{"id":3040,"date":"2017-01-10T23:32:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T04:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/?p=3040"},"modified":"2017-01-10T23:34:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T04:34:09","slug":"january-saaz-brewzletter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/january-saaz-brewzletter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"January SAAZ BREWZletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2699\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2699 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final-150x150.png\" alt=\"cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>January\u00a0SAAZ BREWZletter<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Brought to you by Platinum Sponsor<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2826 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Brocks.png\" alt=\"Brocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Brocks.png 300w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Brocks-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Brocks-240x240.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Next Meeting:<\/span><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Coasters-Biergarten.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Coasters-Biergarten.jpg\" alt=\"Coasters Biergarten\" width=\"728\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Coasters-Biergarten.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Coasters-Biergarten-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Coasters-Biergarten-1024x672.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #339966;\">January SAAZ Meeting<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Sunday, January 15th, 2pm<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Coasters Pub &amp; Biergarten<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Come to the first SAAZ meeting of the year and enjoy a beer in the Biergarten with your SAAZ friends!<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome the new officers!<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Partake in the entries for the Hop Salad\u00a0Intraclub Brew Challenge!<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Pay your dues and pick up your ingredients\u00a0for the next challenge<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Vote for Webmaster Nicky &amp; Billy Dawson<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sign up to volunteer at upcoming beer fests<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sign up to be a part of the Bottoms Up Beer Run Committee<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sign up for possible bus trip in the near future!!!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">RESULTS\u00a0&#8211; 2017 SAAZ\u00a0Officer Elections<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In case you missed the holiday party, here are your officers&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Prez \u2013 Dan\u00a0Markey<br \/>\n1st VP \u2013 Nathan Gray<br \/>\n2nd VP \u2013\u00a0Susie Markey<br \/>\nSecretary \u2013\u00a0Chris Jojola<br \/>\nTreasurer \u2013 Anne\u00a0Gregg<br \/>\nWebmaster \u2013 Vacant<br \/>\nLibrarian \u2013\u00a0Brian Cavins<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>SAAZ Intraclub Brew Challenge<\/h1>\n<h3>SAAZ quarterly Intraclub Brew Challenges will continue in\u00a02017. 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.<\/h3>\n<h3>RULES:<\/h3>\n<h3>1) Must be a current SAAZ Member with 2017 Dues paid.<\/h3>\n<h3>2) Sign-up for the challenge at a meeting &#8211; 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.<\/h3>\n<h3>3) Must pick up special ingredient at a SAAZ Meeting (General or Officer), we will not make special arrangements to deliver items.<\/h3>\n<h3>4) Bring 6 &#8211; 12 oz bottles or a 64 oz growler of your beer to the designated meeting for judging.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hoppy-guy.jpg\" alt=\"hoppy guy\" width=\"170\" height=\"152\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>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!<\/h3>\n<h3>6)\u00a0If you fail to participate in a challenge it will affect your ability to partake in future challenges.<\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\">CHALLENGE #1 &#8211;\u00a0HOP SALAD<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to bring your beers to the January Meeting.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3046 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Irish-You-Were-Beer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"189\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">CHALLENGE #2\u00a0&#8211; IRISH you were Beer!<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Starting in January we will be giving brewers Kent Goldings hops to use in your next brew. Beers must be from BJCP Category 15 &#8211; 15A Irish Red Ale, 15B Irish Stout or 15C Irish Extra Stout. Entries will be judged against BJCP Guidelines at the Spring Party in March. Get ready for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day!<\/h3>\n<h3>HAPPY BREWING and GOOD LUCK!<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Upcoming Competitions \u2013 showcase your award winning homebrew!<\/h1>\n<h2><b>Check out the<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homebrewersassociation.org\/aha-events\/calendar\/?event_id=16\"><b>American Homebrewers Association website<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0for a complete list of upcoming\u00a0competitions.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Florida Craft Brew &amp; Wing Festival<\/strong> &#8211; 2\/18\/17<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vero Beach<\/li>\n<li>Entry window 2\/9\/17<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridacraftbrewandwingfest.com\/craft-brew-competition\">www.floridacraftbrewandwingfest.com\/craft-brew-competition<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Let an officer know if you want to brew for the festival and enter the competition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">Coconut Cup<\/span><\/strong> \u2013\u00a03\/4\/17<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Miami<\/li>\n<li>Entry window 1\/9\/17 \u2013 2\/2\/17, $7 entry fee<\/li>\n<li>450 entry cap, limits 2 per sub-cat and 6 per brewer total<\/li>\n<li>Bring your entries to the January meeting<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miami-homebrew.org\/2017-coconut-cup\/\">www.miami-homebrew.org\/2017-coconut-cup\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>AHA National Homebrew Competition First Round<\/strong> &#8211; 3\/24\/17<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tampa<\/li>\n<li>Application Period 1\/30\/17 &#8211; 2\/5\/17 (<a href=\"http:\/\/apply.brewingcompetition.com\/\">Application<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Entry window 2\/27\/17 \u2013 3\/8\/17, $14 entry fee<\/li>\n<li>Must be a current AHA Member (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewersassociation.org\/support-the-aha\/?promo=SAAZ-Homebrew-Club\">join or renew here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Must be subscribed to NHC emails<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homebrewersassociation.org\/national-homebrew-competition\/\">www.homebrewersassociation.org\/national-homebrew-competition\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Policy: SAAZ will reimburse entry payments for <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">Florida circuit competitions<\/span>, up to 10 per brewer and up to $1000 total per year.