Blow off from the Prez
Welcome to the June edition of Blow off from the Prez. This past month was crammed full of great events, and June is shaping up to be just as fun. The Hogtown Blowoff was last month, and SAAZ member Dave Webb came home with multiple medals for his meads. In case you missed it, he made a wonderful chocolate mead. The next competition in the Florida Circuit is the CASK (Jacksonville) First Coast Cup. They have a special “Big Wood” category for wood-aged beers with an original gravity of 1.070 or greater. Entries are due July 5th through July 16th, so there is plenty of time to brew. Stay tuned for more details.
Some upcoming events you might want to check out this month are the beer and cheese pairing at World of Beer on June 15th sponsored by Southampton and Sunseed Food Co-op. Chris at Florida Wine and Spirits is working to put on a Sierra Nevada tasting, as well as a Brooklyn tasting. Check out their website or join their mailing list to keep up with the latest information.
In case you missed it, the last meeting was at The Broken Barrel in Palm Bay. We presented, sampled, and discussed the similarities and differences of the American Pale Ale and Double IPA. The beers we sampled were Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Lagunitas Hop Stoopid. If you have any ideas (or would like to volunteer) for educational topics for upcoming meetings, please let us know.
Our next meeting is the Summer Party at Chet and Sonya’s in Titusville. For the newer members, this is one great event! The club will be providing Santa Maria Tri-Tip and asks that each member bring a side dish and a bag of ice for the beer engine. There is also the annual lawnmower beer contest. Exactly as it sounds, the members vote on the best lawnmower beer that was brought. There will also one heck of a raffle!
Continue to read further for more information about the things I mentioned. I will see you all at the Summer Party!
Next Meeting
This month’s meeting is the Summer Party at Chet and Sonya’s.
Saturday June 19, 2010 at noon-ish. Setup starts 10:30
2945 Dairy Rd
Titusville, FL 32796
So What To Bring To This Shindig?
• Beer
• Side Dishes
• ICE
• Bathing Suit and Towel
• Lawnmower Beer for judging
• Lawn Chairs
• Swimsuits & Towels
• Friends & Family
• Oh Yeah, and BEER!
I-95 Directions
Take I-95 toward Titusville (This should be North for most of our members). Get off at Exit 220 (SR 406 or Garden Street) and turn right. At the first stoplight (Singleton) take a left and follow it for about a mile and a half to the next stop light and then turn right onto Dairy Road. Chet’s house is a brown brick about half a mile down on the right hand side (2945 Dairy Rd.)
US-1 Directions
Assuming you are coming from south Brevard, take US-1 north to Titusville. Drive all the way through Titusville. You will pass Searstown mall, Miracle City Mall, and Garden street (SR 406). Keep going until you see Parrish Hospital on your right hand side. The next light past the hospital is Dairy road. Take a left onto Dairy and follow it to the first light (Old Dixie Hwy). From here stay on Dairy for another half mile and you will see Chet’s house on the left. It’s a brown brick house and the address is 2945 Dairy Rd.
Chet asks that we all park in the back until it’s full. Then the overflow can go out front. There is a small fenced area between the house and the pool. Please keep the gates closed so that none of the guests, or the dogs, escape. If anyone has trouble finding it call Chet at 750-1116.
Dues:
Individual Membership = $15
Couple’s Membership = $25
Lifetime Membership = $150
Dues can be paid to the Treasurer at any club meeting or online at www.saaz.org via PayPal (it’s on the right side of the homepage!)
You don’t want to miss out on the benefits of membership!
Raffle
Do you have some homebrew supplies that you don’t use anymore? Maybe you upgraded or maybe you prefer another product? Consider bringing your dusty supplies to the next meeting for the raffle. We have brewers of all experience levels, so I am sure we can put any brewing supplies to use!
Upcoming Competitions
SAAZ members are highly encouraged to investigate, and enter competitions on their own. Places to find out about upcoming competitions include the AHA
(http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/events.asp), and the BJCP (http://www.bjcp.org/compsch.html). You can also find out information on brew-monkey (http://www.brewmonkey.com/events.php). MCAB specific information can be obtained at the Official MCAB site (http://www.masterhomebrewer.org/)
The next competition in the Florida Circuit is the CASK (Jacksonville) First Coast Cup July 30th & 31st. They have a special “Big Wood” category for wood-aged beers with an original gravity of 1.070 or greater. Entries are due July 5th through July 16th, so there is plenty of time to brew. More information at the link below.
http://www.thecask.org/first%20coast%20cup.htm
Next AHA Club-only is for Meads! We will need to have a mini BOS round to determine which member’s mead we want to send. Please bring your entries to the July Meeting. Note, we encourage you to bring as many as you want, but in the case of several entries, please be prepared to choose only your best to be eligible for competition.
