{"id":3330,"date":"2018-03-11T22:49:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T03:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2018-03-11T22:51:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T03:51:59","slug":"march-2018-saaz-brewzletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/march-2018-saaz-brewzletter\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2018 SAAZ BREWZletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2699 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cropped-SAAZ_Logo_Color_RGB_Final-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"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-150x150.png 150w, 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: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SAAZ\u00a0BREWZletter<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Brought to you by Platinum Sponsor<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WOB-Slider-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WOB-Slider-3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WOB-Slider-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WOB-Slider-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WOB-Slider-3.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>President&#8217;s Blowoff<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hi Brewers!<\/p>\n<p>Great meeting at Iron Oak last month! Very exciting to see you all engaged, and having fun talking brewing with our special guest Denny Conn. More to come on the club experiment we will be participating in!<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Spring Party! St. Patrick\u2019s Day will be a heck of a lot of fun celebrating with great beer and great food! Don\u2019t forget your entries for the Irish beer challenge as well as the Irish food challenge. $50 Brock\u2019s gift card on the line for the brew challenge and $20 Publix gift card for the winner of the food challenge! See you guys there!<\/p>\n<p>Several circuit announcements: Hurricane Blowoff is at capacity, so sadly, no more entries are being accepted. However, Hogtown is coming up, so get your boil kettles going for that!\u00a0 NHC entry deadline is March 30, please bring any entries to the Spring Party so we can get them to Tampa! Judging weekend will be April 13-15, so any judges needing\/wanting points should sign up!<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to pay your dues if you haven\u2019t done so already! This is your key to all our membership perks like parties, free entries to home brewing competitions, access to our library of books, etc. $20 per single adult, $30 for family, $150 for lifetime. Don\u2019t miss out!<\/p>\n<p>Next member meeting after the party will be April 15th at WOrld of Beer in Viera at 2 pm. Featured challenge is our \u201chop forward beer\u201d challenge. Showcase those hops and win a $50 Brock\u2019s gift card!<\/p>\n<p>Look forward to seeing you all at the party!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>Brian<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Next Club Event<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">SPRING PARTY, St Patrick&#8217;s Day Style!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\">Saturday, March 17th\u00a0\u2013 12:00 to 4:00 PM<\/span><br \/>\nRotary Park Suntree, 6495 U.S. 1, Melbourne, FL\u00a0 32940<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/irishbeer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3292 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/irishbeer-216x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/irishbeer-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/irishbeer-768x1065.png 768w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/irishbeer-739x1024.png 739w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/irishbeer.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re celebrating Spring, Daylight Savings Time, and of course, St. Patrick&#8217;s Day!\u00a0 \u00a0Wear your green and your shamrocks and plan for a fun and relaxing afternoon.\u00a0 The club is providing burgers and dogs.\u00a0 Bring a side dish&#8230; preferably an IRISH side dish, which will be judged in our Irish food competition before it&#8217;s devoured by your fellow SAAZers.\u00a0 Is there a prize?\u00a0 Well, OF COURSE there is a prize, &#8217;cause that&#8217;s how we roll!\u00a0 \u00a0We&#8217;ll also have the Irish Beer Intraclub Competition at the party, and the winner will go home with a $50 gift certificate to Brock&#8217;s Homebrew Supply.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>SAAZ Stars<\/h2>\n<p>Congratulations to our 2018 Coconut Cup winners!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Sean McCoy:\u00a0<\/strong> Silver, Dunkles Bock (mmm&#8230; Bockolate)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Chris Jojola:<\/strong>\u00a0 Bronze, Imperial Stout (Obfuscation)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Officer Meeting Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>February Meeting:\u00a0 Denny Conn interactive webcast well received.\u00a0 Both Denny and those present from SAAZ seemed to really enjoy the discussion.\u00a0 New name tags for paid members were also a hit.<\/li>\n<li>Spring Party &#8211; Discussed details Brew competition, Irish food competition, interactive game&#8230; PRIZES!!!<\/li>\n<li>Upcoming Competitions &#8211; &#8220;Beer train&#8221; discussion.\u00a0 Both Hurricane Blow-Off and NHC will be collected at the Spring Party, so members will have to take care to clearly march which entries go to which competition.<\/li>\n<li>Commander SAAZ &#8211; Working a deal to make a purchase of competition medals to cover multiple years, which should yield significant savings due to bulk buy.\u00a0 \u00a0Cocoa Beach\u00a0DoubleTree Hotel will not re-open in time to host 2018 event.\u00a0 Alternative locations are being explored.\u00a0 DoubleTree is helping with a suggested alternate site, but other sites are being explored as well.\u00a0 There is a possibility that the date may have to be moved up one week.\u00a0 Commemorative beer style and brew day to be announced later.\u00a0 Anne Gregg provided a Grog Tag certificate to be used for the printing of professional labels.<\/li>\n<li>AHA &#8211; Renewal coming up soon for club.\u00a0 Need to update &#8220;club address&#8221; with AHA.<\/li>\n<li>BUBR planning meeting held on March 5th.<\/li>\n<li>Need to plan brewing demo for Craft Brews in the Park\/ Big Brew day (get press kit from AHA, and put in paper).\u00a0 Use Big Brew Day to make beer for BUBR.<\/li>\n<li>Discussion of\u00a0 possible &#8220;deluxe membership&#8221; with shirt &#8211; Would it be cost effective?\u00a0 Would members agree to a slight increase in membership dues to cover\/lessen impact?\u00a0 T-shirts are &#8220;walking billboards&#8221; for the club.<\/li>\n<li>April Educational Session &#8211; Session will be on hops to tie-in the hop forward theme of April&#8217;s &#8220;Best Hop Expressive Beer&#8221; Intraclub Competition.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>\u00a0<\/b><strong>Intraclub Competitions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/december-saaz-brewzletter\/\">December 2017 BREWZletter<\/a> for rules.