer. OK, relax, clear your mind and begin.
1. What do you put in a toaster?
Answer: 'bread.' If you said 'toast' give up now and do something else..
Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, bread, go to Question 2.
2. Say 'silk' five times. Now spell 'silk.' What do cows drink?
Answer: Cows drink water. If you said 'milk,' don't attempt the next question. Your brain is over-stressed and may even overheat.. Content yourself with reading a more appropriate literature such as ` Auto World. However, if you said 'water', proceed to question 3.
3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?
Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said 'green bricks,' why are you still reading these???
If you said 'glass,' go on to Question 4.
4. It's twenty-five years ago, and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over Germany (If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany ). Anyway, during the flight, two engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure.
Unfortunately the engine fails before he can do so and the plane fatally crashes smack in the middle of 'no man's land' between East Germany ! ! and West Germany .... Where would you bury the survivors? East Germany , West Germany , or no man's land'?
Answer: You don't bury survivors.
If you said ANYTHING else, you're a dunce and you must stop. If you said, 'You don't bury survivors', proceed to the next question.
5. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales . In London , 17 people get on the bus.
In Reading , 6 people get off the bus and 9 people get on.
In Swindon , 2 people get off and 4 get on.
In Cardiff , 11 people get off and 16 people get on.
In Swansea , 3 people get off and 5 people get on.
In Carmathen, 6 people get off and 3 get on.
You then arrive at Milford Haven ..
Without scrolling back to review, how old is the bus driver?
Answer: Oh, for crying out loud!
Don't you remember your own age? It was YOU driving the bus!!
If you pass this along to your friends, pray they do better than you.
PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!!
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Happy Brewing
Gary Blomeley FIBD
Editor IBD Asia Pacific
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