15 Riverside Road, East Fremantle 6158 WAwww.leftbank.com.au • (08) 9319 1315events@leftbank.com.au#LeftyHomeBrewersAward

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Inspired by a passion for beer, The Left Bank hosted its first Home Brewers Competition last year.After receiving some great beers from local home brewers all over Perth, guests at the Home Brewers Awards Night chose the winner: “Cecil Peak - New Zealand Pale Ale”, brewed by Glen.

As the winner of the competition, Glen was invited to brew his recipe at Northbridge Brewing Co by Beerland Brewing which later went on tap at The Left Bank and both Beerland venues. With his passion and interest in the beer industry, it was a pleasure to have Glen join our team at the Fremantle Beer Fest 2018 - promoting and selling his own beer on tap at our stall. As a bonus, The Left Bank team also decided to brew a second batch of Glen’s Pale Ale to showcase at the Perth Beer Fest Elizabeth Quay.

Now it’s time for round two and we’re looking for the best local Home Brewer to brew the beer we can all enjoy next summer in our Beer Garden! Do you think you have what it takes to compete with brews like Balter’s ‘XPA’ American Pale Ale or Stone & Wood’s ‘Pacific Ale’ Australian Pale Ale!?This is your chance to showcase your brewing skills to the Perth community!

To view highlights from last years competition and hear more about Glen’s experience, head to our YouTube channel to watch the videos.

ABOUT

Wouldn’t you love to see your beer on tap at one of your favourite venues?The winner will get to brew a batch of his/her winning recipe with the team at Beerland Brewing, which will then go on tap at The Left Bank in October/November. The winner will also get to to join The Left Bank team at the Fremantle Beer Fest (8th/9th/10th November 2019) to showcase and sell the winning beer. Rub shoulders with Australia’s best brewers and promote your beer to thousands of beer lovers and industry professionals alike! Who knows where this weekend might lead to?

WHY YOU SHOULD ENTER

Registration Period: Wednesday 12th June - Friday 12th July (Please note we can only accept a maximum of 50 registrations, so registrations may close sooner.)

Beer Submissions: Tuesday 27th August - Friday 30th August

Home Brewers Awards Night: Wednesday 4th September - 7pm

AWARD TIMELINE

BEER’S AWESOME!

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See below a detailed overview of all stages of the competition:

REGISTRATION

To take part in The Left Bank Home Brewers Competition 2019, simply fill in the Registration Form (page 6 of this booklet) and return it via email to events@leftbank.com.auWe’re only able to accept up to 50 submissions for logistical reasons. Registrations will close as soon as this number is reached or on Friday 12th July 2019 (whatever occurs first) - so first in, best dressed.The registration form will enable us to gain insight into the style of beer you’ll be brewing. Make sure you choose one of the three beer styles accepted (Australian-Style Pale Ale / American-Style Pale Ale / Session Beer) - see details on page 3 and 4 of this booklet.

BEER SUBMISSIONS

Submissions of your home brew will be accepted between Tuesday 27th and Friday 30th August 2019 at The Left Bank (15 Riverside Road, East Fremantle 6158). We require a sixpack of 330ml stubbies (or the equivalent in a growler) of your beer to be submitted for the first internal judging round. Make sure you label your submission clearly with your NAME and BEER STYLE and submit it together with the Beer Submission Form (page 7 of this booklet).

INTERNAL JUDGING

Once all submissions have been received, internal judging will take place on the weekend of the 31st August to choose the finalists for the Home Brewers Awards Night. The internal judging will be managed by Beerlands Master Brewer Ken Arrowsmith. His brew team will conduct a blind tasting and judge all submissions based on the category classifications. All registered Home Brewers will be notified by 5pm Monday 2nd September whether their beer has made it into the final.

HOME BREWERS AWARD NIGHT

On Wednesday 4th September 2019, our usual Beer Club night, we’ll be hosting The Left Bank Home Brewers Awards Night. Tickets to the event will be available via The Left Bank website closer to the date.All finalists will be required to supply 5 litres of their beer for the public tasting at the Awards Night. All guests will get the chance to taste all finalist beer submissions as part of a blind tasting. The finalists will be invited on stage afterwards to present their brew and answer any questions from guests. The winner of the competition will be chosen through an anonymous popularity vote at the end of the night.

