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DECEMBER JANUARY HOMEBREWERS’ DIARY Yeastern Cape Brew Club German Club, Lorraine, Gqeberha, 6:30pm Monthly club meeting. Come and enjoy some homebrew and share knowledge. Planning session for 2023. 12 Helderberg Homebrew Club Triggerfish, Strand, 6:30pm First monthly club meeting for 2023, kicking the year off with a bottle share and rundown of the year ahead. 19 Wort Hogs Cask Ale Festival @HopsEnd Brewery, Benoni, 10am It’s the first cask ale fest in Jo’burg in living memory! We will have 8-10 cask ales on tap poured through traditional hand pumps. Drink until the beer runs out! Food and Beers from @HopsEnd will be available to purchase. Tickets R100 via Quicket. 03 Southyeasters Xmas Party Afro Caribbean Brewing Co., Cape Town, 6:30pm Don your Christmas hat, wrap up a beer for the Secret Santa draw and join the annual festive fun. Every beer bought comes with a raffle ticket – great prizes to be won! Entrance is free, all welcome. 08 Yeastern Cape Brew Club German Club, Lorraine, Gqeberha, 6:30pm Monthly club meeting. Come and enjoy some homebrew and share knowledge. 08 Wort Hogs Pretoria Meeting Capital Craft,Menlo Park, 6:30pm There will be a guest speaker, beer quiz and league Members R60, guests R80. Entrance includes your first beer. 01 ENTER THE FOOLS & FANS HOMEBREW COMPETITION Entries for the 2023 Fools & Fans Homebrew Competition open in February. The fee is R50 per beer entered, and beers will be judged to the BJCP guidelines. Winners are announced at the Fools & Fans Homebrew Festival on 31 March. For more info, head to foolsandfans.co.za . tasting. THE 400 BREWING CO PANY HYDRA AMERICAN AMBER ALE Nuts & bolts Batch Size: 20 litres Boil Time: 60 min Efficiency: 75% Target OG: 1.054 Target FG: 1.010 Target ABV: 5.8% Targ t IBUs: 31 Mash ingredients 3.81 kg American pale ale malt 0.50 kg American caramel/crystal 60L 0.21 kg Melanoidin malt 0.21 kg American caramel/crystal 15L 0.03 kg American black malt Boil ingredients 25 g Cascade [7% AA] @ 30 min 25 g Cascade [7% AA] @ 10 min 25 g Cascade [7% AA] @ 5 min Brewer tips Mash in at 65°C and hold for 60 minutes. Ferment at 18°C with a neutral ale yeast like Fermentis - Safale US-05. M i : li il i : i i y: % ge O : . 5 r : . . g IBU 1 g e i p l l lt i car el crys l l i i l 2 me i r l y t l 5L 0 kg e ic n la m l e t g e [7 ] i [ ] i [ A ] @ 5 i ip 65° d h l r 60 in e . 18 i h eu r l l a t like menti S-0