January 2026 Club Meeting Tonight 7:30 at Tortugo Brewery
Hey There Pacific Gravity!
I just wanted to send a quick reminder that we have our meeting tonight at Tortugo at 7:30.
Our style of the month is “winter beers”.
Terry will be discussing the California Home Brewers festival which is in May, but we need to reserve our campsites next week. For those who have never been, your should really consider it – a weekend of great beer and a camping hang-out with your pacific gravity partners in crime!
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
February Monthly Meeting Thursday 1/15/2026 at 7:30 PM
Tortugo Brewing Co.
916 W. Hyde Park Blvd.
Inglewood, CA 90302
(424) 227-9963
Competition Corner
2026 starts out with four competitions that all have entry deadlines in the March-April timeframe. You still have a bit of time to brew, but you’ll need to start soon.
The entry window for the California State fair should open any day now. Register at https://castatefair.com/california-homebrew/ Entries will be due in early April. Most likely Angel City brewery will accept entries.
The entry window for the National Homebrewers Competition will open soon. You will need to select which judging location you wish to use. San Diego is the closest. Entries will be due in March. The final round will be judged at the National Homebrewers Conference in Asheville NC in June. Details can be found at https://homebrewersassociation.org/news/get-ready-for-the-2026-national-homebrew-competition-nhc .
Registration for America’s Finest City will begin February 1st. Details can be found at https://www.quaff.org/AFC-2026/ . The entry drop-off window will be April 7 – 15th. There may be a local drop-off point for this San Diego based competition.
And finally, the Maltose Falcon’s Mayfaire competition will begin registration soon. Judging will be in April. Detail can be found at https://competitions.maltosefalcons.com/ .
Carl Townsend – Competition Coordinator
Upcoming Events
Jan 15 : Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company 7:30 (style winter beers)
Feb 1st: Entry registration starts for multiple competitions
Cellador Pacific Gravity Anniversary Collab Now Available!
I just wanted to send a quick announcement that the anniversary collaboration we did with Alex at Cellador is ready and now available for purchase!
The beer is “Redshift” a blend of wild ales on cherries and black currants. It can be purchased directly on their website or at the brewery in 500 ml bottles for $16.00. We only did one barrel, so this will likely disappear quickly – buy yours ASAP !!
Alex has also offered us a temporary discount code PACIFICGRAVITY20 to get 20% off – the code will only last about a week, so it is definitely worth your while to purchase early.
If you purchase online, they can either ship or hold the beer at the brewery for 90 days, so you can do it without rushing down there…
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
Cellador Ales
1879 Del Amo Blvd
Torrance, CA 90501
(323) 206-6886
Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday: 12 pm – 6 pm
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Upcoming Events
- Jan 15 : Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company 7:30 (style winter beers)
First Sunday Jan 4 at Firestone Propagator
>Happy New Year Pacific Gravity!
I hope everyone has survived & thrived during the holidays and was able to spend some quality time with family and friends in addition to wonderful libations!
Our Holiday party was a huge amount of fun as always, and a big thanks to Ian for awesome food, Carl and Tom for getting the serving system happening, Terry and Craig for raffle fun, Neil for hosting (and of course providing an amazing quantity of beers and food), and everyone who helped with setup/cleanup and provided beer/potluck items for everyone to enjoy. It takes a village and, once again, the group came together to make this legendary party happen!
We successfully ended the year with 5 anniversary beers brewed at commercial breweries. A big thanks to Rives for providing a keg of the very tasty Project Barley English Barley wine as a donation to the club! He has said the beer is now available in bottles for purchase at Project Barley, Lomita, so make a trip and grab some while you can!! Porter from Smog and Alex from Cellador provided some pre-release bottles of their Anniversary beers and they were much enjoyed – definitely looking forward to full availability!
Our Firestone Anniversary beer, St Amburanas, a Belgian Strong Dark on Amburana wood, also made an appearance and was well liked.
Which brings us to our first First-Friday for the new year, which will actually be a First-Sunday at the Firestone Walker Propagator. They have our St Amburanas on tap. Sam says they also have a West Coast/NZ Pils with nelson and riwaka that they are excited about, so that should be interesting. Please come on down this Sunday noon-3 and join us in starting off the new year right!!
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
Jan First Sunday – Sunday 1/4/2025 at 12-3 PM
Firestone Propagator
3205 Washington Blvd
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
(310) 439-8264
Upcoming Events
- Jan 4 : First Friday (Sunday) at Firestone Propagator 12 pm
- Jan 15 : Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company 7:30
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