SAAZ Homebrew Club

In this edition:

• Blowoff from the Prez
• Secretary’s Report
• Birthdays
• 2013 Dues
• SAAZ Library
• Upcoming Events
• Next Meeting - May 19th
• Upcoming Competitions
• REWARD!
• Beers Available in the Area
• SAAZ on Facebook
• Raffle
• Feedback

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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor

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Blow off from the Prez

Q: How do you know when a bee has had too much to drink?

A: He starts to have a buzzzzzz.

Cheers

David Webb

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Secretary’s Report

Q: What’s the difference between the NC State football team and Cheerios?

A: Cheerios belong in a bowl!

~Kevin

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May Birthdays – Happy Birthday!

Marie Hieronymus
Aaron Guittar

Don’t see your name (and your birthday is in May)? It could be that Kevin doesn’t have a completed membership form from you. Ask him for one at the next meeting so we can include you!

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2013 Dues

The year is almost halfway over! That means you have surely renewed your membership so you can continue to enjoy all of the fun that comes with it!

Individual Membership = $15
Couple’s Membership = $25
Lifetime Membership = $150

Dues can be paid to the Treasurer (Anne Gregg) at any club meeting or online at our website via PayPal Click here to pay.

You don’t want to miss out on the benefits of membership!

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SAAZ Library

Have you ever wanted to read up on how to make different styles of beer?

Or perhaps you would like to see different techniques for brewing.

If so, the SAAZ Library may have what you are looking for!!

You can view the entire list of publications Here.

If you see something that interests you, simply send an email to SAAZLibrarian@gmail.com with your name and the publication title, and the Librarian will bring it to the next monthly member meeting.

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Upcoming Events

Beer School @ The Broken Barrel Tavern

It may be graduation time for many out there, but class is in session at The Broken Barrel Tavern. We’ll have the next installment of Beer School on Saturday, May 18th.

Beer School 101 – Intro to Beer. This overview class will provide the basics of beer, styles and the brewing process. There will even be samples of each of the topics. Class begins at 12:00 noon, don’t be late or you’ll have a detention. Cost – FREE! *All participants must be 21 or older*

Beer School 202 – Sour Ales. This class will dive into the tart and tangy styles of sour beers. We’ll discuss, learn and sample (that’s right, there’s a practical component to this class too!). Class begins at 3:00pm. Cost – $10.00/person. *All participants must be 21 or older*

Be sure to sign up for these classes, space is limited. Call us at 321-728-4755, emailinfo@brokenbarreltavern.com, or come on in – it could be a good time to do a little homework

See you in class!
© 2012 The Broken Barrel Tavern
321.728.4755

Bottoms Up Beer Run

SAAZ has a new fundraiser and needs your help. We want to raise money to support club brewing, education and fun trips/pub crawls.

We are hosting a 4K beer run with homebrew at the start, end and each 1K along the way. We need lots of help to make this successful.

Everyone mark your calendar to help volunteer or run the Bottoms Up Beer Run 8/17/13 at 6:30pm.

I need brewers to help brew the beer for the run, SAAZ will reimburse you.

Please email Anne Gregg if you can help (annecgregg@earthlink.net).

**Keg Donations**

Attention Members

We realize that the beer you provide for events such as those above does not magically appear and cost you nothing. Therefore, SAAZ will be implementing a new policy to help reimburse you for the beer you bring to events.

1/2 keg – $20
Full keg – $40

All reimbursement requests can be given to the Treasurer.

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Next Meeting – May 19th (Sunday)

This month’s meeting will be at Crispy’s Beer and Wine Bar in Rockledge.

When:
Sunday, May 19th at 2pm

Where:
Crispy’s Beer and Wine Bar
604 Barnes Blvd
Rockledge, FL 32955

Click Here for directions.

As always, bringing homebrew to share is strongly encouraged, but please respect our gracious host and leave commercial beers at home.

