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IBDA
NEWS
STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
There was an excellent response to the search for candidates to form the restructured AP Strategic Planning Committee.
The new committee comprises:
Bill Taylor and Mike Preston who were prviously on the Committee, and 2 new members Bruce Peachey from Bruce Peachey Consulting Services and David Baxter from CUB in Melbourne, plus our secretary Rob Greenaway. Congratulations to these people for volunteering to work on this very important Committee.
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2012 ASIA PACIFIC CONVENTION
We are currently in the process of mailing out copies of the CD of the Proceedings of the Convention. Unfortunately, we have insufficient copies to provide to every member. If you do not receive a copy in the next few weeks and would like to receive one we have a limited number in stock. Please email me at editor@ibdasiapac.com.au.
However a copy of the Proceedings of all the Technical Papers and Posters presented during the Convention have now been uploaded on to our Website under "Asia Pacific Matters - Convention Proceedings".
The Power Point presentations from each of the Speakers on the Craft Brewers Day are now also available on this Website.
This version on the Website does contain all the presentations except the address by Ina Verstl whose presentation will be published in the Brauwelt journal in June/July. Thus the Website version is more comprehensive thatn the CD.
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NEW MEMBERS
We would like to welcome the following new members to Asia Pacific.
Hong Phuc Ngo - Vietnam Brewery HCMC
Sangram Chatterjee - SAB Miller India
VIjaysing Rajput - SAB Miller India
Lucas Leczkowski - Blue Tongue Brewery NSW
Simon Teeling - Blue Tongue Brewery NSW
Pham Thi Ngoc Lien - Vietnam Brewery HCMC
Don Salva - SAB Brewing South Aust.
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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY
The Edith Cowan University Brewing Short Course will be run again this year from the 25th to the 29th June
The ECU Brewing Short Course covers the entire brewing process. Topics covered include:
• Raw materials
• Brewhouse operations and wort production
• Yeast management and fermentation
• Finishing operations and beer quality
All course materials are provided, along with daily morning and afternoon tea, lunch and
refreshments.
Lectures and practical exercises will be presented by ECU brewing science lecturer and IBD accredited trainer, Hugh Dunn.
Monday, 25 to Friday, 29 June 2012
9.00am to 5.00pm each day
Course fee: $1,500
All course materials and meals are provided.
Registrations close 22 June 2012. Places are strictly limited. Confirmation of enrolment is
dependent on places being available, which will be confirmed by the school.
Application form will be available from the Technical Papers section of this Website shortly or by contacting the Editor.
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THE BEER ACADEMY - AUSTRALIA
The Beer Academy is one of the IBD's major educational programmes in the United Kingdom, aiming to help drinkers develop a sophisticated understanding of beer's diverse wonders . The Beer Academy has appointed local beeer experts from Brewtique to manage the various courses in Australia.
The courses range in depth starting with a 90 minute tasting session that develops a basic understanding of beer styles and how to taste them. Advanced courses include a multi-day Advanced Beer Tasting course to the ultimate beer qualification of Beer Sommelier which requires extensive training, experience and practical exams.
The Beer Academy has already been launched in Brisbane with courses to be available in Sydney in early June and further launches in Newcastle, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
At the recent launch in Sydney a beer and food matching course was conducted at the Lord Nelson Hotel with a small number of media and IBD representatives. This was an excellent event which was a great introduction to what will prove to be a great innovation in beer education in Australia. See the Gallery for photos of the Sydney launch.
Our vision is to roll out the Beer Academy throughout Australia in 2012, move to NZ & the South Pacific in 2013 and then into the Asia Pacific region (with Beer Academy HQ approval) in 2014.
Our website http://www.beeracademyoz.com/ is up and running and current courses are advertised. The website will continue to be upgraded.
We have many followers on Twitter and use this as a communication tool. We are also on Facebook
We have a number of tutors already but are finalising others. Current tutors are: Neal Cameron, Ian Watson, Tina Panoutsos, Matt Kirkegaard, Stephen Nelson, Pete Mitcham
We have started with the 90 min Tasting sessions and have just offered the first How to Judge Beer Course available for booking. Other courses will be offered in the future as we make minor modifications to make them more relevant in this region
We will also be targeting corporate businesses with bespoke courses and discussing (with brewers) the inclusion of a Beer Academy course as part of an induction program for employees at breweries (large and small)
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