Beer is life and life is.... Bitter Suite! A beautiful old red brick building situated on a leafy corner at the end of James Street with ample outdoor seating. We are passionate about local handcrafted beer, fresh considered cusine and most importantly warm and friendly service. Bitter Suite is a...

Located at Yamanto, Ipswich, Yamanto Tavern is an award-winning venue which offers fantastic food, great service and excellent atmosphere for your next night out with the family, the kids, or your closest friends!  Yamanto Tavern was awarded the 2010 Best Retail facility in Australia (AHA).Yamanto Tavern does not just have...

MT Brewery and Witches Chase Cheese MT Brewery is situated on lovely Mt Tambourine, less than an hour’s drive from Brisbane. MT Brewery’s philosophy is to produce award winning beer with the best ingredients sourced using traditional brewing methods, and proper maturation times, while totally avoiding pasteurization, additives and over filtration.   Witches Chase Cheese Co....

To kick off the afternoon session of the Conference we have a very special presentation from the folks at BABBS (Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers). It is our Systems War – a competition amongst four different brewers, using four different all-grain set ups brewing the same recipe. We will be tasting...

Matt Kirkegaard is the founder of The Good Beer Lunches – where one sip of great beer is worth a thousand words!Matt Kirkegaard is a freelance beer writer and has developed a reputation as one of the few independent beers educators in the country.He is a past editor of Beer...

Brewers Choice Home Brew Stores are a chain of five stores based in Brisbane, Ipswich and Logan servicing the needs of home brewers right across S.E. Queensland.  Brewers Choice carries the equipment, supplies and technical knowledge to assist brewers from basic kits right through to all-grain brewers.  To assist...

Overlooking Manly Wharf sits international award winning 4 Pines. All of the beers are handcrafted on site. It’s very easy to sit back, relax, enjoy a meal & sip on a beer as the brewer works his magic right in front of you. The delicious all day menu boasts generous...

To bring some real heavy weight to our presentation on yeast, Chris White, President of Whitelabs very well received. Chris White started the lab in 1995 after researching and developing a library of brewer’s yeast strains from around the world. Chris White received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from...

  Beersmith 2 – Why you should use brewing software? Speaker - Andrew Clarke Andrew Clark has been using BeerSmith software since its inception and the benefits are clear. Andrew is one of Queensland’s top amateur brewers. In 2008, Andrew was crowned Champion Brewer for Queensland. In 2009, Andrew repeated this effort and also walked...

Hop Products Australia (HPA), formerly Australian Hop Marketers, has been growing hops in Australia for over 20 years. HPA is the southern hemisphere’s representative of the global Barth-Haas Group, which was founded in 1794.HPA has two hops farms in Australia - ‘Bushy Park Estates’ in Tasmania, and ‘Rostrevor Hop Gardens’...