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Commander SAAZ 2006

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Commander SAAZ 2006 Individual Medal Results

Category

1

LIGHT LAGER

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Ed

Vandegrift

BEER MAFIA

Premium Lager

C

2nd

Ed

Vandegrift

BEER MAFIA

Helles

D

3rd

Patrick

Payne

Central Florida Home Brewers

Tellus Its Helles

D

 

Category

2

PILSNER

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Joshua

Kesting

Dunedin Brewers Guild

C

2nd

Greg

Flynn

Fort Lauderdale Area Brewers

Windhoek Lager

A

3rd

Ron

Minkoff

Fort Lauderdale Area Brewers

FLAB Czech Pilsner

B

 

Category

3

EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

William

Kendrick

SAAZ

B

2nd

Ed

Vandegrift

BEER MAFIA

Vienna

A

3rd

Kelly

Williams

Unlisted

Majestic Marzen

B

Category

4

DARK LAGER

 

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Dutch

Morganberg

Dunedin Brewers Guild

C

2nd

Robert

Mee

Tampa Bay BEERS

Darkwater lager

A

3rd

Ed

Measom

Central Florida Home Brewers

May the Schwartz be with you # 218

C

Category

5

BOCK

 

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

William

Kendrick

SAAZ

C

2nd

Rick

Garvin

BURP

Fester Pfropfen Hellerbock

A

3rd

Eric

Johnson

Miami Area Society of Homebrewers

C

 

Category

6

LIGHT HYBRID BEER

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Glenn & Dani

Exline

SAAZ

Big Easy Blonde

B

2nd

Darryl

Kochaniec

Central Florida Home Brewers

DK kolsch-31

C

3rd

Stephen

Moyle

None

FABULOUS HEDGEHOG

D

Category

7

AMBER HYBRID BEER

 

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Gordon

Dickey

None

Fizzgig’s California Steam

B

2nd

Cary

Floyd

Unlisted

C

3rd

Cary

Floyd

Unlisted

Alexander’s Alt

A

 

Category

8

ENGLISH PALE ALE

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Dennis

Pierson

Tampa Bay BEERS

Tri-Hops

B

2nd

Lisa

Williams

Dunedin Brewers Guild

B

3rd

Zombie

SAAZ

Debonair of the Brew

A

 

Category

9

SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Michael

Poehnert

Treasure Coast Brewmasters

C

2nd

Don & Beth

Ferris

SAAZ

Squirrel’s Wee Heavy

E

3rd

John

Lundy

Treasure Coast Brewmasters

D

 

Category

10

AMERICAN ALE

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Lynn

Seelos

SAAZ

Lynn’s APA

A

2nd

Steve

Mitchell

SAAZ

A

3rd

Ed

Measom

Central Florida Home Brewers

Ed’s A-IPA # 226

B

 

Category

11

ENGLISH BROWN ALE

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Paul

Blatz

Palm Beach Draughtsmen

Blatz Nut Brown Ale

C

2nd

Cary

Floyd

Unlisted

Floyd’s English Mild

A

3rd

Darryl

Kochaniec

Central Florida Home Brewers

DK mild-32

A

 

Category

12

PORTER

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Mark

Carbone

Treasure Coast Brewmasters

Sgt. Porter’s Lovely Hops Club Brew

B

2nd

Glenn & Dani

Exline

SAAZ

Big Beefy Porter

B

3rd

George

Perrin

Hogtown Brewers

B

 

Category

13

STOUT

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Don

Price

Tampa Bay BEERS

Rasputin Light

E

2nd

Mark

Carbone

Treasure Coast Brewmasters

Pourtly Foreign Stout

D

3rd

Dennis

Pierson

Tampa Bay BEERS

Challenger Stout

A

 

Category

14

INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Lynn

Seelos

SAAZ

Lynn’s AIPA

B

2nd

Art

Watson

Hogtown Brewers

Good Cents

B

3rd

Gordon

Dickey

None

Golden Nugget IPA v.11

B

 

