WE COULDN’T ...BUT HERE’S OF THINK SOMETHING SOME SNAPPY TO PICTURES WRITE ON OF OUR THIS AD... TASTY BEER 17th - 25th May2014 Share 200 events TIX on sale now GOODBEERWEEK.COM.AU IS A PROUD PARTNER OF THE GREAT AUSTRALASIAN BEER SPECTAPULAR Pick up your edition of mX today or download the smartphone app. W elcome to the Official Guide to GABS 2014, now proudly part of Melbourne’s Good Beer Week. The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) was first held at our speciality beer venues, The Local Taphouses, in 2011 when we cheekily asked a few Australian breweries to brew something special and ended up with 20 amazing beers. The event’s great success encouraged us to create a major craft beer festival unlike any other. Since 2012, GABS has been held at the magnificent Royal Exhibition Building as a 3-day celebration of craft beer with almost 23,000 people attending. This year we’re thrilled to feature over 250 beers from 150 of the best breweries from Australia and around the world. Almost 120 of these beers are brewed especially for the event. The Dan Murphy’s Market Place showcases over 30 breweries and businesses with many hosting a fantastic schedule of mini-events. We’ve also added a Cask Bar pouring local Real Ales from traditional hand pumps and there will be a carefully selected variety of food stalls selling everything from cheese, beer ice cream to American-style BBQ. The new VIP Food & Beer Experience on Friday evening is supported by Mildura Brewery and the 2 hat Stefano’s Restaurant and will feature renowned guest brewers. Fun educational seminars are returning to Coopers Craft Beer College and we’ve got a great line up of entertainment and games including Paddle Art. The Friday afternoon session is now called P.O.E.T.S Friday (Google it) and Silly Hat Sunday encourages you to join us in wearing fancy dress or a silly hat. We’re very grateful for the support of our sponsors and the tireless efforts of our organising team and family of volunteers. With their help we’ve managed to shape a festival that some local and international brewers are now calling one of the best in the world. Visit our website for more information or download the new Official App then raise your Matilda Bay GABS glass and enjoy your GABS 2014 experience! Steve & Guy GABS Festival Directors PRESENTED BY OFFICIAL PARTNERS ASSOCIATE PARTNERS MEDIA PARTNERS FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS 5 GABS TAKES PLACE AT THE WORLD HERITAGE-LISTED ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING, CARLTON. THERE ARE FIVE SESSIONS OVER THREE DAYS. 26 27 25 28 24 29 18 19 20 21 22 31 32 33 23 30 CONTAINER A DAN MURPHY’S 17 MARKET PLACE 16 15 14 13 12 11 6 5 4 3 10 7 9 8 6 SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3 FRI MAY 23RD | 12PM - 4PM FRI MAY 23RD | 5.30PM - 11.30PM SAT MAY 24TH | 12PM - 5PM P.O.E.T.S FRIDAY Tickets from $42 / $46 at door Tickets from $42 / $46 at door Tickets from $34 / $38 at door SESSION 4 SESSION 5 SEASON PASS SAT MAY 24TH | 6.30-11.30PM SUN MAY 25TH | 12PM-5PM ENTRY TO ALL SESSIONS Tickets from $42 / $46 at door SILLY HAT SUNDAY PLUS $20 WORTH OF TOKENS Tickets from $42 / $46 at door ADULT - $105 / $110 at door BUY TICKETS NOW GABSFESTIVAL.COM.AU ALL TICKETS INCLUDE A MATILDA BAY GABS GLASS, OFFICIAL GUIDE AND GABS CRAFT BEER PASSPORT (VALUED AT $360) 34 35 CONTAINER B 1 2 CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THE MX PEOPLE'S CHOICE BEST FESTIVAL BEER OF GABS AND ONE RANDOM VOTER WILL WIN $1000 OF GREAT AUSSIE CRAFT BEER! VOTE ON THE GABS 2014 APP OR GABSFESTIVAL.COM.AU. 7 TICKETS DAN MURPHY’S MARKET PLACE Tickets can be purchased from our website at gabsfestival.com.au. The Dan Murphy’s Market Place has been reconfigured to provide better access to the stalls and create a more market-like environment. Be sure to visit as many as ENTRY PROCEDURES you can and enjoy some of the cool mini-events some of the stands have organised. The entrance to GABS is via the main entrance to the Royal Exhibition Building at the Nicholson Street end. As this is a licenced event, ensure you can provide photo ID on request. The FESTIVAL BEERS event organisers also reserve the right to check bags or refuse entry. This year as many as 120 breweries from around Australia and overseas have brewed special beers just for GABS 2014. The tasting notes in this Guide are TASTING PADDLES informative and we have introduced colour coding to help you decide. Sampling is the name of the game at GABS. 85ml individual tasters are available