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In this edition:SAAZ Holiday PartyVOTE – Officer Elections and BylawsIntraclub Brew ChallengeUpcoming Events2015 DuesCompetitionsBrewer of the YearBirthdaysBottoms Up Beer RunSAAZ LibraryFeedback/Contact Us |
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SAAZ Holiday Party
Saturday, December 13th @ 2pm
Jill, Larry and Princess Sophia Vita’s House
Titusville – for directions email president@saaz.org
Celebrate the holidays with all your friends from SAAZ.
Larry and Jill are supplying the turkey and ham, bring a side dish to share!
Bring special beers or homebrew to share. We will have the beer engine to hook up your keg of amazing homebrew!
We have the annual bottle swap – if you want to participate, bring a WRAPPED BOMBER of commercial beer.
Need directions??? Email president@saaz.org
Important Business at the SAAZ Holiday Party
2015 Officer Elections
Vote on Bylaws
Presentation of the Brewer of the Year Awards
Time to renew your membership for 2015 and get your new cards! Don’t forget your $$$ to pay your 2015 dues and continue to be a member of this amazing homebrew club .
This event is free for members. Guests are just $5 or just become a member $15 individual/$25 family.
VOTE – 2015 SAAZ Officer Elections and Approval of Bylaws Changes
Two very important items will be voted on at the SAAZ Holiday Party – 2015 Officer Elections and Approval of the Bylaws Changes.
2015 SAAZ Officer Ballot – nominations will be accepted in person at the party or can be submitted to Dan.
President – Dan Shirah
1st VP – Keith Allen
2nd VP – Dave Webb
Secretary – Adrian Moser
Treasurer – Sean Gregg
Newsletter Editor – Anne Gregg
Librarian – Ken Adams and Wes Barron
Proposed Bylaw Changes
It’s been awhile since the Bylaws have been updated. This has been an ongoing project for the board. The changes reflect the way we are currently running the club. We have moved some items from the Bylaws to Policies to allow for easier changes by the board. Please look them over and let Dave know if you have any questions. Copies will be available at the Holiday Party for your review and also posted online.
SAAZ BYLAWS Proposed Changes – these are the changes we will vote on
BYLAWS – current document for your reference
Please contact the secretary Dan Shirah if you would cannot make the party but would like to submit your vote.
2015 SAAZ OFFICER BALLOT
SAAZ Intraclub Brew Challenge
SAAZ has starting a quarterly Intraclub Brew Challenge. 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.
RULES:
1) Must be a current SAAZ Member with 2015 Dues paid.
2) Sign-up for the challenge at a meeting – 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.
3) Must pick up special ingredient at a SAAZ Meeting (General or Officer), we will not make special arrangements to deliver items.
4) Bring 6 – 12 oz bottles or a 64 oz growler of your beer to the designated meeting for judging.
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!
6) If you fail to participate in a challenge it will affect your ability to partake in future challenges.
CHALLENGE #1 – HOPPY NEW YEAR!
SORRY, CHALLENGE #1 IS FULL.
If you signed up, schedule your brew day!
***Make sure your brew is ready for the January Meeting***
Remember the goal of the challenge is to feature the new Mandarina Bavaria hops in your brew. The winner will be selected by a panel of BJCP Judges.
CHALLENGE #2 – SWEET AS HONEY
Brew something with honey – beer, mead or cider. The goal is to feature honey in your brew. All styles welcome. Signups start at Christmas Party. We have 12 spots for the challenge and each brewer will receive 1lb of Webb’s World Famous Honey. Winner will be selected at the Spring Party.
HAPPY BREWING and GOOD LUCK!
Upcoming Events: mark your calendars and join us!
SAAZ GOOGLE CALENDAR LINK
SAAZ Holiday Party – December 13th @ Jill & Larry Vita’s House
January SAAZ Meeting – January 18th, 2pm @ Coasters Pub & Biergarten
February SAAZ Meeting – February 15th, 2pm @ TBD
Space Coast Craft Beer Festival – February 21st @ Space Coast Harley Davidson, for tickets and info visit www.spacecoastcraftbeerfestival.com
Belgian Beer Fest – March 6th – March 8th, Coasters Pub & Biergarten
SAAZ Spring Party – March 21st, Noon @ Suntree Rotary Park
April SAAZ Meeting – April 19th, 2pm @TBD
May SAAZ Meeting – May 17th, 2pm @ TBD
Bottoms Up Beer Run – June 13th, 6pm @ Wickham Park
SAAZ Summer Party – June 20th, 12pm @Chet’s House
2015 Dues – Time to renew!
If you want to be included in all the fun events SAAZ has coming up, it’s time to renew your membership. Some of the upcoming events and brew challenges are only open to currently paid 2015 members. There are many advantages to membership, you do not want to miss out. Please pay the Treasurer (Sean Gregg) at any club meeting or online at our website via PayPal – Click here to pay. Make sure to get your new membership card from the secretary.
Individual Membership = $15 Family Membership = $25 Lifetime Membership = $150
Upcoming Competitions – showcase your award winning homebrew!
Make a new year’s resolution to brew more and enter competitions. Perfect place to showcase your Intraclub Brew Challenge Beers!
Big Bend Brew Off – 1/17/15 in Tallahassee
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Entries $7
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Entry Window 12/29/14 – 1/9/15
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Contact Tom Tracy
Best Florida Beer Championship – 2/28/15 in Tampa FLORIDA CIRCUIT COMPETITION
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Entry Window 12/27/14-1/24/15
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Early Judging 2/14-15/15 and 2/21-22/15
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Final Judging and Awards Ceremony 2/28/15
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Contact Josh Garman
For more competitions visit the AHA. http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/aha-events/calendar/?event_id=16
SAAZ Brewer of the Year
Congratulations to Sean Gregg – Beer Winner and Andrew Carpenter – Mead/Cider Winner
Prizes will be awarded at the SAAZ Holiday Party. BEER Winner receives a $50 Brock’s Gift Card and Mead/Cider Winner gets 1 Gallon of Webb’s Famous Orange Blossom Honey. Are you a little jealous? Then you better get brewing and enter your beers, meads and ciders in the Florida Circuit. The brew challenge should get you started off. Good luck!
Prost! Cheers! Happy Birthday!
Rich Abbruscato, Anne Beyette, David Gray, Vic Iesalnieks, Stephan Martinello, Thomas Mayer, Michelle Mcelvaine, Sonia Miller, Rick Strayer and Larry Vita
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!
Bottoms Up Beer Run – June 13th, 2015 @ 6pm
Save the date and tell all your friends to join us for an awesome 4K with homebrew along the way!
Anne Gregg is chairing the race again and needs your help.
Last year we raised $5000 for St. Baldrick’s, kept $3200 for the club and hope to do better this year!
Please email Anne or sign up at the Holiday Party to help. We need brewers, planning committee members and event volunteers.
SAAZ Library
The SAAZ Library is full of great books and magazines to help make you a better brewer. 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.
If you have borrowed an item from the library this year, please return it to Sonia ASAP.