The June Flyer, for your perusal.

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JUNE TWENTY-TWELVE

UPCOMING EVENTS:

CLUB MEETING @ CCHBS: JUNE 21ST, 7PM – BROWN ALES
Are you down with the Brown?  If you like your beers mild, malty, and easy-drinkin’, be sure to attend the June club meeting.  PG’er Lee Dalton will be conducting the commercial tasting.  Are you next?
FIRST SATURDAY @ CITY TAVERN: 9739 CULVER BLVD, CULVER CITY – JULY 7TH, 3:30PM TO 6:30PM
With over 20 beers on tap, even more in bottles, and delicious comfort food on the menu, this’ll be a great place to hang out on a mellow Saturday afternoon.  Happy hour til 6, then the dinner crowd rolls in…
CRAFT & FOLK ART MUSEUM HOMEBREW EVENT: 5814 WILSHIRE BLVD., LA – JULY 15TH, 5PM TO 8PM
Share your homebrew and stories with perfect strangers and school ’em on our craft.  This is a special event that fellow PG member Gregory Nylen is organizing.  See Audrey’s web post for more info.
SUMMER PARTY @ NEIL’S: 12966 RUBENS AVE, MARINA DEL REY – SATURDAY, JULY 21ST, lPM TO 8PM
Oktoberfest in July?  You betcha!  Join us for the first of our big parties of the year and bring your best German Potato Salad – we’ll have an informal competition to find the best of the bunch.  Don’t forget to brew some beer for it, too!  This is YOUR party, so do your part to make it awesome – please volunteer for anything from set-up, food prep, and cooking, to front gate duty and clean-up.  Signup sheets will be available at the June meeting.  You can do eeet!
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Competition Corner – June 2012

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June represents a slow spell for the competition season, except for those lucky enough to place in the AHA Finals competition.  Judging will be this Thursday at the AHA conference in Seattle.  Keep your finger crossed for the following first round winners: Read more →

Board Meeting Minutes – June 7th, 2012

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Pacific Gravity Board Meeting Minutes – June 7th, 2012

In attendance: Audrey, Dave M., Craig, Carl, Victor, Terry, Dave S.

Not in Attendance: Kurt

President: Audrey

  • Non-Profit Status: Per accountant’s advice: 501c(7) is appropriate choice for PG, most income is directly related to running the club for its intended purpose of a being social club, which keeps us in the appropriate range for tax purposes.  Recommended we use LegalZoom.com unless we have any lawyers willing to help us for free, online may actually be easier anyway, small fee, began going through this process, will determine what further information is needed.  By-laws on hold until clarification on what, if any, additional and specific information is needed.
  • Calendar/Upcoming Events: First Saturday 7/7 @ City Tavern (3:30pm), FF 8/3 @ Four Points Sheraton Pool, AHA Mead Day Sat 8/4, FF 9/7 @ Tomm Carroll’s Trux Stop.
  • Summer Party: Sat 7/21, 1-8pm @ Neil’s duplex on Rubens Ave, Oktoberfest theme, no minors or pets.  Fees: members free, all guests $10, admittance will be capped.  Set-up Sat 7/14 & Fri 7/20, volunteers needed for set-up, clean-up, food prep, & cooking.  General raffle + silent auction for club brew system.

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Brown Ales at the June Meeting – call for kegs and style tasting volunteer.

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Hi everyone, are you excited about the club meeting next week on June 21st?  You should be because the style of the month is Brown Ales!  What’s a brown ale, you ask?  My friend, what ISN’T a brown ale?  Sure, BJCP category 11 (English Mild, English Brown Ale) is a good place to start.  But there is also 10C American Brown Ales, malty and bitter and freshly hopped.  So if you made a black IPA recently, why not call it an American Brown Ale and bring it to the meeting?  Then there is 17C Flanders Brown Ale.  That’s a Brown Ale, isn’t it?  Do you have an Irish or American Red ale that didn’t quite turn out red?  Did you use too much dark malt in your Amber Ale?  Got a bock that you are dying for feedback on?  You may not be eligible for the beer of the meeting competition, but everyone will appreciate you bringing your beer.  If you let me know what you are bringing at the address below, I’d sure appreciate it!

Are you interested in running the commercial tasting this month?  While it might be difficult to find commercial examples of English Mild in bottles, American breweries are turning out some pretty good brown ales these days.  Send me an email at [email protected] and you can go shopping for beer on the club’s dime.

Craft & Folk Art Museum Homebrew Event

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There is a special event next month put together by club member Gregory Nylen for the Craft & Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles.  For one evening, they are inviting homebrewers from the local clubs to share the fruits of their labors with fellow brewers and introduce the craft to those not as familiar with the hobby of homebrewing.  It will be a nice warm-up to our Summer Party the following weekend as well!

