Pacific Gravity: Next Meeting, Looking Back, Looking Forward
SEPTEMBER CLUB MEETING
One of Pacific Gravity’s signature events is the annual Monster Brew held in conjunction with Jonathan Porter, Owner, Brewer and Proprietor Extraordinaire of Smog City Brewing. Our next meeting is truly special: we are going to share our Monster Brew creations with Porter and the staff at Smog City
When: This Thursday, September 20, 2018
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Smog City Brewing Company, 1901 Del Amo Blvd, Torrance, CA.
EDUCATION HIGHLIGHT: In the first of a series, Carl will be demonstrating how water chemistry affects the taste of your homebrew, and how you can fine tune your H2O to the style you are brewing.
COMMERCIAL STYLE of the MONTH: IPAs, hosted by Reuben.
And whatever Porter Has On Tap.
HOMEBREW STYLE of the MONTH: Your Monster Brew, and any home-brewed IPA.
Kegs, bottles and growlers of the style of the month are encouraged. All homebrews are welcome.
LOOKING BACK AT THE SUMMER OF 2018:
We sure had an interesting summer:
- 36 PG and WASH (West Adams Society of Homebrewers) members attended the annual Southern California Homebrewers Festival at Vail Lake in Temecula. We shared 23 kegs with home brewers from around Southern and Central California.
- We held our last meeting at PG’s long time home, Culver City Homebrew Supply.
- Our annual Big Brew highlighted the different methods used to make award winning (and tasty) beers, from Michael’s Brew-in-a-Bag, to Carl’s Thermo-Siphon Reboiler, to Parker’s Set-it-and-Forget-It Grainfather.
- PG members congregated at the Casa Molloy Event Center to make jockey boxes and add to our auxiliary stock of party taps.
- Another cozy Summer Party involving much sampling of fellow PG members home-brews, interesting commercial beers from around the country, and the culinary inspirations of Ian Fraser and his Merry Band of Sous Chefs.
- Our combined August club meeting / Tania’s Birthday Party was held at Neil Saund’s duplex.
- And finally, a Labor Day Weekend Downtown-LA Brewery Crawl. To kickoff the crawl, Art District’s Head Brewer Devon Randall bought everyone’s first pint, and her staff treated us to a tour of the brewhouse. We also sampled their freshest beer.
Now, let’s kick our Fall into high gear.
OCTOBER EVENTS:
First Friday:
Date: Friday, October 5.
Place: Phantom Carriage Brewing, 18525 S. Main Street, Carson, CA
Time: 7’ish pm
Phantom Carriage was started by a couple of Pacific Gravity alumni.
October Club Meeting:
Date: Thursday, October 18.
Place: Tortugo Brewing Company, 916 W. Hyde Park Blvd, Inglewood
Time: 7:30 pm
Tortugo is only a couple of months old, and was started by PG member Joe Kovach. He has some pretty tasty beers on tap, including a Belgian Wit that is right on the mark.
Hyde Park Blvd is about 2 blocks East of the intersection of Florence and La Cienega, and about 4 blocks East of Three Weavers.
WANTED: VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS
After many years of outstanding service, Tim Bardet is retiring as Treasurer. At the September and October meetings, we will be taking nominations for Treasurer, and – if you are so inclined – the other elected positions (President, Vice President).
If you would like to be part of Keeping Pacific Gravity Great, please volunteer your nomination.
NOVEMBER EVENTS:
First Friday: TBA
Date: Friday, November 2.
Place: TBA
Time: 7’ish pm
Phantom Carriage was started by a couple of Pacific Gravity alumni.
November Chili Cookoff / Club Meeting:
Date: TBD
Place: TBD
Time: TBD
We haven’t worked out all the details yet, but just wanted you to be ready for it.
Remember: Please bring some of your homebrew to the meeting and events.
See you Thursday!
