To ensure the success of the event and make the judging easy and fair we must ask you to observe the following Conditions of Entry All entries must be submitted to nelson@soba.org.nz. The following details must be put into the email: • Your first and last name • Your telephone number • Number of beers you are [...]
SOBA Nelson would like to invite all SOBA members to join them in their second annual “weekend away” during Labour Weekend in October. Details as follows: Nelson Region 2nd SOBA Weekend 19th to 22nd October 2012 Programme. 8pm Friday 19th. Meet at the Free House, Colllingwood St Nelson 10am Saturday 20th. Depart from outside the [...]
Sigh. It’s happened again. We missed this one as it was lodged under ‘bottle’ not beer. Stokes Brewery has registered the term ‘Bomber’ as a trademark when used to refer to a bottle. In the States and elsewhere a 22 oz bottle has always been referred to as a Bomber and of course the term [...]
Bill Fennell fills us in on what he and the organisers of the SOBA Nelson Home Brew Competition learnt from their first home brew competition. Well, I have to say, for our first ever SOBA Nelson home brew competition, it went quite well. We got off to a slow start, having to bag’n’tag 31 [...]
Since mid 2011, Nelson SOBA members have been meeting on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6.30pm. The meets are held in different bars, some of which the members may not have been to before. In each case there will be a selection of Craft Beers from one of the many breweries within the [...]
