SOBA News

SOBA 2008 AGM

Greig — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:28:32 +1200

It's that time again, ladies and gentlemen of SOBA. Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Society of Beer Advocates (SOBA) Incorporated shall be held at 9:30am on Saturday, September 6th, at:

The Malthouse

48 Courtenay Place

Wellington

Please forward any agenda items, apologies, or comments to: secretary@soba.org.nz

Submissions close 31 August, 2008.

2008 SOBA National HomeBrew Championship

robo — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:32:16 +1200

Ladies and Gentlemen start your burners! Entries are now open for the 2008 SOBA National HomeBrew Championship. Entries now close on 19 September 2008. Judging will be done in the latter part of September and results announced in the first week of October.

Brewfest 2008

Greig — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:04:19 +1300

Trentham Racecourse, home of the highly successful Wellington Cup will host the first â€œBrewfestâ€ event there on Saturday 16^th February. Upper Hutt city promotion Manager Paul Lambert describes the event as a â€œboutique brewery version of a wine festival with associated live bands and food.â€

The Wellington region is renowned for its busy events schedule and â€œBrewfestâ€ organisers have been working hard to bring together a great day out for Wellingtonians.

SOBA Caps and Shirts

admin — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:32:17 +1300

There are a limited number of caps and shirts available from the SOBA NHC. You can see Rob modelling them in the pictures below. If you'd like one, email your preferred size (for a shirt) to robo@soba.org.nz. Shirts and caps cost $30 each including GST.

Bock Beats Best Beers in National Homebrew Championships

yalnikim — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:56:57 +1300

Bock Beats Best Beers in National Homebrew Championships

Press Release: Society of Beer Advocates (SOBA)

17/12/2007

Shakespeare

Greig — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:13:51 +1300

Former All Black hooker Ron Urlich is selling his historic Auckland pub in a deal which some market experts say could fetch up to $5 million.

Agent John Halstead of Bayleys said Urlich would lease back the Victorian-style brick pub on a six-year term with rights of renewal.

Urlich plans to use money from the sale to expand his brewery business, Halstead said.

"With micro-breweries, it's all economies of scale: the more you produce, the cheaper it becomes," Halstead said.

SOBA Summary - The last regular one for a while!

Greig — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:08:23 +1300

Hi SOBA people,

I'm finding it a bit tricky to round up enough news each week to keep these posts as informative and interesting as they can be, so I'm going to move to just posting regular news items as they come to hand in the News section. Those of you who have subscribed to the RSS feed on the news section will never miss a post! Please keep news coming in, and I'll keep posting it.

SOBA Summary - November 10 - 16

yalnikim — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:00:43 +1300

Time again for the SOBA News.

SOBA Summary - October 27 - November 9

Greig — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:19:47 +1300

News time, SOBA types!

*STOP PRESS*

This just in from Stu in Wellington:

SOBA Summary - October 20 - 26

Greig — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:39:19 +1300

Hello SOBA people,

It's time for the weekly news!

SOBA is working with the team at Beer & Brewer magazine to offer a subscription service within New Zealand. Pricing is still to be finalised but our hope is that we can offer the magazine posted to you for the same cost as what you would purchase from your local newsagent. (Currently $7.95) The latest issue is due at the printers next week. To assist us with our negotiations could you please indicate if you would be interested in a subscription by emailing orders@soba.org.nz.