Pacific Gravity Chili Cook-Off this Saturday 10/26
Please join us for the much-beloved Pacific Gravity Annual Chili Cook-Off this Saturday at noon, once again graciously hosted by Terry and Noel at Hacienda Molloy (formerly “Casa Molloy”, now upgraded to “Hacienda” after extensive renovations!). All attendees vote for the “Best” and “Most Unique” chili, so grab Igor, fire up your cauldrons and conjure up a batch that will mesmerize the taste buds and leave everyone spellbound! Winners will receive the much-coveted “bragging rights and a beer”. Our style of the month is “Alternative Fermentables” – a predominately eye-of-newt witch’s brew is “to-style”!
Additionally, this will be your opportunity to nominate candidates for next year’s Board (President, Vice President and Treasurer) and for Member of the Year. The election will held at our November meeting, so this is the time to get the nominations in!
Our last task from Pacific Brewers Cup is to drink some beer! We will have the remaining unconsumed bottles available for free, some with pretty high scores! Please grab a few six-packs, or even a full case. ALL bottles MUST GO go before the end of the day.
And last but certainly not least, the date for the Holiday Party 2024 has now been set! It will be Saturday 12/14 at Neil’s Duplex.
Pacific Gravity Chili Cook-Off: Saturday 10/26/2024 at 12:00 noon
Hacienda Molloy
6738 W. 87th Place (Please note, it is PLACE, not Street!)
Westchester, CA 90045
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
Strand Monster Brew At 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 Pacific Gravity Chili Cook-Off this Saturday 10/26
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 – Beer Style: Alternative Fermentables
- Nov 1: First Friday (El Segundo Brewing Company 7pm)
- Nov 21: Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company – Style Fruit/spice beers, meads, ciders and perries
- Dec 7: Strand Monster Brew at Scholb
- Dec 14 : Holiday Party
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
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