Time: 5 p.m. on Sunday July 15th, running until 8 p.m. or so

Where: Craft & Folk Art Museum 5814 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 – (323) 937-4230.  More info at their website: http://www.cafam.org/

Bring: One or two styles to share, preferably in keg, though bottles will work as well, and any friends interested in sampling homebrew or learning about it.  Gregory will give a brief spiel about the craft of brewing and have some ingredients on display, but there will be an opportunity for other brewers to talk about their specific beers as well.

Food: The gourmet hot dog food truck, Let’s Be Frank, will have a cart inside the museum to pair with the selection of homebrews.

Cost: $10 for CAFAM members, $15 for non-members, and includes admission to the museum.  Brewers who bring beer for sampling will of course get free admission (and a dog!).  They will also have some snacks and a DJ.

Contact: Gregory Nylen ([email protected]) if you are interested in participating and let him know what types of homebrew you plan to bring, if it is kegged or bottled, and how many people plan to come with you.

Have a great time!

-Audrey

OC Road Trip Cancelled

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Due to lack of interest, the OC Road trip has been cancelled.  Sorry for the late notice for those of you who were planning on attending but we were doing all we could to make it happen.  We’ll have full refunds for those of you who paid.

A group of us are planning on visiting Old Orange, Bootleggers, and the Bruery informally on Saturday.  If you are interested in details, please let me know.

Again, my apologies,
Kurt
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First Friday at the Carriage House Taproom – June 1st.

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June 1st at the Carriage House Taproom – At the home of Dan and Anne

It’s time for another visit to the Carriage House Taproom!  As usual, the event officially begins at 7:00pm and ends when Dan and Anne kick the last one of us out (around 11).

Dan has a great home “tavern” and welcomes all PG members to partake of his hospitality.  Guest kegs are welcome.  If you plan to bring a keg, let Dan know ([email protected]) and he will set up a jockey box.  Bring homebrew, commercial beer, and anything else you would like to drink.

Our hosts will graciously prepare some food, but this First Friday is a potluck, so please bring something to share – finger food is especially great.

We will be out in the backyard for what is hopefully a warm spring evening, but jackets are recommended after the sun goes down.  There is a dartboard (feel free to bring your own darts if you’d like!) and a fire pit that may get lit up later in the evening.

  • Address: 2379 W. 21st Street, Los Angeles 90018

  • Phone: 323-730-1003 or 323-203-5089

  • Directions:
    Take the 10 freeway to Arlington Exit
    Head North to Washington (coming from the West, make a Left at the exit – about 4 short blocks).
    Right on Washington.
    Right on Cimarron.
    Right on 21st Street.
    (21st Street is closed to entry from Arlington, so enter the neighborhood from Washington at Cimarron.)

Park anywhere in the neighborhood.  Parking can be tough to find, so carpooling is encouraged.  A designated driver is also recommended.

Hope to see you all there!

Big Brew Reminder – Saturday May 26th

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Hey folks:

Don’t forget that this Saturday, May 26th, is Big Brew day.  At this point we have four brewers and room for one or two more.

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OC Road Trip II – Reminder and Payment deadline.

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Hi there.  This is a friendly reminder that our OC Road Trip II is coming up fast on Saturday, June 9th.  Response thus far has been light and unless we get a solid showing very soon, we’ll need to cancel the trip.  Please don’t let this happen!  Bootleggers and Old Orange are great breweries that are really looking forward to hosting us and it’s sure to be a great time.  Deadline for reserving your spot on the bus will be close of business at Culver City Home Brewing Supply on Sunday the 27th of May.  Please drop your well-labeled payments off at the shop by then (cash or personal check made out to Pacific Gravity).

  • When?  Saturday, June 9th, from 11am-5pm.
  • How Much?  $20 to ride the bus.

As always, please contact Kurt if you have any questions.  We hope to see you there!

May Club Meeting Tomorrow, 5/17

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It’s IPA night at our monthly club meeting tomorrow –  Thursday, May 17th, at Culver City Home Brewing Supply.  We get things started at 7:30pm out back of the store, so bring your best homebrew or even a commercial beer and get to know some of your fellow club members!

Commercial Styles of the Month:  India Pale Ales (IPAs), of which we’ll have a selection of great commercial beers to wet your palate on a warm spring evening.

Homebrew Kegs of the Month: India Pale Ales.  Favorite keg each month wins a $25 gift certificate to CCHBS, so check out the upcoming style of the month on the website and start brewing!  If interested in bringing a keg of your own to an upcoming meeting, sign up with our VP Dave, either at the club meetings or via email at: [email protected]

COC: No Club-Only Competition this month, but on the horizon are Porters this summer.  You can always contact Carl, our Competitions Coordinator, for more info or email him at: [email protected]

OC Road Trip:  Our trip to Orange County is coming up in less than a month, so if you’d like to hop on the bus and take a ride down to check out the Bootleggers and Old Orange breweries with fellow PG members and enjoy some great beers and laughter on Saturday, June 9th, please sign up at the meeting and reserve your seat with the low fee of only $20.  We need to know if there are enough interested parties to make this trip happen, so if you are interested, make sure to let Kurt know at the meeting, or you can shoot him an email at: [email protected]

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