Next-Next Meeting: June 15th (Saturday) Summer Party, 10:30am setup, noon party!

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Upcoming Competitions

AHA Club Only

Think your homebrew club makes some pretty good beer? Have you ever wondered how it stacks up against other clubs’ beer?

The American Homebrewer’s Association Club-Only Competition (COC) program offers AHA-Registered Homebrew Clubs an opportunity to compete with other AHA-registered homebrew clubs. Each competition concentrates attention on a specific style of beer or mead, giving our club the opportunity to educate club members in these styles by focusing on them at club meetings or tasting events.

All AHA-registered homebrew clubs are eligible to compete in the COC. Each club may only send one entry per competition.  So, bring your homebrew to the April meeting for the next COC!!

May 2013

Extract Beers

Hosted by Stan Backlund and the Hangtown Association of Zymugry Enthusiasts club of Placerville, CA, this competition covers BJCP categories 1-23 where 50% or more of the fermentable sugars must come from the use of malt extract.

So, bring your eligible homebrew to the April meeting and some of our resident expert judges will determine which beer should represent our club!!  If your beer is chosen, SAAZ will reimburse you for shipping!!

Upcoming  Florida Competitions:

A Walk on the Wild Side

Special Hoperations invites you to come take a walk on the wild side.

Special Hoperations, a homebrew club in Tampa Florida, would like to pass along the follow information regarding our upcoming Sour and Brett Beer (mead and cider, too) competition. In order to make it easy for all to enter, we are asking for only two bottles and most bottles are accepted regardless of size or manner in which the bottle was capped. It means extra work for us, but we don’t mind. We know these are time consuming beers to make and therefore we accept the extra effort and care it will take to logistically handle different bottle sizes and caps during cellaring and judging to ensure your beers are stored and served properly.

Registration opens May 3rd and closes on June 1st.

Visit http://www.specialhoperations.org/wildside/ for more details.

The 2013 Hogtown Brew-Off

Will be held again at the beautiful Kanapaha Botanical Gardens May 24-25, 2013.

Kanapaha will be the site of judging Friday and Saturday, the Wild Boar Keg Competition Saturday afternoon, and the gala awards banquet Saturday night.

Entry Window Will Open On April 22, 2013

http://www.hogtownbrewers.org/Brewoff

Details of locations, times, etc. are available at http://miamihomebrew.org/

Meadllennium

Meadllennium is one of the nation’s premier, MEAD-ONLY competitions.

Meadllennium will be held this year on June 8, 2013 in Sanford Florida.

Registration is now open!

http://www.cfhb.org/meadllennium/

To submit entries, be sure to read the Entry Requirements, then go to Reggie
to register your entries online.

If you are interested in coming to help judge these delicious meads, visit
our Facebook Event Page for all of the details and late breaking news.

Nice weather and good mead – what a great combination!

Thanks
Sheila Jackson
CFHB Competitions

Check out the homebrewers association website for a list of the 2012 club-only competitions on the schedule.

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REWARD!

Attention all SAAZ members!

Once again we will be rewarding our member(s) that has the highest point total in the Florida circuit in both the Beer and Mead categories.

Be sure to submit your favorite brews to the various statewide competitions.

Current list of competition winners:

Name	BFBC	Coconut Cup	Hurricane Blowoff	Totals
Sean Gregg	1	6	2	9
Andrew Carpenter		1	1	2
Dave Webb		1	2	3
Glen Weimar		1	1	1
Rob Saunderson			3	3
Mead
Andrew Carpenter		3	1	4
Dave Webb		1	1	1

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Craft Beers Available in the Area

Coasters Pub (Indian Harbor Beach) – Facebook

World of Beer – Viera – Facebook

Crispy’s Beer & Wine Bar – Facebook

Complete beer listing for Crispy’s is available using Findmytap.

