Reminders! Club Meeting tonight & Bus Trip on Saturday

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Just your friendly reminder that our club meeting is tonight at CCHBS.

Also, the OC Bus Trip is on Saturday.  Remember that you will need to bring cash for lunch.  We will have our own patio, but we will have 1 bill (in exchange for a non-fixed menu) so cash will make organizing everything easier.

See you all tonight!  We have a lot to go over with elections, upcoming events and our new homebrew competition next spring.  Do NOT miss this club meeting

Brian

October Club Meeting! 10/16/2014 @ CCHBS

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Hello Pacific Gravity Home Brewers!  Click this link for the Event page for this meeting.

Our next PG Club meeting is Thursday, October 16th @ Culver CIty Brew Supply (7:30pm)  Here is the agenda for the meeting:

2015 BOARD ELECTIONS – NOMINATIONS TONIGHT
If you are interested in joining the board for next year we will be taking nominations at this meeting!  There are three elected positions on the board – President, Vice President and Treasurer.

PACIFC BREWER’S CUP – COOLERS!  PLEASE GIVE KINGSLEY BACK HIS BACKYARD!
If you were generous enough to let us borrow your cooler for the Pacific Brewers Cup, we’ll have it for you at the meeting. If you need your cooler before Thursday – please contact Kingsley via email at vicepresident( at )pacificgravity.com to reunite you with your cool friend. These coolers are all sitting in Kingsley’s backyard and need to be taken at the meeting!!

OCTOBER BUS TRIP – LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP
Saturday, October 18th. TAPS FISHOUSE & BREWING’s patio will be out first stop for brews and grub. BOTTLE LOGIC is on the docket; with a third stop @ VALIANT BREWING COMPNY. Cost is $25.00 for the bus ride. There are a handful of seats left – so get on the list if you want to join us!

NOVEMBER CLUB ANNIVERSARY BREW AND CHILI COOKOFF
Next month’s club meeting is going to be held on a SATURDAY at Ian’s place.  We will be doing our annual Chili Cookoff and a club brew.  Next February is our 20th anniversary and we would like to have a beer brewed by the club ready to drink at the February club meeting.  We will have a brew system setup in Ian’s backyard while we brew our 20th Anniversary Beer – a Belgian Dubbel.  The board decided on the style (to coincide with our Belgian Beer Competition in March), but we want club members to collaboratively come up with a recipe for this brew!  The plan is as follows:

  • We will post a recipe form for download on the PG website sometime in the next week.  Please submit recipes using this form.
  • Submit your recipe via email to president [at] pacificgravity.com before 10/23/2014
  • Once all recipes have been received we will post them with a poll that will be active for a few weeks.
  • The winning recipe must fit within the Belgian Dubbel style guidelines.
  • All members who are current on their membership dues are eligible to submit recipes.
  • This beer will be brewed on 11/22/2014 @ Ian’s house during our club meeting / chili cook off event.

BELGIAN BEER COMPETITION – ORGANIZING COMMITTEE VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
Our new annual Belgian Beer Competition is scheduled to take place in March which means we need to get started organizing this event.  We have several positions open for volunteers, so let us know if you are interested in volunteering.

OCTOBER COMMERCIAL TASTING HOST NEEDED | AMERICAN ALES
AMERICAN ALES BJCP Guidelines:
http://www.bjcp.org/styles04/Category10.php

As always, bring a brew that you’re proud of, or a bottle of your favorite to share with you fellow PG Home Brewers!

See you then!

October Road Trip Details!

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Join Pacific Gravity as we travel down to OC to hit some of the newest players in the Southern California beer scene as well as an old favorite.  On October 18th we will be taking a bus from Culver City Home Brewing Supply (please park in the neighborhood behind the shop).  We will be stopping at TAPS in Brea to enjoy some of their excellent food and their many GABF and World Beer Cup medal winning beers.  Up next will be Bottle Logic brewing.   Yet to celebrate their first anniversary, Bottle Logic is already making waves with standouts like Leche Mole milk stout, the sessionable She Shot First American wheat ale and hop bombs like Actuator and Double Actuator.   After that we’ll be going around the corner to Valiant Brewing, an under the radar spot that has an impressive lineup of big beers, from Alpha Drive and Alpha Overdrive for the hop heads to the gold medal winning Axiom Trappist style ale.

