July SAAZ BREWZletter

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SAAZ July Meeting

Sunday, July 17th at 2pm

Village Idiot Pub

4 Harrison St, Cocoa, FL 32922

Come to the July SAAZ Meeting and hang out at the VIP!

Hear the updates on Commander SAAZ from Nathan and the Bottoms Up Beer Run from Anne.
Bring your beers for the Extreme Beer Challenge!
Raffle Raffle Raffle 🙂

Challenge #4 – Extreme Brew Challenge

No rules, just Extreme Beers… Have you ever wanted to experiment and brew with something exotic? 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. CHEERS!

Interclub Brew Challenge 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.

SAAZ is now using TEXT REMINDERS!

Text SAAZ to 24587 to join

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS

Check out the American Homebrewers Association website for a complete list of the 2016 competitions.

First Coast Cup – 7/29-30/16

Jacksonville, FL
Entry Window 6/20-7/8
Brewers will be allowed to enter a maximum of four (4) beers for the first week of open registration and then up to an additional three (3) beers for a total of seven (7) for the remainder of the entry window. Enter early!
Prejudging July 16-17, and July 23-24

BEER RAILROAD – Bring your entries to any SAAZ Meeting, Officer Meeting or Brock’s and we will arrange to get them delivered to the competition. Watch your email and Facebook for drop-off deadlines.

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.

Commander SAAZ

Registration Opens:7/11/16
Entry Deadline: 8/22/16
Entries Received: 8/26/16
Bottle Sorting: 8/27/16
Prejudging: 9/3/16, 9/4/16, 9/10/16 and 9/11/16 at The Mansion 10:30-5
Competition Weekend: 9/16/16-9/17/16 at the Cocoa Beach Hilton
Sign up to help out!!! We need everyone’s help to make this event a success.

SAAZ GOOGLE CALENDAR LINK

SAAZ July Meeting – July 17th, 2pm @ Village Idiot Pub

SAAZ Officer Meeting – August 5th, 6:30pm @ Gregg House

SAAZ August Meeting – August 21, 2pm @ TBD

SAAZ Officer Meeting – September 2nd, 6:30pm @ Gregg House

Commander SAAZ – September 17th @ The Hilton Cocoa Beach

Rocky Water Brewfest – October 8th, 1-5pm @ Eau Gallie Square

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***

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.

Feedback/Contact Us

We need your help! We are very interested 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: Dan Shirah – president@saaz.org

First VP/Competition Coordinator: Nathan Gray- 1stvp@saaz.org

Second VP/Party & Event Planner: Delania Collins – 2ndvp@saaz.org

Secretary/Membership: Ryan Kaestner – secretary@saaz.org

Treasurer: Sean Gregg – treasurer@saaz.org

Newsletter/Webmaster: Anne Gregg – editor@saaz.org

Librarian: Dan Markey – library@saaz.org