Pacific Gravity Chili Cook-off Rescheduled to Saturday 10/26!
We just wanted to drop a quick note to let everyone know we are rescheduling the October Chili-Cookoff due to unforeseen 
circumstances.
The new date for the Chili Cookoff meeting is Saturday 10/26/2024.
Location:
The Molloys
6738 W. 87th Place,
Westchester, CA 90045
(Please note, it is PLACE, not Street!)
Time: 12:00PM to 7:00PM
Also, for those who are not familiar, this event replaces the usual 3rd Thursday club meeting for October, and will include the meeting as well as nominations for next year’s Board and for Member of the Year.
Further details will be in a future email, but start planning you entries for “Best” and “Most Unique” chili.
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
California State Homebrew Competition – Enter now!
The entry deadline for the California State Homebrew Competition is approaching and they are nearing their total entry cap! Entries are due Oct 17 in Concord, CA. Enter now at https://chc.brewingcompetitions.com/
Congratulations go to Kyle Hufford of Santa Barbara Brewing Society who won Best of Show with his beer June Creek, a barrel-aged and cherry-infused Fruit Lambic. As a result of this prestigious accomplishment, he won a three month free subscription to Your Beer Friend!
Our Runner-Up BOS consists of the team of Adam Flynn and Chance Hope of Orange County Mash Ups. Their exquisitely well-balanced American Pale Ale, named Chance & Adams Bad Ass Ale won them a $50 gift certificate to Williams Brewing.
The 2nd runner-up BOS goes to Doug Walker of Inland Empire Brewers for his Northern English beer entitled Northern Wanker. Doug was also our most prolific winner, pulling in four First Place ribbons and one Third Place ribbon. He earns a $50 gift certificate to Yakima Valley Hops.
Daniel Sepulveda and Brent Dreher of Long Beach Homebrewers scored the highest point score of any entry in the competition. Their Brett beer called Last Rung scored a whopping 45 points! They earned a $25 gift card from Yakima Valley Hops.
Congratulations to the winners, and a big thanks to the judges, stewards, lunch chef Dean, sponsorship coordinator Eric, treasurer and tee shirt coordinator Craig and webmaster Andrew. Full results can be found at https://pbc2024.pacificgravity.com/.
Strand Monster Brew An Scholb 12/7
Strand Brewers club is hosting a monster brew at Scholb Premium Ales (2964 Columbia St, Torrance CA 90503) on Saturday 12/7/2024 08:00-12:00 noon. The cost is $35 for 5 gallons of wort (Dills Cornhole Pilsner) and is limited to 44 batches, so if you are interested, sign up with them soon at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1-CHt01yAVc8KR73id9M1SFghbBmDEZcQfJ7BdNkiXz2oOg/viewform .
Upcoming Styles of the Month
- October 2024 – Alternative fermentables beers (using sugars and/or grains other than malted barley)
- November 2024 – Fruit/spice beers, meads, and ciders/berries
- December 2024 – No style of the month (Holiday Party)
Upcoming Events
- Oct 26: Chili Cook-off – Style Alternative Fermentables NOTE NEW DATE!!
- Nov 1: First Friday (Location TBD)
- Nov 21: Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company – Style Fruit/spice beers, meads, ciders and perries
- Dec 7: Strand Monster Brew at Scholb
First Friday & PBC Awards Oct 4th at Wurstküche Venice
Guten Tag Pacific Gravity! 
I hope that everyone is enjoying this Oktoberfest season and finding lots of excellent German food and beer to enjoy. To that end, Tomm Carroll has helped us set up our October First Friday at Wurstkuche in Venice. We will have a table outside in the back. They serve a pretty good variety of German and Belgian beers on draft as well as a large selection of sausages from standards to exotic meats and even vegetarian.
This will also serve as the awards ceremony for Pacific Brewers Cup, so please come collect the plethora of ribbons you won in the competition, or simply support those who did!
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
October First Friday: 10/4/2024 at 7:30 PM
Wurstküche
625 Lincoln Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90291
(310) 581-9404
California State Homebrew Competition – Enter now!
