Entries by Tad Johnston

FIRST FRIDAY!! | February 7th, 2014 | CITY TAVERN (Culver City)

Hello Members! February’s First Friday (2/7/14) will be held at CITY TAVERN Culver CIty! They have reserved seating for us in close proximity to the bar and will be granting Pacific Gravity members extended happy hour pricing on food and beverages (6:30p to 9:30p). Our friends at City Tavern host some of the best draft selections […]

Pacific Brewers Cup – Kickoff Meeting Thursday Jan 30th

Pacific Gravity is holding our Kick-Off meeting for the 2014 Pacific Brewers Cup this Thursday, January 30th at 7:30 PM.  Although it seems like Pacific Brewers Cup is a long ways off, you’ll hear a lot about it in the upcoming months because this year, we are running it!    The last two years Strand […]

Competition Corner – January, 2014

Well, a new year is upon us as well as a fresh brewing competition season.   Each year, Pacific Gravity honors the brewer (or team) with the most homebrew competition wins.  See the official rules below for which competitions are eligible and how the points are totaled.  We are less than a month into 2014 and […]

First Friday, January 3rd, 2014

Happy New Year Pacific Gravity Members!  2014 is upon us and so is the First Friday of the New Year! 1/3/2014. This First Friday will be at THE GARAGE in Palms. The crew there is setting us up with some seating on the outside patio and extending happy hour pricing on food and brews till […]

Beer Judge (BJCP) Class and Exam – Sign up by Dec 31st

Quite a few of you have expressed interest recently in learning how to become a beer judge.  Looking ahead into 2014, there are a couple of opportunities coming up. For new judges and existing judges wishing to advance, Jim Wilson of Strand Brewers Club, BJCP Grand Master Level II will be holding classes for the […]

BREW YEARS DAY! January 1st, 2014

Brian and I would like to invite members of PACIFIC GRAVITY to our brewing tradition…BREW YEARS DAY! Nothing starts a New Year off right like filling the fermenters with some liquid goodness!  This year we are designating one of our Whiskey barrels to hold the brew solely for 2014’s PACIFIC GRAVITY XMAS Party! So if […]

Congregation Monster Brew Update

We’ve pretty much maxed out the guaranteed wort allotment of the Congregation Ale House Monster Brew for Saturday morning Nov 2.   However, depending on the accuracy of volume measurement, we may have a few more batches.  If you have a second bucket available, bring it along and you might get a second pour.  Any second […]

Still Room for Congregation Monster Brew Nov 2nd

We still have room for more brewers on Learn to Brew Day, Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 at Congregation Ale House.   If you haven’t already signed up, drop me a line at Competitions@PacificGravity.com by Monday, Oct 28th.  One 5-gallon batch of wort per person will be available on a first sign-up first served basis.   The wort […]