We have spots open still on the bus and will be emailing other clubs to fill the remaining seats – so email Kurt @ roadtrips@pacificgravity.com to grab a spot.

All questions should also go to Kurt @ roadtrips@pacificgravity.com.  It is sure to be a great time, so please join us if you are free.

Depart from CCHBS on 10/18 at 10:30AM

Return to CCHB approximately 5PM

Tickets:  $25 (does NOT include lunch)

FIRST FRIDAY! OCTOBER 3rd 2014 | THE EL SEGUNDO TRIFECTA!

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Hello PGrs!

We’re trying something a little different for FIRST FRIDAY for October…THE EL SEGUNDO TRIFECTA!

EL SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY
http://www.elsegundobrewing.com/

RICHMOND BAR AND GRILL
http://www.richmondbarandgrill.com/

ROCK AND BREWS
http://www.rockandbrews.com/elsegundo/

We’ll start out @ El SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY’s tasting room for the newest selections of hoppy goodness from Rob Croxall and crew. When we are ready for some grub we can walk the up the street to the RICHMOND BAR AND GRILL for more brews and burgers!

Also, if it’s up your alley, ROCK AND BREWS is having “ROCK-TOBERFEST” as well if you want a night cap.

So join us at one, two, or all three locations this Friday, October 3rd starting @ EL SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY @ 7pm!

State Competition Entries Due Oct 1st at the Culver City Shop

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Thanks to Rives Borland, we can drop off entries for the California State Homebrew competition at the Culver City shop and he will hand carry them to Berkeley.  Entries are due Wednesday, October 1 at the close of business (7PM).

Registration and other details can be found at http://nchfinfo.org/castatecomp/.

If you miss the drop-off date, you can still ship them for arrival by October 11th.

Competition Corner – September 2014

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Ok, folks, we had an awesome Pacific Brewers Cup this year. With 501 entries, this has been our biggest one yet by a huge margin. Congratulations to all the winners! If you haven’t checked them out yet, all the results can be found on the PBC website. While you’re at it, how about a round of applause for all the judges, stewards and volunteers and all who made this competition the rousing success it was. And of course, don’t forget to stop by the sponsors and buy a beer or two while you are there. If you didn’t pick up you prizes or scoresheets, they are available at the shop. Oh yeah, thanks for our cooler. If you didn’t get yours back, contact Terry.

With PBC behind us (whew!) don’t forget we have one more contest to enter this year. Registration is now up and running for the California State Homebrew Competition at http://nchfinfo.org/castatecomp/. Like usual, we need a volunteer to drive our entries up to Berkeley. If you can help out, the club will reimburse you $125 for gas money. Entries would need to be hand-delivered between October 4 and October 11, 2014. Please drop me a line by October 2 at Competitions@pacificGravity.com. Read more →

SEPTEMBER CLUB MEETING | THURSDAY, September 18th (7:30pm) | TERRY MALLOY’S HOUSE

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Hello Pacific Gravity Home Brewers!

Our next PG Club meeting is Thursday, September 18th @ Terry Malloy’s House (7:30pm) and you won’t want to miss this one!

PACIFC BREWER’S CUP WRAP UP | RESULTS ANNOUNCED!
We are presenting ribbons for winning Pacific Gravity members at the club meeting! Wear something that looks good with a ribbon! Immediately after we will officially announce full results online on the Pacific Brewers cup website and Facebook page, including the Best of Show beer!

PACIFIC BREWER’S CUP GEAR!
Ribbon winners will receive a Pacific Brewers Cup T-Shirt as part of their prize! For the rest of us, these very stylish shirts will be available for sale. They are a perfect memento of the largest Pacific Brewers Cup to date. Wear it with pride! Wear it with a pint! $15 in men’s and women’s styles.

 PACIFC BREWER’S CUP | COOLERS!
If you were generous enough to let us borrow your cooler for the Pacific Brewers Cup, we’ll have it for you at the meeting. If you need your cooler before Thursday – please contact Kingsley via email at vicepresident( at )pacificgravity.com to reunite you with your cool friend.

