March SAAZ BREWZletter
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March is the SAAZ Spring Party
Saturday, March 19th at 12pm
Suntree Rotary Park
Come enjoy a cookout with your SAAZ friends. Bring a side dish, bag of ice and BEER!
Sign up to volunteer at the Bottoms Up Beer Run and upcoming beer festivals
Learn more about homebrewing and share your latest creation.
Bring your Intraclub Challenge entry for BEAN ME UP SCOTTY!
Bring your cash or check for T-shirts!!!
Bring your money for another big RAFFLE!!!
SAAZ Intraclub Brew Challenge
SAAZ quarterly Intraclub Brew Challenges continue for 2016. 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 2016 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 #2 – BEAN ME UP SCOTTY
In January we gave brewers 4oz of coffee from Indian River Coffee to use creatively their next brew. There are no restrictions, just feature the coffee in your beer. Entries will be judged at the Spring Party in March. HAPPY BREWING and GOOD LUCK!
CHALLENGE #3 – SPRING FLING
To help Nathan and our judges prepare for another Epic Commander SAAZ, we are holding a smaller SAAZ only SPRING FLING competition.
Entry Information:
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3 Bottles per entry
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Cost $4 per entry, please pay the entry fees at the meeting (or prior) or you will be disqualified from any awards.
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Accepted BJCP (2015) Categories:
21: IPA
20: American Porter & Stout
29: Fruit Beer & 30: Spiced Beer
Cider
Mead
Awards will be given out at the SAAZ Meeting. Winner of Best of Show will take half of the entry fees home! Other prizes awards for Gold Medal winners in each category.
More info and registration link coming soon. Just get brewing!!!
Challenge #4 – Extreme Brew Challenge
No rules, just Extreme Beers… Russ Pellow this one is for you! Have you ever wanted to experiment and add Birthday Cake or Tang to your beer? How about an artichoke (Drew Thaller)? Well here is your chance to get your creative juices flowing and brew something off the wall. No BJCP styles here, just a popularity contest. Presentation of the beer will also be considered if you care to rim your glass or serve with a truffle made from the beer. Only goal is to make everyone love it! Beers will be judged at the July Meeting. Start thinking about this one now. Remember the crazier the better. I believe Ryan Kaestner will be using the tears of Virgins and Unicorn hooves so don’t steal his ideas. CHEERS!
SAAZ T-shirt Orders
I know many of you cannot wait to order a shirt with the new SAAZ logo, or even get a SAAZ shirt. It has been awhile since we produced any. One of the reasons being that we did not have any high quality art files of the old logo. So now we have an awesome new design and want to show it off at our meetings, brew fests, other competitions and around town.
Shirt sales will start with this Newsletter and continue until March 31st. We will have a sign up at the Spring Party this weekend. All shirts Small-XL are $15 to keep it simple. 2XL adds $2 and 3XL adds $3. The club will use the extra funding to help replace some of the stolen equipment. We have several different styles and colors to pick from. If you don’t see what you are looking for then please email Anne and we can see about adding an option. Here are a few mock ups of shirt options to give you an idea of the styles.
New Shirt Options – Pictures of the shirts, I only did one of each style/color. Please see sign-up for full options. For ladies not all colors available in each style.
Online Sign-up – click here to order your shirt.
Sign-up by March 31st!!!
Pay for shirts at the Spring Party (cash or check requested). All shirts Small-XL are $15 to keep it simple. 2XL adds $2 and 3XL adds $3. If you will not be at the Spring Party you can mail a check to treasurer Sean Gregg (email him for address). We need payment before the order deadline of March 31st. Shirts will be ready at the April Meeting.
COMPETITIONS
Coconut Cup Results
Congrats to Aaron and Delania Collins – Gold Medal Peach Saison & Gold Medal/BOS Cinnamon Cider
Congrats to Sean Gregg and Glen Weimar – Bronze Turkey Day Porter 2014
Upcoming Competitions – showcase your award winning homebrew!
Check out the American Homebrewers Association website for a complete list of the 2016 competitions.
Hogtown Brewoff – 5/20-21/16
- Gainesville, FL
- Entry Window opens 4/25/16
CFHB Sunshine Challenge – 6/25/16
- Orlando, FL
- Entry Window: 5/7-27/16
First Coast Cup – 7/29-30/16
- Jacksonville, FL
- Entry Window 6/20-7/8
Policy: SAAZ will reimburse entry payments for Florida circuit competitions, up to 10 per brewer and up to $1000 total per year. Remember that SAAZ policies and procedures state that any expense must be turned in within 90 days for reimbursement. If you enter any FLORIDA CIRCUIT competitions this year, email a copy of your registration to Sean Gregg for reimbursement.
SAAZ GOOGLE CALENDAR LINK
SAAZ Spring Party – March 19th, 12 noon @ Suntree Rotary Park
SAAZ Officer Meeting – April 1, 6:30pm @ Gregg House
Brewmaster’s Invitational – April 2nd, 12pm @ Exploration Tower Port Canaveral
SAAZ April Meeting – April 17th, 2pm @ World of Beer Viera
SAAZ Officer Meeting – April 29th, 6:30pm @ Gregg House
Craft Brews in the Park – May 7th, 1pm @ The Avenue
SAAZ May Meeting/Spring Fling – May 15th, 2pm @ The Broken Barrel Tavern
SAAZ Officer Meeting – June 10th, 6:30pm @ Gregg House
Bottoms Up Beer Run – June 11th, 3pm @ Wickham Park
SAAZ Summer Beach Party – June 18th, 12 noon @ Pelican Beach Clubhouse
SAAZ July Meeting – July 17th, 2pm @ Village Idiot Pub
SAAZ August Meeting – August 21, 2pm @ TBD
Commander SAAZ – September 17th @ The Hilton Cocoa Beach
SAAZtoberfest – October 15th, 12 noon @ Suntree Rotary Park
2016 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 2016 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 = $20 Family Membership = $30 Lifetime Membership = $150
***Please take note that dues have increased this year***
