Welcome to the SAAZ September E-blast.
Our next regularly scheduled meeting will be September 20th at 2:00pm. In continuing to look for new and different locations, the meeting will be held at Vintage 56 at 200 Barton Blvd in Rockledge (in the shopping plaza near the intersection of Murrell Rd.
For those who haven’t been, it’s a nice restaurant with a wonderful beer menu. We had the officer’s meeting there and they had a wonderful tort made with Rogue Mocha Porter.
Vintage 56 has a decent beer list, including four craft beer drafts and a cider, as well as a selection of over 25 craft and imported beers in bottles. In order to support our hosts, we ask that SAAZ members bring only homebrew and exotic commercial beers (not readily available in Florida) for members to sample, and avail yourselves of the Vintage 56 beer list for sampling of the beers that they stock.
Check out the review in the Florida Today.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009908140310
In the interest of preparing for Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Hombrew Blastoff, the next officer’s meeting will be moved up a week to meet on Wednesday, September 30th at 6:30pm at Coaster’s Pub. I believe Mac is still confirming location, so any non-officer’s interested in attending, please email me to confirm.
Speaking of which, Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Hombrew Blastoff is fast approaching. Here is the schedule so far:
Commander SAAZ event schedule:
Pre-Judging Weekend #1 – September 26-27
Chet Sparks Home in Titusville9 am – 5 pm both days
Judges and Stewards needed
Lunch will be provided
Pre-Judging Weekend #2 – October 3-4
Chet Sparks Home in Titusville
9 am – 5 pm both days
Judges and Stewards needed
Lunch will be provided
COMMANDER SAAZ – October 9-10
Holiday Inn Cocoa Beach rooms still available at $79.99 use code BCS
Friday Schedule
Early Round Judging 4-7 pm Dolphin Room
Mini-Florida Beer Festival 7-11 Hospitality Suite
Come taste beers from Florida Brewers, enjoy heavy munchies and the ocean breezes
On Tap (so far): Charlie & Jakes, OBP, Swamphead, & More to come….
Tickets $10 each available online, at club functions and on-site
Saturday Schedule
Breakfast 8-9 Hospitality Suite
Final Round Judging 9-3 Dolphin Room
Judges Lunch 12-1 Hospitality Suite
“Guess That Style” 3-6 Hospitality Suite
Sponsored by Sunseed Food Co-op, Come and prove your knowledge of BJCP classic beer styles. Top 3 scores will receive prizes from Sunseed Food Co-op.
Contestants will be given 6 classic examples and a list of beers carried at Sunseed Coop
1 point will be given for correct style, 2 points for correct sub style, 3 points for guessing the beer itself.
3rd Place – 8oz of Cascade Hops
2nd place – $25.00 basket of Beer
1st place – a $50.00 Gift Certificate to Sunseed
Splashdown Party & Awards Extravaganza 7-til…. Dolphin Room
Tickets $30 each available online or at club functions through October 4
Sunday Schedule
Personal Recovery Day!
Club support needed:
Enter your beers, meads and ciders!!!
Homebrew kegs for the Hospitality Suite
Judges & Stewards (all weekends)
Raffle Sales (all weekends)
Paperwork Wrangler (all weekends)
Registration Table (event weekend only)
For more information contact Dani at cmdr.saaz@saaz.org
JLSB & SAAZ Tree
SAAZ is participating in Junior League of South Brevard’s Festival of Trees 11/21 and 11/22 at the King Center. We are designing a tree to be auctioned off at the event. The proceeds help fund local community projects – visit www.jlsb.net for more information. We need your help to make an amazing beer tree. Please bring new coasters, key rings and other beer items that can be used as decoration to the next meeting or SAAZ event you attend. Some other ideas include clear ornaments filled with hops/grain and bottle cap garland. We will be assembling our decorations at the Gregg House on 11/6. If you have any other ideas – please email Anne Gregg annecgregg@earthlink.net.
On the Radar:
Mark you calendar’s for the Octoberfest Party at Rotary Park in Suntree on Saturday October 17th. Don’t forget your side dish and the potato salad contest. If you have any entries for the AHA Club only (Belgian Strong), bring a bottle for judging.
The first Saturday of November (the 7th, maybe?) is teach a friend to homebrew day.
Stay tuned for updates and check the AHA website for more information.
November 13th and 14th is CFHB’s Sunshine Challenge. Check www.cfhb.org for more info.
Sponsor Updates.
Florida Wine and Spirits (www.floridawineandspirits.com) has been greatly improving their wine selections and tasting programs. There is a link on their website to sign up for their newsletter which includes dates and times for all their upcoming tasting events.
Sunseed Co-op has a lot of new beers in, many for the first time in Florida. Look for St. Peters Organic English Ale, Allagash Curieux, Hoppin Frog’s B.O.R.I.S Imperial Stout, Bodacious Black & Tan, Mean Manalishi IIPA, and Hoppin to Heaven IPA, Aspall Organic English Draft Cider, Sam Smith’s Yorkshire Stingo (Barrel Aged Old Ale), Great Divide’s Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti and 15th Anniversary Oak Aged IIPA, Smuttynose Baltic Porter, Cigar City’s Bolita Nut Brown Ale, Guava Grove, Cedar Aged Jai Alai, & Improvisacion (an Oatmeal Rye Indian Brown Ale), Brooklyn Oktoberfest, Weltenburger Kolster Asam Bock, and Clipper City Heavy Seas Big DIPA. Whew, that’s a lot of beer. Be on the lookout this week, as Stone’s Limited Edition Vertical Epic 09-09-09 will be available soon!