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
Holiday Party 2025 Saturday Dec 6th
Ho Ho Ho Pacific Gravity!
The time is here! Our 2025 Holiday Party is this Saturday 12/6 at 5pm at Neil’s Duplex. We will also announce announce the Member of the Year and the Brewer of the Year awards.
The menu will likely be similar to past holiday parties featuring meat on the BBQ, deep fried turkeys, spiced ham and much more!
You can help! Although the club will be providing many of the main dishes, this is still a pot luck party – so bringing your favorite party dish will surely be appreciated!
If you have a favorite family holiday recipe and want to share it with the rest of us, this is your chance! If you have any questions about what to bring you can ask Chef Ian (masterchef@pacificgravity.com). Some general suggestions would include any kind of main dish but especially all side dishes, veggie dishes, salads, desserts and appetizers! People have traditionally brought Carbonnades ala Flamande – if anyone wants to go for it and has fear, there is a simple instant pot recipe that can give you a starting point.
This is an outdoor event… it will be cold! Please plan accordingly!
Bring a chair if you can!
Holiday Party Clean up will be Sunday, December 7th at 10am – Please help out if you can.
Holiday Party: Saturday December 6, at 5:00 PM.
12966 Rubens Ave
Los Angeles, CA. (at Alla Road)
Beer
Got beer? We need all types of beer, meads, cider and sodas for this event. Pull out your favorite holiday beverage, dust off the bottle or keg and bring it down! We’ll have front bar portion of our serving system set up to help dispense your holiday homebrews. If you plan to bring beer, soda or other seasonally festive beverage, please contact Carl at: Competitions@pacificgravity.com & let him know what you will bring. Everyone who signs up in advance will have a festive tap tag.
Anniversary Beer News
I believe we will have kegs of both the Project Barley English Barleywine (donated by Rives – THANK YOU!) and the Firestone Belgian Dark Strong on Amburana. We should also have some pre-release bottles of the Smog City belgian single and the Cellador sour on cherries and black currents for sampling.
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
Upcoming Events
- Dec 6 : Holiday Party at 5:00!
- Dec 7 : Holiday Party cleanup at 10 am
- Jan 4 : First Friday (Sunday) at Firestone Propagator 12 pm
Holiday Party Setup Sunday, 11/30
Ho Ho Ho Pacific Gravity!
Our 2025 Holiday Party is rapidly approaching, but first we need your help!
This Sunday 11/30/25 at noon we will be doing the setup (and drinking beer!) over at Neil’s, so come on down and lend a hand! Not only do we need help with setup we will also need supplies and equipment from those who can provide it. This is our First Friday Event for the month of December.
In addition to setup help, things we likely need are:
Beer – Details/Sign up Info below
Firewood
Outdoor fire pit
Propane heater\outdoor heater
Chairs
Tables,
E-Z ups (canopies)
Power strips
CO2 Tanks
Holiday Party Setup Sunday, 11/30 at 12:00pm.
12966 Rubens Ave, Los Angeles, CA. (at Alla Road)
Holiday Party 2025 will be Saturday, December 6th at 5pm
12966 Rubens Ave, Los Angeles, CA. (at Alla Road)
Holiday Party Clean up will be Sunday, December 7th at 10am – Please help out if you can.
12966 Rubens Ave, Los Angeles, CA. (at Alla Road)
Holiday Party Details
The Holiday party will be a Neil’s Duplex on December 6th at 5:00PM. Also, we will announce the Member of the Year Award and the Brewer of the year award.
The menu will likely be similar to past holiday parties featuring meat on the BBQ, deep fried turkeys, spiced ham and much more!
You can help! Although the club will be providing many of the main dishes, this is still a pot luck party – so bringing your favorite party dish will surely be appreciated!
If you have a favorite family holiday recipe and want to share it with the rest of us, this is your chance! If you have any questions about what to bring you can ask Chef Ian (masterchef@pacificgravity.com). Some general suggestions would include any kind of main dish but especially all side dishes, veggie dishes, salads, desserts and appetizers! People have traditionally brought Carbonnades ala Flamande – if anyone wants to go for it and has fear, there is a simple instant pot recipe that can give you a starting point.
Beer
Got beer? We need all types of beer, meads, cider and sodas for this event. Pull out your favorite holiday beverage, dust off the bottle or keg and bring it down! We’ll have front bar portion of our serving system set up to help dispense your holiday homebrews. If you plan to bring beer, soda or other seasonally festive beverage, please contact Carl at: Competitions@pacificgravity.com & let him know what you will bring. Everyone who signs up in advance will have a festive tap tag.
This is an outdoor event… it will be cold! Please plan accordingly!
Bring a chair if you can!
Holiday Party: Saturday 12/6, at 5:00 PM.
12966 Rubens Ave
Los Angeles, CA. (at Alla Road)
Anniversary Beer News
Last weekend we had a blast bottling our collaboration beers with both Smog City (Belgian Single) and Cellador (most excellent sour on cherries and black currents) – thanks to everyone who came to help out! Both Porter and Alex were great hosts as always and shepherded us through the process. Both beers will be better with a bit more age on them, so not SURE they will be available at the holiday party or not, but we shall see – hopefully we will have a keg of the Smog. The Firestone beer is doing well, and hopefully we can get a keg for the holiday party. The Project Barley beer (English Barleywine) is tasting pretty great and Rives plans on bringing some to the the party!
Upcoming Events
- Nov 30 : Holiday Party Setup at noon
- Dec 6 : Holiday Party at 5:00!
- Dec 7 : Holiday Party Cleanup at 10:00am
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