Pacific Gravity: November Recap, Holiday Party, Club Member of the Year Voting
November Meeting Recap
Our Annual Chili Cookoff at Tortugo Brewing Company was a rousing success. Parker W (2), Robert W, Neil S, Luis D.S., Ian F, and Dean S (2) submitted chilis for consideration by fellow PG members and guests, with voting in the usual 2 categories: Best Chili and Most Unique Chile.
And the winners were {drumroll, please}:
Best Chili: Ian
Most Unique: Parker
Ian and Parker each won a growler of their choice from the Totugo tap list.
Q: What is a Chili Cookoff without some tasty homebrews? A: Not a PG chili cookoff. Our homebrew selection included:
– Pumpkin Spiced Marzen (Parker)
– 10% Apple Cider (Parker)
– Holiday Spiced Ale (Carl)
– Porter (Carl)
– Monstrous IPA (Ian)
Brian W. brought us an interesting array of commercial version of Spiced Beers (BJCP 30), including a vertical tasting of Anchor Specials.
Congratulations: 2019 ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS
By popular vote, the 2019 PG Board is:
President: Ian Fraser
Vice President: Elijah Barone
Treasurer: Terry Molloy
2018 CLUB MEMBER OF THE YEAR – VOTING OPEN UNTIL DECEMBER 6
If you are a member in good standing and were not at the chili cookout meeting, you can still vote by email. Send your choices to me at: vicepresident @ pacificgravity dot com (standard email address, spelled phonetically to prevent phishing).
The nominees:
Parker Waechter (brings multiple kegs to every meeting and PG event)
Carl Townsend (organizer of competition submissions, font of brewing information, education coordinator)
Michael Musgrave (outgoing president, sponsor acquisition specialist, lots of stuff you don’t see that keeps the club moving)
Tim Bardet (outgoing treasurer, storage unit organizer, and event supply hauler, tireless volunteer)
Elijah Barone (beer sharer, story teller, club cheerleader)
You can vote for up to 2.
HOLIDAY PARTY NEWS!
When: Saturday, December 15, 2018
Time: 5:00
Where: Neil Saund Duplex, 12966 Rubens (at Alla), Del Rey, 90066
Plan to bring some beer to share, and a dish for the pot luck. Details to follow.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
December 7: First Friday at The Doughroom, Culver City
December 9: Initial Party Set-up at Neil’s duplex. 12 Noon – 4:00
December 15: P.G. Holiday Party
Details about set-up dates will be forwarded soon.
December 16; Party Clean-up. 11a – ? The more hands we have, the faster it will go. Last year only took a couple of hours.
January TBD, 2019: Annual Trip To Rob Ruben’s Distillery, El Segundo
See you Soon!
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