Australia's most popular monthly beer appreciation night, Ale Stars brings together beer lovers, quality beers, guest speakers and prizes in what must be one of the most entertaining ways to learn about everyone's favourite drink. With a theme for each evening: sometimes a style of beer, sometimes a brewery showcase featuring the brewing team from that brewery ' Ale Stars often serves up beer never before seen on tap in Australia. There's a quiz, food, laughter, debate and ' on the rare occasions that things might start getting a little nerdy or technical ' a bell that's rung to bring everyone back to reality. Attracting drinkers of both sexes and all ages, the nights in St Kilda have been known to attract more than 80 people on a Tuesday night. The **September 2013** edition sees [Bright Brewery](/beer/brewery/bright-brewery/) emerge from the mountains to take centre stage. In recent years, particularly since the arrival of head brewer Jon Seltin, the High Country brewery has created some of the finest big beers in the land. For this visit, the line up is as follows: * The 2013 AIBA Silver Medal winning Staircase Porter * Fainters Dubbel - whisky barrel-aged Dubbel * Stubborn Russian - whisky barrel-aged Imperial stout * The recently re-worked and newly dry-hopped Blowhard Pale Ale If you're not already a paid-up Ale Stars member, tickets are $40 and can be booked [here](http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=57734&bof=1).