THE WIN

Besides calling yourself “The Left Bank Home Brewer of 2019”, the Awards Night is only the start of the fun. The winner will get to brew his/her recipe with the Beerland Brewing team at one of Beerland’s breweries (Northbridge Brewing Co or Whitfords Brewing Co). Brewing will take place on a weekday the week following the Awards Night (9th/10th/11th September - TBC).

COMPETITION DETAILS

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The brew will create approx. 22 kegs of the winning beer. The brewing process will take around 4 weeks - so the beer is expected to be ready by the second week of October. The winning beer will become the “Beer of the Month” for October and be available on tap in the main bars at The Left Bank. Depending on stock availability and tap arrangements, the winning beer might also be available on tap at the Beerland venues in Northbridge and Whitfords.

FREMANTLE BEER FEST

The Left Bank has booked a stall for the Fremantle Beer Fest at Fremantle Esplanade on the weekend of the 8th/9th/10th November 2019. The Left Bank team will be promoting the Home Brewers Award, the monthly Beer Club and most importantly, promote and sell the winning beer. The winner of The Left Bank Home Brewers Award is expected to join The Left Bank team at the festival. This will be a unique opportunity for the winner to meet and network with other brewers and industry professionals from all over Australia and sell the winning brew to Perth beer lovers.

Following the Brewers Association for Small and Independent Craft Brewers, we’re permitting submissions for three different beer styles: Australian-Style Pale Ale, American-Style Pale Ale and Session Beer.

BEER CATEGORIES

Australian-Style Pale Ale

Color: Straw to medium amberClarity: Yeast, chill and/or hop haze may be present in this style at low levels but are not essentialPerceived Malt Aroma & Flavor: Very low to mediumPerceived Hop Aroma & Flavor: Medium-low to medium-high, exhibiting attributes typical of modern Australian hop varieties such as tropical fruit, mango, passionfruit, and/or stone-fruitPerceived Bitterness: Low to medium-highFermentation Characteristics: Very low to low fruity esters are acceptable but not essential.Body: Low to medium-low with a dry finish

Additional notes: Overall impression is a well-integrated easy drinking, refreshing pale ale style with distinctive fruity Australian hop aromas and flavours. Diacetyl is usually absent in these beers but may be present at very low levels. DMS should not be present.

Original Gravity (°Plato) 1.040-1.052(10-13 °Plato) • Apparent Extract/Final Gravity (°Plato) 1.006-1.010(1.5-2.5 °Plato) • Alcohol by Weight (Volume) 3.2%-4.7%(4%-6%) • Bitterness (IBU) 15-40 • Color SRM (EBC) 3-9(6-18 EBC)

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The above beer style description was taken from The Brewers Association Style Guidelines(2019 Edition) - available via https://www.brewersassociation.org/

Session Beer

Color: The color should mimic the classic style upon which the beer is basedClarity: Appearance may vary from brilliant to hazy to cloudy and should mimic the classic style upon which the beer is basedPerceived Malt Aroma & Flavor: Malt attributes should mimic the classic style upon which the beer is based, but at lower overall intensity due to lower original gravity.Perceived Hop Aroma & Flavor: Hop attributes should mimic the classic style upon which the beer is based, but at lower overall intensity in order to maintain the balance typical of that style.Perceived Bitterness: Should mimic the classic style upon which the beer is based, but at lower overall intensity in order to maintain the balance typical of that style.Fermentation Characteristics: Varies with underlying styleBody: Varies with underlying style

Additional notes: This category includes any style of beer made lower in strength than described in the classic style guidelines. These beers exhibit lower original gravity and alcohol content than the classic style. Drinkability is key to a successful session beer. Beers exceeding 5.0% abv (4% abw) are not categorized as Session Beers. Beers at or below 5.0% abv (4% abw) which nonetheless hew to another classic or traditional category should not be categorized as Session Beers. For example, beers such as Belgian-Style Table Beers or American-Style Pale Ales with abv below 5.0% should be categorized within their appropriate categories. When using these guidelines as the basis for evaluating entries at competitions, organizers may wish to further subcategorize this category. Competition organizers may request that brewers provide actual percent alcohol by volume (abv) for their entries in this category.

