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SAAZ Platinum Sponsor
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SAAZ February Meeting!!
Sunday February 16th, 2pm at Intracoastal Brewing Company
Come enjoy a beer at one of the newest breweries in the area
Brewer Don will present the educational topic.
Pay your dues!!!
Sign up for and learn about the upcoming SAAZ events
RAFFLE RAFFLE RAFFLE!!!
Upcoming Events
Space Coast Craft Beer Festival – February 22nd – TBBT
We are looking for as many volunteers from SAAZ as we can get! Sign up at the February Meeting or email Dave. You can volunteer for the event or the SAAZ booth.
Event Volunteers need to arrive at noon and plan to stay until 5:30pm. You will get a shirt and be asked to help pour beers and educate attendees on the beer.
SAAZ Booth Volunteers will need to pour homebrew, answer questions about home brewing and the club. We also need your kegs of homebrew to serve at the SAAZ booth, let Dave know if you have some beer to donate or can brew in time for the event. Remember SAAZ reimburses members for kegs donated!
St. Baldricks’s Shave Event – March 15th – The Avenue Viera
Join the Largest Volunteer Funding effort for Childhood Research Grants in the WORLD! Sign up today to have a GREAT Time and help a kid! Don Ferris has set up a SAAZ team, come join him and support our charity of choice for the Bottoms Up Beer Run! http://www.stbaldricks.org/teams/mypage/88362/2014
Spring Party – March 22nd – Suntree Rotary Park – 12pm
Tampa Pub Crawl – April 5th
We had a so much fun on the Jax Crawl so we have decided to do it again. We will have the party bus transport us to and from Tampa. The list of breweries is still TBD. If you have any ideas please let us know. And we have lowered the price to $20. Remember you must be a paid member in good standing. Sign up and pay at the meeting, space is limited to 50 people.
April SAAZ Meeting – April 13th – WOB Viera – 2pm
2014 Dues
If you want to be included in all the fun events SAAZ has coming up, it’s time to renew your membership. Dues are due now for the 2014 year. Dues can be paid to 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 Chicken 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.
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)
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 3, 2014!
Let’s get to brewing! If you have any questions feel free to contact Andrew Carpenter.
Upcoming Competitions
Best Florida Beer Championship – February 22nd – Yuengling Brewery Tampa, FL
Pre-judging:
Pair O’Dice Brewing – Sun 2/9/14
Florida Avenue Brewing Company – Sat 2/15/14 & Sun 2/16/14
Coconut Cup – March 22nd – Miami, FL
Entries due Feb. 28th
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
Check out the American Homebrewers Association website for a complete list of the 2014 competitions
Happy Birthday!
Sabrina Stroble – 2/8
Ed Measom – 2/9
Gregg Wiggins – 2/14
Shelley Hudson – 2/15
Paula Sup – 2/19
Rob Bennett – 2/25
Don Ferris – 2/27
Don’t see your name? It could be that Secretary Dan doesn’t have a completed membership form from you. 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 SAAZLibrarian@gmail.com with your name and the publication title, and the Librarian will bring it to the next monthly member meeting.
Member Submission – Jason Stroble
For those that don’t know me, my name is Jason Stroble and I’ve been a SAAZ member for about four years now and a homebrewer since 2008. Recently, my wife Sabrina Stroble, took one of my homebrews, created a homebrew African Stew, and I paired it with even more of my homebrew!
I call my home brewery The Dino Brewing Company. In my “experimental” line of beers (the Paleo Discovery Line) I developed and brewed a 10%, 80 IBU Imperial Stout and named it “Dark Helmet.” From my “seasonal” line of beers, beers I only brew during certain seasons, I developed and brewed a 7.6%, 123 IBU all Centennial Hops Imperial American IPA and named it “The Cenator.” Both of these beers were featured in the dinner listed below … but since you don’t have either of those brews at your disposal I recommend substituting my homebrew with your homebrewed Imperial Stout and Centennial focused IPA or substituting in the commercial brews Founders Imperial Stout and Founders Centennial IPA.
Dark Helmet African Stew – The Recipe
Ingredients: (NOTE: Unless otherwise specified please use all fresh ingredients.)
2 Red Chili Peppers 1 Large Red Onion
4 Cloves of Garlic 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1/2 Cup of Sunbutter Sea Salt as Described Below
1/2 Tablespoon Nutmeg 14.5 ounce can of crushed tomatoes
1 Cup of Arugula 1 Cup of Spinach
1.5 Cups of Yellow Corn (can be frozen) 1 Can of Black Beans
2 Large Sweet Potatoes 2 Medium Skinless/Boneless Chicken Breast
6 oz Dino Brewing Company’s Dark Helmet Imperial Stout (or your substitution)
Cooking Directions:
1) Boil the chicken until cooked with a pinch of salt, black pepper, and nutmeg.
2) Heat the 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil in a medium/large pot on medium heat.
3) Add the chopped Large Red Onion and cook until soft but not brown.
4) Use a food processor to emulsify the 4 Cloves of Garlic and 2 Red Chili Peppers. Add them to the pot and cook for 5 minutes.
5) Add a pinch of salt and mix in.
6) Blend the not strained can of tomatoes in a blender for 30 seconds. Add to the pot.
7) Stir in 1/2 Cup of Sunbutter until smooth.
8) Shred and add the cooked 2 Medium Skinless/Boneless Chicken.
9) Add 6 oz of Dino Brewing Company’s Dark Helmet Imperial Stout (or your substitution), 10 oz Water, a pinch of salt, and 2 cubed large Sweet Potatoes. Mix well.
10) Cover the pan and simmer for about 15 minutes (until the sweet potatoes are tender but not falling apart).
11) Add 1 Can of strained Black Beans, 1.5 Cups of Yellow Corn, 1 Cup of Spinach, 1 Cup of Arugula, 1/2 Tablespoon Nutmeg, and a pinch of salt. Mix well.
12) Cook until the beans and corn are heated through and the spinach and arugula is wilted.
Serving
Plate in a bowl and serve alongside the Dino Brewing Company’s Cenator Imperial American IPA (or your substitution) in a standard pint glass. Oh … and most importantly … ENJOY! For more recipes and general homebrewing and beer shenanigans check out my facebook page at www.facebook.com/TheDinoBrewingCompany .
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