The next Club-Only competition is for Porter, BJCP category 12. Because of the Summer Party schedule, note the special due date of Friday, July 13th at the Culver City shop. If you have any one of these (or more than one) bring three 12 oz. bottles to the meeting and make sure you let Carl know they are here. If possible, please also fill out an entry form, Read more →
Greetings, all. We’re on approach to one of the hallmark events of the Pacific Gravity calendar: the always-epic Summer Party on Saturday, July 21st, from 1pm to 8pm, at Neil’s palatial duplex! This reminder is a call to all PG members to review our President Audrey’s previous post regarding this event, and also to ask you, our loyal membership, to step up and help to make this grand tradition of ours the best ever. Read more →
Hello again, all. This is a friendly reminder that our upcoming “beer research” afternoon at City Tavern in Culver City is this Saturday, July 7th, beginning at 3:30pm. Remember also that we’ll get happy hour pricing until 6pm!
The front patio area. Photo courtesy City Tavern website.
I just scoped out their current beer list and see that they have several of Monkish Brewing’s beers on – they’re a very new brewery down in Torrance and I’ve already heard good reviews of some of their Belgian-influenced ales.
For more info, please see my previous post.
Hope to see all of your smiling faces this Saturday!
What’s up, y’alls? Now that summer’s here and the weather’s warming up, we’re changing it up just a bit for July’s First Friday by making it a Saturday afternoon affair. We’ll be meeting at one of Culver City’s best drinking establishments – City Tavern – on Saturday, July 7th, from 3:30pm to 6:30pm. As a bonus, we’ll get happy hour prices until 6pm. City Tavern’s beer selection is significant, so there’s sure to be something on for everyone’s tastes.
The bar. Photo courtesy of City Tavern website.
In addition to the 22 beers on tap behind the bar, City Tavern was the first California state-approved establishment to offer patrons the ability to…wait for it…pour their own beers! They’ve installed three 6-person “Table Tap” booths complete with their own tap service – they swipe a card, you pour away! These booths must be reserved, so if you’re interested, fill out the form on their site and await confirmation.
One of the Table Tap booths. Photo courtesy of City Tavern website.
So – to reiterate:
When: Saturday, July 7th, from 3:30pm to 6:30pm (or later…)
Where: City Tavern – 9739 Culver Blvd, Culver City
Parking: 2 hours free parking at the Watseka and Cardiff lots.
We hope to see you there!
Our annual Summer Party is nearly here and for those of you who have never been to one, it is our largest and most entertaining event of the year. We are doing things a little bit differently this year; our longtime host Dean Sussman is frolicking in Italy this summer, so our ever-gracious host, Neil Saund, has once again offered up his Duplex for our festivities.
When: Saturday, July 21st, 2012, from 1-8pm
Where: Neil Saund’s Duplex, 12966 Rubens Ave, LA, 90066
Admission: All current (dues paid-up to date) members are free, though you can pay your dues at the door or at the June club meeting with the $5 late fee. Admission for guests of club members will be $10.
Theme: We will be celebrating “Oktoberfest In July” this year!
Kegs: We encourage and need a selection of beverages, including homebrew (any Oktoberfest selections are encouraged!), meads, ciders, and non-alcoholic beverages. Awards will be given at the end of the party for the favorite alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverage. Sign-up sheets will be available at the June club meeting or as we get closer to the party. Please notify Carl @ competitions@pacificgravity.com so he can plan ahead for your beers or other beverages to be served cold. Kegs can be brought to Neil’s Duplex on either set-up day (7/14 or 7/20) or dropped off at CCHBS by close of business (9pm) on Thursday 7/19. We need them prior to the day of the party in order to plan for enough taps, ice, and space so that everyone’s brews can be sampled by all. Read more →
Come celebrate the Summer Solstice at our June Club Meeting this Thursday, June 21st, 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: Brown Ales, of which we’ll have a selection of great commercial beers to wet your palate on a warm summer evening.
Homebrew Kegs of the Month: Brown 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: VicePresident@pacificgravity.com
COC: No Club-Only Competition this month, but on the horizon are Porters this summer, due in mid-July just before the Summer Party. You can always talk to Carl, our Competitions Coordinator, for more info or email him at: Competitions@pacificgravity.com
Summer Party: Our annual Summer Party is coming up next month on July 21st! We’ll be going over some of the details at the club meeting this week; look for more information to start rolling out on the website over the next few weeks. Sign-up sheets for volunteers and kegs for the party will be out at the meeting, so please consider what types of volunteer jobs you would be interested in taking on and what beers, meads, ciders, or non-alchoholic beverages you plan to bring to the party. As always, PG members in good standing (dues paid and current) get free admission, but if you’re not current with your dues, admission is $35 at the door (there’s your dues!). In addition, this year, all members’ guests (including spouses) will pay $10 for admission. Read more →
JUNE TWENTY-TWELVEUPCOMING 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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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 →
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
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 vicepresident@pacificgravity.com and you can go shopping for beer on the club’s dime.
