Greeting Westgater’s,

President’s Report

Your livers are probably glad for the rest after GBW 2016.  

Westgate (mainly Grant) was well represented in the competitions that were open to homebrewers.

Grant got into the finals of the Beer Deluxe Homebrew Heroes and took out the Brewers Choice award. This was all followed up by the Cryer Malt SMASH competition which saw the Enigma Pilsner that Grant brewed take out the Best Beer. So as you can see, with the BrewFC win, Westgate has done very well indeed.  

It bodes well for next year, so keep your eye out for any competitions we can have a go at.

Our final competition for Brewer Of The Year will be this month. With Ferg 4 points in front, there is only hope for an honourable second place for Robin or myself.

The category is Strong Stout, so open to Australian/Foreign, American or Russian stouts. This is a lead up to the Stout Extavaganza in July. 

I still need judges and stewards for the day, so please let one of the committee know if you are available to help or email us here

While I am mentioning the committee, I would like you all to put some thought into what you would like to see the club doing in the next few years.  This is the time when you can have an input and make a difference by joining the committee to steer the club towards a successful future.

It is not an onerous task to sit in on 5 or 6 meetings throughout the year, have a few beers and help organise our events and calendar for the members.
 
That’s all for now, so I will see you at the next meeting.
 
 
Regards,

Michael Bowron