AUGUST CLUB MEETING | THURSDAY, AUGUST 21st (7:30pm) | CULVER CITY HOME BREW SUPPLY

 

Hello Pacific Gravity Home Brewers!

 Our next PG Club meeting is Thursday, August 21st @ Culver City Home Brew Supply (7:30pm)

 We have a lot of news to share at this meeting, so your attendance is appreciated! Some notes about the meeting….

PACIFC BREWER’S CUP | ALL CALL FOR COOLERS!
PBC is fast approaching and we need your coolers to help keep your hard work cold during judging. If you have a cooler you can lend us – please bring them to the August 21st Club meeting @ Culver City Home Brew Supply! BE COOL AND BRING A COOLER!

 …and a reminder that August 22nd is the deadline for entries! Go online and register now and bring your bottles to the Club Meeting!

OCTOBER BUS TRIP – SIGN UP!
Our bus trip coordinator Kurt Periolat has organized a Fall trip down to some favorite OC’s breweries on Saturday, October 18th. TAPS FISHOUSE & BREWING’s patio will be out first stop for brews and grub. BOTTLE LOGIC is on the docket; with a third stop @ VALIANT BREWING COMPANY. Cost is $25.00 for the bus ride with limited seating available. Details about pick up location(s) and time(s) to follow. Come to the August 21st PG Club meeting @ Culver City Home Brew Supply and sign up!

SUMMER PARTY LEFTOVERS!
Well…it’s not any of the delicious food served up at the party…pretty sure Dean took care of that! It’s some miscellaneous items like kegs, easy ups, and jockey boxes. These lost and found items will be available for pick up @ CCHBS during the August 21st Club meeting. After that they are going into deep storage and will not be easily available. COME AND GET IT!

AUGUST COMMERCIAL TASTING HOST NEEDED | WHEAT BEERS
We’re looking for a host(s) for our Style of the Month Commercial tasting of Wheat Beers! Here’s how it works…go out and grab a selection of beers reflecting the style on Pacific Gravity’s budget. That’s right – we’ll be your sugar mama! Then share some information about your picks while you pour at the August meeting. Win friends and influence people – with BEER! Contact me @ vicepresident ( at ) pacificgravity (dot) com ASAP to enlist! WHEAT NEED YOU! 

PACIFIC GRAVITY GEAR!
If you didn’t grab one of our new PG T’s, PG Tasting glasses, and/or PG lanyards at the Summer Party – now’s your chance! We’ll have them available for purchase @ the meeting! **If you purchased a PG lanyard at the Summer Party – your custom fit aluminum PG Tasting glass holder ring is available for pick up! Free of charge with new PG lanyard*** So come and get your PG gear! You don’t want to be the odd man/woman out during our PG class picture.

 As always, bring a brew that you’re proud of, or a bottle of your favorite to share with you fellow PG Home Brewers! See you @ CCHBS next Thursday, August 21st.

 Cheers!

 Kingsley
VP | Pacific Gravity Home Brewer’s Club
         Celebrating 25 Years in 2015!

**REMINDER** PACIFIC GRAVITY CLUB MEETING | THURSDAY JUNE 19TH | NEIL SAUNDS HOUSE

Hello PG Members!

Just a freindly reminder that June’s PG Club Meeting is this Thursday night @ Neil Saunds House! So get your homebrew ready to share and come on over! Original link below with meeting details!

http://pacificgravity.org/2014/06/pacific-gravity-club-meeting-thursday-june-19th-730pm-neil-saunds-house/

Cheers!

Kingsley
VP | Pacific Gravity Homebrew Club

April Meeting Recap

Thanks to everyone who came out for April’s monthly club meeting.  We had an excellent turnout, especially considering the last minute change of location.  A special thanks to Ian for hosting us again and on such short notice.  Another special thank you to everyone who brought out beer for the night.  I think there were more kegs of beer at last nights meeting than I have seen at a monthly club meeting in quite a long time – so good work brewing and sharing the beer!