Category

15

GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Mike

Ellis

SAAZ

Wet Nosed Wheat

A

2nd

Patrick

Payne

Central Florida Home Brewers

Grandmas Mustache

C

3rd

Chad

Gould

Dunedin Brewers Guild

Heifer Weizen

A

 

Category

16

BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Craig

Birkmaier

Hogtown Brewers

Hoe Hoe Hoe

A

2nd

Patrick

Payne

Central Florida Home Brewers

Paynes Sassy Saison 11

C

3rd

Scott

Graham

Miami Area Society of

Rum Raisin Yummy

E

 

Category

17

SOUR ALE

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Robert

Wietor

Central Florida Home Brewers

Atomic Lambic

D

3rd

Nick

Marshall

Palm Beach Draughtsmen

Butt-Naked Raspberry Lambic

F

 

Category

18

BELGIAN STRONG ALE

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Stephen

Moyle

None

STEPHEN’S BLOND BELGIAN BONANZA

A

2nd

Nelson

Crowle

Dunedin Brewers Guild

NHC Trip

C

3rd

Robert

Mee

Tampa Bay BEERS

Grande Blu

E

 

Category

19

STRONG ALE

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Charles

Hughes

SAAZ

Old English #1

B

2nd

Michael

Heniff

Foam Rangers Homebrew Club

108 Barleywine

C

3rd

Lynn

Seelos

SAAZ

Lynn’s ABW

C

 

Category

20

FRUIT BEER

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Joe

Alf

SAAZ

2nd

Ed

Vandegrift

BEER MAFIA

Coconut Cream Ale

3rd

Scott

Graham

Miami Area Society of

Coconut Dark Wheat

 

Category

21

SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

George

Kostopoulos

Central Florida Home Brewers

Funny Name Ginger Beer

A

2nd

Gordon

Dickey

None

St. Emmett’s Christmas Spice

B

3rd

Mike

Kopp

St. Louis Brews

A

 

Category

22

SMOKE-FLAVORED & WOOD-AGED BEER

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Joe

Peters

Palm Beach Draughtsmen

Vanilla Oak Stout

C

2nd

Cary

Floyd

Unlisted

A

3rd

Art

Watson

Hogtown Brewers

Smoked Hefe

B

 

Category

23

SPECIALTY BEER

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Art

Watson

Hogtown Brewers

Severed Ties

2nd

Art

Watson

Hogtown Brewers

Arrogant Bitch Ale

3rd

Glenn & Dani

Exline

SAAZ

Balrog’s Blood

 

Category

24

TRADITIONAL MEAD

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Glenn & Dani

Exline

SAAZ

TKO

C

2nd

Glenn & Dani

Exline

SAAZ

Seagrape Surprise

C

3rd

Patrick

Payne

Central Florida Home Brewers

Georgia Nut Sack

C

 

Category

25

MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD)

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Glenn & Dani

Exline

SAAZ

Blackberry Surprise

C

2nd

Chet

Sparks

SAAZ

strawberry mead

C

3rd

Patrick

Payne

Central Florida Home Brewers

Very Berry Sack

C

 

Category

26

OTHER MEAD

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Ken

Koenig

Dunedin Brewers Guild

A

2nd

Don & Beth

Ferris

SAAZ

Chai Surprise

A

3rd

Glenn & Dani

Exline

SAAZ

St. Bernardus Strong Dark

B

 

Category

27

STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Charles

Hughes

SAAZ

A

2nd

Patrick

Fossett

Palm Beach Draughtsmen

spapoop

A

3rd

Joe

Peters

Palm Beach Draughtsmen

A

 

Category

28

SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

SubStyle

1st

Glenn & Dani

Exline

SAAZ

Dicken Cider

D

2nd

Patrick

Payne

Central Florida Home Brewers

Paynes Black Jack Cider

A

3rd

Patrick

Payne

Central Florida Home Brewers

Payne Summer Cider

D

 

Category

99

Rocket Fuel!!

