15 Riverside Road, East Fremantle 6158 WA (08) #LeftyHomeBrewersAward

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1 15 Riverside Road, East Fremantle 6158 WA (08) #LeftyHomeBrewersAward

2 ABOUT Here at The Left Bank, we love to enjoy a cold pint on a hot summer s day. There s nothing better than a couple of frothies with your mates in the Beer Garden, while watching the world go by... Since we installed our tap system in September 2012, our love and passion for beer has steadily grown. Our 12 taps in each bar offer a mixed variety of beers with at least one tap changing on a regular basis. Once a month we host our Beer Club, inviting a different brewery to present their range and tell their beer tales. One of the featured brews is then available as our Beer of the Month for the rest of the month - giving our locals the opportunity to taste something new and different throughout the year. While hosting our monthly Beer Club, we have made a lot of friends - blokes that simply love to drink beer, locals that like to try something new and home brewers who dream of owning their own bar one day... Inspired by long conversations over a few too many pints, we decided to organise the first Left Bank Home Brewers Award in 2018! We re looking for the best local Home Brewer to brew the beer we all want to enjoy next summer in our Beer Garden! Gage Road s Single Fin was everyone s favourite last summer; James Squires 150 Lashes has been our Top Seller over the past few years; 4 Pines Summer Ale was our most popular Beer of the Month in 2017 and Stone and Wood s Pacific Ale is one of the most loved craft stubbies we sell - are you up to the challenge of brewing a beer that can compete with those? WHY YOU SHOULD ENTER Wouldn t you love to see your beer on tap at one of your favourite venues? The winner will get to brew a batch of the winning recipe with Master Brewer Ken Arrowsmith at Beerland Brewing, which will go on tap at The Left Bank in October. The winner will also get to to join The Left Bank team at the Fremantle Beer Fest in November 2018 to showcase and sell the winning beer. Rub shoulders with Australia s best brewers and promote your beer to thousands of beer lovers and industry professionals alike! Who knows where this weekend might lead to? AWARD TIMELINE Registration Period: Beer Submissions: Home Brewers Awards Night Monday 11 th June - Wednesday 11 th July Tuesday 28 th August - Thursday 30 th August Wednesday 5 th September - 7pm 1

3 COMPETITION DETAILS See below a detailed overview of all stages of the competition: REGISTRATION To take part in The Left Bank Home Brewers Award 2018, simply fill in the Registration Form (page 6 of this booklet) and return it via to events@leftbank.com.au by Wednesday 11 th July. The form will enable us to gain insight into the style of beer you ll be brewing. Make sure you choose one of the three styles accepted (Australian-Style Pale Ale, American-Style Pale Ale and Session Ale) - see details on page 3 and 4 of this booklet. Once registrations close, you ll have seven weeks to brew the perfect batch for the competition. BEER SUBMISSIONS Submissions of your home brew will be accepted between Tuesday 28 th and Thursday 30 th August 2018 at The Left Bank. We require a sixpack of 330ml stubbies (or the equivalent in a growler) of your beer to be submitted for the first internal judging round. Make sure you label your submission clearly with your NAME and submit it together with the Beer Submission Form (page 9 of this booklet). INTERNAL JUDGING Once all submissions have been received, internal judging will take place on the weekend of the 1st September to choose the finalists for the Home Brewers Awards Night. The internal judging will be managed by Beerlands Master Brewer Ken Arrowsmith. His brew team will conduct a blind tasting and judge all submissions based on the category classifications. All registered Home Brewers will be notified by 5pm Monday 3 rd September whether their beer has made it into the finals. HOME BREWERS AWARDS NIGHT On Wednesday 5 th September 2018, our usual Beer Club night, we ll be hosting the first Left Bank Home Brewers Awards Night. Tickets to the event will be available via The Left Bank website closer to the date. All finalists will be required to supply 5 litres of their beer for the public tasting at the Awards Night. All guests will get the chance to taste all finalist beer submissions as part of a blind tasting. The finalists will be invited on stage afterwards to present their brew and answer any questions from guests. The winner of the competition will be chosen through an anonymous popularity vote at the end of the night. THE WIN Besides calling yourself The Left Bank Home Brewer of 2018, the Awards Night is only the start of the fun. The winner will get to brew his recipe with Master Brewer Ken Arrowsmith and his team at one of Beerland s breweries (Northbridge Brewing Co or Whitfords Brewing Co). Brewing will take place on a weekday the week following the Awards Night (9 th /10 th /11 th September - TBC). 2

4 COMPETITION DETAILS The brew will create approx. 22 kegs of the winning beer. The brewing process will take around 4 weeks - so the beer will be ready by the second week of October. The winning beer will become The Beer of the Month for October and be available on tap in the main bars at The Left Bank. Depending on stock availability and tap arrangements, the winning beer might also be available on Tap at the Beerland venues in Northbridge and Whitfords. FREMANTLE BEER FEST The Left Bank has booked a stall for the Fremantle Beer Fest at the Fremantle Esplanade on the weekend of the 9th/10th/11th November The Left Bank team will be promoting the Home Brewers Award, the monthly Beer Club and most importantly, promote and sell the winning beer. The winner of The Left Bank Home Brewers Award will be required to join The Left Bank team at the festival. This will be a unique opportunity for the winner to meet and network with other brewers and industry professionals from all over Australia and sell the winning brew to Perth s beer lovers BEER CATEGORIES Following the Brewers Association for Small and Independent Craft Brewers, we re permitting submissions for three different beer styles: Australian-Style Pale Ale, American-Style Pale Ale and Session Ale Australian-Style Pale Ale Color: Straw to medium amber Clarity: Yeast, chill and/or hop haze may be present in this style at low levels but are not essential Perceived Malt Aroma & Flavor: Very low to medium Perceived Hop Aroma & Flavor: Medium-low to medium-high, exhibiting attributes typical of modern Australian hop varieties such as tropical fruit, mango, passionfruit, and/or stone-fruit Perceived Bitterness: Low to medium-high Fermentation Characteristics: Very low to low fruity estery flavor and aroma are acceptable but not essential. Body: Low to low-medium with a dry finish Additional notes: Overall impression is a well-integrated easy drinking, refreshing pale ale style with distinctive fruity Australian hop aromas and flavours. Diacetyl if present should be very low. DMS should not be present. Original Gravity ( Plato) (10-13 Plato) Apparent Extract/Final Gravity ( Plato) ( Plato) Alcohol by Weight (Volume) (4-6) Bitterness (IBU) Color SRM (EBC) 3-9(6-18 EBC) 3