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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor

In this edition:

• Blowoff from the Prez
• Secretary’s Report
• Birthdays
• 2013 Dues
• SAAZ Library
• Upcoming Events
• Next Meeting – March 30th
• Upcoming Competitions
• REWARD!
• Beers Available in the Area
• Beer Education
• SAAZ on Facebook
• Raffle
• Feedback

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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor

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Blow off from the Prez

Q: Who is the bees favorite singer?

A: Sting!

~Dave

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Secretary’s Report

Commander SAAZ – Andrew is working with local hotels to begin visiting and having discussions to determine final date and location for the event.

Sonia will be ensuring that our AHA membership (and associated Zymurgy magazine) subscription is up to date.

~Kevin

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March Birthdays – Happy Birthday!

Dave Bennett
Robin Bennett
Mike Ellis
Dan Shirah

Don’t see your name (and your birthday is in March)? It could be that Kevin doesn’t have a completed membership form from you. Ask him for one at the next meeting so we can include you!

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2013 Dues

The first quarter of the year is over! That means you have surely renewed your membership so you can continue to enjoy all of the fun that comes with it!

Individual Membership = $15
Couple’s Membership = $25
Lifetime Membership = $150

Dues can be paid to the Treasurer (Anne Gregg) at any club meeting or online at our website via PayPal Click here to pay.

You don’t want to miss out on the benefits of membership!

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SAAZ Library

Have you ever wanted to read up on how to make different styles of beer?

Or perhaps you would like to see different techniques for brewing.

If so, the SAAZ Library may have what you are looking for!!

You can view the entire list of publications Here.

If you see something that interests you, simply send an email to SAAZLibrarian@gmail.com with your name and the publication title, and the Librarian will bring it to the next monthly member meeting.

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Upcoming Events

No events at this time.

**Keg Donations**

Attention Members

We realize that the beer you provide for events such as those above does not magically appear and cost you nothing. Therefore, SAAZ will be implementing a new policy to help reimburse you for the beer you bring to events.

1/2 keg – $20
Full keg – $40

All reimbursement requests can be given to the Treasurer.

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Next Meeting – March 30th (Saturday)

This month’s meeting will be at Rotary Park in Suntree.

Rotary Park is located at the intersection of US 1 and Suntree Blvd

Click here for directions

The meeting will be Saturday March 30th

Times:

11:00 – Arrive to help set up.
12:00 – Party starts.
?? – Help break down.

What to bring:

A side dish or dessert
Homebrew

This year we will have a LIVE BAND performing. Some of you may recognize C-Lane & Beav from their frequent bookings at World of Beer.

Next-Next Meeting: April 21st on the World of Beer Patio.

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Upcoming Competitions

AHA Club Only

Think our homebrew club makes some pretty good beer? Have you ever wondered how it stacks up against other clubs’ beer?

The American Homebrewer’s Association Club-Only Competition (COC) program offers AHA-Registered Homebrew Clubs an opportunity to compete with other AHA-registered homebrew clubs. Each competition concentrates attention on a specific style of beer or mead, giving our club the opportunity to educate club members in these styles by focusing on them at club meetings or tasting events.

All AHA-registered homebrew clubs are eligible to compete in the COC. Each club may only send one entry per competition.  So, bring your homebrew to the April meeting for the next COC!!

May 2013

Extract Beers

Hosted by Stan Backlund and the Hangtown Association of Zymugry Enthusiasts club of Placerville, CA, this competition covers BJCP categories 1-23 where 50% or more of the fermentable sugars must come from the use of malt extract.

So, bring your eligible homebrew to the April meeting and some of our resident expert judges will determine which beer should represent our club!!  If your beer is chosen, SAAZ will reimburse you for shipping!!

Upcoming  Florida Competitions:

The Palm Beach Draughtsmen’s 18th annual Hurricane Blowoff

Always an AHA/BJCP certified homebrew, mead and cider competition, will come ashore in suburban West Palm Beach @  El Encanto during the weekend of April 19th – 20th.

We encourage SAAZ participation in entering as well as judging!!

