First Saturday at Bar 326
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Pacific Gravity Club Meeting Thursday, February 16th at Tortugo Brewery
Greetings Pacific Gravity!
Our meeting this month will take place on February 16th, 2023 at Tortugo Brewing Co, located at 916 W Hyde Park Blvd, Inglewood, CA 90302.
We will get started about 7:30 PM.
February Monthly Meeting; Thursday 2/16/2023 at 7:30 PM
Tortugo Brewing Co.
916 W. Hyde Park Blvd.
Inglewood, CA 90302
(424) 227-9963
Oi! English Beers!
Join us for the January club meeting to kick the year off right. We will discuss upcoming events, fundraisers, brewing competitions and more!
Please bring your homebrews for everyone to enjoy.
The style of the month for February is English Beers, though all styles are welcome.
TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF SWAG!
We should have some Pacific Gravity branded items available for sale:
- Taster Glasses $5
- Lanyards (hold badge and have a ring for taster glasses) $5
- We also have a couple of items if anyone is interested:
Rice cooker (gargantuan size)
Turkey Fryer
It is gratifying that we have resumed gathering in person, but as always, we encourage and expect everyone will be vigilant about their own health to ensure the groups safety! Please observe all safety precautions and stay home if you do not feel well.
We hope to see you all at our meeting!
Pacific Gravity Polo Shirts
The shirts are in! For all those who ordered Pacific Gravity polo shirts and have not picked them up, they will be available for pick up at the February meeting at Tortugo.
Competition Corner February 2023
Competition season is upon us, giving us several opportunities on top of each other.
First up, if you requested entries to the AHA National Homebrew Competition, you have up until February 12 to finalize your entry list. The physical entries will be due later in March. You can update your entries at https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/
The entry window for America’s Finest City Competition is now open. Entries are due by February 17th at Alesmith Brewery in San Diego. Alas, we do not have a driver this year, so you are on your own to ship them. Online registration is at https://quaff.org/AFC-2023/
Next up is our very own Los Angeles Belgian Brew Challenge. This competition focuses on the Belgian styles as defined in the 2015 BJCP guidelines. Here are the key dates:
Entry registration is open now until March 10th at http://comp.belgianbrewchallenge.com/.
Entry drop-off runs from February 25th through March 10th. Entries can be dropped off at Tortugo Brewing Company or the local homebrew shops.
Bottle Organizing will be held at Tortugo on Saturday, March 11th. Volunteers needed!
Sign-up for judging and stewards is open until March 22nd.
Main judging will be at Tortugo on March 25th. as a Pro-Am entry in the Great American Beer Festival.
All of the above are part of the 2023 Pacific Gravity Brewer of the Year Award.
Carl Townsend
Competition Coordinator
Upcoming Styles of the Month
February – English Beers
March – Belgian Beers
April – German Beers
May – Specialty Beers
June – Pale Beers
July – Summer Party
August – Wheat Beers
September – Festbiers and Amber lagers
October – IPAs
November – Amber and Brown Beers
December – Holiday Party
Stuffed Sandwich FIRST SATURDAY!
Greetings Pacific Gravity!
For our February First Friday, we are switching it up to FIRST SATURDAY!
Please join us at the Stuffed Sandwich, Saturday February 4th at 12:00 NOON in San Gabriel.
1145 East Las Tunas Dr.
San Gabriel, CA 91776 (626) 285-9161
Marlene has agreed to set up a blind tasting. Price according to # of participants but about $10. If you know Marlene; then you know you want in on this! The theme for February for the taps is Barley Wines so we strongly recommend carpooling with a designated driver or public transport!!! Stuffed Sandwich is part of our local beer history as it specialized in craft beer before it was even called craft beer. There is seating in the outside patio… but dress for the weather!
This is a ‘drive yourself’ event so try and arrange car pools if you can!
It is gratifying that we have resumed gathering in person, but as always we encourage and expect everyone will be vigilant about their own health to ensure the groups safety! Please observe all safety precautions and stay home if you do not feel well.
Hope to see you all there!
Looking for a home for some growlers
A note from Adam of the closed Harajuku:
“I have pretty much wrapped up everything with the Taproom. One of the last things I’m trying to find a home for is about 270 remaining growler bottles and a case of caps to go with them. Would the Pacific Gravity group be interested in them, or do you know of any smaller breweries that might want them? I’m not looking to sell them. Ideally, I could trade them all for a few beers. The growlers have both a 32 oz. and 1 liter fill line. Here’s a cut sheet below with specs.”
Upcoming Events
February 1: Entry Registration begins for Los Angeles Belgian Brew Challenge (LABBC)
February 4th: First Saturday, Noon: Stuffed Sandwich
February 16: Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company Styles include all English Beers
February 25: Entry Drop-off begins for LABBC
March 10: Entry Drop-off Deadline for LABBC
March 11: Bottle Organizing Session at Tortugo
March 25: Main Judging Session for LABBC at Tortugo
Styles of the Month
- February – English Beers
- March – Belgian Beers
- April – German Beers
- May – Specialty Beers
- June – Pale Beers
- July – Summer Party, all styles
- August – Wheat Beers
- September – Festbiers and Amber lagers
- October – IPAs
- November – Amber and Brown Beers
- December – Holiday Party, all styles
Pacific Gravity Club Meeting Thursday, January 19th at Tortugo Brewery
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Brew now for the Los Angeles Belgian Brew Challenge
After a long gap triggered by the COVID pandemic, we have resurrected the Los Angeles Belgian Brew Challenge for 2023. This competition focuses on the Belgian styles as defined in the 2015 BJCP guidelines. This year, judging will be hosted at our home brewery, Tortugo Brewing Company on March 25. This will give you time to brew for most of the styles. The Best in Show entry will be brewed by Tortugo as a Pro-Am entry in the Great American Beer Festival.
