April 2011 Newsletter

Welcome to another edition of Blowoff from the Prez. The warm weather is here and it’s time to
cram in as much brewing as possible before it gets unbelievably hot. We have a homebrewing demo
coming up at the Broken Barrel on Saturday April 9, at 1pm. Then Saturday May 7 is AHA Big Brew
Day at Sunseed Food Co-op in Cape Canaveral. Stay tuned to our Facebook page for more regular updates.

If you want to help represent SAAZ and enter your homebrew into an upcoming competition, now is
the time to get cranking! We will be collecting entries for the Palm Beach Blowoff at our April Officers
Meeting at Meg O Malleys on Wednesday April 6 at 6:30pm.The Hogtown Brewers are gearing up
for the Hogtown Blowoff on May 13-14. Check http://www.hogtownbrewers.org/Brewoff/ for more
details. If you have never entered or attended a competition, I would encourage you to do so. They
are a great way to get objective feedback about your brews and the competitions are always a blast!

More information is available as to dates and time of all the events I talked about and more, so
continue reading for more great stuff!

Next Meeting – April 17th (Sunday)

This month’s meeting will be held at Broken Barrel Tavern in Palm Bay:

4700 Babcock St NE #15
Palm Bay, FL 32905
Click for Directions

As always the meeting will be Sunday April 17th at 2:00 pm. As always, bringing homebrew to share
is strongly encouraged, but please respect our gracious host and leave commercial beers at home.

If you have an Amber Lager, IPA, or Mead for the NASA Inter Center Competition please bring it to
the meeting. We will down selecting for the beers that represent SAAZ and NASA KSC! If your entry is chosen, you will need to
send it out ASAP afterwards for the competition.

Upcoming Competitions

NASA Inter Center Competition-5
Entry Fee: None (shipping only)
Entry Deadline: April 26, 2011
We will be evaluating any beers that SAAZ members would like to enter at the April Meeting.  The competition will be on April 30, 2011 starting at 2pm ET (11am PT). There will be a live internet video stream. Each NASA center or participating homebrew club can submit up to 2 entries per style.
This year’s styles (judged using BJCP guidelines) are European Amber Lager (style 3), India Pale Ale (style 14), and Mead (styles 24, 25, 26)
website

The Palm Beach Draughtsmen’s 16th annual Hurricane Blowoff
We will be collecting any entries that members have at the SAAZ Officers Meeting at Meg o Malley’s (812 E New Haven Ave in Downtown Melbourne). Mac will be driving them down south to avoid any shipping costs.  This homebrew, mead and cider competition will come ashore in West Palm Beach during the weekend of April 29th – 30th! The entry window is March 25th – April 8th. Pre-Judging will be on the 16th-17th, with possibly some additional pre-judging on the 23rd. Judging will commence on Friday the 29th @ 5pm – ?? and judging on Saturday will run from 9am – ?? followed by the Best of Show.
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Meadlennium 2011
May 28-29 2011 Sanford, FL
www.CFHB.org/mead
What: We are the oldest, and one of the largest, of just a handful of Mead- Only competitions in the USA. The Alliance of Sommeliers has graciously loaned their special, lead-crystal, glasses again this year for judging.  Still only $6.00 per entry. Once again, there will be a special category – WOOD-AGED MEAD.
When: May 28-29th. The deadline to get your meads to us is May 6th. Online registration and payment will open April 20th.
Where: 1700 South Magnolia Ave. Sanford Fl. 32771
SAAZ will be working with CFHB to get entries to them as part of a beer railroad.  Stay tuned for more details.
We still encourage sending THREE 12-14 oz. bottles, FOUR 10 oz. or TWO 750ml bottles. But we know how precious our mead is, so, this year, we will allow TWO 12-14 oz. bottles, THREE 10 oz. or ONE 750ml bottles, WITH THE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BEST OF SHOW ROUND OF JUDGING. Our B.O.S. panel has 4-5 judges, and each requires a 2 oz. sample. We will do our best to save enough of your mead, but, if there is not enough left, you will not be included in the B.O.S round.
All the details, and the forms, will be updated very soon at the MEADLLENNIUM web page

Consider shipping your beer to other national competitions. For a list of upcoming competitions go here.