Place

Firstname

Lastname

Club

Brewname

Style

1st

Craig

Birkmaier

Hogtown Brewers

10-10-10

14C

2nd

Michael

Cotherman

Dunedin Brewers Guild

15C

3rd

Glenn & Dani

Exline

SAAZ

St. Bernardus Strong Dark Braggot

26B

 

BOS Beer
 

Firstname

Lastname

Addbrewer

Club

Brewname

StyleName

SubStyleName

BOSRound

 

William

Kendrick

Lynn Seelos

SAAZ

BOCK

Doppelbock

1st

 

Charles

Hughes

SAAZ

Old English #1

STRONG ALE

English Barleywine

2nd

 

Art

Watson

Travis Cossette

Hogtown Brewers

Severed Ties

SPECIALTY

SPECIALTY

BEER

3rd

 

 

 

BOS Mead/Cider
 

Firstname

Lastname

Addbrewer

Club

Brewname

StyleName

SubStyleName

BOSRound

 

Glenn & Dani

Exline

SAAZ

TKO

TRADITIONAL

Sweet Mead

1st

 

Ken

Koenig

Chris Wilson

Dunedin Brewers Guild

OTHER MEAD

Metheglin

2nd

 

Glenn & Dani

Exline

SAAZ

Blackberry Surprise

MELOMEL (FRUIT

Other Fruit

3rd

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Commander SAAZ 2010

By General Information

Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Hombrew Blastoff 2010

Sexy Sixteen!!

Cmdr SAAZ_sm_rnd

The Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Homebrew Blastoff is an AHA and BJCP sanctioned homebrewed beer, mead, and cider competition sponsored by the Space coast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy (SAAZ).

Early round judging will be held at Chet Park’s house (same as the shipping address listed below) on the weekends of September 25-26th and October 2nd-3rd. (In all probability we’ll also have a judging round at the Holiday Inn the evening of Friday October 8th) The final Judging will begin at 9:00 A.M on Saturday, October 9th at the International Palms Resort (formerly the Cocoa Beach Holiday Inn). Regular rooms are $79.99 + tax. You MUST call to reserve your rooms by 15 September using the code HBC!! In addition to the standard rooms the International Palms also has the following rooms available using the same code:

  • Kid’s Suites – $89.99 + Tax

  • Oceanview Standard – $109.99 + Tax

  • Villas – $129.99 + Tax

  • Oceanfront Suites and Lofts – $149.99 + Tax


The Awards Ceremony and Splashdown Party will take place that evening at 7:00 P.M. at the same location. Judges will not be allowed to judge in categories that they have entered.


ELIGIBILITY

C.S.I.H.B. is open to all homebrewers everywhere. All entries must have been brewed at home. Entries brewed at commercial establishments are ineligible.


HOW TO ENTER

All Beer entries must be in 10-16 oz. brown or green glass. No bottles with ink name-brand lettering (i.e. Corona), or glued on paper labels. Raised NO DEPOSIT, or manufacturing codes are acceptable. Beers must be capped with crown caps. Meads & Ciders may be entered in 6-16oz bottles. Grolsch-type swing tops are acceptable for meads and ciders.


Bottles not meeting these requirements will be disqualified. An entry consists of 3 bottles. Each on-line entry costs $6.00. (Entries into the Rocket Fuel. specialty category will be 2 bottles and cost $5.00 per entry.) Paper entries will not be accepted. All entries must be entered via the online entry system. Make checks or money orders payable to SAAZ. Please attach your check to one of your entries with a rubber band. PayPal payments are also accepted for on-line entries via the website! The online web entry system is available here.


Attach a completed bottle I.D. form to each bottle with a rubber band. You will be disqualified if you use glue or tape to secure the forms!


Ship entries to:

SAAZ

C/o Chet Sparks

2945 Dairy Rd

Titusville, FL 32796


Shipped or local drop off entries must be received by the Registrar by Sept 15th!!!

We wll be setting up drop off poins around the state and calling up the members of the Homebrew Railroad to help ferry entries from the far corners of the known universe (or at least the far flung swamps of Florida) to the drop off location.


