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The column Metro wouldn’t publish: Steve Braunias on the time he got sacked for calling a cop a c***
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As a kind of prequel to Tim Murphy’s excellent court transcript story on the Spinoff yesterday, Steve Braunias exhumes a previously unpublished 2011 column on his own c***-related tribulations. It was originally written for Metro magazine, but editor...
Record 8,172 Beers Judged in 2014 National Homebrew Competition
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As competitive as the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) and The World Beer Cup (WBC) are for professional breweries, the number of entrants in those competitions pales in comparison to the 8,172 beers that were judged as part of the 2014 National Homebrew...
Beer Events • NHC in MI registration up for grabs
via forums.morebeer

Hi guys, I won a registration for the NHC in Grand Rapids MI at the NHC preliminary in Sacramento. I'm not going to make it and I'm posting here to see if any like-minded homebrewer wanted to go. I've asked my local brew club and around at the brewery...
NHC Winners / HopCat Comes to Broad Ripple
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National Homebrew Competition Congrats to the following Indiana homebrewers who placed beers in the regional rounds of the National Homebrew Competition. Their beers now advance to the final round to compete for a national medal during this year&rsquo...
Book Reviews • Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels
via forum.craftbrewing

This is an American book that is for when you want to move away from following recipes and onto formulating your own. It's an excellent book that I keep referring to. I would definitely recommend it. The book is divided into two parts. Part one is about...

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SOBA AGM 2020

2020 has been a hard year for everyone. This includes the Craft Beer Industry in New Zealand. The SOBA Mountain Ales festival was delayed indefinitely due to Covid-19, and the SOBA Dunedin Winter Beer Festival was cancelled as lockdown restrictions...
2019 SOBA Award Winners Announced

The Society of Beer Advocates Inc. is pleased to announce the results of the annual SOBA Awards for 2019! These awards are the result of the votes of individual members of SOBA, by region. The SOBA awards represent the true “voice of the consumer”, as...
SOBA National Homebrew Competition Accepting Entries

The Annual SOBA National Homebrew Competition is back again this year, with the judging sessions taking place over 23-24 November in Auckland. Last year saw a record number of entries, and overall an increase in quality of entries with a higher percentage...
Minutes from the 2019 SOBA AGM

On the morning before SOBA’s annual Winter Ales Festival, we gathered at the legendary Fork & Brewer for the SOBA AGM. A copy of the minutes are provided below – please post in the comments or email secretary@soba.org.nz with any questions. Thanks...
2018 SOBA Award Winners Announced

The Society of Beer Advocates Inc. is pleased to announce the results of the annual SOBA Awards. These awards are the result of the votes of individual members of SOBA, by region. The SOBA awards represent the true “voice of the consumer”, as SOBA is...