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Welcome to the new Mashers website. Feel free to explore on your own, but here are a few things that might help you understand the site.

Firstly, it’s got all the content and tools the old site had, plus a heap of new stuff too. It’s also pretty quick and easy to update, which is important as the old site was prohibitively difficult to change.

While this site is live, we’re still really keen for your feedback. Please either post your feedback to Discord or use the Contact Us form. It might just be a typo or grammar error you picked up, or something might not look right on your browser. Whatever it is, please feed it back so we can look into it. Feedback on the content is also highly encouraged.

Things to note:

We know the main image doesn’t look great on mobile devices. We don’t have many photos that work well in portrait orientation. We will try to take some and replace it soon.

The homepage and layout were designed around engaging potential new brewers and potential club members who come to the site for the first time. All the stuff members need is there too, but first-time visitors were the main audience we had in mind.

There is also a new section called Club Policies and Documents. This section contains two new articles for the club: our House Policy (the club’s commitment to ensuring alcohol is served responsibly and that our events are safe for members and the community) and a Code of Conduct (which sets out how members are expected to behave). These are new and we’ll communicate more about them in the near future. Until then, please have a read and let us know if you have any feedback.

We’re also looking for member content. While the site will be maintained by the committee, we really want members to contribute content regularly. We might prod you occasionally if we think you have something that might work on the site, but you’re also welcome to offer content yourself. The main areas members can contribute to are:

• Club History
• Recipes

If you have something else though, let us know.

The events calendar is up to date and it’s awesome. You can subscribe to it as well, so your e-calendar of choice is always accurate.

The IPA Comp page is up to date and we’ve tested the competition portal, so we know it’s good to go. There is also another Competitions page now where you can see the comp calendar for the year to help you plan your brews.

Learn to Brew is a longer-term project. It’s there as a reminder that it needs to be done. The Growing the Craft committee have been in a holding pattern for a while now, as we realised all our efforts to reach new people would need to drive people to our website. The problem was that our website was barely functional after a lot of neglect, and it wasn’t the face of the club we wanted to put forward.

We also have a new app we’re working on that will help us manage our equipment library. It’s not quite ready yet, but it shouldn’t take too long to complete.

I think that’s it. Please explore at your leisure and post your thoughts and feedback.

In 2026, something new is coming to the Victorian homebrew calendar: Brewstock — a large-scale, inter-club homebrew festival bringing all the Victorian clubs together for one big celebration of homebrew.

An inter-club committee was formed last year to represent all clubs and will be responsible for organising the event. Not everything has been locked in yet, but the vision is clear: something ambitious, achievable, and a whole lot of fun. Here’s what we know so far.

What?
Brewstock will be a big party involving all the Victorian clubs. Each club will design their own bar to a set theme (to be announced in the coming months) and showcase the best beers their club can make. There’ll be food, homebrew, and a few other things still to be announced.

Where?
Brewstock will take place at Holger’s farm in Diamond Creek. We did look at holding it somewhere more central, but there were some logistical challenges that made this tricky. If the event is a success and everyone’s keen to run it again, a central location is definitely something we’ll explore. For the inaugural event though, it’s great to be able to hold it somewhere we already know and love. The committee is also looking at ways to make transport to and from the event a little easier.

When?
Saturday the 7th of November 2026. The exact times are still to be confirmed, but it will run through the afternoon and into the evening.

Why?
Because the homebrewing community is too small for us to just stick to our own clubs. We need something that brings us all together — to celebrate great beer, share ideas, and find ways we can help each other out.

How?
From a Mashers perspective, the back end of the year is already pretty busy, and we’re going to need a lot of kegs brewed. Within about eight weeks we’ll have Oktoberfest at Tallboy & Moose, Brewstock, and our Christmas party — all of which need beer. The club will reach out nice and early to get people committed so we can make sure everything’s covered. Given our Christmas party alone had over 25 kegs this year, I’m confident we’ll rise to the challenge.

We’ll also need some help turning our club fonts into something that matches the Brewstock theme — more details on that soon. Ticket information will be communicated a little later as well. Pricing hasn’t been finalised yet, but some early back-of-the-envelope maths suggests we should be able to keep it very affordable (likely under $25 per person).

We’re all really looking forward to this event. It’ll be great to catch up with brewers from all the other Victorian clubs, including:

• Bayside Brewers
• BAD (Bendigo & District) Homebrew Club
• Macedon Rangers Brewers Club
• The Melbourne Brewers
• The Merri Mashers (us!)
• THursty Brewers
• Westgate Brewers
• Yarra Valley Brewers