The entry deadline for the California State Homebrew Completion is approaching and they are nearing their total entry cap! Enter now at https://chc.brewingcompetitions.com/
Pacific Gravity Chili Cook-off 10/19
Our next club meeting will be the ever-popular Chili Cook-off which will be held at Terry Molloy’s house on Saturday, October 19th. As we get closer more details will follow, but please start planning your recipes. Awards for both the “best” and “most unique” chili will be presented. Board Member and Member of the Year nominations will occur at this event, voting for both will occur at the November club meeting.
Strand Monster Brew An Scholb 12/7
Strand Brewers club is hosting a monster brew at Scholb Premium Ales (2964 Columbia St, Torrance CA 90503) on Saturday 12/7/2024 08:00-12:00 noon. The cost is $35 for 5 gallons of wort (Dills Cornhole Pilsner) and is limited to 44 batches, so if you are interested, sign up with them soon at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1-CHt01yAVc8KR73id9M1SFghbBmDEZcQfJ7BdNkiXz2oOg/viewform .
Upcoming Styles of the Month
- October 2024 – Alternative fermentables beers (using sugars and/or grains other than malted barley)
- November 2024 – Fruit/spice beers, meads, and ciders/berries
- December 2024 – No style of the month (Holiday Party)
Upcoming Events
- Oct 19: Chili Cook-off – Style Alternative Fermentables
- Nov 1: First Friday (TBD)
- Nov 21: Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company – Style Fruit/spice beers, meads, and ciders
- Dec 7: Strand Monster Brew at Scholb
Club Meeting This Thursday, Sept 19th at Tortugo Brewery
Zicke Zacke Zicke Zacke Hoi Hoi Hoi!
Yes, it is that time of year again (ok, SLIGHTLY early, but still…) – this Thursday will be our Oktoberfest meeting!
There will be some traditional Oktoberfest food! There will be one, if not two members in Lederhosen!
And let us not forget, das Bier! Our style of the month is German and Czech Beers, which coincidentally fits the theme, so please bring your marvelous Märzens or whatever excellent homebrew you have to share!
For anyone who missed it, the summer party was a huge amount of fun – many thanks to Dean for hosting, Ian and Rob for cooking, Carl and Tom Rierson for making the serving system and competition stuff happen, Joe, Porter and Tomm for donating great prizes, Neil for single-handedly producing the majority of the beer served, Scott for the most over-killing sound system ever conceived, and to everyone who brought food/beer/soda and other contributions to the event!
Congrats to Carl for best beer (Cascade Wet Harvest IPA), and Luis for best soda (Guava Strawberry soda) of the summer party!
This Saturday 9/21 is Pacific Brewers Cup judging – please talk to Carl if you would like to help by stewarding or judging.
Also, Tomm Carroll has arranged our next First Friday (10/4) – an Oktoberfest and Pacific Brewers Cup ribbon presentation at Wurstkuche [add link to https://www.wurstkuche.com/] in Venice! We will have a table/section outside in the back of the patio area. They always have a good selection of beer and sausages to enjoy!
In addition, for anyone who would like to do their actual Oktoberfest event opening, Tyler has offered us a 25% discount on tickets for the first session – Saturday Sept 28 at 12:00pm.
Use the link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/933981763597?aff=oddtdtcreator
and the code PacificGravity at checkout.
Oans, zwoa, drei, Gsuffa!!!
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
September Monthly Meeting; Thursday 9/19/2024 at 7:30 PM
Tortugo Brewing Co.
916 W. Hyde Park Blvd.
Inglewood, CA 90302
(424) 227-9963
Upcoming Styles of the Month
- September 2024 – German and Czech beers
- October 2024 – Alternative fermentables beers (using sugars and/or grains other than malted barley)
- November 2024 – Fruit/spice beers, meads, and ciders/berries
- December 2024 – No style of the month (Holiday Party)
Upcoming Events
- Sept 19: Club Meeting at Torgugo Brewing Company – Style German and Czech beers
- Sept 21: Pacific Brewers Cup Main Judging Session
- Oct 4: First Friday/PBC Ribbons at Wurstkuche Venice 7:30
- Oct 19: Chili Cookoff – Style Alternative Fermentables
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