CATEGORIES

All BJCP beer and mead categories and associated sub-categories from the 2008 BJCP style guidelines will be accepted in this competition. Complete style guidelines can be found at the BJCP site: http://www.bjcp.org. Entrants are responsible for placing their entry in the proper category. No entries will be re-classified. With fruit beer, herb beer, specialty beer, smoked beer and meads, be sure to list the special ingredients, i.e. cherries, coriander, smoked grains, honey, molasses… etc.

All 28 categories of beer, mead, cider and their associated sub-categories will be accepted. NOTE:Categories 1-19 are restricted to two entries per sub-category by Florida Homebrew Circuit rules. Every beer will be judged to the style that you designate on your entry forms. Any entry that has been disqualified for rules infractions will be judged, but will not be eligible for awards!


Additionally the Commander SAAZ Rocket Fuel Award specialty category has become a permanent category. The rules for the Rocket Fuel category are pretty simple. The beer must be based on a BJCP beer/mead/cider category, however, the sky’s no limit as far as alcohol content. A minimum of 10% ABV is required to enter the Rocket Fuel Category. Beers entered in the Rocket Fuel category may also be entered under a regular BJCP category as well. NOTE: Entries may not be fortified with distilled spirits!!


Categories may be combined or split at the discretion of the Competition Organizer and the Judge Director. If an insufficient quantity of entries is received in a given category, then those entries will be moved to combined categories to be judged according to the category originally entered.

 

AWARDS AND PRIZES

First, Second, and Third place medals will be awarded for each category, however entries must score a minimum of 25 points to be eligible for a medal. Winners will also receive a fabulous prize donated by one of our gracious sponsors.

First place winners of each category will advance to the Best of Show Round to compete for the Commander’s Cosmic Trophy, coveted by Rocket Scientists and Homebrewers throughout the known galaxy. This year as a special treat the BoS Beer will be brewed commercially by Chris McCall at the Cocoa Beach Brewing Company!!


Additionally first place winners in MCAB categories (see http://www.masterhomebrewer.org/ for details) will be eligible for the MCAB XIII competition. This year Commander SAAZ is also a qualifying event for the 2011 Mazer Cup International Home Mead Makers Competition (http://www.mazercup.com/index.htm). This means that the gold medal winning meads from Commander SAAZ will be inserted directly into the second round at the MCI! So now Commander SAAZ is a qualifying competition to both the most prestigious beer and mead events in the country!


A separate Best of Show Cosmic Trophy will also be awarded for meads/ciders. A separate prize will also be awarded to the winner of this year’s Rocket Fuel Award.

GOOD LUCK!

 

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Commander SAAZ 2009

By General Information

Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Hombrew Blastoff 2009

Funky Fifteen!!

 Cmdr SAAZ_sm_rnd 

The Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Homebrew Blastoff is an AHA and BJCP sanctioned homebrewed beer, mead, and cider competition sponsored by the Space coast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy (SAAZ).

Early round judging will be held at Chet Park’s house (same as the shipping address listed below) on the weekends of September 26-27th and OCtober 3rd-4th. (In all probability we’ll also have a judging round at the Holiday Inn the evening of Friday October 9th) The final Judging will begin at 9:00 A.M on Saturday, October 10th at the Holiday Inn Ocean Front in Cocoa Beach. The Awards Ceremony and Splashdown Party will take place that evening at 7:00 P.M. at the same location. Judges will not be allowed to judge in categories that they have entered.

 

ELIGIBILITY

C.S.I.H.B. is open to all homebrewers everywhere. All entries must have been brewed at home. Entries brewed at commercial establishments are ineligible.

 

HOW TO ENTER

All Beer entries must be in 10-16 oz. brown or green glass. No bottles with ink name-brand lettering (i.e. Corona), or glued on paper labels. Raised NO DEPOSIT, or manufacturing codes are acceptable. Beers must be capped with crown caps. Meads & Ciders may be entered in 6-16oz bottles. Grolsch-type swing tops are acceptable for meads and ciders.

 

Bottles not meeting these requirements will be disqualified. An entry consists of 3 bottles. Each on-line entry costs $6.00. (Entries into the Rocket Fuel. specialty category will be 2 bottles and cost $5.00 per entry.) Paper entries will not be accepted. All entries must be entered via the online entry system. Make checks or money orders payable to SAAZ. Please attach your check to one of your entries with a rubber band. PayPal payments are also accepted for on-line entries via the website!  The online web entry system is available here.

