London Amateur Brewers

Who are the London Amateur Brewers?

We are an enthusiastic and informal group of home-brewers from London and the Home Counties who meet to share their skills, knowledge (and beer), to widen their appreciation of the world’s finest drink, and improve the beer they make themselves.

If you’re a beginner interested in getting into homebrewing or an experienced brewer looking to improve your beers, come along… We meet at 6pm on the first Monday of every month, at UBrew:

UBrew,
Arches 29-30,
24 Old Jamaica Road,
London,
SE16 4AW

Our meetings cater for a wide range of ages, and all levels of experience — from beginners looking to learn through to experts honing their technique. Although we tend to focus on beer, brewers of wine, mead, cider and other fermented beverages are also welcome.

We are affiliated to both the National Association of Wine and Beermakers (NAWB), and the Craft Brewing Association (CBA), the only UK homebrewing organisation recognised by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.

You can find our more about our history here.

A Statement of Aims

At London Amateur Brewers we encourage our members to contribute to the club by bringing their homebrewed wares for sampling. We are honest in our appraisal of all samples brought for tasting as we firmly believe hearing constructive impartial advice is the only way to improve one’s beer-making. We have the benefit at LAB of having a number of highly experienced brewers and qualified beer judges among our members, so there is a wealth of knowledge freely available to tap into.

Therefore, do not worry about bringing in beer which has not gone as you’d hoped. Nobody is going to point and laugh at you — you will get an open critique and pointers on how to improve your next batch. In fact there is usually more merit in having these beers critiqued than flawless beers. Ultimately, we all want to improve our brewing and by bringing beers for our peers to assess it helps us to get there, in the way that reading brewing books alone cannot.

Happy brewing.

LAB Leadership

We at LAB are a friendly group of people who all get along, but we do need people to lead us and to give our meetings and events focus. Here is our current leadership team:

Chairman: Richard Conroy
Deputy Chairman: Manmohan Birdi
Competition Organiser: Lee Immins
Website Admin: Darren Oakley

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is on Monday 3rd October, 2016 at UBrew. more »

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