Here are some of the key details for 2023:
- Entry Registration begins on February 1st and runs through March 10th.
- Two bottles are required for each entry with a $10 entry fee.
- Bottle drop-off begins February 25th and runs through March 10th. Entries can be dropped off at the brewery, or the local homebrew shops.
- Volunteers for Judges, Stewards and other assistants can sign up now. Volunteers will get the official competition tee shirt.
- Bottle Organizing will be held at Tortugo on Saturday, March 11th.
- Main judging Saturday, March 25th at Tortugo.
For general information about the competition, go to http://belgianbrewchallenge.com/ In addition to the beer styles that can be entered, we will cover some sponsor highlights.
Sign-ups for Judges, Stewards and other assistants can be found at http://comp.belgianbrewchallenge.com/ Entry registration can be found here as well starting February 1st.
So get those brew kettles going now and good luck with your entries!
Carl Townsend
Competition Coordinator
Other Upcoming Events
January 19th 7:30 PM. January Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company. Style of the month is Winter Beers.
February 1: Entry Registration begins for LABBC
February 3 or 4th: First Friday or Saturday TBD
February 16: Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company
February 25: Entry Drop-off begins for LABBC
March 10: Entry Drop-off Deadline for LABBC
March 11: Bottle Organizing Session at Tortugo
March 25: Main Judging Session for LABBC at Tortugo
First Saturday at Library Alehouse
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Pacific Gravity Holiday Party
Greetings Pacific Gravity!
We are throwing a holiday party on Saturday 12/10/2022!
But first we need your help! On Saturday 12/03/22 we will be decking the halls and doing the set up (and drinking beer!) over at Neil’s, so come on down and lend a hand!
Then we will make merry the way we know how!
Holiday party
When: Saturday, December 10, at 5:00 PM.
Where: 12966 Rubens Ave, Los Angeles, CA. (at Alla Road)
The Holiday party will be a Neil’s Duplex on December 10th at 5:00PM. Rumor has it that Santa will be making an appearance. Also, we will announce the Member of the Year Award and the Brewer of the year award, and introducing the new officers for 2023.
You can help! Because although the club will be providing much of the main dishes this is still a pot luck party and your favorite party dish will sure be appreciated! The menu should mostly reflect past holiday parties featuring Carbonnades ala Flamande, meat on the BBQ, deep fried turkeys, spiced ham and much more!
So if you have a favorite family holiday recipe and want to share it with the rest of us, this is your chance! If you have any questions about what to bring you can ask me masterchef@pacificgravity.com. Suggestions would include any kind of main dish but especially all side dishes, veggie dishes, salads, desserts and appetizers!
Beer
Got beer? We need all types of beer, meads, cider and sodas for this event. Pull out your favorite holiday beverage, dust off the bottle or keg and bring it down! We’ll have the Wave of Beer set up to help dispense your holiday homebrews. If you plan to bring beer, soda or other seasonally festive beverage, please contact Carl at: Competitions@pacificgravity.com & let him know what you will bring. Everyone who signs up in advance will have a festive tap tag.
Equipment:
We need a few more EZ-Ups, heat lamps and fire pits so please donate them if you can. Bring a chair if you can!
We need lot & lots FIREWOOD! If you can bring wood please do so. December evenings can be cold so please help bring some wood so we can all stay warm.
This is an outdoor event…it will be cold! Please plan accordingly!
We ask that all attendees are vaccinated and can provide proof of same upon request.
See you there!
Cheers and Happy Holidays!
Ian Fraser
President
Pacific Gravity Club Meeting, Chili Cook-off and Elections
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Upcoming Styles of the Month
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Upcoming Events
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Club Meeting 10/20, Order Your Polo Shirts
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September First Friday at Tortugo Brewing!
Greetings Pacific Gravity!
It is September already!
For our First Friday in September, we have decided to head back to Tortugo for our home court advantage.
First Friday: September 2nd, 2022 @ 7:00 PM at Tortugo Brewing Co, located at 916 W Hyde Park Blvd, Inglewood, CA 90302
Note: We will not be gathering in the meeting area, but will have a table near the bar.
We hope to see you all Friday!
It is great that we can all get together in person, but as always we encourage and expect everyone will be vigilant about their own health to ensure the groups safety! Please observe all safety precautions and stay home if you do not feel well.
Yeastside Brewers San Diego bus trip next month, September 17
The YS is planning a bus trip to some San Diego breweries for September 17th and we wanted to extend an invite to PG. We’re still in the planning stages and looking to get as good a deal as we can for the bus and for us, so the more, the merrier, and cheaper. We also have a call out to the WASH folks for interest.
Breweries we’re considering stopping at are White Labs, Setting Sun (sake), Lost Cause Meadery, Duck Foot, Pure Project, California Wild Ales, and Black Plague. Ambitious, but a few of these are very close to each other and we’ll be making adjustments as necessary on the day of. Some of these breweries should have food trucks, so no dedicated eating stop – we’ll all be responsible for ourselves.
We’ll meet at Union Station and be on the bus and on our way at 10am latest. We expect to be back around 8pm or so.
Cost will be approximately $35 to $50 per rider depending on how well we can do on the bus / turnout. Payment could be via email / Venmo, or we might have a Square on the bus, and cash.
Anyone interested should contact Terry Molloy (brewfest @ pacific gravity)
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