Please come join us for our last meeting of the year at our home base at Tortugo this Thursday 11/20 at 7:30. Our styles of the month are ambers and browns.

Craig will be bringing some of our 30th Anniversary Tee Shirts ($20) and glasses ($5) – this will be the last opportunity for purchase in 2025!

Voting – Member of the Year and 2026 Board
We will also be voting for member of the year and the board for 2026. If you have additional nominations, you may email elections@pacificgravity.com by midnight Wed 11/19 and they will be added to the ballot (or people can also write in if need be). If you will be unable to attend, members may vote by email by sending to that same address on Thurs 11/20 until 9pm.

Current Nominations:
    Member of the year: Joe Kovatch, Dean Sussman, Carl Townsend, Parker Waechter
    Board Nominees:
President – Parker Waechter
Vice President – Terry Molloy
Treasurer – Craig Corley

Holiday Party
The annual PG holiday party is rapidly approaching and will be held on Saturday 12/6 at Neil’s Duplex (12966 Rubens Ave, Los Angeles, CA. (at Alla Road)).
Carl will have a signup sheet at the meeting for kegs you will be bringing so he can make his traditional festive tap tags(tm). Chef Ian will be doing his culinary magic as always, but we always need some more salads, sides, deserts etc, so please start thinking about how you can dazzle with kitchen skills to match your brewing skills!

The weekend before the party (Nov 29/30) we will be doing setup for the party.  I know it is Thanksgiving weekend, so at the meeting we will vote on Saturday vs Sunday to get the most people to help out.Many hands makes for light work…yada yada.

Anniversary Beer News
We have completed the final 2 brews (Smog City and Firestone Walker)!  This Sunday we could use help bottling the Smog City Batch, and likely also the Cellador batch (both at Cellador across the parking lot from Smog).  More details will be provided as soon as they are available.  We successfully had club anniversary collaboration brews at 5 breweries (Tortugo, Cellador, Project Barley, Smog City and Firestone).  The Tortugo beers have been sold out for months and mostly happily consumed – thanks Joe!  I believe all the others will be available for tasting at the Holiday Party.  We should be very proud that we have this much support from the professional brewing community!

Hope to see you all at the meeting Thursday!

Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers

November Monthly Meeting Thurs 11/20/2025 at 7:30 PM
Tortugo Brewing Co.
916 W. Hyde Park Blvd.
Inglewood,  CA  90302
(424) 227-9963

Upcoming Events

• Nov 20  :  Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company 7pm (Styles: brown and amber beer)
• Nov 29 or 30 – Holiday Party Setup
• Dec 6    :   Holiday Party!

Our July monthly meeting is this Thursday at our home-base Tortugo Brewing.

Our style of the month is IPAs, so please feel free to bring something interesting for people to share.

This last Saturday, Alex from Cellador graciously hosted us and allowed us to pick from his many barrels to pull samples from and come up with a blend for the Cellador-PG Collaboration Anniversary beer.  We wound up choosing samples from 8 barrels to try, and split into 4 groups to come up with our favorite blends,  then the favorites from the groups were voted on by everyone to choose the final choice.  The official selection was a blend (mostly concocted by Chef Ian) from 4 different barrels and will also have cherries added… it should be delicious!  The beer will likely be available in a few months – We will keep you posted!  Thanks again to Alex for giving the club this opportunity!

The legendary Summer Party is rapidly approaching (Saturday August 16).  Carl will have a signup sheet for kegs at the meeting. More details be coming soon.

I hope to see you all at the meeting Thursday!

Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers

July Monthly Meeting – Thursday 7/17/2025 at 7:30 PM
Tortugo Brewing Co.
916 W. Hyde Park Blvd.
Inglewood,  CA  90302
(424) 227-9963

30th Anniversary Tee Shirts Coming Soon – Reserve Yours Now 
We’re working on a commemorative tee shirt for the club’s 30th anniversary.  We’re targeting $20 per shirt and having these ready for the summer party on August 16th.  We will be limiting the sizes and quantity of shirts for this order. To make sure that you get the size and quantity of shirts that you want, we’re asking that you let us know in advance what you want.  To reserve your shirts, email club treasurer, Craig Corley, at treasurer@pacificgravity.com with your preferred size/quantity of shirts.  You can also reserve your shirt at our July 17th club meeting. We will be ordering these by the end of July to ensure we have them on hand for the Summer Party, so let Craig know what you want before July 25th.

Upcoming Events

• July   17: Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company – Style: IPA
• July Canceled – Red White and Brews Competition
• Aug   16: Summer Party!! (note new date from original tentative)
• Aug  29:  Entry deadline for Pacific Brewers Cup  Enter at https://strandbrewersclub.org/pbc/bcoem/
• Sept 20: Judging for PBC

Our May club meeting this Thursday at our home-base Tortugo Brewing.

Our style of the month is is Dark/Black beers so please bring your schwarz, dunkel, stouts, black IPAs or mysteriously darkened beers of your choice.

The So Cal Homebrew Fest was a monstrous ball of fun. Everyone who wen participated in helping out (particularity with some tasty beers!), so thanks to all, but special thanks to Terry for organizing it all, Ian for the great eats, and Carl/Tom for all the serving setup/transport.

I hope to see you all at the meeting Thursday!

Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers

February Monthly Meeting – Thursday 5/16/2025 at 7:30 PM
Tortugo Brewing Co.
916 W. Hyde Park Blvd.
Inglewood,  CA  90302
(424) 227-9963

Competition Corner

Results have been released for two recent competition:  Mayfaire and the California State Fair.  Congratulations go to Craig Corley for picking up ribbons in both events. Two of his beers scored twice!
His Belgian Pale Ale BP24 picked up 1st place in Mayfaire and a 3rd place in the State Fair.
His Belgian Blonde #21 picked up 3rd in Mayfaire and 2nd in the State Fair.
In addition his Weissbier Sa #9 – Weise Färse took 1st place in the State Fair.
Craig takes a commanding 10 point lead in the PG Brewer of the Year tally.

