Dear Datz:

I received the Big Brew Day flyer in my email inbox this week, and it looks great, but I¹m a little confused. Can you tell me more about Brew Day and Special Hoperations?

Mark

Mark!

I was glad to learn of your interest in our Brew Day and I’d love to yell you more about it.

Brew Day is being held and run by the newly formed South Tampa homebrew club Special Hoperations.  Datz has been great and supports us whole heartedly, and they don’t hesitate to host our club meetings or events. So Datz is really our de facto headquarters.

The May 1st Brew Day will be Special Hoperations first event.  As its also National Homebrew Day, we are centering the day on the three beer recipes that the American Homebrewers Association encourages brewers to make.   However, don’t feel locked on to this.  If you want to come out and brew something of your own choosing, please do!  Our goal is really just to get together in the fellowship of craft brewmaking.

You do not have to RSVP for Brew Day, but I encourage you to come to our next Special Hoperations meeting. We hold meetings the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 6:30 p.m. at Datz, so our next meeting will be Monday the 26.  As an experienced brewer we would absolutely love to get you involved with us!

Dues for membership are a whopping $15 a year.  With membership, Southern Brewing Supply offers 10% off their grains and hops.  Oh, and make sure to bring some of your beer to our meetings!  We all try to bring in something for everybody to sample/critique.

As for brew day, bring whatever equipment you need to make a batch of beer, including ingredients.  Datz will supply us with a water source, but otherwise its on the individual to bring their own equipment.  One great thing about a brew day is to inspect what other brewers use and see how they do things.  We are starting the day officially at 11 a.m., but most of us will probably get there by 10 a.m. to start setting up.

For more information about the AHA Big Brew Day and for a copy of the recipes, log onto the American Homebrewers Association website.

Special Hoperations also has a fledgling website: www.specialhoperations.com.  It’s only about a week old, so there is not a lot there right now, but go back often.

Again, Mark it was great to hear of your interest and we look forward to meeting you. Please don’t hestiate to contact me with any other questions or comments.

Cheers!

Danny Reid

President, Special Hoperations

danny@specialhoperations.com