July 2013 Newsletter

In this edition:

• Blowoff from the Prez
• Secretary’s Report
• Birthdays
• 2013 Dues
• SAAZ Library
• Upcoming Events
• Next Meeting – July 21st
• Upcoming Competitions
• REWARD!
• Beers Available in the Area
• SAAZ on Facebook
• Raffle
• Feedback

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Blow off from the Prez

Why does Light beer go through your system so fast?

Because it does not have to stop to change color.

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Secretary’s Report

Silence is golden, except when coming from children…

Then you’d better go and see what’s broken.

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July Birthdays – Happy Birthday!

Anne Gregg
Frank Scelso
Chet Sparks
Denise Thaller
Rudi Wehmschulte

Don’t see your name (and your birthday is in July)? 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 half of 2013 is over and all current members have surely paid their dues already! But on the off chance you haven’t been able to or have friends interested in joining you can do so for the low, low prices listed below!

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

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).

Night of the Living Ales

October 31st, Halloween Night, The Broken Barrel Tavern will be offering it’s first annual “Night of the Living Ales”  featuring a minimum of 30 sour ales!

Details to come, but we will be featuring Berliner Weiss (and hopefully by then some Florida Weiss!), Flanders Red & Brown Ale, Lambic and American Wild Ales!  This is going to be a massive event, so prepare accordingly and when the time comes, we’ll likely hook up with a hotel for a discounted rate for all those looking to get the most out of this rare event!

We started collecting beers to offer for this several months ago, and we’re not done yet!

Cheers!

Kevin E Menard
Chief Sampler, The Broken Barrel Tavern

**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 – July 21st (Sunday)

When:

Sunday, July 21st at noon.

Where:

The Broken Barrel Tavern
4700 S Babcock St
Palm Bay, FL 32905

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: August 18th: location TBD, meeting starts at 2pm!

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Upcoming Competitions

19th Annual Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Homebrew Blast-Off!!!

Important Dates

• Entry Window – July 15th thru August 20th, 2013
• Entry Sorting – Starting at 10:00am on August 24-25, 2013
• Early Round Judging – Starting at 10:00am August 31-September 1 and September 7-8, 2013
• Final Judging – Starting at 8:00am on September 13-14, 2013
• Commander’s Call at the Hospitality Suite – The party starts at 7:00pm on September 13th, 2013
• Awards Ceremony, Dinner, and Splashdown Party – The ceremony starts at 7pm on September 14th, 2013

Schedule
The entry window opens on July 15th, but slams shut on August 20th. Depending on the number of entries we will be doing at least one weekend of early round judging, and we will need your help! Early round judging will be held the weekends of August 31-September 1 and September 7-8. Final judging, will be held the weekend of September 13-14.

For more details visit the Blast-Off page Here.

First Coast Cup

-Welcome to the 5th Annual-2012 First Coast Cup-

July 27th & 28th
(Entry Window – June 22nd through July 6th)

This year’s First Coast Cup will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton Jacksonville on Baymeadows.

Similar to past years, we’ll begin judging sessions around noon on Friday, July 27th and continue into the early evening or until that day’s flights are completed. For those of you who will be coming in from out of town and want to judge, please notify us as early as you can so we can sort the flights accordingly.

In addition to the awards banquet, we have some fantastic activities planned for this year’s First Coast Cup. Click the Activities Schedule link above for additional information.

For more details, please visit the 5th Annual First Coast Cup official page Here.

Check out the homebrewers association website for a list of the 2013 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
Rob Saunderson			3	3
Mead
Andrew Carpenter		3	1	4
Dave Webb		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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