Here is a summary of the items covered last night at the meeting for those of you who were unable to attend, couldnt hear us, or drank a few too many and cant remember what was covered:

  • First, we issued our new Associate’s Cards to everyone in attendance who has paid in full for this calendar year.  The new cards are awesome – they are thermal printed PVC cards like you would get issued from Costco or the AHA for example.  This card entitles you to discounts at local businesses.  Currently we have two discounts in place – 5% off at Culver City Home Brew Supply and 10% off @ City Tavern in Culver City.  As we are able to gather up additional discounts/benefits for memberships we will post about them here on the blog or you can click on the menu item above under About > Benefits to see a current list of club benefits.  If you have not paid your dues yet please do so ASAP so you can get your new card.  The only way to redeem said benefits is by presenting this new PVC ID card, last years cards will not be accepted.  Thanks again to Ramesh and Tad for putting this together for us.
  • We had to do a last minute change of venue this week, which was unfortunate.  There is a newish Q&A issued by the ABC regarding home made wine and beer and where you can serve these items.  Unfortunately one of the items on that list made it illegal for us to share our homebrew at Smog City, so we made the call to cancel that location for last night and move to Ian’s.  Right now it is very important for you as a homebrewer to understand the law so that you dont expose yourself to legal issues.  Here is a link to the new Q&A.  Also note that in this document it lists homebrewing demonstrations as illegal.  Thanks again to Kingsley for rallying the troops to a new location and to Ian for hosting.
  • Last night we held our vote to ratify the bylaws presented to the club last week on this blog.  The vote was nearly unanimous (the only nay being Dean – who wrote the bylaws – because he wanted there to be at least one nay).  This is really great news for our club and is the first official step towards our march towards non-profit status.  The Board and I will file our articles of incorporation as soon as possible and continue through with the remaining paperwork towards our goal of becoming a 501c3 Non-Profit club and filing for Tax Exempt status with the IRS.  A special thank you to Dean for the amount of work he put in to create these bylaws is needed – if you can buy the guy a beer sometime you should.  Another special thank you to the club associates who spent the time reading through the document.  Its not a fun read, but a lot of you spent the time and we all appreciate that.
  • We handed out the LAAW & PG Cask forms last night and many of you filled out your special ingredient forms.  For those of you who did not get a chance to fill out the forms before the end of the night, you can email me @ [email protected] and I will send you an electronic copy of the form to be filled out.  For the next iteration of this event we will switch over to using a google doc so that it is 100% online.  If you are interested, please try and get your form in to me no later than Friday May 2nd.
  • The Summer Party will most likely be held on July 26th this year at Dean’s house.  We should know in another month or so if this is date is 100% set in stone.  There will be more information coming at next month’s Club Meeting regarding planning and organizing this event.
  • Lastly, as I mentioned at the March meeting and last night, we have been asked to provide donated homebrew to an event on May 17th in Manhattan Beach called “Bite at the Beach”.  This is a non-profit event which allows us as homebrewers to donate our brews to be poured.  I am really excited about this event.  If you look at the website you can see our logo on it up front.  You officially have one month until this event and I would like to get an idea of how many of you are interested in donating beer so that I can let the organizers know how much homebrew to expect.  Please email me @ [email protected] to let me know if you are interested.  I will be bringing 10-15 gallons of beer with me for the event – many of you approached me last night saying you would be donating beer as well – which is awesome.  I will follow up this post tomorrow or Sunday with a single post dedicated to this event.

Cheers everyone!

Brian

TONIGHT’S PACIFIC GRAVITY CLUB MEETING | Thursday APRIL 17th, 2014 | UPDATES!!!

Couple of updates regarding tonight’s meeting!

NEW AND IMPROVED PACIFIC GRAVITY MEMBERSHIP CARDS ARE HERE!
  – If you have paid your 2014 membership dues, your new membership cards are available @ tonight’s club meeting! These new cards entitle you to our growing list of local beer centric discounts and events!

MEMBERSHIP DUES
  – If you have not done so yet, remember to bring payment for your 2014 membership dues. April is the last month to renew your dues before a late penalty. The sooner you get your new 2014 card, the sooner you can enjoy its benefits!

RAFFLE
  – Bring some cash for tonight’s Club raffle! Getting in on the raffle can land you some cool items, including donations from local breweries, but it also supports the club and all it’s members! As always, Terry has some great stuff in the mix.

HOMEBREWED IPA!
 – Bring it – Share it – Drink it

See you tonight!

Kingsley

Club Bylaws – For all Club Associates to review!

Everyone-

As discussed at last month’s club meeting at Culver City Home Brew Supply, the board has been working towards creating a draft of our club bylaws for all associates approval.  This is the first step in a potentially lengthy process towards converting the club to a 501c3 Non-Profit with the state of California and ultimately filing for tax exempt status with the IRS.

Please review the attached document and come to next week’s meeting at Smog City Brewery in Torrance prepared to vote to approve or reject the attached bylaws.  So to review, we WILL be voting next Thursday April 17th at the club meeting, please review this document prior to the club meeting.