The entry window will open on March 11th and close at 5pm on March 29th.

Pre-Judging will be on the 5th-7th, with some additional pre-judging on the 12th-13th, if needed.

Judging will commence on Friday the 19th @ 2pm – ?? and judging on Saturday will run from 9am – ?? followed by the Best of Show.

The awards dinner (great food and homebrew!), party and excellent raffle will follow the BOS, starting @ 7pm at El  Encanto .

http://palmbeachdraughtsmen.com/?page_id=26

The 2013 Hogtown Brew-Off

Will be held again at the beautiful Kanapaha Botanical Gardens May 24-25, 2013.

Kanapaha will be the site of judging Friday and Saturday, the Wild Boar Keg Competition Saturday afternoon, and the gala awards banquet Saturday night.

Entry Window Will Open On April 22, 2013

http://www.hogtownbrewers.org/Brewoff

Details of locations, times, etc. are available at http://miamihomebrew.org/

Check out the homebrewers association website for a list of the 2012 club-only competitions on the schedule.

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REWARD!

Attention all SAAZ members!

Once again we will be rewarding our member(s) that has the highest point total in the Florida circuit in both the Beer and Mead categories.

Be sure to submit your favorite brews to the various statewide competitions.

Current list of competition winners:

Name	BFBC	Coconut Cup	Totals
Sean Gregg	1	6	7
Andrew Carpenter		1	1
Dave Webb		1	1
Glen Weimar		1	1
Mead
Andrew Carpenter		3	3
Dave Webb		1	1

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Beers Available in the Area

Coasters Pub (Indian Harbor Beach) – facebook

• Sweetwater 420 Pale Ale

World of Beer – Viera

New bottles

• Mission Hefe
• Mission IPA
• Ommegang Biere d’hougoumont
• Victory White Monkey

Crispy’s Beer & Wine Bar

New Bottles and Cans Available.

• Troubadour Magma – 9.00% ABV Belgian IPA
• Troubadour Obscura – 8.50% ABV Belgian Stout
• Kopparberg Strawberry Lime Cider – 4.00% ABV (IT’S DELICIOUS!!!!)
• Fat Cat Lager – 4.90% ABV Vienna Lager
• Fat Cat Pale Ale – 5.10% ABV – American Pale Ale
• Fat Cat Sultan’s of Wheat – 4.90% ABV Witbier

Complete beer listing for Crispy’s is available using Findmytap.

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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor

In this edition:

• Blowoff from the Prez
• Secretary’s Report
• Birthdays
• 2013 Dues
• SAAZ Library
• Upcoming Events
• Next Meeting – February 17th
• Upcoming Competitions
• REWARD!
• Beers Available in the Area
• Beer Education
• SAAZ on Facebook
• Raffle
• Feedback

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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor

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Blow off from the Prez

Q: Why did the bee cross the road?

A: Just Bee-cause.

~Dave

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Secretary’s Report

Q: Did you hear about the power outage at the North Carolina State University library?

A: Thirty students were stuck on the escalator for three hours!

~Kevin

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February Birthdays – Happy Birthday!

Paul Bessler
Eric Hatton
Jay McNeely
Kyle Scully
Jennifer Folsom
Matt Backus
Sabrina Stroble
Greg Wiggins
Shelley Hudson

Don’t see your name (and your birthday is in February)? It could be that Kevin doesn’t have a completed membership form from you. Ask him for one at the next meeting so we can include you!

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2013 Dues

It’s two month in to the new year! That means you have surely renewed your membership so you can continue to enjoy all of the fun that comes with it!

Individual Membership = $15
Couple’s Membership = $25
Lifetime Membership = $150

Dues can be paid to the Treasurer (Anne Gregg) at any club meeting or online at our website via PayPal Click here to pay.

You don’t want to miss out on the benefits of membership!

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SAAZ Library

Have you ever wanted to read up on how to make different styles of beer?

Or perhaps you would like to see different techniques for brewing.

