If you didn’t vote for member of the year at the club meeting, you can do so via email. Please send your vote via email toPresident@pacificgravity.com You may cast up to two votes.
Greetings members, I’m happy to announce that the Pacific gravity Holiday Party will be on Saturday, December 7th. The party is being graciously hosted by Neil Saund (address below). We will get started at 6 PM and are schedule to complete the festivities at 11. Members in good standing are invited and may bring a guest. We’re all adults, so use you judgement when inviting people.
Neil Saund’s duplex
12966 Rubens Ave. LA, CA
Saturday Dec 7th @ 6:00 pm
This is a potluck party, so we are depending on YOU to bring your favorite holiday dish to share. Please know that there will be lmited cooking and prep space, so bring your offering ready to eat and hot (if appropriate) in a disposable container (Smart & Final is a great resource for this). If you must bring it in non-disposable dish, please be prepared to take that dish home with you at the end of the party. We already have several volunteers to bring fried turkey, grilled lamb, ham, and carbonade, but we need help rounding out our main courses. Bring sides or holiday staples like stuffing, mashed potatoes, yams, creamed corn, veggies, and salads. Bring appetizers and finger food like shrimp, pig in a blanket, egg rolls, stuffed mushrooms. Bring you family recipe or holiday traditions. There will be no “service” but dinner should commence by 7 PM. Please email kperiolat@gmail.com with the dish you would like to bring so we can make a label for your food.
We need volunteers to help pull off a 150+ person party! We will be doing preliminary setup on Sunday, December 1st at noon where we will setup everything that can survive being rained on (you never know). Final setup will be done on the morning of the party on December 7th. If you can volunteer for setup duty, please email VicePresident@pacificgravity.com. If you can’t be there to setup, please come to help with the cleanup. We need to start cleanup at 10 AM on Sunday morning. Again, email VicePresident@pacificgravity.com to volunteer.
We are renting some things, but we need the membership to help with much needed equipment. Please email President@pacificgravity.com if you can bring any of the items listed below to the party:
We already have things for the raffle, but if you have lightly used equipment, glassware, or other schwag to donate, please contact FundRaiser@pacificgravity.com
Please email Carl at CompetitionCoordinator@pacificgravity.com with your beer’s name, style, ABV, and keg volume so that he can make labels. Feel free to bring home brew or special commercial beers in bottles to share with other guests as well.
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. Read more →
Saturday November 16th we’ll be holding our November meeting at the home of Ian Fraser in Marina del Rey.
Please join us for a chili cook off and voting for member of the year as well as board positions.
Chili info:
-Please bring your entry in a vessel that will stay warm and has your name clearly marked on it.
-The club will provide the toppings (sour cream, green onions, cheese, chips etc..)
-We’ll be awarding prizes for Most Unique and Best Overall. So come hungry and ready to vote!
Board Member voting:
-We’re cutting off nominations this Friday, so if you would like to throw your hat in the ring, please email me at Vicepresident@pacificgravity.com .
-Brian Holter, Kingsley Toby, Tim Bardet and Ramesh Khalili are currently nominated for President, Vice President and Treasurer.
Growlers:
-Our PG Growlers have arrived! If you placed and order, please pick yours up at the meeting.
-If you have not paid, please bring $35 cash or check (made out to Pacific Gravity).
-After November 17th, any remaining growlers that have not been paid for will be released for sale.
Meeting:
-The monthly style is brown ales and porters. Please bring kegs, bottles and growlers to share.
-We’ll be holding the raffle per usual so bring cash for tickets.
See you there.
Saturday November 16th
11am
3938 Glencoe Ave
Venice, CA 90291
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 pours will be on a first-signed up priority basis. My best guess (no guarantee) is about 10 more buckets.
Please put a name tag on your bucket. Last year we had a few get lost or swapped.
Also, the folks from Telemundo 52 are interested in dropping by to check out the event. They would especially be interested in any Spanish-proficient brewers to interview who could walk them through the brewing process. If you are up for this (or willing to chat with them seprately about homebrew) drop me a line at competitions@pacificgravity.com, or Erick Mendosa at Erick.Mendoza@nbcuni.com
O: 818•260•5710 C: 323•717•2349
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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 is free, but you must sign up ahead of time to guarantee your batch.
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Join us for a unique opportunity to brew 
a batch of beer at Congregation Ale House on Learn to Brew Day,Saturday, November 2nd, 2013. Caleb and tRav have graciously offered us this opportunity after we Pacific Gravity members demonstrated our brewing prowess by capturing the most awards in the 2012 Pacific Brewers Cup. The wort is free, but you must sign up ahead of time to guarantee your batch. If you didn’t sign up at the October club meeting, drop me a line at Competitions@PacificGravity.com. One 5-gallon batch of wort per person will be available on a first sign-up first served basis. Read more →
Join us for another Thursday evening at Richmond Bar and Grill in El Segundo.
The monthly style is American Ales so bring growlers and bottles to share. A few pitchers will be available to pass around for tasting from the bar as well.
We’ll have growlers to pick up for those who ordered (please bring cash or check to pay), $5.00 PG T-shirts, as well as sign ups for The Congregation Ale House Monster Brew on Nov 2nd. This event features FREE 5 gal batches of wort for those who sign up. We only have 60 batches so come reserve yours at the meeting!
Elections for the positions of President and Vice President will also be discussed so don’t miss out.
As always, Richmond will be serving up burgers, sandwiches and their famous homemade chips so plan on eating in the front before meeting on the back patio at 7:30.
See you there,
Noelle
Thursday October 17th @ 7:30 pm
Richmond Bar & Grill
145 Richmond St
El Segundo 90245
Richmondbarandgrill.com
Join us for our October First Friday at Steingarten in the bar area to celebrate Oktoberfest! As usual, the official start time is 7:00 PM, but many of us will be there earlier.
Steingarten is at 10543 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064 They have a great selection of Brats to celebrate the occasion.
Hope to see you there.
Carl
Entries are due no later than Friday, October 4th for the last competition of the brewing year, the California State Homebrew Competition. Registration is up and running at http://www.nchfinfo.org/state-comp . This year we need to ship the entries up to the bay area, so all entries must be packed for shipping. Make sure the boxes you use are free of alcohol labeling so they don’t get rejected by UPS. And, of course, use plenty of bubble wrap so they don’t break in transit. Since the Culver City shop is still out of commission, you can drop of entries at my place: 3621 Redwood Ave LA 90066. Anytime between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM works for me.
Cost is $8.00 per entry and 3 bottles are required. This is one of the big competitions used to determine the Anchor Club of the Year Award, with the big prize being a banquet dinner at Anchor Brewing for the winning club. Read more →
