Beer and Brewer Magazine - Recipe Feature

We recently helped out our friends at Billabong Brewery with a gluten free recipe to pair with their GF Blonde beer. Here's the recipe as featured in the latest edition of Beer & Brewer Magazine in a snazzy Summer Cook Book lift out. Issue 11 Summer 09 is out now throughout Aus & NZ at all good newsagents & breweries. Buy it!

2009 Cryer Malt Perth Royal Beer Show Results

Coinciding with WA Beer Week, results from the Cryer Malt Perth Royal Beer Show for amateur and commercial brewers are in, and congratulations are due to Mal Secourable at Colonial Brewing who have taken out the award for best commercial beer and best West Australian beer at the show, with their always excellent Kolsch. Full results are:

TROPHY RESULTS

TROPHIES - COMMERCIAL SECTION
THE EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY TROPHY
Best Lager Packaged. Won By: Redoak Rauch
THE WWW.MICROBREWING.COM.AU TROPHY
Best Lager Draught. Won By: Mash Eisbock
THE BAIRDS MALT TROPHY
Best Ale Packaged. Won By: Holgate Brewhouse E.S.B
THE BARRETT BURSTON TROPHY
Best Ale Draught. Won By: Colonial Brewing Kolsch
THE EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY TROPHY
Best Stout Packaged. Won By: Billabong Porter
THE HOPCO TROPHY
Best Stout Draught. Won By: Mash Baltic Porter
THE WEYERMANN TROPHY
Best Wheat Beer Packaged. Won By: Redoak Framboise Froment
THE BEER AND BREWER MAGAZINE TROPHY
Best Wheat Beer Draught. Won By: Matilda Bay Redback Original

Trophies were not awarded in the reduced alcohol or gluten free sections.

TROPHIES - AMATEUR SECTION
THE T.W.O.C. TROPHY FOR BEST LAGER
Won By: Asher Mitchell, German Pilsner
THE BREWMART TROPHY FOR BEST ALE
Won By: Gryphon Brewing Services, English Best Bitter
THE WYEAST TROPHY FOR BEST STOUT
Won By: Paul Marcos, Robust Porter
THE BETTER BOTTLE TROPHY FOR BEST REDUCED ALCOHOL BEER
Won By: Paul Hyatt, English Mild
THE DELIVERANCE TROPHY FOR BEST WHEAT BEER
Won By: Amphion Brewing, Berliner Weisse

SPECIAL TROPHIES: COMMERCIAL AND AMATEUR SECTIONS
The Beer and Brewer Magazine Trophy for Best Amateur Brewer
Won By: Gryphon Brewing Services
The Morish Nuts Trophy for Best Amateur Beer of the Show
Won By: Gryphon Brewing Services, English Best Bitter
The Adelphi Steak House & Bar – Parmelia Hilton Trophy for Champion
Commercial Brewery
Won By: Matilda Bay Brewing Company
The Cryer Malt Trophy for Best Commercial Beer of the Show
Won By: Colonial Brewing Company, Colonial Kolsch
Premiers Trophy (on behalf of the Government of Western Australia) for the
Best Western Australia Beer of the Show
Won By: Colonial Brewing Company, Colonial Kolsch

Congratulations to all the winners, especially pleasing to see Mash from the Swan Valley amongst the gongs as they are one of the excellent venues that we visit on our brewery tours!

Beery Apple Fritters: Celebrating WA Beer Week

Our 7th and final entry in our ‘cooking with beer’ series celebrating WA beer week, features an easy yet delicious dessert. Our beery apple fritters are best served alongside your favourite vanilla ice cream. Matso’s Ginger Beer was used, however, it also works fantastically for coeliacs using Gluten Free flours and Billabong Ginger Beer.

Beery Apple Fritters
Ingredients:
- 4 Granny smith apples
- 1 ¼ cups Ginger beer (Matso’s/Billabong) – Use cold
- 1 ½ cups Corn flour (sifted)
- 1 cup Plain flour (sifted)
- 2 tbsp Icing sugar
- 1 tsp All spice
- Canola oil for deep frying
- Extra icing/castor sugar for dusting (optional)

1. Pre-heat oil to 180°C.
2. Core and peel apples, then cut into 8’s. Toss with half cup of corn flour and stand for 1 minute.
3. To make batter, alternate remaining sifted flours with ginger beer, whisking well between each addition. Make sure it is lump free, add sugar and spice.
4. Dip the apple pieces into the thick batter then transfer to the hot oil and fry in batches until they become golden in colour and begin to float.
5. Remove from oil, drain on absorbent paper, and if required, dust with extra sugar whilst still hot. Serve with ice cream.

Keep an eye on the blog later in the day for results from the 2009 Cryer Malt Perth Royal Beer Show plus some updates on beery dinners in the Perth region. The closing event for WA beer week happens this Saturday night (6.30pm) at Mad Monk in Fremantle, where the 'Grand Beer Dinner' will be held. You might be lucky enough to score one of the last few spots by contacting jenna@madmonk.com.au, tickets are $75 for the 10 beer, five course extravaganza.