This Month’s Question: How do I modify my wort from the Monster Brew at Tustin Brewing? Answer: I hope you are all planning to join us at Tustin Brewing’s Third Annual Monster Brew, Saturday, February 26th, 2011 from 6 am to 2 pm hosted by our very own Jon Porter. We’ll be brewing up a […]
We start out the 2011 homebrew competition schedule at our club meeting on Thursday, January 20th with a Club-Only competition; this time the “Battle of the Bitters”, English Pale Ales, BJCP Category #8. This includes bitter, best bitter and ESB in addition to English Pale. If you have any one of these three (or more […]
Answer: There are several techniques that can be used, depending on the approach you want to use and the equipment you have available. These include the no-sparge method, the long boil method and the parti-gyle method. Today I’ll describe another method which goes by the name of double brew method by Randy Mosher, or the […]
Raise your beer mug and give a toast to Jeff Koehler, the winner of the 2010 Pacific Gravity Homebrewer of the Year Award. Jeff was honored at the Holiday Party on December 11th and presented with an engraved trophy mug. Jeff picked up 27 points over 13 ribbons and handily beat our previous 2-time winner […]
Mark your calendars! This year’s holiday party will take place on Saturday, December 11, 2010, from 7 pm to midnight. It will once again be held at Neil Saund’s duplex in Marina Del Rey. Please sign up and let us know if you’re bringing any kegs. The event is a potluck, so it’s a great […]
The next Club-Only competition is upon us. The theme for this is Strong Ales BJCP category 19, Old Ale, English Barleywine and American Barleywine. Entries for this are due at the November Club meeting on November 18th. If you have any one of these three bring three 12 oz. bottles and make sure you let […]
Entries are due at the Culver City shop no later than Saturday, October 9th for the last major competition of the season, the California State Homebrew Competition. This is one of the key competitions that are considered for the California brew club of the year awarded sponsored by Anchor Brewing, so we need a good […]
Lift up you taster cup and raise a toast to Craig Corley, Best of Show winner for the 2010 Los Angeles County Fair Homebrew competition!. His Saison took top honors. Also honoring the club was Carl Townsend, whose English Porter pulled in the second runner-up best of show. Altogether, ten different Pacific Gravity brewers pulled […]
The summer months are here and if you’ve planned ahead, you have your cool weather ales in the cellar and your lagers in the fridge. Perhaps you even have a wheat beer or a Belgian style in the fermenter. Well, get them ready, because a couple of competitions are upon us.
This Month’s Question: How do I build a Jockey Box? Answer: The simple answer to this is to join us on Jockey Box Day, Saturday, June 26th at Mike Steinberg’s house. You bring a cooler, and we’ll bring a bunch of supplies, so at the end of the day you can head home with […]
