AIBA - Australian International Beer Awards

Work as a steward at the 2014 AIBA Awards

Set-up

Receipting and storing the over 1500 different beers entered into the AIBA Awards 2014, took over two weeks.

Lots of lifting, unpacking and sorting of so many wonderful and interesting beers.

Beers were catalogued and put into chilled reefers/fridges - in class order

Kegs are also received and sorted into daily tasting order

Beers arrive on pallets to be sorted & unpacked.

Kegs are sorted into serving day order

After unpacking, beers are refrigerated in class order

Fridges inside the steward area are set-up

Final days of set-up for the awards

The room and tables are setup

Mike's birthday celebration

The Award Judging - 1 week

 

 

 

Post judging BBQ. Awards for "Golden Tray"

 The pack down/ bump out

 Another week was spent cleaning up after the event.
Finally - Beers packed for exhibitor tasting event, AIBA Awards Dinner and a consumer tasting
Reward boxes packed.
That's it for another year.
Let the muscles relax and have a beer!