Blog and Updates

HUB November Meeting 2025

It was a cold and wet night in Newcastle but those who were able to attend experienced the unique venue of the United Service Club as well as a very interesting and detailed tech talk presented by David Lamotte titled, "Know Your Yeast".

Please see meeting summary below as well as a link to the slides kindly shared by David Lamotte. 

You can now download the Member Jungle mobile app and stay up to date with what's going on in the club.

You can also receive notifications about important event reminders and when a website admin adds something new to the website.

STEP 1. Download the App   

The first thing you need to do is download

During our June 2025 Meeting, Michael Barwell gave a talk on Porter.

Following the talk, we all tasted a variety of porters and stouts.

Below is a PDF of the presentation.

HUB Porter June 2025

Style appreciation talk on Wheat Beer by Michael Barwell (and extras from David Lamotte)

The PDF can be downloaded here:  Wheat Beer - HUB Feb 2025

Our April HUB challenge involves brewing a beer that contains inverted ('candi') sugar.

At our February meeting at Shout Dave Lamotte gave us a tech talk all about these adjuncts and how to make them - see the attached doc for details!

How-Sweet-it-is

Nigel Hayes presented a talk about approaches to brewing no- and low-alcohol beers, and his experiences to date with these methods.

Check out audio recording below, as well as the following references.

A Tech talk on Fermenting Under Pressure by Phil

Downloadable PDF is below

Fermenting under pressure

Disclaimer: Distilling alcohol in Australia is illegal unless you have the appropriate licence. It is also illegal to own a still over 5L in volume without a permit. You can own a still <5L in volume without a permit but you can only distil water, essential oils, biofuels etc.

Written by HUB member Trent Maier

There has been a bit of a push in society towards low or no alcohol beers driven by a multitude of factors, but that’s not our main concern. Our concern is how to make it, and make it well. With your existing equipment and little