Welcome to 2014 everyone!  I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself to everyone in case we have not met at any of the meetings.

As you all hopefully know by now my name is Brian Holter and I am the incoming President of the club.  I have been a member of the club since 2006 and I have been a regular meeting attendee for the past 3 or 4 years.  We have a big year ahead of us in 2014 and it is going to be an exciting time to be a member of our club.

The first thing I want to mention is that the Homebrew Shop in Culver City is now officially back open!  The new address is:

4234 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA

There is a parking lot in front of the store.  Every spot is labeled as “pizza” parking only, but Greg assures me that we can park in those spots.  If you wont take my word for it (Greg did tell me after I’d had a few beers at last week’s First Friday), you can park on the “frontage” Culver Blvd road which has tons of parking space and no meters (=awesome).  I was at the store on Sunday and it looks great and should make for an awesome new store for Culver City.

As I mentioned in an earlier post our first club meeting of 2014 is going to be held at Smog City in Torrance next Thursday the 16th of January @ 7:30pm.  At that meeting I will make sure to introduce myself and the rest of the board members for the upcoming year and go over some of the plans for the club along with the usual competition and Pacific Brewers Cup 2014 updates from Carl.

The board and I are working hard at finding a more permanent location for our monthly club meetings – I hope to have news on that in the next couple of months.

If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns about the club please feel free to send me a message here on the website and I will get back to you as soon as I notice it, or just come talk to me at future events.

I look forward to seeing all of you next week.

Cheers to the new year and a lot of fun together in the 2014!

Brian Holter

Quick reminder, we will be setting up for the holiday party tomorrow (Sunday) at noon.  If you can make it, please come by Neil’s duplex (12966 Rubens Ave. LA, CA).  Also please plan to volunteer the day of the party for final setup and the day after for clean up.  Email vicepresident@pacificgravity.com to let us know about your plans.

If you can bring easy ups, tables, heaters, or other things we need at the party, please email President@pacificgravity.com .  We haven’t had many submissions, and we really need tables to pull off dinner.

Please email kperiolat@gmail.com with the dish you are bringing for the potluck if you would like a label made.

Most importantly, please email competitioncoordinator@pacificgravity.com with the beer you are bringing.  Please include the style, quantity, and ABV.

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

Bring Food!

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.

Bring Yourself!

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.

Bring Stuff!

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:

• Easy Ups (in case of inclimate weather)
• Patio Heaters
• Jockey Boxes
• CO2 Tanks
• serving tables

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

Bring Beer!

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.