If so, the SAAZ Library may have what you are looking for!!

You can view the entire list of publications Here.

If you see something that interests you, simply send an email to SAAZLibrarian@gmail.com with your name and the publication title, and the Librarian will bring it to the next monthly member meeting.

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Upcoming Events

SAAZ ROAD TRIP!!

Do you like beer? Do you like breweries? Do you wish someone else would drive?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, the upcoming SAAZ Road Trip is for you!

On Saturday, March 9th, 2013 SAAZ will be taking a road trip to Cigar City Brewing in Tampa for the Annual Hunahpu Day. The club will be securing a bus that will take us to Tampa and back.

Event Info

When: Saturday, March 9th, 2013
Where: Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, Florida
Why: Annual Hunahpu Day

Bus Info

Depart: 8:30am from the Crispy’s parking lot.
Return: 8:00pm from the Cigar City parking lot. (estimated to be back at Crispy’s by 10:30pm)
Cost: $20 per person non-refundable (You MUST be a current paid member for 2013)
Occupancy: Space is limited to 35 members and is on a first come, first served basis.
Misc: SAAZ will be paying for the additional fees for the bus as well as providing beer on the bus.

SPACE COAST CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL

The Space Coast Craft Beer Festival is fast approaching!

Once again, SAAZ will be helping out with this great event. Volunteers will receive free admission and food.

When:	February 23rd, 2013, 2–5 p.m. for General Admission; 1–5 p.m. for VIP
Where:	4700 Babcock Street NE, Palm Bay, FL Get Directions

Visit the website for complete details Here.

**Keg Donations**

Attention Members

We realize that the beer you provide for events such as those above does not magically appear and cost you nothing. Therefore, SAAZ will be implementing a new policy to help reimburse you for the beer you bring to events.

1/2 keg – $20
Full keg – $40

All reimbursement requests can be given to the Treasurer.

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Next Meeting – February 17th (Sunday)

This month’s meeting will be at The Mansion in Melbourne.

When:
Sunday, February 17th at 2pm.

Where:
The Mansion
1218 East New Haven Ave.
Melbourne, FL 32901
(Google Maps)

As always, bringing homebrew to share is strongly encouraged, but please respect our gracious host and leave commercial beers at home.

Next-Next Meeting: SPRING PARTY! March 30th at Rotary Park in Suntree.

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Upcoming Competitions

Best Florida Beer Championship Registration Opens

When: January 5, 2013 @ 12:00 am – February 5, 2013 @ 12:00 am

http://www.bestfloridabeer.org/

Homebrew Registration Opens – Sat, Jan 5th
Registration Closes – Tues, Feb 5th
Final and BOS judging, Awards Ceremony – Sat, Feb 23rd

2013 Coconut Cup

The 2013 Coconut Cup is almost upon us.

We expect to reach our entry cap of 300 any day now, so our little club will need all the help it can get judging entries from all over the State and the US.

We have four judging sessions scheduled –

1) Sunday, 2/17
2) Tuesday, 2/26
3) Friday, 3/1
4) Saturday, 3/2.

Details of locations, times, etc. are available at http://miamihomebrew.org/

Check out the homebrewers association website for a list of the 2012 club-only competitions on the schedule.

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REWARD!

Attention all SAAZ members!

Once again we will be rewarding our member(s) that has the highest point total in the Florida circuit in both the Beer and Mead categories.

Be sure to submit your favorite brews to the various statewide competitions.

Current list of competition winners:

Name	BFBC	Coconut Cup	Hurricane	Hogtown	1st Coast	SAAZ	CFHB	Totals

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Beers Available in the Area

Coasters Pub (Indian Harbor Beach) – facebook

• The Coaster’s Pub Belgian Beer Fest started on February 8th. Visit their Facebook page to check out the entire lineup and stop in to see what is still available.