Original Gravity (°Plato) 1.034-1.040(8.5-10 °Plato) • Apparent Extract/Final Gravity (°Plato) 1.004-1.010(1-2.6 °Plato) • Alcohol by Weight (Volume) 2.8%-4.0%(3.5%-5.0%) • Bitterness (IBU) 10-35 • Color SRM (EBC) 2+(4+ EBC)

American-Style Pale Ale

Color: Straw to light amberClarity: Chill haze is acceptable at low temperatures. Hop haze is allowable at any temperature.Perceived Malt Aroma & Flavor: Low caramel malt aroma is allowable. Low to medium maltiness may include low caramel malt character.Perceived Hop Aroma & Flavor: Hop aroma and flavor is high, exhibiting floral, fruity (berry, tropical, stone fruit and other), sulfur/diesel-like, onion-garlic-catty, citrusy, piney or resinous character that was originally associated with American-variety hops. Hops with these attributes now also originate from countries other than the U.S.Perceived Bitterness: Medium to medium-highFermentation Characteristics: Fruity esters may be low to high. Diacetyl should not be present.Body: Medium

Original Gravity (°Plato) 1.044-1.050(11-12.4 °Plato) • Apparent Extract/Final Gravity (°Plato) 1.008-1.014(2.1-3.6 °Plato) • Alcohol by Weight (Volume) 3.5%-4.3%(4.4%-5.4%) • Bitterness (IBU) 30-50 • Color SRM (EBC) 4-7(8-14 EBC)

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ENTRY ELIGIBILITY

Entrants must be 18+ to enter the competition. Entrants must be aware of all deadlines to ensure timely submission of the Registration Form, Submission Form and beer tasting. Late Submissions won’t be accepted. Entrants are not allowed to be under current employment of a commercial brewery.

HOW WE USE YOUR BEER

By entering this competition, the winner will give The Left Bank Holdings Pty Ltd and Beerland Brewing the right to brew, market, distribute and sell the winning recipe. Beerland Brewing reserves the right to modify the recipe to suit commercial production. The winner will not be liable for any costs and will not have any right for profits made from selling the winning beer.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Contact Details:

15 Riverside Road, East Fremantle 6158

www.leftbank.com.au

events@leftbank.com.au

(08) 9319 1315

Social Media:

Facebook: @The.Left.Bank.Fremantle

Instagram: @the_left_bank

Instagram Hashtag: #LeftyHomeBrewersAward

CONTACTS

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OFFICE USE ONLY:

Registration received: _________________________________________________

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REGISTRATION FORM

Submit the completed registration form via email to events@leftbank.com.au to be able to participate in The Left Bank Home Brewers Award 2019. Registrations close on Friday 12th July or as soon as the limit of 50 registrations has been reached (whatever occurs sooner).

HOME BREWER DETAILS:

NAME: _______________________________________________________________

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MOBILE: _____________________________________________________________

BREW LOCATION: ______________________________________________________

BEER SUBMISSION DETAILS:

BEER STYLE:__________________________________________________________

INSPIRATION FOR THE PLANNED BREW:

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I hereby register and accept the Terms & Conditions of The Left BankHome Brewers Competition 2019:

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OFFICE USE ONLY:

Beer received: _______________________________________________________

Internal Judgement Score: _____________________________________________

BEER SUBMISSION FORM

Submit the completed Beer Submission Form together with your beer submission(sixpack of 330ml stubbies or the equivalent in a growler) between Tuesday 27th andFriday 30th August at The Left Bank.

HOME BREWER DETAILS:

NAME: ______________________________________________________________

BEER SUBMISSION DETAILS:

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BEER STYLE:___________________________________________________________

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ALCOHOL PERCENTAGE: ________________________________________________

RECIPE (INGREDIENTS - HOPS/YEAST/MALT): _______________________________

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DESCRIPTION/ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE BEER: _______________________

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