The next competitions on the horizon are the Red White and Brews competition run by Long Beach in July, and Pacific Brewers Cup, run by Strand Brewers in September.

Here is a run-down on the rest of this year’s future competitions:

• July – Long Beach Red White and Brews
  • American beers, 30 different styles
• September – Pacific Brewers Cup
  • Strand running it in 2025
• October California State Competition

It’s Time to Do the Dues!

It’s May, so and that means its time for our annual Pacific Gravity membership dues collection.  All club members need to pay their dues to keep their membership active until March 2026.  Annual dues are $48 for individuals or $72 for couples and are prorated for members who joined the club within the last year.

Keep in mind that your dues are the primary way we fund such club activities as club parties, monthly meetings, club brews and much more.  Your paid membership also ensures that you’ll continue to receive the many club benefits available, access to various brewing activities, discounts and information.

There are several ways you can renew your annual dues.  Club Treasurer, Craig Corley will be collecting dues at the upcoming March club meeting and other upcoming club events.  You can go old school and send Pacific Gravity a check to PO Box 2451, Culver City CA 90231. And for the ultimate in convenience, you can renew your dues online via the PayPal links below:
Individual Membership – Full 1-year Renewal: https://py.pl/121AAr
Couples Membership – Full 1-year Renewal: https://py.pl/5LD8s

Along with your dues renewal, we need all members to complete a Membership Application/Liability Waiver. And in the case of couples memberships, we need this for both members.  You can fill out and submit your Membership Application/Liability Waiver at the following link: https://forms.gle/f2xCjNBAp5qoJjFK8

All current club members should have gotten a renewal notice via email detailing their dues renewal amount and member information on file. This is a good opportunity to update our membership records, so please let Craig know of any changes to your member information (address, email, phone, etc) or include changes with your check/renewal form.

For any individual members who might be interested, the couples membership provides full membership status/benefits to both partners of a couple including membership cards, emails, etc. Note that the couples membership is optional, couples can continue with one partner being an individual member and the other being their guest.  It’s an additional $24 to upgrade your individual membership to a couples membership and you’ll need to include your partner’s name and email along with your payment.

Have questions about your dues or how much you owe? Check with Craig at the club meeting or by email at Treasurer@PacificGravity.com.

Upcoming Events

June 6:    First Friday (TBD)

June 19:  Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company – Style: Sour Smoked and wood aged beers

Greetings Pacific Gravity!

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At our February monthly meeting this Thursday we will be kick off the celebrations of the club’s 30th Anniversary!!

Chef Ian will be providing some tasty eats, and Craig Corley will be bringing an appropriate toasting beer!

Our style of the month is is English Beer, so please bring your milds, stouts, bitters and whatever else tickles your Brit-bone to share with the group.

We have a number of opportunities to celebrate this year, but you don’t want to miss the first!

Also, we have a  minor bit of business in that we will be voting on a small dues increase to support club activities. Club dues collection begins in March.

I hope to see you all at the meeting Thursday!

Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers

February Monthly Meeting – Thursday 2/20/2025 at 7:30 PM
Tortugo Brewing Co.
916 W. Hyde Park Blvd.
Inglewood,  CA  90302
(424) 227-9963

Celebration of Life for Bruce Bode

On a more somber note, the brewing community has lost a significant member recently.  Bruce Bode passed away last week, and the Maltose Falcons are honoring him with a celebration of life at Santa Monica Brew works on Saturday March 1, 12-3pm.  This will be our March First Friday (Saturday) event.  Please come and raise a glass for Bruce!
More details to follow as they become available.

Southern California Homebrew Festival

The Southern California Homebrew Festival will be held May 2-4, 2925 at Vail Lake near Temecula.  Sign up is available now at https://www.calhomebrewers.org/ . Remember, you need to join CHA first, ($10) and then you can sign up for the fest itself. ($60 through the end of February).  The prices goes up after that, so sign up soon.

If you have not already contacted Terry Molloy abut attending, please let him know ASAP at tmsoccercoach@gmail.com .  If you plan on camping or food with the club, there will be a separate fee payable to Terry.

This fest is always a blast; you won’t want to miss it.

Competition Corner

The registration windows for the first two competitions of 2025 are now open.

First up in the National Homebrew Competition.  You must be an AHA member and then select which site you want to enter at https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/national-homebrew-competition/  There is a cap of 750 entries at each site, but they have removed the entry cap per person, so these are likely to fill  up fast.  If your first pick is full, go ahead and try another site.  The registration deadline is this Wed, 2/19.  The bottle entry window varies by location, ranging from early March to mid-April.

Next up is America’s Finest City Competition in San Diego.  Registration is at https://www.quaff.org/AFC-2025/  Entries will be due by February 27^th at Alesmith brewery.

>Here is a run-down on the rest of this year’s future competitions:

• April – Mayfaire Competition
  • Entries due April 11^th at local homebrew shops.
  • Judging April 26^th
• May/June  State Fair.
  • Likely Angel City drop-off site
• June/July Long Beach Red White and Brews?
  • American beers, 30 different styles
• September – Pacific Brewers Cup
  • Strand running it in 2025
• October California State Competition

Upcoming Events

• Feb 20  : Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company – Style: English Beers
• March 1: First Saturday – Celebration of Life for Bruce Bode, Santa Monica Brew Works 12-3
• March 20 : Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company – Style: Belgian Beers