 

Attach a completed bottle I.D. form to each bottle with a rubber band. You will be disqualified if you use glue or tape to secure the forms!

 

Ship entries to:

SAAZ

C/o Chet Sparks

2945 Dairy Rd

Titusville, FL 32796

Shipped or local drop off entries must be received by the Registrar by Sept 19th!!!

 

We wll be setting up drop off poins around the state and calling up the members of the Homebrew Railroad to help ferry entries from the far corners of the known universe (or at least the far flung swamps of Florida) to the drop off location.

 

CATEGORIES

All BJCP beer and mead categories and associated sub-categories from the 2008 BJCP style guidelines will be accepted in this competition. Complete style guidelines can be found at the BJCP site: http://www.bjcp.org. Entrants are responsible for placing their entry in the proper category. No entries will be re-classified. With fruit beer, herb beer, specialty beer, smoked beer and meads, be sure to list the special ingredients, i.e. cherries, coriander, smoked grains, honey, molasses… etc. 

 

All 28 categories of beer, mead, cider and their associated sub-categories will be accepted. NOTE:Categories 1-19 are restricted to two entries per sub-category by Florida Homebrew Circuit rules. Every beer will be judged to the style that you designate on your entry forms. Any entry that has been disqualified for rules infractions will be judged, but will not be eligible for awards!

 

Additionally the Commander SAAZ Rocket Fuel Award specialty category has become a permanent category. The rules for the Rocket Fuel category are pretty simple. The beer must be based on a BJCP beer/mead/cider category, however, the sky’s no limit as far as alcohol content. A minimum of 10% ABV is required to enter the Rocket Fuel Category. Beers entered in the Rocket Fuel category may also be entered under a regular BJCP category as well. NOTE: Entries may not be fortified with distilled spirits!!

 

Categories may be combined or split at the discretion of the Competition Organizer and the Judge Director. If an insufficient quantity of entries is received in a given category, then those entries will be moved to combined categories to be judged according to the category originally entered.

 

AWARDS AND PRIZES

First, Second, and Third place medals will be awarded for each category, however entries must score a minimum of 25 points to be eligible for a medal. Winners will also receive a fabulous prize donated by one of our gracious sponsors.

 

First place winners of each category will advance to the Best of Show Round to compete for the Commander’s Cosmic Trophy, coveted by Rocket Scientists and Homebrewers throughout the known galaxy. This year as a special treat the BoS Beer will be brewed commercially by Chris McCall at the Cocoa Beach Brewing Company!!

 

Additionally first place winners in MCAB categories (see http://www.masterhomebrewer.org/ for details) will be eligible for the MCAB XII competition. This year Commander SAAZ is also a qualifying event for the 2010 Mazer Cup International Home Mead Makers Competition (http://www.mazercup.com/index.htm). This means that the gold medal winning meads from Commander SAAZ will  be inserted directly into the second round at the MCI!  So now Commander SAAZ is a qualifying competition to both the most prestigious beer and mead events in the country!

 

 

A separate Best of Show Cosmic Trophy will also be awarded for meads/ciders. A separate prize will also be awarded to the winner of this year’s Rocket Fuel Award.

 

GOOD LUCK!

 

 

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Commander SAAZ 2007 – Wrap-up

By Club Activities, Competitions

Commander SAAZ Interplanetary

Homebrew Blastoff 2007

Lucky 13!!


The Commander was once again able to navigate the cosmic void to Cocoa Beach and put on one hell of a competition and party. We had 501 entries from 117 brewers all over the country (fifteen hundred and three bottle of beer in the cooler, fiftenn hundred and three bottles of beer… Come on and sing along!). Our “little competition” has certainly grown up over the past couple of years and I’m very proud of the job that we do organizing and judging all of these beers.