\u00a0Remember that SAAZ policies and procedures state that any expense must be turned in within 90 days for reimbursement.\u00a0 If you enter any FLORIDA CIRCUIT competitions this year, email a copy of your registration to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:treasurer@saaz.org\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Gregg<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0reimbursement.<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=editor%40saaz.org&amp;ctz=America\/New_York\" target=\"_blank\">SAAZ GOOGLE CALENDAR LINK<\/a><\/h1>\n<h3>Club\u00a0Brew Day (Extract Day) &#8211; January 14th, 2pm @ The Book Rack<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">SAAZ January Meeting<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 January 15th, 2pm\u00a0@\u00a0Coasters Pub<\/h3>\n<h3>Club\u00a0Brew Day (All-Grain Day) &#8211; January 21st, 2pm @ The Book Rack<\/h3>\n<h3>SAAZ Officer Meeting &#8211; February 3, 7pm @ The Brix Project<\/h3>\n<h3>Beer Tasting Event: Extract vs. All-Grain &#8211; February 11th, 1pm @ The Book Rack<\/h3>\n<h3>Vero Craft Beer &amp; Wing Fest &#8211; February 18th, 12pm @ Vero Beach<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">SAAZ February Meeting<\/span> \u2013 February\u00a019th, 2pm @\u00a0Iron Oak Post<\/h3>\n<h3>Space Coast Craft Beer Festival \u2013 February 25th, 12pm @ Space Coast Harley Davidson<\/h3>\n<h3>Shrimp Fest &amp; Craft Brew Hullabaloo &#8211; February 25th &amp; 26th, 12pm @ Fellsmere<\/h3>\n<h3>SAAZ Officer Meeting &#8211; March 3rd @ Gregg House<\/h3>\n<h3>Club\u00a0Brew Day &#8211; March 4th\u00a0@\u00a0Intracoastal<\/h3>\n<h3>Bottoms Up Beer Run \u2013 June 10th, 6pm @ Wickham Park<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><b>2017 Dues \u2013 Time to renew!<\/b><\/h1>\n<h3>If you want to be included in all the fun events SAAZ has coming up, it\u2019s time to renew your membership. Some of the upcoming events and brew challenges are only open to currently paid 2017 members. There are many advantages to membership, you do not want to miss out. Please pay the Treasurer (Anne Gregg) at any club meeting or online at our website via PayPal \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/?page_id=338\">Click here to pay<\/a>. Make sure to get your new membership card from the secretary.<\/h3>\n<h3>Individual Membership = $20 \u00a0 \u00a0 Family\u00a0Membership = $30 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lifetime Membership = $150<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>SAAZ is now using TEXT REMINDERS!<\/h2>\n<p>Sign up for text alerts from SAAZ! We will send a maximum of 2 texts per month.<\/p>\n<p>Text <strong>SAAZ<\/strong> to <strong>24587<\/strong> to join<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h1>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Bottoms Up Beer Run &#8211;\u00a0June 10th, 2017 @ 6pm<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2>Save the date &amp;\u00a0tell your friends to join us for an awesome 4K with homebrew along the way! Proceeds from the run support St. Baldrick&#8217;s! Registration Page &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/?page_id=1220\" target=\"_blank\">www.saaz.org\/bottomsup<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Please email <a href=\"mailto:bottomsup@saaz.org\" target=\"_blank\">Anne<\/a> or sign up at a meeting\u00a0to help. We need brewers, planning committee members and event volunteers.<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/beer-books.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/beer-books-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"beer-books\" width=\"199\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/beer-books-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/beer-books.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>SAAZ Library<\/b><\/h1>\n<h3>The SAAZ Library is full of great books and magazines to help make you a better brewer.\u00a0You can view the entire list of publications\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_X5cu3vgWaaudX8HVNrMXkX7Gow8AejpivqmL8aoNk0\/edit\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0If you see something that interests you, simply send an email to the\u00a0<a href=\"library@saaz.org\">librarian<\/a>\u00a0with your name and the publication title, and the Librarian will bring it to the next monthly member meeting.<\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h1><b>Feedback\/Contact Us<\/b><\/h1>\n<h4>We need your help! We are very interested in improving the club and we&#8217;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\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:editor@saaz.org?subject=Feedback\">editor@saaz.org<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4>Contact Us:<\/h4>\n<h4>President: Dan Markey &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:president@saaz.org\" target=\"_blank\">president@saaz.org<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>First VP\/Competition Coordinator: Nathan Gray-\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:1stvp@saaz.org\" target=\"_blank\">1stvp@saaz.org<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Second VP\/Party &amp; Event Planner: Susie Markey\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:2ndvp@saaz.org\" target=\"_blank\">2ndvp@saaz.org<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Secretary\/Membership: Chris Jojola\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:secretary@saaz.org\" target=\"_blank\">secretary@saaz.org<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Treasurer: Anne Gregg &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:treasurer@saaz.org\" target=\"_blank\">treasurer@saaz.org<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Newsletter\/Webmaster: Vacant\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:editor@saaz.org\" target=\"_blank\">editor@saaz.org<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Librarian: Brian Cavins\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:library@saaz.org\" target=\"_blank\">library@saaz.org<\/a><\/h4>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January\u00a0SAAZ BREWZletter Brought to you by Platinum Sponsor Next Meeting: January SAAZ Meeting Sunday, January 15th, 2pm Coasters Pub &amp; Biergarten Come to the first SAAZ meeting of the year and enjoy a beer in the Biergarten with your SAAZ friends! Welcome the new officers! Partake in the entries for the Hop Salad\u00a0Intraclub Brew Challenge!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/january-saaz-brewzletter-3\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-activities","category-club-meetings","category-competitions","category-_mailpress_mailing_list_newsletter-recipients"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3040"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3048,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions\/3048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}