Society of Akron Area Zymurgists

1st Place - Mike Malinowski - American IPA
2nd Place - David Worth - Extra Special Bitter
3rd Place - Aaron Kurka - American IPA
4th Place - Mike Danks - American Amber

Come on out, join family and friends, visit 5 of Ohio's craft Breweries.
Marietta Brewery - Marietta, OH - New brewer and great food menu
Jackie Os, Athens, OH, - excellent beer and great atmosphere
Rockmill Brewery, Lancaster, OH - High end Belgian style beers
Buckeye Lake Brewery, Buckeye Lake, OH - open less than a year and doing well, Dinner stop as well,
Weasel Boy, Zanesville, OH - Live music that evening.

Please see attached for Detail.

The best of show beer will be brewed at Willoughby Brewing and be entered into GABF as a Pro-Am entry.  Styles are limited and they are capping entries at 150.  Registration opened today.  Be sure to get your entry in before they reach the cap.
Website can be found here.

1st - Keith Kneisley American Brown Ale
2nd - Mike Danks American Brown Ale
3rd - David Worth American Brown Ale
4th - Aaron Kurka Irish Red

SAAZ was fairly well represented in the huge Michigan competition.  Over 1000 beers, ciders and meads were submitted.
For SAAZ:

Honerable Mentions:
    Mike Danks - Baltic Porter
    Keith Kneisley - American IPA
    David Worth - Cream Ale
    Mike Yingling - Coffee Stout & American Pale Ale
Medals:

1st place - Mike Danks Baltic Porter
2nd pace - David Worth Doppelbock
3rd place - Dan Russell/Curtis Eulberg American Barleywine
4th place - Aaron Kurka Doppelbock

Location

Larry Reuter has organized a guest speaker for our next meeting, March 13th 7-9 pm Mr Gordon Strong. Be sure to attend this meeting, it should prove to be very informative and educational.

SAAZ-wear Inventory - As of 1-21-12
Hats
Color . . . . . . . . Qty . . Price/Ea
Charcoal . . . . . 10 . . . $10
Hunter. . . . . . . . 5 . . . $10
Kaki -Charcoal. . 6 . . . $10
Kaki-Hunter. . . . 9 . . . $10

T-Shirt - Embroidered Front
Size . . . . .Qty . . . Price/Ea
4XL. . . . . . 2. . . . . $16
3XL. . . . . . 2. . . . . $15
2XL. . . . . . 5. . . . . $14
XL. . . . . . . 2. . . . . $12

T-Shirt - Embroidered Front - Silk Screen Back
Size . . . . . Qty . . . Price/Ea
4XL. . . . . . 2. . . . . $26
3XL. . . . . . 1. . . . . $25

1st - David Worth Biere de garde
2nd - Mike Danks Biere de garde
3rd - Aaron Kurka Tripel
4th - Larry Reuter Belgian Dark Strong

1st - David Worth Mango Wheat
2nd - Matt Huber Christmas Ale
3rd - Mike Danks Pumpkin Pie Ale
4th - Aaron Kurka Pumpkin Spiced Ale