There have been several pricing related updates. For full details see the previous posts.
You can now purchase either 5 or 10 gallons using the buttons below. (10 max per member).
If you already paid for 5 gallons and would like 5 more, just use the 5 gallon button once more.
5 Gallons $27.00 ($28.12 total)
10 Gallons $54.00 ($55.92 total)
On Feb. 27, 2010 the Tustin Brewing Company and its Brewmaster, PG’s Jon Porter, will be hosting their 2nd professional style Monster Brew.
PG Brewmaster, Carl Townsend, and Jon have developed a new base wort for this event, this time in the style of an American Pale Ale. Each person will pitch his yeast of choice, add adjuncts to the wort, dry hop in secondary, or do nothing special to it. For some great suggestions see Carl’s article in the PG website. Included will be the recipe in a Excel spreadsheet format.
COST
The cost will be $27 for each 5 gallons of wort, excluding the cost of yeast (bring it to the brewery, or pitch it at home), and any additional ingredients you wish to add.
The reason for additional cost is to cover Tustin Brewing’s additional costs for putting on the event.
Payment for the event will be in advance this time. You may access the Pacific Gravity Pay Pal account through the PG website: PacificGravity.com, or http://pacificgravity.beerzine.com/
Payment for the event may also be made at the Feb. 18 PG Meeting, or be left at Culver City Homebrew Supply. Be sure to include your name, tel. number, and E-mail address.
You MUST be present at the event to get your 5-10 gallons of wort. No friends will be allowed to pick up wort for you.
If you have paid in advance, but find you cannot attend, 24 hour notice must be given in order to obtain a refund. On event day, all monies collected will be given to Tustin Brewing.
Such notice may be sent to Pacific Gravity Treasurer, Craig Corley, or Michael Steinberg, Activities Director.
Some of us may want to purchase more than 5-10 gallons. Initially, ONLY 5-10 gallons may be purchased. However, if there is wort left over at the end we will hold a lottery to determine who may get an additional 5 gallon allotment. Bring an extra fermenter if you are interested.
You must remember to bring a sanitized fermenter for each 5 gallons you buy.
FERMENTERS
Fermenters MUST be either plastic or stainless steel. Absolutely no glass fermenters will be allowed in the brewery due to the danger of breakage on the tile floor. You may bring small glass vessels with yeast or other additions, however.
We will have extra plastic fermenters and airlocks available for on-site purchase.
If you think you may need one, please contact Activities Director so that we can get a count.
TIME
The event will be starting EARLY, at 6AM. If that is too early, you may show up by 12 noon and still get your pre-purchased wort. Of course, you’ll not get to take part in the actual brewing. Projected ending time will be between 1-2 PM.
Other clubs will be invited to participate, including the Long Beach Home Brewers, but the organizers hope that Pacific Gravity members make up the bulk of the brewers.
FOOD
Tustin Brewing will have coffee, bagels, pastries, etc. for breakfast, and we will buy our own lunches towards the end of the brewing session. In addition, there is a Trader Joe’s nearby, and an early opening restaurant where you can get breakfast if you wish.
Tustin Brewing’s kitchen opens for lunch at 11am.
In addition Jon will be supplying tasting samples of some of his fine brews during the morning.
Cut off time for free pours will be 11am. After that, it will be available for purchase.
TRAVEL
We will be carpooling down to Tustin. The trip is about 45 minutes at the early hour we’ll be traveling. If there is much return traffic, those who pitch yeast at Tustin, may have a finished beer by the time they get home.
ActivitiesDirector@PacificGravity.com
Treasurer@PacificGravity.com
http://pacificgravity.beerzine.com/
Here’s the link to Tustin Brewing: http://www.tustinbrewery.com/index.html
Fellow PG members and guests,
Currently the Paypal info says that the price of 5 gallons of wort for the Tustin Monster Brew will be $30.00.
It has been decided that the price will be dropped to $27.00/5 gallons.
The pricing change will be implemented Mon night (2/1) as soon as our Webmaster, Lee, gets home from a trip.
Sorry if this has posed an inconvenience to anyone.
If any readers have already paid 30 bucks please contact me, or Craig Corley so that we can arrange for a refund.
ActivitiesDirector@PacificGravity.com
Treasurer@PacificGravity.com
This coming month we’re all going to Bar Food, a new destination for Pacific Gravity.
Bar Food is located at 12217 Wilshire Blvd., 1 block West of Bundy, in West L.A. Tel: (310) 820-3274
They have 24 taps, most at very reasonable prices.
The bar opens at 5PM and has a Happy Hour menu until 7PM, including FREE hot Dogs and other food from 2-6 bucks.
House beers (Blonde, Amber, and Pale Ales are $3.50 during H.H.
Check out their website for more information.
P.G. members have said it’s a place worthy of our presence as a First Friday destination, so we’ll grace them with our presence.
