June SAAZ BREWZletter
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Next Meeting:
SAAZ Summer Party!
Saturday, June 17th, 12:00 pm
Hell ‘n Blazes Brewing Company
1002 E New Haven Ave
Melbourne, FL 32901
It’s summer time and the best way to celebrate is with a party! SAAZ has reserved the VIP room at Hell ‘n Blazes Brewing Company in Downtown Melbourne for this occasion. Please bring a side dish and any homebrew to share (bottles and growlers are okay, please no kegs). The main course to be provided includes burgers and brats.
The IntraClub Challenge will also be judged. We will be looking for all of those great seasonal summertime fruit beers!
Don’t forget that we will be voting for our new Club President at this event. If you would like to nominate a member for this position please submit the name to any of the officers listed below by this Thursday, June 15.
SAAZ Intraclub Brew Challenge
SAAZ quarterly Intraclub Brew Challenges will continue in 2017. We would like to encourage more brewing in the club and provide more feedback to our brewers. Each quarter the club will announce the challenge ingredient/style and requirements.
RULES:
1) Must be a current SAAZ Member with 2017 Dues paid.
2) Sign-up for the challenge at a meeting – General or Officer. The supplies for each challenge are limited and to keep things fair for all we will not accept sign-ups at any other time.
3) Must pick up special ingredient at a SAAZ Meeting (General or Officer), we will not make special arrangements to deliver items.
4) Bring 6 – 12 oz bottles or a 64 oz growler of your beer to the designated meeting for judging.
5) SAAZ will provide a prize for the winner of the challenge. We also encourage you to enter into upcoming homebrew competitions to win even more!
6) If you fail to participate in a challenge it will affect your ability to partake in future challenges.
CHALLENGE #1 – Hop Salad
For this challenge participants blindly picked three ounces of mystery hops and designed a beer around them, any style of their choosing. Entries for this challenge were judged at our January meeting at Coasters. The winner of this Challenge was Billy Dawson with a California Common.
CHALLENGE #2 – IRISH you were Beer!
Starting in January we began giving brewers Kent Goldings hops to use in their next brew. Beers for this Challenge must be from BJCP Category 15 – 15A Irish Red Ale, 15B Irish Stout or 15C Irish Extra Stout. The winner of this Challenge was Dan Shirah with an Irish Extra Stout.
CHALLENGE #3 – Fruit Challenge
Starting at the Spring Party interested club members can draw a fruit to use in their next brew. Entries will be judged at the Summer Party this Saturday, June 17.
HAPPY BREWING and GOOD LUCK!
Commander SAAZ!!!
Commander SAAZ 2017 is officially online at Reggiebeer!: http://reggiebeer.com/ReggieEntry.php
This year, we will be at the DoubleTree Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, with a room block for SAAZ ($119/night, same as last year), and events being held both Friday and Saturday.
Stay tuned for more information as we update our website. In the meantime, here are the dates:
Entry Window: July 10th – August 21st
Bottle Sorting: August 26th
Early Round Judging 1: September 2nd – 3rd
Early Round Judging 2: September 9th – 10th
Commander SAAZ Weekend: September 15th – 16th
Upcoming Competitions – showcase your award winning homebrew!
Check out the American Homebrewers Association website for a complete list of upcoming competitions.
Sunshine Challenge – June 24, 2017
Orlando
Entry window has passed
http://www.cfhb.org/sunshine-challenge/
First Coast Cup – August 4-5, 2017
Jacksonville
Entry window: June 26-July 13, 2017
http://www.thecask.org/first-coast-cup/
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 Anne Gregg for reimbursement.
Upcoming Events
SAAZ GOOGLE CALENDAR LINK
Summer Party – June 17th @ Hell ‘n Blazes Brewing /Company, 1002 E New Haven Ave, Melbourne, FL 32901
Bus Trip – July 22, Jacksonville, Breweries and Route?
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.
SAAZ is now using TEXT REMINDERS!
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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 and First VP/Competition Coordinator: Nathan Gray- 1stvp@saaz.org
Second VP/Party & Event Planner: Susie Markey – 2ndvp@saaz.org
Secretary/Membership: Chris Jojola – secretary@saaz.org
Treasurer: Anne Gregg – treasurer@saaz.org
Newsletter/Webmaster: Billy Dawson – editor@saaz.org
Librarian: Brian Cavins – library@saaz.org