August SAAZ BREWZletter
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August SAAZ Meeting
Sunday, August 21st at 2pm
Bar IX
317 South Washington Ave., Titusville
Sign up to help at Commander SAAZ
Bottoms Up Beer Run check presentation/photo – wear a SAAZ shirt if you have one or a St. Baldrick’s shirt!
Vote on a new Second VP
Raffle Raffle Raffle 🙂
Challenge #4 – Extreme Brew Challenge
Congrats to Dan Markey for his Strawberry Shortcake Lager
Challenge #5 – Heavy Medal
We are looking for the brewer with the most wins at Commander SAAZ. Enter Commander SAAZ, win medals and you will win an extra prize!!! Good luck and get brewing.
SAAZ is now using TEXT REMINDERS!
Sign up for text alerts from SAAZ! We will send a maximum of 2 texts per month.
Text SAAZ to 24587 to join
VOTING ALERT – VOTING ALERT !!!
If you haven’t heard Delania and Aaron Collins are moving to Guam. So this will leave a vacancy in the 2nd VP Position. This was announced at the July meeting. So far Susie Markey has expressed interest in running. At the August meeting we will hold a vote to fill the position. Any other interested members should contact President Dan Shirah to be included on the ballot.
Commander SAAZ
- Registration Opened:7/11/16
- Entry Deadline: 8/22/16 – bring yours to the Aug. meeting!
- Entries Received: 8/26/16
- Bottle Sorting: 8/27/16 at Brock’s 10a-1p
- Prejudging: 9/3/16, 9/4/16, 9/10/16 and 9/11/16 at The Mansion 10a-5p
- Competition Weekend: 9/16/16-9/17/16 at the Cocoa Beach Hilton 9a-5p
- Sign up to help out!!! We need everyone’s help to make this event a success.
UPCOMING COMPETITIONS
Check out the American Homebrewers Association website for a complete list of the 2016 competitions.
- Entry Submissions Open – 8/13/16
- Entry Submissions Close – 9/10/16
- Pre judging – 10/1/16
- Final and B.O.S Judging and Awards Ceremony – Saturday, 10/8/16
- Homebrewer of the Year & Homebrew Club of the Year to be awarded at Ceremony.
BEER RAILROAD – Bring your entries to any SAAZ Meeting, Officer Meeting or Brock’s and we will arrange to get them delivered to the competition. Watch your email and Facebook for drop-off deadlines.
Policy: SAAZ will reimburse entry payments for Florida circuit competitions, up to 10 per brewer and up to $1000 total per year. Remember that SAAZ policies and procedures state that any expense must be turned in within 90 days for reimbursement. If you enter any FLORIDA CIRCUIT competitions this year, email a copy of your registration to Sean Gregg for reimbursement.
Congrats to SAAZ Winners
Sunshine Challenge
Aaron Collins/Dan Markey – Bronze for Doppelganger Doppelbock
Delania Collins – Bronze for Peach Cider
First Coast Cup
Sean Gregg – Silver for BA Hunah Clone
Delania Collins – Silver for Lemon Cider
SAAZ GOOGLE CALENDAR LINK
SAAZ August Meeting – August 21, 2pm @ Bar IX
SAAZ Officer Meeting – September 2nd, 6:30pm @ Gregg House
Commander’s Call – September 16th @ The Hilton Cocoa Beach
Commander SAAZ – September 17th @ The Hilton Cocoa Beach
Rocky Water Brewfest – October 8th, 1-5pm @ Eau Gallie Square
SAAZtoberfest – October 15th, 12 noon @ Suntree Rotary Park
2016 Dues – Time to renew!
If you want to be included in all the fun events SAAZ has coming up, it’s time to renew your membership. Some of the upcoming events and brew challenges are only open to currently paid 2016 members. There are many advantages to membership, you do not want to miss out. Please pay the Treasurer (Sean Gregg) at any club meeting or online at our website via PayPal – Click here to pay. Make sure to get your new membership card from the secretary.
Individual Membership = $20 Family Membership = $30 Lifetime Membership = $150
***Please take note that dues have increased this year***
SAAZ Library
The SAAZ Library is full of great books and magazines to help make you a better brewer. You can view the entire list of publications here. If you see something that interests you, simply send an email to the librarian with your name and the publication title, and the Librarian will bring it to the next monthly member meeting.
Feedback/Contact Us
We need your help! We are very interested in improving the club and we’d like to hear what you think. If you have comments or suggestions about the Newsletter, Website, Activities, or the Club in general, please send an email to editor@saaz.org.
Contact Us:
President: Dan Shirah – president@saaz.org
First VP/Competition Coordinator: Nathan Gray- 1stvp@saaz.org
Second VP/Party & Event Planner: Vacant – 2ndvp@saaz.org
Secretary/Membership: Ryan Kaestner – secretary@saaz.org
Treasurer: Sean Gregg – treasurer@saaz.org
Newsletter/Webmaster: Anne Gregg – editor@saaz.org
Librarian: Dan Markey – library@saaz.org