World of Beer – Viera

New bottles

• Blue Point Sour Cherry Imperial Stout, 9% (New York)
• Heavy Seas bourbon Barrel Siren Noire, 9.5% (Maryland)
• Hoppin’ Frog Hopped Up Goose Jiuce, 7% (Ohio)
• Nectar Ales Black Xantus, 11% (California)

Crispy’s Beer & Wine Bar

New on Tap

• Zombie Killer Cherry Cyser

Complete beer listing for Crispy’s is available using Findmytap.

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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor

In this edition:

• Blowoff from the Prez
• Secretary’s Report
• Birthdays
• 2013 Dues
• SAAZ Library
• Upcoming Events
• Next Meeting – January 20th
• Upcoming Competitions
• REWARD!
• Beers Available in the Area
• Beer Education
• SAAZ on Facebook
• Raffle
• Feedback

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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor

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Blow off from the Prez

Well, we survived the winter solstice without the end of the world, so SAAZ will continue into 2013 and it looks like I, David Webb, am your new president.

Andrew Carpenter is the 1^st vice president
Shelly Hudson is 2^nd vice president
Ann Gregg will continue as treasurer
Kevin Miller is secretary
Sonia Miller will continue as librarian
Dan Shirah will continue as web master

I believe this group has the potential to make 2013 a good year for SAAZ. We already have a few things planed along with the normal meetings, parties, and beer festivals this year, such as doing some road trips (First possible road trip: Hunahpu Day at Cigar City!). I do want to encourage members to help out when they can; the officers can’t do it all. If you have some ideas on educational topics for meetings let me know. I also would like to encourage members to homebrew and enter competitions and attend other Florida competitions. If you have entries, the club will help you ship or deliver them. I have pasted some upcoming competitions below. See you all at the meeting January 20^th at 2:00 pm at Coasters Pub Bier Garden

• 971 E Eau Gallie Blvd, Melbourne, FL (321) 779-2739

15^th Annual Domras Cup Mead Competition

Announcing a call for Judges & Entries for the 15^th Annual Domras Cup Mead Competition. We are only the second longest-running, not nearly the biggest, but we make a claim to be the funnest mead-only competition in the world!

When: • Competition Date: Saturday, February 2, 2013. 9:00 a.m. Judges/Stewards on site by 8:30 a.m.
• Entry window: December 26, 2012 to January 23, 2013.

Where: John Wilson’s house: 109 Nelson Avenue, Garden City, GA (unless plans change – a note will be forthcoming if the venue changes)

Best Florida Beer Championship Registration Opens

When: January 5, 2013 @ 12:00 am – February 5, 2013 @ 12:00 am

http://www.bestfloridabeer.org/

Homebrew Registration Opens – Sat, Jan 5th
Registration Closes – Tues, Feb 5th
Final and BOS judging, Awards Ceremony – Sat, Feb 23rd

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Secretary’s Report

GO WOLFPACK!

~Kevin

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January Birthdays – Happy Birthday!

Edward Beyette
John Lynch
Jason Jatsko
Vince Ramos
Dwight Woods
Andrew Carpenter
Terry Wolfe
Beth Ferris

Don’t see your name (and your birthday is in January)? It could be that Kevin doesn’t have a completed membership form from you. Ask her for one at the next meeting so we can include you!

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2013 Dues

Believe it or not, another year has come and gone! That means you have surely enjoyed a year of great food, great people, and great BEER! It also means it’s time to renew your membership so you can continue to enjoy all of the fun that comes with it!

Individual Membership = $15
Couple’s Membership = $25
Lifetime Membership = $150

Dues can be paid to the Treasurer (Anne Gregg) at any club meeting or online at our website via PayPal Click here to pay.

You don’t want to miss out on the benefits of membership!

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SAAZ Library

Have you ever wanted to read up on how to make different styles of beer?

Or perhaps you would like to see different techniques for brewing.

If so, the SAAZ Library may have what you are looking for!!

You can view the entire list of publications Here.

