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.
If you ever wanted to learn the ropes of all-grain brewing, this is the perfect opportunity. I’ll be brewing up a batch of ultra-dark Read more →
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).
As always, please contact Kurt if you have any questions. We hope to see you there!
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: VicePresident@pacificgravity.com
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: Competitions@pacificgravity.com
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: RoadTrips@pacificgravity.com
MAY TWENTY-TWELVEUPCOMING EVENTS:
CLUB MEETING @ CCHBS: MAY 17TH, 7PM – INDIA PALE ALES
Hop withdrawal? This meeting is sure to cure what ales you. Bitterness never tasted so…bitter.
BIG BREW @ CARL’S HOUSE: 3621 REDWOOD AVE, LA – MAY 26TH, 10 AM TO 6PM
Join us for another multiple-brewer event at Brewmaster Carl’s house. Focus should be on brewing lots of beers for the Summer Party. Carl will be bolting the Thermosiphon Reboiler onto his new brewstand! Is that even legal?
FIRST FRIDAY @ THE CARRIAGE HOUSE TAP ROOM: 2379 21ST STREET, LA – JUNE 1ST, 7PM TO 11PM
Dan & Anne Hakes are hosting us at their lovely home for another fun First Friday. The beers will be flowing from the Carriage House’s taps – bring some to share, too! Potluck welcomed and encouraged.
ORANGE COUNTY BREWERY ROAD TRIP: SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH – 11AM TO 5PM
We had a great time last year down this way, so let’s do it again! We’ll be visiting Bootleggers Brewery and Old Orange Brewing. Cost to ride the bus is $20. See Kurt for more info or email him at roadtrips@pacificgravitycom
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 – it’s gonna be one big smoooothfest.
ON THE HORIZON:
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 will be a great place to hang out on a mellow Saturday afternoon. Happy hour til 6, then the dinner crowd rolls in…
SUMMER PARTY @ NEIL’S: 12966 RUBENS AVE, MARINA DEL REY – SATURDAY, JULY 21ST, 1PM TO 9PM
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 and crown a winner…anybody have a crown we can borrow? Don‘t forget to brew a keg for it, too!
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Just a quick reminder that I will be collecting payments for the OC Road Trip this Thursday at the PG meeting. Response thus far has been light and unless we get a solid showing at the meeting, I’ll have 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.
As always, please contact me if you have any questions.
Well if you do, you should be excited about the May club meeting this Thursday! This year May is for IPA, and I know of at least 4 people bringing kegs of IPA to the meeting. Do you have a keg or bottle of IPA that you would like to share with club members? Bring it along, and you will be elligible for the Beer of the Meeting award, which gets you a $25 gift certificate to Culver City Home Brewing Supply.
Do you really love IPA? How would you like to host the commercial tasting this meeting? It’s pretty easy, you buy up to $150 of delicious IPA (Beverage Warehouse is our preferred supplier) that you love or have always wanted to try. Chill it, bring it to the meeting, open bottles after announcements, and make about 100 new friends. Sound great? Email me at vicepresident@pacificgravity.com and I will give you the lowdown.
Bring out your kettles and burners and join us for a Big Brew on Saturday May 26th at the home of our Competition Coordinator and Brewmaster, Carl Townsend. This will be a perfect opportunity to whip up something for the Summer Party.
Carl will be unveiling his brand new brew stand and bolting on the amazing thermosiphon reboiler. Read more →
We’re doing a Second Saturday in May rather than a First Friday due to the Southern California Homebrew Fest landing on the first weekend, and so that we can meet up with our fellow homebrew club, the Yeastside Brewers, after their club meeting at 4pm.
For those of you who have not been to Eagle Rock Brewery before, it is dedicated to producing unique artisanal craft beers and supporting the growing beer community in Los Angeles. Some PG alumni have found a home at Eagle Rock, so you may encounter a familiar face or two.
They have taps dedicated to their well-crafted beers and a couple of well-selected guest taps. Growler fills and bottles are also available if you are inspired to bring some brew home to enjoy. The brewery does not have a kitchen, but there are always food trucks on the weekends, usually beginning about 7pm. You are welcome to bring your own food in as well. You can check their website for more details about the current taps and food trucks next weekend:
Eagle Rock Brewery is located at: 3056 Roswell Street, Los Angeles CA 90065
While you’re in the area, you can also stop by our sister homebrew supply store:
Eagle Rock Home Brewing Supply: 4981 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
-Audrey
Pacific Gravity Board Meeting Minutes May 2nd, 2012
In attendance: Audrey, Dave M., Craig, Carl, Victor, Kurt, Terry, Dave S., Dan H..
Not in Attendance: N/A
By-Laws Committee: Dan Hakes
Hello all. This is yet another friendly reminder that the So. Cal. Homebrewers Festival is IN 1 WEEK – May 4th thru May 6th. Over 30 homebrewing clubs from our neck of the woods (and even further away) will be pouring the fruits of their labor for all to enjoy at the lovely Lake Casitas Recreation Area in Ojai, Ventura County, CA.
If you’re interested in joining Pacific Gravity for a weekend of camping out, gallons upon gallons of homebrew, and general good times, please drop your camping fee payments off (no PayPal option) at Culver City Homebrewing Supply by the close of business tomorrow, April 28th, and shoot me an email at schbf@pacificgravity.com to let me know it’s there. Checks are best (please note on the memo line who the camping payment is for) but cash is fine too (put it in an envelope and write your name on it, noting that it’s for the Fest). You can also email me at the same address if you have any questions.
Here are links to all of the information you need:
It’s gonna be another great Festival – hope to see you there!
