October club meeting is next week

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This months meeting will be at the brew store next Thursday.  We will be taking nominations for the next years board for ALL 3 voted on positions (president, vice president and treasurer).  If you can’t make the meeting, you can always send a nomination for any of these fine positions to board@pacificgravity.com and it would be great if you could do so before next Thursday.  Also, if you have an itch to help out the club in any capacity (we sure could use it), but don’t want to be any of the voted on positions, there are other positions that are appointed that you can also volunteer for like club secretary.

Speaking of volunteering, we need a volunteer to take on the commercial tasting for the meeting next week.  The style this month is wood aged beers, so anything pretty much goes as long as it’s been aged in some wood! Please email styles@pacificgravity.com if you’d like to volunteer.  It’s super fun to do and you get to pick beer out on someone else’s money :).

Can’t do this month but you’d love to do the tasking? You’re in luck and we need a volunteer for the November tasting as well!

Styles of the month information

 

http://pacificgravity.com/events/october-club-meeting-cchbs/

15oct7:30 pm- 10:00 pmOctober Club Meeting: CCHBS7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Culver City Home Brew Supply

 

 

 

SoCal HomeBrewers Fest: Response Needed

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The next Southern California HomeBrewers Festival will be held April 29 – May 1, 2016 at Vail Lake RV Resort in Temecula.  I will be reserving our club campsites in a couple of weeks, and I need your help to figure out how many sites P.G. will need.

We are limited to 6 campers per campsite, and there is a different cost structure depending on whether you are staying in a tent or in an RV/trailer.

If you plan to attend and stay at the PG campsite, please send an email to me at:  “brewfest {at} pacificgravity {dot} com” and advise:

(a) If you will be camping in a tent, how many – including yourself – camping slots will you need? The cost will be $30 per person for the weekend (Fri and Sat);

or

(b) If you plan to stay in an RV/Trailer.  In this case, your RV/Trailer will get its own campsite at a cost of $110 for the weekend, and must be paid before we reserve the campsites in the first week of November. (If you want the lowdown on this option, talk to Larry Powell.  He did it at the 2015 fest.)

 

OTHER FEST NEWS:

  • The costs listed above cover the cost camping only. They do not include CHA membership ($10 – required to purchase fest pass) or the Festival Pass ($35 if purchased in January; $40 if purchased in February; $45 if purchased in March or April) or food.

 

  • The Bricktop Blaggers will be back, providing their take on Celtic Rock on Friday night.
  • A different band will be playing Saturday afternoon.
  • The Friday night commercial pour will take place in the festival area.
  • They plan to have 5 commercial breweries pouring Friday night; each must pour 2 or 3 special beers.

State Homebrew Comp Entries Due Thursday Oct 8th

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It is time to get your entries ready for the last competition of the 2015 season.  Registration for the California State Homebrew Competition is now up and running at  http://nchfinfo.org/castatecomp/.  This is one of the three big competitions that Anchor Brewing considers for the California Homebrew Club of the Year Award, so make sure you get your entries ready to go.

Michael Musgrave has volunteered to hand carry the entries up to the Bay area, but only if you get them to the Culver City shop by the close of business Thursday, October 8th.  NOTE HOURS:  the shop closes at 6:00 PM.

If you miss the local drop-off deadline, you can still ship your entries to Oak Barrel Winecraft 1443 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702.  Entries must be registered by October 10th, and arrive by October 17th.

First Friday is tomorrow at The Doughroom ( bottle share also, please read for details) !

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First Friday is here and what better place to celebrate than The Doughroom! This First Friday will be a special one as Kaveh and co are graciously allowing us to have another bottle share.  Make sure you bring your best bottle (yes, only 1 bottle) to share with fellow Pacific Gravity members and patrons.

PLEASE NOTE

If you are bringing a bottle to share, you MUST purchase some food and drink as well. Lets make sure to support The Doughroom so we can continue having awesome events there like this one!

Also, they still have some Monkish beers on tap (sorry, doesn’t look like Triumphus is there any longer) and some other great beers.  And if you haven’t had their lasagna yet or the Spicy Bear pizza, you need to try them!

 

Spicy Bear Pizza

Spicy Bear Pizza

 

2oct - 3oct 27:00 pmoct 3First Friday - The Doughroom7:00 pm - 12:00 am (3) The Doughroom

Time

2 (Friday) 7:00 pm - 3 (Saturday) 12:00 am

Location

The Doughroom

3409 Overland Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90034

Event Details

This First Friday will be a special one. Pacific Gravity will have a bi-annual bottle share at The Doughroom. Make sure you bring your best bottle (yes, only 1 bottle) to share with fellow Pacific Gravity members and patrons.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are bringing a bottle to share, you MUST purchase some food and drink as well.  Lets make sure to support The Doughroom so we can continue having awesome events there like this one!

Organizer

Tad Johnstonvicepresident@pacificgravity.com

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Pacific Brewers Cup Results Posted

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Results for the 2015 Pacific Brewers Cup have been posted!  Congrats to Craig Corley with four ribbons including a 1st place for his Alt #15.    Brian and Kingsley stepped in with two firsts and a a 3rd, with help from Kevin Segna to pull an a 2nd place as well.  Ted and Lloyd picked up a 1st place for their Lavander IPA beer in the Spice/Herb/Vegetable category and an honorable mention in the Strong Belgian Ale category as well.  Dan and Emily picked up a couple of 3rds.  Chris Lindsay and Mike Patterson each picked up a 3rd.  Finally to round out the field, Neil Saund picked up an honorable mention for his Biere de Garde.