Check out their website www.barfoodla.com
Hope to see you there.
Ahh, the cool days of January are here and it is time to get some beer fermenting. We have a fresh slate of competitions to enter in 2010, and now is the time to prepare.
First up on the docket is the Club-Only competition for English Brown Ales, BJCP Cat #11. We will judge these at the January club meeting on Thursday, January 21st. Bring three 12 oz. bottles to the meeting and Read more →
We will meet alternating Sundays at 5:00 pm at the Culver City Homebrewing Supply Co at Read more →
Get ready for the First Friday of the New Year, to be held on the second Friday of January.
Because the 1st Friday is New year’s Day, we are meeting at the 5th Amendment in Santa Monica the second Friday .
The 5th Amendment is owned by fellow club member Dan Petrovich, and we’d like to have a good turnout to show him our support.
Address: 129 Broadway (at the South-West end of the Promenade)
Santa Monica
Parking: Public parking structure at Bway and 2nd.
Maximum fee is 3 bucks after 6PM
Dan and his lead bartender Dave are trying to put together something special for us, and it would help to give them an idea of how many of us will be going to the event. Starting time is usually around 7, but the bar opens at 5, and there’s no reason people can’t start earlier.
Please let me know if you intend to come, or even if you THINK you might come.
ActivitiesDirector@PacificGravity.com
or
msteinbergbeer@gmail.com
Raise your beer mug and give a toast to Chris Simental, the winner of the 2009 Pacific Gravity Homebrewer of the Year Award. Chris was honored at the Holiday Party on December 12th and presented with an engraved trophy mug. He was the run-away winner for the second year in a row, having garnered a record 39 points. His total completely blew away the rest of the field, let by second-place brewer Craig Corley, who had 21 points. Way to go Chris, and keep up the good work!
The final Club-Only Competition spot this year went to Jon Porter, for a wonderful Belgian Strong Golden Ale. Jon picked up a score of 40 points in the club judging, and 35.5 at the national level. Alas, it didn’t place in the top 3.
Looking ahead into 2010, Read more →
by Tomm “Christtmass” Carroll
The Pacific Gravity Holiday Party Carol
Sing along (to the tune of “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow”):
Oh the weather outside was pouring,
But the beer was so alluring,
And since we’ve got kegs to drain,
Let It Rain, Let It Rain, Let It Rain!
The brew club threw one good meeting,
And cooked up a feast for eating,
The homebrew was just insane!
Let It Rain, Let It Rain, Let It Rain!
So they thoughtfully tarped Neil’s yard
(How we hate drinkin’ out in the storm!),
And the guests came from near and far,
For Mulled Mead and Winter Warm(er).
The turnout was never baffling,
‘Cause Santa was there for raffling,
And as long as we’re feelin’ no pain,
Let It Rain, Let It Rain, Let It Rain
Perhaps jealous that she wasn’t invited, Mother Nature dealt Pacific Gravity a meteorological lump of coal, heaping wind and rain aplenty on our annual Holiday Party Saturday, December 12.
But despite the storm, the party at Neil Saund’s Mar Vista duplex (site of the annual celebration since 2007) came off without a hitch, thanks to the busy PG elves, who erected tarps and E-Z Ups in the outside area, which housed the all-important kegs of homebrew and kept the partiers – but not their thirsts – dry.
Some 175 club members, guests and friends braved the elements to participate in the bacchanal – and to see whose photos and what beer cans and coasters bedecked the fully trimmed Xmas tree this year. A few warmed by the roaring fireplace, although the outside temperatures were rather mild, thanks to the tropical origin of the storm.
Nearly three-dozen homebrewed wassail (or wasslager) offerings were on hand, arguably offering a tipple for every taste. See the full list, below.
Whether you wanted warm (Dan Hakes’ Mulled Mead), spicy (Carl Townsend’s, Matthew Rick’s and Nels Brown’s Spiced Holiday Ales), or sweet (Jonathan Fischer’s Cookies n’ Milk Stout); something to pick you up (Reed Wilson’s Coffee Cocoa Robust Porter), or knock you out (Larry Caldwell’s Madeira Oak-Aged Barleywine); something traditional (Terry Molloy’s English Mild, Neil Saund’s ESB), experimental (Chris Simental’s Oak Tripel), or inspirational (Tim Bardet and Ian Fraser’s Sticke Fred; a Düsseldorf Alt-style beer dedicated to founding club member Fred Waltman as a thank-you for arranging the “Sticke Warriors” beer tour of Germany and beyond this past October), there was a tap for you.
Many bottled beers, mostly of the aged holiday variety, also made appearances for the partiers’ drinking pleasure.
But it was the bodacious banquet that kept bellies full and prepped for further drinking. Club Master Chef Ian Fraser once again topped himself (does the man know no limits?). Not only overseeing most of the preparation and presentation for the holiday feast, he also contributed: Read more →