to purchase for just 1 token ($2), and Tasting Paddles allow you to carry up to 5 tasters. Please mark beer numbers on the paddle with the chalk provided before reaching the bar. mX PEOPLE’S CHOICE We suggest you start with lighter, more subtle tasting beers before sampling stronger and BEST FESTIVAL BEER OF GABS more challenging flavoured beers. Vote for your favourite Festival Beer of GABS 2014 and one random voter will win $1,000 worth of craft beer. You can vote on the GABS apps or at gabsfestival.com.au/ MATILDA BAY FESTIVAL GLASS awards. The People’s Choice Best Festival Beer of GABS will be announced at the end At some point during a session, you will certainly find a favourite beer. Rinse your of the last session on Sunday as well as on social media. Matilda Bay GABS glass and order a fill at any of the main bars or the Dan Murphy Market Place stands. Please hang on to your glass as you will only receive one. Re- placement glasses can be purchased from the Merchandise Stalls for 2 tokens ($4). VIP FOOD EXPERIENCE Presented by Stefano’s and Mildura Brewery, the VIP Food & Beer Experience takes OTHER DRINKS place during the Friday evening session. It will feature outstanding guest brewers and food from the renowned two hat restaurant paired with their beers. Wine, cider and non alcoholic drinks will be sold at some exhibitor and food stands. Free water is available at hydration stations located by Containers A and B. COOPERS CRAFT BEER COLLEGE GABS FOOD VENDORS This year, we have a great lineup of educational seminars including the popular beer & cheese matching, Q & Ales - where brewers talk about their Festival Beers - and There will be an exciting and wide variety of food stands in the festival hall including many new much more. Hosted by the charismatic Pete Mitcham, CCBC is a must. additions. All food purchases are by GABS tokens only. MERCHANDISE FUN & GAMES GABS and some other brewery merchandise will be available at the Merchandise Stand. There will be plenty of fun and games including Morris Men, roving entertainers, Cash, card or tokens are all accepted. table tennis, corn-hole, paddle races and other fun stuff so be sure to get involved! TOKENS PADDLE ART All drink and food purchases at GABS can only be made using official GABS tokens. Each token Why not build something fun out of Tasting Paddles (in the designated areas) or is worth $2. Additional tokens are available for sale from the Token Booths (with cash or card) use the chalk provided to get creative with your Paddle. Take a photo, post on social or from Token Sellers roaming the festival hall (cash only). Surplus tokens are not refundable. media with the hashtags #paddleart and #gabs2014, and you could win a cool prize. OFFICIAL APP The free Official GABS app (Android and iOS) provides a wealth of information as well as some cool tools. Download one now! PROFILE: ROSS KENRICK (BACCHUS BREWING) STAFF & VOLUNTEERS GABS Staff and Volunteers will be wearing GABS t-shirts and easy to identify. Please respect them as many have given up their time to help you. Ross Kenrick from Brisbane’s Bacchus Brewing returns to GABS QUICK SPECTAPULAR TIPS this year with the added pressure of defending his title of People’s Choice Best Festival Beer at GABS 2013. His White Chocolate EAT and Raspberry Pilsner delighted taste buds throughout the Royal This will not only replenish your system, it will help absorb the alcohol so Exhibition Building and took out the title against tasty competition. you don’t get too tipsy too quickly. No wants to witness a weak, depleted an drunk beer drinker in action. Bacchus’s White Chocolate and Raspberry Pilsner is Ross’s natural evolution of an existing brew. “One of our most popular and unique TOLERANCE beers is our White Chocolate Pilsner and my favourite ice cream is white Get to know your limits and don’t exceed them. If you feel that moment of chocolate and raspberry so when we were invited to enter GABS it was absolute cheer, take a break, grab some water and eat some food. a natural choice for me to try and take our Pilsner to the next level”. As a craft beer drinker Ross is impressed at the array of beers on offer at LEARN SOMETHING GABS. “Where else can you sample such a range of creativity over one Sometimes there’s more to beer than just drinking it. Ask questions. weekend? The quality and diversity of flavours on offer is incredible. Engage in discussion with mates and strangers. Read the tasting When you’ve been once you won’t ever want to miss it again.” notes.