5 American-Style Pale Ale Color: Deep golden to copper or light brown Clarity: Chill haze is acceptable at low temperatures. Hop haze is allowable at any temperature. Perceived Malt Aroma & Flavor: Low caramel malt aroma is allowable. Low to medium maltiness may include low caramel malt character. Perceived Hop Aroma & Flavor: Hop aroma and flavor is high, exhibiting floral, fruity (berry, tropical, stone fruit and other), sulfur/diesel-like, onion-garlic-catty, citrusy, piney or resinous character that was originally associated with American-variety hops. Hops with these attributes now also originate from countries other than the USA. Perceived Bitterness: Medium to medium-high Fermentation Characteristics: Fruity-estery aroma and flavor may be low to high. Diacetyl should not be perceived. Body: Medium Original Gravity ( Plato) ( Plato) Apparent Extract/Final Gravity ( Plato) ( Plato) Alcohol by Weight (Volume) 3.5%-4.3%(4.4%-5.4%) Bitterness (IBU) Color SRM (EBC) 6-14(12-28 EBC) Session Beer Color: The color should mimic the classic style upon which the beer is based Clarity: Appearance may vary from brilliant to hazy to cloudy and should mimic the classic style upon which the beer is based Perceived Malt Aroma & Flavor: Should mimic the classic style upon which the beer is based Perceived Hop Aroma & Flavor: Should mimic the classic style upon which the beer is based Perceived Bitterness: Should mimic the classic style upon which the beer is based Fermentation Characteristics: Varies with underlying style Body: Varies with underlying style Additional notes: This category includes any style of beer made lower in strength than described in the classic style guidelines. These beers should exhibit lower alcohol content than the classic style. Drinkability is key to a successful session beer. Beers exceeding 5.0% abv (4% abw) are not categorized as Session Beers. Beers which fit in another classic or traditional category should not be categorized as Session Beers. When using these guidelines as the basis for evaluating entries at competitions, organizers may wish to further subcategorize this category, for example, creating a Session India Pale Ale or other large subcategory(ies) as needed. Competition organizers may request that brewers provide actual percent alcohol by volume (abv) for their entries in this category. Original Gravity ( Plato) ( Plato) Apparent Extract/Final Gravity ( Plato) (1-2.6 Plato) Alcohol by Weight (Volume) 2.8%-4.0%(3.5%-5.0%) Bitterness (IBU) Color SRM (EBC) 2+(4+ EBC) The above beer style description was taken from The Brewers Association Style Guidelines - available via 4

6 TERMS & CONDITIONS ENTRY ELIGIBILITY Entrants must be 18+ to enter the competition. Entrants must be aware of all deadlines to ensure timely submission of the Registration Form, Submission Form and beer tasting. Late Submissions won t be accepted. Entrants are not allowed to be under current employment of a commercial brewery. HOW WE USE YOUR BEER By entering this competition, the winner will give The Left Bank Holdings Pty Ltd and Beerland Brewing the right to brew, market, distribute and sell the winning recipe. Beerland Brewing reserved the right to modify the recipe to suit commercial production. The winner will not be liable for any costs and will not have any right for profits made from selling the winning beer. CONTACTS Contact Details: 15 Riverside Road, East Fremantle 6158 (08) events@leftbank.com.au Organiser/Marketing Contact: Julia Maloney (The Left Bank - Marketing Manager) Social Media: Facebook: Instagram: #LeftyHomeBrewersAward 5

7 REGISTRATION FORM Submit the completed registration form via to by Wednesday 11 th July to be able to participate in The Left Bank Home Brewers Award HOME BREWER DETAILS: NAME: MOBILE: BREW LOCATION: BEER SUBMISSION DETAILS: BEER STYLE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PLANNED BREW: I hereby register and accept the Terms & Conditions of The Left Bank Home Brewers Competition 2018: Signature: Date: OFFICE USE ONLY: Registration received: 6

8 BEER SUBMISSION FORM Submit the completed Beer Submission Form together with your beer submission (sixpack of 330ml stubbies) between Tuesday 28th and Thursday 30th August at The Left Bank. HOME BREWER DETAILS: NAME: BEER SUBMISSION DETAILS: TYPE OF SUBMISSION (PACK DESCRIPTION): BEER STYLE: NAME OF BREW: ALCOHOL PERCENTAGE: RECIPE (INGREDIENTS - HOPS/YEAST/MALT): DESCRIPTION/ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE BEER: OFFICE USE ONLY: Beer received: Internal Judgement Score: 7