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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor
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SAAZ Summer Party
June 14th, 12pm @ Chet Sparks’ House
Join us for our annual Summer Party! We will be enjoying BBQ and beer by the pool, so bring your swim suits and towels.
Don’t forget:
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Your side dish
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Bag of ice
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Your entry for the lawn mower homebrew competition – the creator of the best easy drinking summer beer will receive high honors, bragging rights and the coveted lawnmower trophy
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Non-members welcome – $5 (but why not just join the club?)
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Raffle $$$ – we’ll be having another BIG RAFFLE with another homebrew kit in the mix, so bring your $$$, support the club and get cool swag
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BEER
Feel free to party on into the night, and bring a tent, camper, motorhome or just a sleeping bag to stay the night. Email Kristen for the address and directions.
Come early and help set up or stay late and help clean!!! The Beer Engine doesn’t assemble itself and we all know you want the drink the beer. Please help out the club, we are always in need of extra hands.
Spring Fling with Smoked Wings
The SAAZ Spring Fling with Smoked Wings Intra-Club Homebrew Competition was held May 18th, 2014 at the Broken Barrel Tavern! Thank you to all who participated, we had some great entries. Congratulations to our winners.
Aaron Guittar for Baltic Porter
Sean Gregg for American IPA
Sean Gregg for SHV
Andrew Carpenter for Other Mead
BOS – Aaron Guittar!!!
Bottoms Up Beer Run
Thank you to all who helped make the 2nd Annual Bottoms Up Beer Run a success!
We had 427 registered runners and 394 finishers
17 SAAZ Brewers made 160 gallons of beer
41 SAAZ members (+ friends/family) helped volunteer – THANK YOU!!!
Financials to come soon but from what we see so far we had another great fundraiser, great job to all involved!
Upcoming Events
July Meeting – July 20th, 2pm @ Crispy’s Beer and Wine Bar
August Meeting – August 17th, 2pm @ Bugnutty Brewing Company
Commander SAAZ – September 19th & 20th Cocoa Beach Hilton
SAAZtoberfest – October 25th, Noon @ Suntree Rotary Park
MEADing – November 15th @ Webb’s Honey House
2014 Dues
If you want to be included in all the fun events SAAZ has coming up, it’s time to renew your membership. Come on slackers, dues are long overdue now for 2014! Please pay the Treasurer (Sean Gregg) at any club meeting or online at our website via PayPal – Click here to pay.
Individual Membership = $15 Couple’s Membership = $25 Lifetime Membership = $150
Upcoming Competitions
Meadlenium – June 21st, Winter Springs
Entry Fee: $7.00
Entry Deadline: 06/14/2014
Phone Number: (352) 650-9339
First Coast Cup – July 26th, Jacksonville
Contact Mike Lentz for more information
Entry Deadline: 06/27/2014
Phone Number: (904) 254-0526
Commander SAAZ – September 20th, Cocoa Beach
Entry Fee: $7.00
Entry Deadline: 08/26/2014
Phone Number: (812) 201-1599
Check out the American Homebrewers Association website for a complete list of the 2014 competitions
Happy Birthday!
Dani Exline, Billy Kendrick, Kevin Miller, Drew Palmer, Ron Sup & Glen Weimar
Don’t see your name?It could be that Secretary Dan Shirah 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.
The Librarian is ordering the American Sour Beers book – be the first to reserve it!
Feedback/Contact Us
We need your help! We are very interesting 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:
President: Dave Webb – president@saaz.org
First VP/Competition Coordinator: Andrew Carpenter – 1stvp@saaz.org
Second VP/Party & Event Planner: Kristen Beechner – 2ndvp@saaz.org
Secretary/Membership: Dan Shirah – secretary@saaz.org
Treasurer: Sean Gregg – treasurer@saaz.org
Newsletter/Webmaster: Anne Gregg – editor@saaz.org
Librarian: Sonia Miller – library@saaz.org