If you see something that interests you, simply send an email to SAAZLibrarian@gmail.com with your name and the publication title, and the Librarian will bring it to the next monthly member meeting.

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Upcoming Events

SAAZ ROAD TRIP!!

Do you like beer? Do you like breweries? Do you wish someone else would drive?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, the upcoming SAAZ Road Trip is for you!

On Saturday, March 9th, 2013 SAAZ will be taking a road trip to Cigar City Brewing in Tampa for the Annual Hunahpu Day. The club will be securing a bus that will take us to Tampa and back.

Event Info

When: Saturday, March 9th, 2013
Where: Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, Florida
Why: Annual Hunahpu Day

Bus Info

Depart: 8:30am from the Crispy’s parking lot.
Return: 8:00pm from the Cigar City parking lot. (estimated to be back at Crispy’s by 10:30pm)
Cost: $20 per person non-refundable (You MUST be a current paid member for 2013)
Occupancy: Space is limited to 35 members and is on a first come, first served basis.
Misc: SAAZ will be paying for the additional fees for the bus as well as providing beer on the bus.

SPACE COAST CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL

When:	February 23rd, 2013, 2–5 p.m. for General Admission; 1–5 p.m. for VIP
Where:	4700 Babcock Street NE, Palm Bay, FL Get Directions

Visit the website for complete details Here.

**Keg Donations**

Attention Members

We realize that the beer you provide for events such as those above does not magically appear and cost you nothing. Therefore, SAAZ will be implementing a new policy to help reimburse you for the beer you bring to events.

1/2 keg – $20
Full keg – $40

All reimbursement requests can be given to the Treasurer.

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Next Meeting – January 20th (Sunday)

This month’s meeting will be at Coasters Pub – Bier Garden in Melbourne.

When:
Sunday, January 20th at 2pm.

Where:
Coasters Pub – Bier Garden
971 E Eau Gallie Blvd
Melbourne, FL 32927

As always, bringing homebrew to share is strongly encouraged, but please respect our gracious host and leave commercial beers at home.

Next-Next Meeting: February 17th at The Mansion.

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Upcoming Competitions

15th Annual Domras Cup Mead Competition

Announcing a call for Judges & Entries for the 15th Annual Domras Cup Mead Competition. We are only the second longest-running, not nearly the biggest, but we make a claim to be the funnest mead-only competition in the world!

When: • Competition Date: Saturday, February 2, 2013. 9:00 a.m. Judges/Stewards on site by 8:30 a.m.
• Entry window: December 26, 2012 to January 23, 2013.

Where: John Wilson’s house: 109 Nelson Avenue, Garden City, GA (unless plans change – a note will be forthcoming if the venue changes)

Best Florida Beer Championship Registration Opens

When: January 5, 2013 @ 12:00 am – February 5, 2013 @ 12:00 am

http://www.bestfloridabeer.org/

Homebrew Registration Opens – Sat, Jan 5th
Registration Closes – Tues, Feb 5th
Final and BOS judging, Awards Ceremony – Sat, Feb 23rd

Check out the homebrewers association website for a list of the 2012 club-only competitions on the schedule.

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REWARD!

Attention all SAAZ members!

Once again we will be rewarding our member(s) that has the highest point total in the Florida circuit in both the Beer and Mead categories.

Be sure to submit your favorite brews to the various statewide competitions.

Current list of competition winners:

Name	BFBC	Coconut Cup	Hurricane	Hogtown	1st Coast	SAAZ	CFHB	Totals

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Beers Available in the Area

Coasters Pub (Indian Harbor Beach) – facebook

• Join Coasters Pub on January 10th for Off-Centered Compliation of Curious Libations, Vol III. They will feature 27 different Dogfish Head beers on draft.

World of Beer – Viera

New bottles

• Alvinne Morpheous Wild Undressed
• Stone Ruination IPA (12oz)
• Widmer Omission Lager
• Stone Vertical 12.12.12.

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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor