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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor
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SAAZtoberfest
Saturday, October 24th at Noon
Suntree Rotary Park
Noch ein Bier, bitte! (Another beer, please!)
Come drink a beer with your friends from SAAZ. Lederhosen not required, but strongly encouraged!
Suntree Rotary Park is located off of US-1 in Suntree/Melbourne at the Suntree Blvd. Turn east at the light, the park is on the river.
Bring a side dish, your best German Potato salad or Pumpkin treat, a bag of ice and beer to share.
SAAZ will provide the brats, some kegs from Commander SAAZ and the beer engine. Bring a keg of homebrew to share with the club!
Raffle, Raffle Raffle!!! Don’t forget your $$$ this raffle will include some nice swag and of course the Commander SAAZ entries. 
This event is free for members. Guests are just $5 or just become a member – the benefits are great!
Also you can renew your dues for 2016 – new pricing ***
$20 individual/$30 family.
HAPPY HOUR
World of Beer – Viera
Thursday, October 15th at 7pm
We know you all love craft beer. And we want to spend more time together having fun and giving back to our sponsors, so we are trying a monthly happy hour. This will be really great for places that are too busy/small for meetings. Check the newsletter and Facebook for details. We will vary the times, locations and days of the week to try to accommodate a variety of schedules.
The Rocky Water Brew Fest is this weekend 10/17 and they need some volunteers. Also SAAZ Members may purchase tickets for 20% off. Please contact John Curtis at Intracoastal for more details and to offer your services. John@intracoastalbrewingcompany.com
Commander SAAZ
Interplanetary Homebrew Blastoff
This year’s event was held October 2nd-3rd at the Cocoa Beach Hilton.
The 21st Commander SAAZ was another great competition, we judged 750 entries in 29 categories! We drank a lot of great beers together and had some fun too. Thank you to all the help getting this task completed. Without you this wouldn’t be the best competition in the universe!
If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, feedback, want to help next year, pictures to share, anything Commander SAAZ related… please email our 1st VP cmdr.saaz@saaz.org.
CSAAZ Results
Upcoming SAAZ Officer Elections
SAAZ Meetings and Events don’t happen by themselves, they take a team of amazing officers to plan these fun activities.
Have you ever wondered what goes into making our monthly parties and Commander SAAZ such a success? Do you new ideas that you think could benefit the club? Would you like to help decide what events the club participates in? Does meeting once a month to talk about beer….while drinking good beer…..interest you?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then becoming a SAAZ officer is a good fit for you!
Our Officer Elections take place every year at the Christmas Party. Please contact the secretary Adrian Moser if you would like to be placed on the ballot or have a nomination.
Officer Positions: Feel free to contact the current officer to discuss their duties and time commitments associated with the office.
President: Dan Shirah – president@saaz.org
First VP/Competition Coordinator: Keith Allen – 1stvp@saaz.org
Second VP/Party & Event Planner: Dave Webb – 2ndvp@saaz.org
Secretary/Membership: Adrian Moser – secretary@saaz.org
Treasurer: Sean Gregg – treasurer@saaz.org
Newsletter/Webmaster: Anne Gregg – editor@saaz.org
Librarian: Ken Adams – library@saaz.org
Announcing SAAZ Intraclub Brew Challenge
Back by popular demand, SAAZ is continuing a quarterly Intraclub Brew Challenge. 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. Members will need to sign up to participate since SAAZ will be providing a special ingredient. Brewers will then have 3 months to brew the beer and then bring to a meeting for feedback and competition. Prizes will be awarded.
CHALLENGE #1 – Dr. Rudi SMASH
Get your hops sacks ready and your boil kettles clean! SAAZ has purchased a limited amount of hops and will be giving it away to our club members! Here are the details: Starting at our SAAZtoberfest party on October 24th, SAAZ members who have paid their 2016 dues are eligible to receive up to 5 oz of Dr. Rudi hops. Members will brew a SMASH (Single Malt, Single Hop) using 2-row or Maris Otter and featuring Dr. Rudi hops. Then, at our January meeting, we will have some expert beer judges evaluate the beers.
The amount of hops is limited, and they will be available on a first come, first serve basis, per the guidelines above. Now get ready to do some brewing!
Dr. Rudi Info:
Pedigree: Derived from New Zealand Smoothcone
Brewing Usage: Dual Purpose
Aroma: Fresh citrus peel, pine and lemongrass flavors
Alpha Acids: 10 – 12%
Beta Acids: 7 – 8.5%
Co-Humulone: 33 – 36% of alpha acids
Total Oil: 1.3 mL/100g
Myrcene: 29.2% of total oil
Humulene: 33.2% of total oil
Caryophyllene: 10.1% of total oil
Farnesene: <1% of total oil General Trade Perception: Delivers a quality, crisp, bitter edge with fine aroma characteristics; often used to balance regional ales and lagers
Possible Substitutions: Unknown
Typical Beer Styles: Ale, Lager
Additional Information: Formerly known as Super Alpha
Upcoming Events: mark your calendars and join us! SAAZ GOOGLE CALENDAR LINK
Happy Hour – October 15th, 7pm @ WOB Viera
Rocky Water Brew Fest – October 17th, 1-5pm @ Eau Gallie Square
SAAZtoberfest – October 24th, 11am @ Suntree Rotary Park
SAAZ MEADing – November 14th, 4pm @ Webb’s Honey House
SAAZ Christmas Party – TBD @ Jill & Larry Vita’s House
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***
Upcoming Competitions – showcase your award winning homebrew!
Check out the American Homebrewers Association website for a complete list of the 2015/2016 competitions.
SAAZ Brewer of the Year Standings
Congrats Keith Allen, Sean Gregg & Dave Webb – 3 way tie for Beer and Adrian Moser for Mead/Cider Maker
You can’t win if you don’t enter… get brewing for next year!!!
Prost! Cheers! Happy Birthday!
Lisa Baldwin, Michelle Ellis, Glenn Exline, Charlie Hughes, Larry Lavooy, Rob Saunderson & Tom Thaller
Don’t see your name? It could be that Secretary Adrian Moser doesn’t have your completed membership form. Ask him for one at the next meeting so we can include you!
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 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:
2015 SAAZ Officers
President: Dan Shirah – president@saaz.org
First VP/Competition Coordinator: Keith Allen – 1stvp@saaz.org
Second VP/Party & Event Planner: Dave Webb – 2ndvp@saaz.org
Secretary/Membership: Adrian Moser – secretary@saaz.org
Treasurer: Sean Gregg – treasurer@saaz.org
Newsletter/Webmaster: Anne Gregg – editor@saaz.org
Librarian: Ken Adams – library@saaz.org