October meeting Thursday 10/17 at Richmond Bar & Grill

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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

First Friday at Steingarten

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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.

http://www.steingartenla.com/

Hope to see you there.

Carl

Entries Due for California State Homebrew Competition

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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 →

Last Chance: PG Logo HydroFlask

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If you want to get in on the pre-order for the 64oz HydroFlask, please respond to me (email address below) by Friday at 4pm PDT.  The Suggested Retail Price of these vacuum insulated stainless steel growlers is $55, but we have special pricing available.

For info or to sign up, contact me at fundraiser@pacificgravity.com.

PG-Logo HydroFlasks Are Coming!

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We will start taking orders for the NEW! PG HydroFlask Stainless Steel Growler at the September 19 meeting at the Four Points Sheraton.  The Suggested Retail Price for one of these 64oz Vacuum Insulated beauties is $55, but we will have SPECIAL pricing available for all orders placed at the meeting. If you can’t make it to the meeting, contact me at fundraiser@pacificgravity.com for details on how you can take advantage of this limited time offer.

 

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A note about parking for tomorrow’s meeting

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Parking is a flat fee of $10 for tomorrow’s meeting. Please plan accordingly.

September Meeting at Four Points LAX

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Greetings members, I’m happy to announce the the Four Points Sheraton at LAX will be hosting our September meeting. I’ve you have been a member for any amount of time you will be familiar with this hotel and their extensive support of craft beer culture through hosting our First Friday events as well as beer tastings and beer pairing dinners. The focus of the meeting will be sampling member’s home brew, giving constructive feedback, announcements regarding upcoming events, a raffle, and sampling of the beers that Four Points has on tap. Four Points will make available a meeting space exclusively for our meeting on Thursday, September 19th. Here are some important details:

– The style of the meeting is lagers. You may bring bottles, growlers, and kegs of home brewed beers. The club will purchase tastes of beer from the hotel, hopefully they will have some good examples of the style.

– The meeting will begin at 7:30 PM and end at 10 PM. Please encourage the hotel to host us again by planning on eating dinner at the hotel beforehand. Light snacks will be provided during the tasting, but it won’t be enough to replace a meal.

Four Points by Sheraton Los Angeles Airport
9750 Airport Blvd · Los Angeles, CA 90045 · United States · Phone: 310-645-4600

September First Friday this Sunday the 8th

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Please join us this Sunday the 8th for our First Friday, (which is technically a second Sunday) at the new Yard House in Marina Del Rey.
We’ll be starting at 2 pm and will have tables set up inside next to the bar.
The Yard House boasts one of the largest tap selections around and they also offer a ‘Chalkboard Series’ of seasonal/rare beers on draft.

For those who haven’t been to this new location, there’s tons of free parking in the garage, which you can enter either on Maxella or Glencoe ave. There is also lots of bike parking in the garage if you’d rather arrive on two wheels.

See you there!

Sunday Sept 8th @ 2pm
The Yard House
13455 Maxella Ave., Suite 150
Marina Del Rey, CA. 90292
http://www.yardhouse.com

Pacific Brewers Cup Entires due Saturday, Aug 31

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OK folks, time is running out to get your entries ready for the 2013 Pacific Brewers Cup.  Entries are due by Noon, this Saturday, August 31st.    This year, Long Beach Homebrewers, are proud to present this 17th annual homebrew event.  The competition rotates each year between Long Beach, Pacific Gravity and the Strand Brewers Club.

Because the Culver City shop is temporarily closed, you will need to take your entries down to the South Bay Brewing Supply  at 1311 Post Ave in Torrance, or Eagle Rock Home Brewing Supply at 4981 Eagle Rock Blvd.

The competition will be held September 14, 2013 at Smog City Brewery in Torrance.   Read more →

August 15th meeting at the Richmond Bar and Grill

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Hi everyone, just a quick note to let you all know that we will be holding our August meeting at the Richmond Bar and Grill on August 15th at 7:30 PM.  I encourage you to reward our gracious host’s decision to accommodate our club by coming early to enjoy dinner.  We will have the back building and can spillover into the patio space if we are over capacity.  The meeting style of the month will be meads, ciders, gruits, and fruit beers.  Although the club only competition has been discontinued by the AHA, I would encourage members to bring a bottle of their appropriately styled beverage to share with other club members.  The focus of the meeting will be sampling member’s home brew, giving constructive feedback, announcements regarding upcoming events, a raffle, and sampling of the beers that Richmond has on tap.  Remember, the focus is on sampling homebrew, so keep the size of what you bring reasonable (no kegs, magnums, etc).  We’ll target concluding the meeting at 9:30 PM although the Richmond stays open later if you would like to stay.  As Carl mentioned, be sure to bring entries to the meeting for the Pacific Brewer’s Cup.  We might try to arrange another pickup closer to the deadline, but right now this is your best opportunity to have the club assist you with the logistics of entering the competition.

This is a bit of an experiment, so I’d welcome constructive feedback on how this goes.

The Richmond Bar and Grill is located at 145 Richmond St  El Segundo, CA 90245