The Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy are now accepting entries for the 13th Annual Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Homebrew Blastoff.

The Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Homebrew Blastoff is an A.H.A. Sanctioned homebrewed beer and mead competition sponsored by the Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy (SAAZ).  Beers will be judged in accordance with 2004 BJCP style guidelines. There are two Best of Show (BOS) awards, one for beers and one for meads and ciders. We have the coolest BOS trophy in the known universe. You can check it out on Commander SAAZ page of our website (http://www.saaz.org).  Medals and prizes are awarded for individual category winners. The 2007 Rules and Minutiae are available on our website: www.saaz.org

Back by popular demand is the Commander SAAZ Rocket Fuel Award!  The rules for the Rocket Fuel category are pretty simple. The beer must be based on a BJCP beer/mead/cider category; however, the sky's no limit as far as alcohol content. A minimum of 10% ABV is required to get the Commander's engines running though. So dust off that Imperial Brown Ale, or that Strong Dark Belgian Sextuple you have stashed away and see if it can help the Commander get farther, faster!

The competition will be held on Saturday, September 22 with two prejudging weekends on September 8-9 and September 15-16. Entry cutoff is Thursday, September 6. If anyone is interested in judging either the pre-judging or at the actual final day of competition, please contact Glenn Exline: Prez@Saaz.org

Cheers,

Dani Exline

SAAZ

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