Queensland Homebrewing Conference    

Date: 05 November 2011

Place: Southbank Institute of Technology, South Bank, Brisbane

What: A one-day conference dedicated to home brewers, from aspiring kit and kilo brewers to all-grain experts. There will be talks ranging from the use of basic (and more exotic) ingredients, recipe formulations, starting your own micro-brewery, new brewing techniques and products, trade displays and a whole lot of quality craft-brewed beers to taste.

125 attendees, 570 litres of beer, 13 Speakers (including one that flew in from Colorado), 4 commercial brewers, a live link up with the States,a four course meal with after-dinner entertainment and a heap of give aways. A whirlwind 24 hours!

The Queensland Homebrewing Conference was a true display of the skills that QLD brewers posses. There was delicious beers on offer made by QLD hands and great insights from local brewers into the world of water chemistry, competition brewing, recipe formulation and even how to grow hops at home in the QLD climate. There was of course some outside help with John Carroll from White Labs Yeasts coming to address the conference (in what was a highlight of the day for many attendees),
representatives from Bintani, Hop Products Australia and some commercial brewers from interstate all who added their great part to the day.

As both Brews News Editor Matt Kirkegaard and the Courier Mail's Rory Gibson said, it was daunting to think about just how much brewing talent had descended on Southbank over the weekend. The day was a great success and many thanks must go to the organisers, sponsors and volunteers who made it possible. Please keep an eye out for what we have planned for next year, we promise it will be even bigger, even better and even more exciting!