{"id":3344,"date":"2018-04-10T20:12:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T01:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/?p=3344"},"modified":"2018-04-10T20:12:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T01:12:41","slug":"april-saaz-brewzletter-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/april-saaz-brewzletter-4\/","title":{"rendered":"April 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>April 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Brought to you by Platinum Sponsor<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/villageidiot.pub\/\">VILLAGE IDIOT PUB<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/villageidiot.pub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3147 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/VIP-Circle-Sticker-Logo-1-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/VIP-Circle-Sticker-Logo-1-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/VIP-Circle-Sticker-Logo-1-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/VIP-Circle-Sticker-Logo-1-2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/VIP-Circle-Sticker-Logo-1-2-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/VIP-Circle-Sticker-Logo-1-2-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/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>A lot of fun activities coming up in the next several weeks!<\/p>\n<p>First and foremost we have our Member Meeting this Sunday at 2pm at World of Beer in Viera. They will be giving us a happy hour 25% discount! At this meeting we will also be doing the \u201cHopped Up\u201d Intraclub Challenge. Bring your hoppiest homebrew and compete to win a $50 Brock\u2019s Homebrewing gift card.<\/p>\n<p>Second, please remember to <strong>pay your 2018 dues<\/strong>! Don\u2019t miss out on fun club activities (parties), bus trips, discounts, and more! Please see the treasurer if you are unsure if you are up to date!<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, we have <strong>Craft Brews in the Park hosted by WOB on May 5<sup>th<\/sup> 2018 at 12pm<\/strong>. We will have a tent and serve our homebrewed beer, as well as doing a live brewing demo to engage novice and experienced brewers alike! Please see <strong>sign up at the April meeting<\/strong> if you would like to donate a keg, serve beer or participate in set-up\/take down.<\/p>\n<p>Also in <strong>May our Member Meeting will be at Broken Barrel Tavern in Palm Bay on May 20th<\/strong>. I am working on a potential special guest to be joining us as we have done before this year! Stay tuned for more details!<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>June 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Orlando Bus Trip<\/strong> is fast approaching. The <strong>cost is $30<\/strong> and includes a lunch at one of the brewery locations. We are heading to Orlando to do part of the Central Florida Ale Trail. We will be seeing the likes of Ellipses, Dead Lizard, Crooked Can,\u00a0 Deadly Sins, Cask &amp; Larder, and Ten 10 brewing.\u00a0 A finalized itinerary will be presented at the May meeting. Must have <strong>payment by May 30<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> or we will have to call off the trip if not enough people are signed up, so please see the treasurer to get your seat reserved!<\/p>\n<p>BUBR is right around the corner &#8211; 6\/9\/18! This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. We need help with posters, flyers, stickers, coaster distribution, and most importantly brewing! If you are interested in helping please see a club officer, specifically Anne.\u00a0 <strong>We need all grain brewers as well as people to make cider!<\/strong> This years line-up includes: BUBR Blonde Ale, BUBRFEST Festbier, BUBR PALE ALE, and BUBR dry cider. We will have sign ups at the meeting Sunday as well as the May meeting. We will need help with set-up and tear-down as well. All friends and family are welcome to come help us out!<\/p>\n<p>Very excited to see you all at WOB for our Meeting!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>Brian<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Next Club Event<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WOB-Slider-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WOB-Slider-3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"177\" 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: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">APRIL Member Meeting<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\">Sunday, April 15th\u00a0\u2013 2:00 to 4:00 PM <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>World of Beer Viera<\/h3>\n<p>2290 Town Center Ave, Melbourne, FL 32940<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hoppy-guy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2257 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hoppy-guy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re celebrating hops. WOB has their Hop Head event on Friday, 4\/13\/18, so there should be plenty of hoppy beers on draft for your enjoyment. We are also hosting the next Intraclub Challenge: Hopped Up where we will be judging your beer on hop expression. Bring on the IBUs and win a $50 Brock&#8217;s Giftcard if your beer is chosen the hoppiest!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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>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>!<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\" \/> Thank you, Brock for sponsoring our Intraclub Competition!<\/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>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>National Homebrew Competition:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>April 13-15 (Tampa)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some members are interested in judging. Contact Brian Cavins if you want to carpool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Walk on the Wildside:\u00a0\u00a006\/16\/2018 (Tampa)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Special Hoperations hosts this AHA\/BJCP sanctioned homebrew competition for sours &amp; Brettanomyces beers, mead,\u00a0 and ciders.\u00a0Entry Fee: $8.\u00a0Entry Deadline: 06\/08\/2018.\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:\u00a005\/26\/2018 (Gainesville)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Registration opens April 30th, better get brewing!\u00a0\u00a0Entry Fee:\u00a0$8.00. Entry Deadline: 05\/15\/2018.\u00a0Great competition to come judge at &#8211; amazing food, beer and people.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hogtownbrewers.org\/brewoff\/\">http:\/\/hogtownbrewers.org\/brewoff\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunshine Challenge: 06\/30\/18 (Orlando)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee: $8.00.\u00a0Entry Deadline: 05\/22\/2018.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfhb.org\/\">http:\/\/www.cfhb.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pepper Beer Competition:\u00a008\/26\/2018 (Dunedin)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entry Fee:\u00a0$7.\u00a0Entry Deadline: 08\/13\/2018.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dunedinbrewersguild.com\/\">http:\/\/www.dunedinbrewersguild.com\/<\/a><\/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>Bottoms Up Beer Run &#8211; June 9th<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/2018_FB_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3252 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/2018_FB_logo-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/2018_FB_logo-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/2018_FB_logo-768x845.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/2018_FB_logo-931x1024.jpg 931w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Save the date &amp; tell your friends to join us for an awesome 4K with\u00a0homebrew along the way! Proceeds from the run support St. Baldrick&#8217;s!<\/p>\n<p>Interested in volunteering for the run, email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:bottomsup@saaz.org\">Anne<\/a>\u00a0or sign up at a meeting to help. We need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brewers<\/li>\n<li>Race Promotion &#8211; pass out PR materials, share FB event\/posts and recruit your friends<\/li>\n<li>Packet Pick-up at Running Zone<\/li>\n<li>Race Day volunteers &#8211; course marshals, servers, check-in, awards, food and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 April 2018 Brought to you by Platinum Sponsor VILLAGE IDIOT PUB &nbsp; &nbsp; President&#8217;s Blowoff Hi Brewers! A lot of fun activities coming up in the next several weeks! First and foremost we have our Member Meeting this Sunday at 2pm at World of Beer in Viera. They will be giving us a happy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/april-saaz-brewzletter-4\/\" 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-3344","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\/3344","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=3344"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3364,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3344\/revisions\/3364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saaz.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}