The CBA National Homebrewers Competition took place in Bristol on Saturday 15th September 2012. Twenty of our members entered a few beers and some entered several more than that. Bryan even entered the same beer into 4 different categories! A…
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dust off your mash tun, shake the spiders out of your fermenter, buy some fresh ingredients and get brewing because the London and South East Craft Brewing Competition and Festival date has been set for 2012. As always…
Congratulations to Dave Halse who’s beer will go forward to round 3 of the CBA Club Only Competition. It was the toughest LAB selection yet with 14 entries. After two rounds Bristol Craft Brewers and London Amateur Brewers are neck and…
The Kernel and London and South East Craft Brewing Competition winner Tom Greasley will be launching their Collaboration brew at the Rake on Monday 19th March. Tom Greasley and fellow London Amateur Brewers will be there to celebrate from 6.30pm…
On the 5th of March we will be selecting our entry for the CBA Club Only Competitions 2012 Bitter (BJCP Category 8) . We will select one beer to be put forward and judged on the 18th of March by…
Earlier this year we heard that the London and South East Craft Brewing Festival, which has been held annually in Sutton, was not going ahead. I am pleased to announce that the London Amateur Brewers have taken over the organisation…
At our last meeting, LAB hosted the first ever BJCP-sanctioned competition in Europe, in preparation for the first European BJCP qualification exam which will be adjudicated by LAB’s Ant Hayes in Jan 2011. More details at
Ant Hayes, founder of LAB and winner of the South African National Homebrew Competition in 2000 and 2003 is talking at NHC tomorrow (Sat 19th June) from 9-10am on the subject of “Lesser Known and Misunderstood English Beer Styles”. For…
In addition to the excellent work being done by SaintAndSinners brewery on the Thames in S. London, Sharp’s of Cornwall have also stepped up to the plate and reached out to UK home-brewers with their ‘Big Lunch Beer’ competition. More…