OCTOBER BUS TRIP – LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP!
Saturday, October 18th. TAPS FISHOUSE & BREWING’s patio will be out first stop for brews and grub. BOTTLE LOGIC is on the docket; with a third stop @ VALIANT BREWING COMPNY. Cost is $25.00 for the bus ride. Seats are going quick – so get on the list if you want to join us! It’s going to be a lot of fun @ some of the best breweries in OC. Come to the September 18th PG Club meeting @ Terry Malloy’s house and sign up! Details about pick up location(s) and time(s) to follow.

SEPTEMBER COMMERCIAL TASTING HOST NEEDED | SOURS & CIDERS!!!
Bring your sours and ciders! We’ll be hosting a commercial tasting to compare.

As always, bring a brew that you’re proud of, or a bottle of your favorite to share with you fellow PG Home Brewers! See you @ Terry’s next Thursday, September 18th (7:30pm).

 

CASA MOLLOY

6738 W. 87th Place (NOT STREET)
Westchester, CA 90045

(NOTE: THERE IS ALSO 6738 W. 87TH STREET NEARBY – PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB TERRY’S NEIGHBORS AND DOUBLE CHECK YOUR DIRECTIONS! – REMEMBER “PLACE” is the PLACE !)Cheers!

Kingsley

VP | Pacific Gravity Home Brewer’s Club
        Celebrating 20 Years in 2015!

Monster Brew! Strand Brewers w/ King Harbor Brewing

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Hey everyone!

Our friends at Strand Brewers Club have extended an invitation to Pacific Gravity to join them on their Monster Brew scheduled for September 27th at King Harbor Brewing!

If you are interested in participating send an email to Ryan (Strand Pres) @ president@strandbrewersclub.org

They will be opening up positions to other clubs on 9/15.  From what I understand the beer is going to be approximately 1.080 OG and will be a malty brown base.  More information about the beer will come out later, but if you are interested in participating make sure you send your email soon!

Brian

Here is the information passed along:

Monster Brew Update

King Harbor Brewing and the Strand Brewers Club are hosting a monster brew on September 27th starting at 9:00 AM.

Finish the LA beer week festivities by attending a monster brew at King Harbor. If you aren’t familiar with a Monster Brew this is a great chance to observe and learn from a commercial brewing session and bring home 5 gallons of wort.

Please respond to this email or at the September meeting if you would like to purchase wort, and let me know if you would like more than 5 gallons. Pending the interest level it should be possible to purchase more than 5 gallons of wort.

An important change to my last email: Bring plastic bucket type fermentors or corny kegs to collect wort.  No glass or better bottle PET carboy shape fermentors.

The brew session will start at 9AM, the tasting room will be open, and wort should be ready to be dispensed around 2PM. This is a great opportunity to observe and learn from a commercial brewing session.

5 gallons of wort will be 30 dollars for any member of a homebrew club and 35 for any non-brew club member. Wort needs to be collected in plastic fermentation buckets or corny kegs; no glass. This will allow everything to be filled with a brewery hose.

There should be a food truck on hand for lunch as well.

 

Pacific Brewers Cup | WE NEED YOUR COOLERS!

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PBC is fast approaching and we need your coolers to help keep your hard work cold during judging. If you have a cooler you can lend us – please bring them to the August 21st APacific Gravity Club meeting @ Culver City Home Brew Supply! BE COOL AND BRING A COOLER!

Cheers!

Kingsley

Pacific Brewers Cup – Entry Deadline Friday Aug 22nd

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 Logo-rev0OK, folks, we are coming down to short strokes here.  The
entry deadline for the 2014 Pacific Brewers Cup is this Friday, August 22nd.  As I scan through the database, I see that many of you haven’t entered yet!  Now is the time!  The on-line registration page is up and running at http://pacificbrewerscup.pacificgravity.com/comp/. For your convenience, we recommend you bring your bottles to the club meeting on Thursday, August 21st at the Culver City Home Brewing Supply Co.  If you can’t make it to the Culver City shop, the full list of sites you can drop off entries at any of the homebrew shops listed here.  Please note that some of these shops close at 6:00 PM.  Each entry requires 3 bottles, and has an entry fee of $7.00.  Also, we need to borrow just about every ice chest this club can come up with.  Bring them by the club meeting or take them over to Kingsley’s place by Sunday, the 24th.    Make sure they are well labeled.

Also NOW!  Volunteer to Judge or Steward!  The very same registration page has a sign-up space for both.  We are looking to have 60 judges and 30 stewards and as of the moment we are only half-way there.  Read more →