Cheers and I look forward to seeing you all next week-

Brian

Pacific Gravity Bylaws.v2.04-01-14

PACIFIC GRAVITY CLUB MEETING | March 20th, 2014 | CULVER CITY BREW SUPPLY

Hello PG Members!

Just like ‘ol times! This month’s Pacific Gravity Meeting will be held @ Culver City Brew Supply’s new location!

Join us and get updates on club business, events, and other beer-centric items.

COMMERCIAL TASTING:   This Style of the Month is STOUT! We have some good commercial samples in the mix and will be adding to then in the foillowing weeks! Bring your best homebrewed stout and share with fellow members!

THE RAFFLE IS BACK!  We have some new items that are a must have for any homebrewer! Get some tickets and good luck!

So come on down to Culver CIty Brew Supply, get some ingredients for the weekend, share your best hombrew, and join the experience.

MARCH 20th, 2014, 7:00pm-10pm.

Culver City Home Brewing Supply
4234 Sepulveda Blvd
Culver City, CA 90230
310-397-3453
[email protected]

 

CLUB MEETING | SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22nd 2014

Hello PG Members:

This months PG Club meeting will be held on Saturday, February 22nd @ longtime club member Ian Fraser’s house.

We will take advantage of California’s weather and have it in his back yard…meeting starting @ 2pm and going till 5pm.

We will also have some more news for you about the Monster Brew @ Smog City, upcoming competitions,  and events.

Style of the Month is English | Scottish ales and the commercial tasting will be run by Carl our competition coordiantor. He has hand picked exapmles of the styles and will overview what goes into a good english and scottish ale!

Also, the PG raffle is back! We have some new items that you wont want to miss out on.

So bring your homebrew and join us for good beer, good eats, and good times.

Cheers,

Kingsley

January 2014 Meeting: Smog City

Greetings Members!

Our first club meeting of 2014 is next Thursday the 16th of January.  Here are the details for the meeting:

Time: 7:30pm – 11:00pm
Style of the Month: Belgian Beers

  • We will bring along snacks and the assorted refreshments.
  • The tasting room will be open during our meeting with Smog City beers pouring.
  • Please bring kegs, growlers and other beers to share!
  • Well be holding the raffle per usual so please bring cash for tickets.

For more info and updates on club business please check the website.

Thanks!  See you all next Thursday.
Brian

November Meeting & Chili Cookoff

Saturday November 16th we’ll be holding our November meeting at the home of Ian Fraser in Marina del Rey.
Please join us for a chili cook off and voting for member of the year as well as board positions.

Chili info:
-Please bring your entry in a vessel that will stay warm and has your name clearly marked on it.
-The club will provide the toppings (sour cream, green onions, cheese, chips etc..)
-We’ll be awarding prizes for Most Unique and Best Overall. So come hungry and ready to vote!

Board Member voting:
-We’re cutting off nominations this Friday, so if you would like to throw your hat in the ring, please email me at [email protected] .
-Brian Holter, Kingsley Toby, Tim Bardet and Ramesh Khalili are currently nominated for President, Vice President and Treasurer.

Growlers:
-Our PG Growlers have arrived! If you placed and order, please pick yours up at the meeting.
-If you have not paid, please bring $35 cash or check (made out to Pacific Gravity).
-After November 17th, any remaining growlers that have not been paid for will be released for sale.

Meeting:
-The monthly style is brown ales and porters. Please bring kegs, bottles and growlers to share.
-We’ll be holding the raffle per usual so bring cash for tickets.

See you there.

Saturday November 16th
11am
3938 Glencoe Ave
Venice, CA 90291

October meeting Thursday 10/17 at Richmond Bar & Grill

Join us for another Thursday evening at Richmond Bar and Grill in El Segundo.
The monthly style is American Ales so bring growlers and bottles to share. A few pitchers will be available to pass around for tasting from the bar as well.
We’ll have growlers to pick up for those who ordered (please bring cash or check to pay), $5.00 PG T-shirts, as well as sign ups for The Congregation Ale House Monster Brew on Nov 2nd. This event features FREE 5 gal batches of wort for those who sign up. We only have 60 batches so come reserve yours at the meeting!
Elections for the positions of President and Vice President will also be discussed so don’t miss out.
As always, Richmond will be serving up burgers, sandwiches and their famous homemade chips so plan on eating in the front before meeting on the back patio at 7:30.

See you there,
Noelle

Thursday October 17th @ 7:30 pm
Richmond Bar & Grill
145 Richmond St
El Segundo 90245
Richmondbarandgrill.com