We had a lot of folks help to make Commander SAAZ another roaring success. Id like to thank all the out of town judges, stewards, and general helpers who came to lend a hand.I’d especially like to thank the out of town judges from CFHB, Treasure Coast, and Tampa who came over to help us out during the first two weekends. Without them there is no way we could have gotten through the number of beers and flights we had to. We also would not have been able to have nearly as much fun at the pre-judging events and the Splashdown party…. Wink

I’d also like to thank all the commercial sponsors who contributed prizes for our winners and the raffle. Without these folks we could not put on such a quality competition. I’d especially like to thank our premiere sponsors, Charlie and Jakes, J. J. Taylor, Sunseed Food Co-op, and David Webb of Webb’s Honey for their extremely generous support. Please be sure to patronize these sponsors and let them know you heard about them from SAAZ!

As with any large event there are folks who go above and beyond to make things work. This year was by far the smoothest Commander SAAZ in years and, along with all the judges, these are the folks that made things happen:

Chet Sparks – For not only acting as registrar, steward, and generally pitching in where needed, but also allowing us to use the Dairy Road Brewery and sacrificing two weekends for pre-judging, including feeding folks and letting them camp out on the lawn.

Steve Mitchel – Steve wore lots of different hats this time and did a great job with all of them. Between rounding up sponsors, organizing food, working the door, and acting as head judge for the final event Steve was everywhere and made my life a LOT less stressful. Thanks!

Mike, and Michelle Ellis – Not only for stewarding every weekend, but also for stuffing every single score sheet into the results envelopes and having them ready for the Splashdown party. With a competition this size this is a truly hurculean effort! Michelle also found time to make cookis and potato salad for Saturday’s judging. Smile

Robert, Dave, and Robin Bennett – For judging, stewarding, toting, hauling, and always being the last ones around to help clean up, load up, and get things done. I think we made Dave the happiest head steward in the world this year when we finished in plenty of time to take a shower, get some food, and rest a bit before the Splashdown party! Smile

The Zombie Brewer – What can I say about Zombie except he makes a great Commander SAAZ and has a lot more guts than me running around in tights!

Dr. Beer (AKA Don Ferris) – For acting as master of ceremonies for the Splashdown and part time head judge. This left me more time to drink beer and relax at the Splashdown!

Aaron and Trina Guittar – Two of our newer members who really stepped up and helped! Aaron was there to help Chet sort all the entries, stewarded every weekend and did more flights than anyone. Trina made a FABULOUS pineapple upside down cake for the pre-judging and let us abuse her husband!

Ed and Rockey Measom – Who once again came over to help on both early weekends. Rockey not only stewarded and pitched in, but also helped to train some of our stewards which freed Dani and I up to do other things. I’m so glad Ed is a lifetime SAAZ member!

And last but not least my wife and co-brewer, Dani. For pitching in everywhere, putting up with me, and keeping me sane and whole throughout. Dani also took over the database entry tasks this year and found out just how much fun it was to try to keep things straight while everyone asks you a million different questions. Next year we are going to put up concertina wire and have Chet’s dogs Margarita and Jose patrol the perimeter and gnaw on the ankles of anyone that tries to cross!

The results are posted on the menu at the right, along with the saved results since 2002.  Congratulations to all the winners!! Those who won in MCAB categories will have your info forwarded to Curt Stock for inclusion in the next MCAB competition.

Cheers for now,

Glenn Exline

SAAZ President

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Commander SAAZ 2008

By General Information

Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Hombrew Blastoff 2008

Fab Fourteen!!

 Cmdr SAAZ_sm_rnd 

The Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Homebrew Blastoff is an AHA and BJCP sanctioned homebrewed beer, mead, and cider competition sponsored by the Space coast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy (SAAZ).

 For information on early round judging please check our website (http://www.saaz.org) The final Judging will begin at 9:00 A.M on Saturday, Sept 27th at the Holiday Inn Ocean Front in Cocoa Beach. The Awards Ceremony and Splashdown Party will take place that evening at 7:00 P.M. at the same location. Judges will not be allowed to judge in categories that they have entered.

 

ELIGIBILITY

C.S.I.H.B. is open to all homebrewers everywhere. All entries must have been brewed at home. Entries brewed at commercial establishments are ineligible.