June Birthdays
Christian Hatton
Ron Sup
Glenn Exline
T-Shirts
This is the last call for T-shirts. There seem to be some people that are experiencing fading on the new T-shirts that were ordered. If this is happening to your shirt, please bring yours, with a piece of paper pinned to it with your name, to the Summer Party. We are going to work with the vendor to see if there is something that can be done to correct this. I can’t promise what will happen, but let’s hope for the best.
Local events
Broken Barrel
Wednesdays are Pint Night at Broken Barrel in Palm Bay. They also have their All-You-Can-Eat-Ribs on Wednesdays – that means a hearty meal, a tasty beer, and a great place to be on a Hump Day night.
Florida Wine and Spirits
Wednesday June 16th 7-9 PM Wine Class Florida Wine and Spirits Viera Store
Wine 101:Introduction to Wine & Learn to Taste Like a Pro
$15 Per Person & $10 for Wine Club Members
Chris is starting up a monthly series of wine classes to pass his knowledge on to you in a fun and captivating way. All classes include specific wines for you to taste to help enhance the learning process. The Wine 101 Series will kick off this month as Chris teaches you the basics of wine and how to taste wine like one of the pros. This class will lay down the foundation for the rest of his classes, so this is one you don’t want to miss!
World of Beer
Southampton Beer and Cheese Pairing
June 15th, 2010 at 5:00 pm. This event will show case three beers from
Southampton and they will be paired with three cheeses from
Sunseed Food Co-op. This is a great event to support more than one
great establishment.
Another great event going on is the WOB World Cup 2010.
Every Game will be televised and shown at WOB with special drink special
for the countries playing and on going specials. Check out the link below.
http://viera.wobusa.com/events.aspx
Beerworks Charitable Foundation, Inc
Mark Carbone (Treasure Coast Brewers) and a few ‘beer-buddies’ formed a non-profit organization called ‘Beerworks Charitable Foundation, Inc’. They have organized two Beer Fests so far and have raised over $20,000 for charity in the last two Beer Fest events. Last year’s event featured over 150 craft beers and over 600 attendees, many from outside the Treasure Coast like PB, Broward, Brevard, etc.
With the success of those two events in mind, they are now in the process of organizing the ‘THIRD’ to be held on Sept 11, 2010.
He is extending an invitation to our club to join in serving your homebrews if you wish. The Treasure Coast BrewMasters have attended for the last two years with about six beers on tap, and received an extremely great response. Even if we cannot make it as a club, if there are some members that would like to volunteer to help ‘pour’ at other vendor tables, please let me know and I will get them on the list of volunteers. We need to let them know by the end of July if we can make it. Please email me if you are interested in helping pour or attending as a club.
***Beer News Beer News Beer News**
New Beers in Florida
J W Dundee 12 Pack Multi-Pack 4 different beer, 3 of each India Pale ale, Pale Bock Lager, Stout and Kolsch-Style Ale
J W Dundee Summer Wheat Ale This is there first time with this Summer Wheat. Slight honey taste for a sweet finish.
Palm Amber Beer Imported from Belgium, where the people have been lovers of the good life since the days of old, PALM has enjoyed a place as one of Belgium’s best beers since the beginning of the 20th century.
Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale Yuengling has come out with something different and unique, their Lord Chesterfield Ale.
Sierra Neveda Southern Hemisphere is back in stock. This is their fresh hop beer that uses only
New Zealand hops. Get it while it is fresh!
Sam Smiths Fruit beers are now available the Strawberry is in for sure, but look for a few other flavors too.
Harpoon’s new 100 barrel series is in this time around it is a Single Hop ESB usind Delta hops.
Limited quantities on this one.
New Bells beer in Florida. Bells Consecrator Dopplebock is in stock. Pick some up while it lasts.
Education
This month’s education is something a little different. I am not going to go over one style or get into a recipe, but I am going to give you the keys to all that and much more. Check out The Brewing Network web page for some great pod cast on brewing. I really like the Jamil Show Can You Brew It.
Where the team discusses how to clone a different beer each week. There is plenty of great knowledge on the site to learn about brewing and all you have to do is download it and listen.
Here is the link and it can also be downloaded for free on Itunes.
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/The-Jamil-Show
Conclusion
Well that is for this month plenty of stuff going on lately that is beer related and should be plenty more to come. Keeping watching your local stores and pubs for craft beer related events. Enjoy all the heat.