Local Events

April 5th – Terrapin Brewery Night! – World of Beer
Join World of Beer (Viera) for a meet and greet over the internet. We will be Skyping with the Terrapin’s Brewmasters to learn how they do it.  There will be an extreme line up of 19 drafts that features kegs that we are pulling from the cellar that will include the Monster and Side-Project series. This will be an evening you won’t want to miss! Our local Terrapin Rep Mike Wallace does a lot to help out our club, especially for Commander SAAZ, so come out and thank him for it.

April 9th – SAAZ Homebrew Demonstration! – Broken Barrel Tavern
Saturday, April 9th at 1 pm Sean and Matt will be dragging out the turkey fryers and showing people how to homebrew.  Matt from Sunseed Food Co-op will have equipment and recipe kits for sale at discounted prices.  Come out to help your homebrew club or learn how to brew at home!

April 10th – Customer Appreciation Day! – World of Beer
Sunday, April 10th at 2 pm they will be pulling out the barbecues. They will have hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken and vegetables. Come by early to get your seat, great beer and great food. They will be grilling till all the food is gone.

April 12th – Avery Brew Party! – World of Beer
They will be tapping the Holy Trinity Series along with the Dictator Series. The draft line up includes Reverend, Salvation, Hog Heaven, IPA and White Rascal. Also they will have two new drafts, Maharaja Imperial and DughanA. A representative of the brewery will be there at 7 pm.

World of Beer Cruise

I’m sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea. ‘Cause I’ve got to have beer.  Love to drink the beer that’s in front of me. On board, they’ll be beer, so climb aboard.  We’ll search for even more on every shore.  And I’ll try, oh Lord I’ll try, to drink it ALL!

World of Beer is planning a craft beer lovers cruise!  Chuck and Maribeth are finalizing details this upcoming week, but I have some preliminary information.  Mark your calendar for September 23-25 for a Bahamian cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean Monarch of the Seas.  WOB is working with Jill at CruiseBlondie, a full service travel agency.  Jill is very knowledgeable and excited about this cruise.  She will be working to make sure that everyone who books with her agency will be informed and excited.  Book now to get the best deal (I hear rumors of on board credits); refunds are available more than 60 days before the cruise.  I also confirmed that you DO NOT need a passport if you have your official copy of your birth certificate (look for a raised seal or something similar) and your current driver’s license.

Contact Jill Neuharth at Cruise Blondie, (321) 773-4878 ext. 4 (office) or email jill@cruiseblondie.net

Beers Available in the Area

Sunseed Food Co-op (Cape Canaveral) – website

Beer Education

Are you guys aware of the Hop Union in Yakima, WA? Yakima grows something like 70% of US grown
hops.

The Hop Union has a great website with really useful links. I especially like the Hop Variety Data
Sheets linked near the bottom of the list. It is a pdf of about 54 pages that details the characteristics
of most varieties of hops. It is a bit long but I think it is worth downloading as a handy reference.

Check it out if you haven’t already.
http://www.hopunion.com/hopeducation.html

Cooking with Beer – Beer and Molasses Barbecue Sauce

Beer and Molasses Barbecue Sauce
1 1/4 cups bottled chili sauce
3/4 cup mild-flavored (light) molasses
3/4 cup beer
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco)
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon hickory-flavored liquid smoke*

* A smoke-flavored liquid seasoning that is available at specialty foods stores and at many supermarkets.

Mix all ingredients in heavy medium saucepan. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat; simmer until sauce thickens and is reduced to 2 cups, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes. Cool completely before using. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.)

If you have a beer recipe you’d like to share, email editor@saaz.org and we’ll include it in a future newsletter.

Equipment For Sale

If you have equipment you’d like to sell, give away, trade, or even find, email editor@saaz.org and we’ll try to list your offering/request in the next newsletter.

SAAZ on Facebook

Check us out on Facebook! We’re just getting things rolling there but Like our page and stay tuned for exciting things to come. Check it out here.

Raffle

Do you have some homebrew supplies that you don’t use anymore? Maybe you upgraded or maybe you prefer another product? Consider bringing your dusty supplies to the next meeting for the raffle. We have brewers of all experience levels, so I am sure we can put any brewing supplies to use!

Feedback

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.

All feedback is welcomed! For example you can:

• Share a topic for Beer Education
• Share your Review of a Beer
• Correct something in the newsletter or website
• Express a criticism about anything related to the club
• Offer a suggestion to improve the club

“When the bee comes to your house, let her have beer; you may want to visit the bee’s house some day.”