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Irish Beer\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; March 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0@ Spring Party<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hopped Up <\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0Best hop expressive beer- April 15 @ WOB<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lawnmower Beer <\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0June 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0@ Summer Party<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prost! Best German Beer<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0October 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0@ SAAZtoberfest<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cooking with Beer! <\/strong>&#8211; Best beer infused dish- November 18<sup>th<\/sup>@ Dirty Oar<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mead\u00a0<\/strong>@ TBD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reward for winning the best beer will be a $50 gift card to <strong>Brocks Homebrew Supply<\/strong>!<br \/>\nThank you, Brock for sponsoring our Intraclub Competition!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Brocks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2826 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Brocks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"87\" height=\"87\" 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: 87px) 100vw, 87px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Upcoming Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=editor%40saaz.org&amp;ctz=America\/New_York\"><strong>SAAZ\u00a0GOOGLE CALENDAR LINK<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>March 17<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Spring Party @ Rotary Park<\/li>\n<li><strong>April 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 15<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>&#8211; NHC 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Round judging in Tampa<\/li>\n<li><strong>April 15th<\/strong> &#8211; SAAZ Meeting @ WOB<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 5th &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Craft Brews in the Park @ Avenues Viera<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 20th<\/strong> &#8211; SAAZ Meeting @ The Broken Barrel Tavern<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 9<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Bottoms Up Beer Run @ Wickham Park<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 16<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Summer Party @ Pelican Beach Clubhouse<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 30th-<\/strong>\u00a0(tentative)\u00a0Member Bus trip to Orlando<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 15<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013<\/strong> SAAZ Meeting @ Village Idiot Pub<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Want a text reminder?<\/strong>\u00a0 Text <strong>SAAZ <\/strong>to <strong>24587<\/strong> to join.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Upcoming Competitions<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Hurricane Blow-Off:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Registration has closed as this comp has reached capacity.\u00a0 Entries need to be a Due South by March 30th.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t want to ship them yourself, bring them to the SAAZ Spring Party on the 17th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Homebrew Competition:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Registration is closed.\u00a0 Entries are due to Rapp Brewing in Pinellas Park on March 30th.\u00a0 Bring entries to the SAAZ Spring Party on the 17th.\u00a0\u00a0Some interesting stats regarding the NHC:\u00a0 In 1979, there were 34 entries and in 2017, there were 8,618 entries!<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Walk on the Wildside:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Special Hoperations (Tampa) hosts this AHA\/BJCP sanctioned homebrew competition for sours &amp; Brettanomyces beers, mead,\u00a0 and ciders.\u00a0 \u00a0Entries Due:\u00a0 May 26\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.specialhoperations.org\/wildside\/\">http:\/\/www.specialhoperations.org\/wildside\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hogtown:\u00a0<\/strong> Not open yet for registration, but get brewing!\u00a0\u00a0Entry Fee:\u00a0$8.00.\u00a0 Entry Deadline: 05\/15\/2018.\u00a0 Competition Date: 05\/26\/2018.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>IMPORTANT!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> Since entries are being collected for two different competitions at the Spring Party, make sure your entries are CLEARLY MARKED regarding WHICH COMPETITION they&#8217;re going to!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reimbursement reminder:\u00a0<\/strong> If you would like reimbursement for your first two competition entries in a Florida Circuit competition or one NHC entry (you must be a paid member, SAAZ must be listed as your homebrew club for your entries, and reimbursement must be requested within 90 days), contact SAAZ Treasurer Anne Gregg (Treasurer@SAAZ.org).<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you would like to expand beyond Florida and enter some competitions in other areas, check out the BJCP sanctioned competitions <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bjcp.org\/apps\/comp_schedule\/competition_schedule.php\">schedule<\/a><\/span> at BJCP.org.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Feedback\/Contact Us<\/h2>\n<p>President: Brian Cavins\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:president@saaz.org\">president@saaz.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>First VP\/Competition Coordinator: Chris Jojola \u2013\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:1stvp@saaz.org\">1stvp@saaz.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Event Planner: Shelly Cavins \u2013\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:events@saaz.org\">events@saaz.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Secretary\/Membership: Sean Mccoy \u2013\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:secretary@saaz.org\">secretary@saaz.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Treasurer: Anne\u00a0Gregg \u2013\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:treasurer@saaz.org\">treasurer@saaz.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Newsletter\/Webmaster: Laurie Bridges <em>(Pending confirmation)<\/em> \u2013\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:editor@saaz.org\">editor@saaz.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Historian: Sean Mccoy \u2013<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:library@saaz.org\">library@saaz.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>SAAZ Members&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/310578462413641\/\">Join the conversation<\/a><\/span> on Facebook!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAAZ\u00a0BREWZletter March 2018 Brought to you by Platinum Sponsor &nbsp; President&#8217;s Blowoff Hi Brewers! Great meeting at Iron Oak last month! Very exciting to see you all engaged, and having fun talking brewing with our special guest Denny Conn. More to come on the club experiment we will be participating in! Looking forward to seeing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/march-2018-saaz-brewzletter\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-_mailpress_mailing_list_newsletter-recipients"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330","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=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3340,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions\/3340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}