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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor
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April SAAZ Meeting – April 13th, 2pm @ World of Beer Viera
Upcoming Events
Big Brew Day – May 3rd @ Brock’s Homebrew Supply
Celebrate National Homebrew Day by brewing with your SAAZ friends at Brock’s. We will have a large tent, access to water and electricity and Brock’s will be open in case you need anything else. Brew one of the official recipes, beer for the Bottoms Up Beer Run or one of your own creations. You can also come and watch the brewing process if you are new to homebrewing.
We need help brewing for the Bottoms Up Beer Run. We anticipate 500 runners and need 150 gallons of beer!!! PLEASE HELP!!! If you are brewing for the run, SAAZ will provide the ingredients! Email Keith Allen to sign up.
Bottoms Up Beer Run – June 7th, 6:30pm @ Wickham Park
The Bottoms Up Beer Run is a fun 4K that combines running (or walking) with homebrew along the way. Brewers from SAAZ will be providing 5 different homebrews for enjoyment along the course. Participants (21y/o and up) can consume 4 – 4oz beer shots along the race course and finish with a full beer. The race is professionally timed by the Running Zone so you can race your way through quickly to a personal best or take your time sipping along the way and laugh at how long it took you to do a 4K. Proceeds from the race benefit St. Baldrick’s and SAAZ.
This is our second year and we have plans to make this year even bigger and better than the first year but we need your help. Ways you can be a part of this FUNdraiser!
- Volunteer for the committee – next meeting is April 29th, 7pm @WOB
- Brew for the run – email Keith Allen to sign up
- Run/walk in the race – register online http://secure.runningzone.com/
beerrun - Tell your friends/family to register
- Share our Facebook Event
- Volunteer on race day
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
Spring Fling with Smoked Wings
SAAZ will be hosting their 2nd Spring Fling with Smoked Wings Intra-Club Homebrew Competition on May 18th, 2014 at the Broken Barrel Tavern! This is a great way to get feedback on your brews, win some prizes, and earn some SAAZ bragging rights. Ohhh…and did I mention WINGS?! Prizes will be awarded to the winners in each category and the Best of Show. Entries will be judged by fellow SAAZ members and BJCP judges based on the BJCP Style Guidelines. Entries are $4 each – Cash or check only (NO PayPal). Please submit 3 bottles per entry (2 bottle entries are accepted but will not be eligible for B.O.S.). Here is the link for online registration via the Reggie entry system. Please bring your entries to any of the SAAZ monthly meetings or drop them off with an officer. Online entry and drop-off deadline is May 10, 2014! Let’s get to brewing! If you have any questions feel free to contact Andrew Carpenter.
We are accepting entries in several styles grouped into the following categories:
1. Pale Ale (10A) & IPA (14)
2. Porters (12) & Stouts (13)
3. Cider & Mead (24-28)
4. Fruit (20), Spice, Herb, Veggie (21), & Specialty (23)
Upcoming Competitions
ICC-8 Homebrew Competition: A Homebrew Competition for the NASA Community – April 2014
- 3 commercial beers in 3 different styles have been chosen:
- IPA: Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA
- Porter: Sierra Nevada Porter
- Belgium: Saison Dupont
- Each Center selects the 3 best beers from all 3 styles
- Additional points given to the homebrew that tastes most like the commercial equivalent
- All entries will be sent to a single judging location (TBD), due in early April 2014
- Competition / judging will be held the end of April 2014
- Contact Andrew Carpenter with any questions
Hogtown Brew Off – May 23rd/24th, Gainesville
Contact Todd Williams for more information. Entry window 4/28/14 – 5/10/14
Walk on the Wild Side – June 7/8th, Tampa
Competition for sour beers, ciders and meads. Contact Luke Gatza for information. Entry window 5/1/14 – 5/31/14
First Coast Cup – July 26th, Jacksonville
Entry deadline 6/27/14
Commander SAAZ – September 20th, Cocoa Beach
Entry deadline 8/26/14.
Check out the American Homebrewers Association website for a complete list of the 2014 competitions
Happy Birthday!
John Meek, Mac Monroe, Dan Schlegel, & Catherine Thompson
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.
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