Thanks to all the PG members that showed up for the judging session at Four Points Sheraton.   Strand Brewers did an excellent job this year.  My hat is off to them!

Complete results have been posted at http://strandbrewersclub.org/pbc/db/ .  And, about a bazillion photos have been posted to http://craftbeerguy.com/tag/photos/

 

September club meeting is tomorrow

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Just a friendly reminder that the club meeting is tomorrow at Casa Molloy. The style of the month is IPAs so bring your favorite IPA you’ve brewed or even a commercial one you love with a passion. Brian said he’ll be happy to debate with any of you that there is no better IPA than a Pliny.

Who doesn’t like IPAs???? Be there or miss out!

More info at: http://pacificgravity.com/events/september-club-meeting/

17sep7:30 pm- 10:00 pmSeptember Club Meeting7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Casa Molloy

Time

(Thursday) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Location

Casa Molloy

6738 W. 87th Place, Westchester, CA 90045

Organizer

Tad Johnstonvicepresident@pacificgravity.com

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Pacific Brewer Cup Entry Deadline Saturday

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Just a reminder that the entry deadline for  Pacific Brewers Cup  is this Saturday Sept 12 at Noon!  Register now!

Judges and Stewards are also needed.  Sign up at the same you register your entries!  http://www.pacificbrewerscup.com/

Entries can be dropped off at the Culver City Home Brewing Supply Company, or at several other locations.

The competition is going to be held on Saturday, September 26, 2015, at the Four Points Sheraton LAX, 9750 Airport Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90045.

First Friday – Monkish Brewing Co

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First Friday is upon us and this month we’ve changed it up and are going to Monkish.  The reason we decided to do this is because Triumphus is on tap!

What is Triumphus?  It is the best of show beer at the Los Angeles Belgian Brew Challenge (ran by Pacific Gravity) this year, that was won by our very own Brian Holter and Kingsley Toby!  Not only is it a delicious tripel, it will be entered as a pro-am for this years GABF!  Even more awesome, it also comes in corked bottles which are only sold at the brewery!  There are limited quantities so make sure you support the club and Monkish and buy some, it’s really good, as Henry and co have graciously supported us for this competition and even put the PG logo on the bottle! How cool is that?!

triumphus

Food at Monkish

Monkish does have snacks available in the tasting room and outside food is welcome, so please make sure you plan accordingly.

 

4sep7:00 pmFirst Friday - Monkish Brewing7:00 pm

Time

(Friday) 7:00 pm

Organizer

Brian Holter

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Firestone Walker – XIX Anniversary Tickets pass code distributed!

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Everyone-

If you signed up for tickets to the XIX Anniversary party you should have received an email this morning with a link to the website and a code to access our discount.  Tickets go on sale at noon.  if you did not receive an email please let me know asap.  My direct email address is bholterpg [at] gmail dot com.

If you didn’t sign up for our discount you can still purchase tickets at noon today.  Your ticket will cost you an extra $10 but it is still very much a bargain so please join us!  Ticket Link!

Cheers!

Brian

Firestone Walker: Updated Info!

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Everyone-

First off – just a reminder that this event is for club members who are current in their dues.  All club members may bring one guest.

TICKET SIGNUPS

I’ve received a number of emails today about tickets so rather than respond to each one I am posting about this here.  If you signed up at the club meeting last week for the Firestone Anniversary party tickets you should have received an email from me confirming.  If you did not receive an email please email me today.  Also, if you signed up with a +1 on the same email address you should only have received a single notification from me.

If you were unable to attend the meeting last week and you have not emailed me to sign up for tickets please email me today at president@pacificgravity.com if you want to secure tickets to the anniversary party.

TICKET PURCHASING

The Firestone team is going to issue a link and passcode for our club so that everyone can purchase their tickets.  I will be distributing this email to those that signed up.  This passcode will NOT be posted on the website.

Here is the link to purchase tickets: XIX ticket link

You will then be able to log in on Monday when tickets go on sale to the general public at 12pm (August 31st) and purchase your tickets at the discounted club rate.  You will be paying Firestone directly, not the club.

Our passcode is specific to Pacific Gravity.  Firestone is going to allot a fixed number of tickets to this passcode based off of signups.  If you only signed up for 1 ticket you should only purchase 1 ticket.  If you purchase more than 1 you will be stealing a ticket from your fellow club member.  Please do not do this!!

Once I have distributed the passcode to everyone who signed up I will post on the website confirming that I have distributed the code.

TICKET DISTRIBUTION

Purchasing tickets will be completed online at which point you can print up your ticket.  On the day of the event if you are attending the brew session in the morning you will be able check in for the anniversary party with your printed up ticket.  Staff from the party will be there and will be handing out wristbands to guests with tickets.  Please remember to bring your ID!

If you do not plan on attending the brew session you will need to stand in line with the general public to receive your wristband for the event.  The FW team does a pre-check for the general public starting at 9am when the line starts to form.  Doors open promptly at 11am for the public.

QUESTIONS FROM THE CLUB MEETING

A couple of questions came up regarding the big weekend at our club meeting.  Here are the Q’s along with responses:

Q: Will breakfast be provided?

A: No.  You are responsible for breakfast.  Please do not bring food to the brewery.

Q: Are children allowed to attend?

A: No.  This is a 21+ event (we are brewing beer afterall, and attending a beer party) 🙂

Q: Being Halloween weekend, is this event a costumed event?

A: Here is a costume specific post for the XIX Party.  In short, yes costumes will be worn!

There is additional information on the event website and FAQ page.