Pacific Gravity First Friday February 7 at Brewport Tap House, El Segundo
Greetings Pacific Gravity!
Please join us this Friday for February First Friday at Brewport Taphouse in El Segundo. They have a large selection of craft beer on a self-pour dispensing system that sells by the ounce, so it should be a good opportunity to try some interesting things. They appear to have decently sized food menu, so we should not go hungry.
I hope to see you there!
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
February First Friday: 2/7/2024 at 7:30 PM
Brewport Tap House
204 Main Street
El Segundo, California 90245
(310) 648 8972
Competition Corner
The registration windows for the first two competitions of 2025 are now open.
First up in the National Homebrew Competition. You must be an AHA member and then select which site you want to enter at https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/national-homebrew-competition/ There is a cap of 750 entries at each site, but they have removed the entry cap per person, so these are likely to fill up fast. If your first pick is full, go ahead and try another site. The bottle entry window varies by location, ranging from early March to mid-April.
Next up is America’s Finest City Competition in San Diego. Registration is at https://www.quaff.org/AFC-2025/ Entries will be due by February 27th at Alesmith brewery.
Here is a run-down on the rest of this year’s future competitions:
- April – Mayfaire Competition
- Entries due April 11th at local homebrew shops.
- Judging April 26th
- May/June State Fair.
- Likely Angel City drop-off site
- June/July Long Beach Red White and Brews?
- American beers, 30 different styles
- September – Pacific Brewers Cup
- Strand running it in 2025
- October California State Competition
Upcoming Events
- Feb 7 : First Friday (Brewport Tap House, El Segundo 7:30 pm)
- Feb 20 : Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company – English Beer
Pacific Gravity Holiday Party This Saturday
Happy Holidays Pacific Gravity!!!
One last reminder that our Holiday Party is this Saturday December 14th 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! It would be cool to see a lot of Carbonnades ala Flamande again – if anyone 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 15th at 10am – Please help out if you can.
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.
Holiday Party: Saturday 12/14, at 5:00 PM.
12966 Rubens Ave
Los Angeles, CA. (at Alla Road)
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
Upcoming Events
- Dec 14: Holiday Party
- Dec 15: Holiday party Cleanup
Pacific Gravity Holiday Party (setup) 2024
Our Holiday Party is rapidly approaching, but first we need your help!
This Sunday 12/08/24 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, 12/8 at 12:00pm.
12966 Rubens Ave, Los Angeles, CA. (at Alla Road)
Holiday Party Clean up will be Sunday, December 15th at 10am – Please help out if you can.
Holiday Party Details
The Holiday party will be a Neil’s Duplex on December 14th 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! It would be cool to see a lot of Carbonnades ala Flamande again – if anyone 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 12/14, at 5:00 PM.
12966 Rubens Ave
Los Angeles, CA. (at Alla Road)
Tomm Carroll Beer Collab at MacLeod’s Saturday Afternoon Dec 7th
Our very own Tomm Carroll, club beer historian and industry liaison has created a collaboration brew with MacLeod’s brewer Stephen Reeves. MacLeod’s is known for there session able British Cask Ales on cask. This collaboration is a historical Scottish malted oat stout they have named “Sowen’ Oats” and weighs in at 4.6%. It will be served 5 different ways – cask, keg, nitro and 2 pins (5.4 G casks) with additional flavorings – licorice and heather.
Tomm and Stephen plan to be there and talk about the beer, probably around 1 or 2 pm.
I plan to be there then for a couple hours to check this out – it should be interesting!
MacLeod Ale Brewing Company
14741 Calvert St
Van Nuys, CA, 91411
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
Upcoming Events
- Dec 7 : Tomm Carroll Collab Release at MacLeod
- Dec 7 : Strand Monster Brew at Scholb
- Dec 8 : Holiday Party Setup 12:00pm at Neil’s Duplex
- Dec 14 : Holiday Party
Club Meeting This Thursday, November 21st at Tortugo Brewery
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