 

HOW TO ENTER

All Beer entries must be in 10-16 oz. brown or green glass. No bottles with ink name-brand lettering (i.e. Corona), or glued on paper labels. Raised NO DEPOSIT, or manufacturing codes are acceptable. Beers must be capped with crown caps. Meads & Ciders may be entered in 6-16oz bottles. Grolsch-type swing tops are acceptable for meads and ciders.

 

Bottles not meeting these requirements will be disqualified. An entry consists of 3 bottles. Each on-line entry costs $6.00. (Entries into the Rocket Fuel. specialty category will be 2 bottles and cost $5.00 per entry.) Paper entries will not be accepted. All entries must be entered via the online entry system. Make checks or money orders payable to SAAZ. Please attach your check to one of your entries with a rubber band. PayPal payments are also accepted for on-line entries via the website!  The online web enntry system is available here.

 

Attach a completed bottle I.D. form to each bottle with a rubber band. You will be disqualified if you use glue or tape to secure the forms!

 

Ship entries to:

SAAZ

C/o Chet Sparks

2945 Dairy Rd

Titusville, FL 32796

Shipped or local drop off entries must be received by the Registrar by Sept 10th!!!

 

OUT OF STATE ENTRIES

Commander SAAZ  has always valued the diverse entries we receive from all over the country. To help out our homebrew breathren from outside Florida we will be giving a $1.00 per entry discount to entries shipped from out of state. This means that regular entries from out of state will be $5.00 each and Rocket Fuel entries from out of state will be $4.00 each!! 

 

CATEGORIES

All BJCP beer and mead categories and associated sub-categories from the 2008 BJCP style guidelines will be accepted in this competition. Complete style guidelines can be found at the BJCP site: http://www.bjcp.org. Entrants are responsible for placing their entry in the proper category. No entries will be re-classified. With fruit beer, herb beer, specialty beer, smoked beer and meads, be sure to list the special ingredients, i.e. cherries, coriander, smoked grains, honey, molasses… etc. 

 

All 28 categories of beer, mead, cider and their associated sub-categories will be accepted. NOTE:Categories 1-19 are restricted to two entries per sub-category by Florida Homebrew Circuit rules. Every beer will be judged to the style that you designate on your entry forms. Any entry that has been disqualified for rules infractions will be judged, but will not be eligible for awards!

 

Additionally the Commander SAAZ Rocket Fuel Award specialty category has become a permanent category. The rules for the Rocket Fuel category are pretty simple. The beer must be based on a BJCP beer/mead/cider category, however, the sky’s no limit as far as alcohol content. A minimum of 10% ABV is required to enter the Rocket Fuel Category. Beers entered in the Rocket Fuel category may also be entered under a regular BJCP category as well. NOTE: Entries may not be fortified with distilled spirits!!

 

Categories may be combined or split at the discretion of the Competition Organizer and the Judge Director. If an insufficient quantity of entries is received in a given category, then those entries will be moved to combined categories to be judged according to the category originally entered.

 

AWARDS AND PRIZES

First, Second, and Third place medals will be awarded for each category, however entries must score a minimum of 25 points to be eligible for a medal. Winners will also receive a fabulous prize donated by one of our gracious sponsors.

 

First place winners of each category will advance to the Best of Show Round to compete for the Commander’s Cosmic Trophy, coveted by Rocket Scientists and Homebrewers throughout the known galaxy. Additionally first place winners in MCAB categories (see http://hbd.org/mcab for details) will be eligible for the MCAB XI competition. Additionally this year Commander SAAZ is a qualifying event for the 2009 International Home Mead Makers Competition (http://www.hmmc.meadfest.com/). This means that the gold medal winning meads from Commander SAAZ will  be inserted directly into the second round at the HMMC!  So now Commander SAAZ is a qualifying competition to both the most prestigious beer and mead events in the country!

 

 

A separate Best of Show Cosmic Trophy will also be awarded for meads/ciders. A separate prize will also be awarded to the winner of this year’s Rocket Fuel Award.

 

GOOD LUCK!

 

 

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