April SAAZ BREWZletter
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April SAAZ Meeting
Sunday, April 17th at 2pm
World of Beer – Viera
Come enjoy a beer with us at World of Beer – Viera. Come early to save some seats since they open at NOON. Whaaaaaaaat an excuse to come drink early?? OK twist my arm. And don’t forget your 25% discount. Earn those WOB Loyalty points!
On the agenda…
SAAZ Intraclub Challenge #3 Spring Fling
SAAZ Intraclub Challenge #4 Crazy Brew
2nd Annual Craft Brews in the Park!
Big Brew Day at Brock’s Homebrew Supply
Bottoms Up Beer Run
Bring your money for another big RAFFLE!!!
Bottoms Up Beer Run – June 11th, 2016 @ 3pm 
Save the date & tell your friends to join us for an awesome 4K with homebrew along the way! Proceeds from the run support St. Baldrick’s! Registration Page – www.saaz.org/bottomsup. Help us get 500 runners!!! Spread the word. Share the Facebook event, pass out postcards, posters and coasters.
Please email Anne or sign up at a meeting to help. We need brewers, planning committee members and event volunteers.
Sign up to brew at the April Meeting or email Dan Markey!
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.
Click here for the Reggie Entry Link – Don’t forget to bring your entries to the April SAAZ Meeting, Brock’s or to any officer by Saturday May 7th.
Entry Information: ***UPDATED***
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3 Bottles per entry
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Cost $5 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
34: Specialty – for this competition this is the catch-all category! You can enter any beer you want to here – Belgians, English Mild, Smoked Porter, your Hunahpu Clone…
Cider (C1&C2) & Mead (M1-4)
Competition Volunteers:
Please arrive at 10AM to help set up and we will start judging ASAP.
We have 2 rounds for each category and a Best of Show to get through in a few hours so we need all of our BJCP judges and some stewards.
For your help you will be rewarded with Smoked Chicken Wings for lunch!
Awards will be given out at the 2pm SAAZ Meeting following the competition.
Gold Medal winners in each category will receive a Brock’s Giftcard.
Winner of Best of Show will take half of the entry fees home!
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!
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.
UPCOMING COMPETITIONS
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
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.
SAAZ GOOGLE CALENDAR LINK
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 2nd, 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 Officer Meeting – July 8th, 6:30pm @ Gregg House
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***
Does anyone read the newsletter???
Email editor@saaz.org and receive a free raffle ticket for the next meeting. Thanks for taking the time to read the newsletter. We will see who does and who doesn’t on Sunday.
