Greetings:
Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to postpone our meeting at Smog City until June.
We will instead be meeting on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Tortugo Brewing.
916 W Hyde Park Blvd, Inglewood, CA 90302 (424) 227-9963
We will get started at 7:30 PM. Our style of the month is Czech Lagers / pale lagers hosted by Craig Corley.
See you all there!
Cheers,
Ian
President
The next meeting of Pacific Gravity is this Thursday, April 18, 2019.
We will be meeting at L.A. Ale Works (Kip’s brewery), located at 12918 Cerise Ave, Hawthorne, CA 90250. laaleworks.com
We will be getting started at 7:30 PM. We are not planning food for this event as there will be a food truck on location.
The ‘style of the month’ is Belgium beers and will include a commercial style tasting hosted by Brian Watson. Please bring your Belgian Beers to the meeting! This month’s style is appropriate because we will also be hosting the awards ceremony for the recent LABBC.
See you all there!
Upcoming dates to remember:
5/3/2019 – SCHBF, Temecula https://www.calhomebrewers.org/2019-schf-info/
5/11/19 – SECOND Saturday @ Harujuku Taproom: 4410 Sepulveda Blvd., https://www.hjtaproom.com/
5/16/19 – Club Meeting @ Smog City
Cheers,
Ian Fraser
President
Upcoming dates:
MEETING REMINDER!
Please join us this Thursday, 2/21/2019 for our February meeting!
We will be meeting at Tortugo Brewing at 7:30 PM
Our style of the month is Cider’s and Perry’s with Tyler Schwartz leading the commercial tasting.
Date: 2/21/2109 @ 7:30 PM
Location: Tortugo Brewing, 916 W Hyde Park Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90302
Upcoming dates to remember:
March 1, 2019: First Friday at Irish Times
March 9, 2019: MonsterBrew at Smog City Brewing. See Carl’s Monster Brew article.
March 21, 2109: March Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewery
Cheers,
Ian
Don’t miss our first club meeting of 2019, headed by our new president, Ian Fraser.
When: Thursday, January 17, 2019
Time: 7:30
Where: Tortugo Brewing, 916 W Hyde Park Blvd, Inglewood, CA.
Hyde Park Blvd is a few blocks East of Three Weavers, and just North of the iconic Randy’s Doughnuts. From La Cienega and Florence, go east on Florence about 1/4 mile, turning left at the first street. Go under the metro rail tracks, proceed to the big orange building on the East side of the street.
Commercial Style of the Month: English Bitters. Dean will lead us in the commercial tasting
Homebrew Style of the Month: English Bitters.
Please bring some home-brewed beer to share.
Club Meetings:
February 21: Tortugo Brewing Company, 7:30 pm
March 21: Tortugo Brewing Company, 7:30 pm
First Fridays:
February 1: Santa Monica Brew Works, 1920 Colorado Ave #c, Santa Monica
March 1: Irish Times, 3267 Motor Ave, West Los Angeles
Annual Smog City Monster Brew:
Saturday, March 9, 6-ish am
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Our Annual Chili Cookoff at Tortugo Brewing Company was a rousing success. Parker W (2), Robert W, Neil S, Luis D.S., Ian F, and Dean S (2) submitted chilis for consideration by fellow PG members and guests, with voting in the usual 2 categories: Best Chili and Most Unique Chile.
And the winners were {drumroll, please}:
Best Chili: Ian
Most Unique: Parker
Ian and Parker each won a growler of their choice from the Totugo tap list.
Q: What is a Chili Cookoff without some tasty homebrews? A: Not a PG chili cookoff. Our homebrew selection included:
– Pumpkin Spiced Marzen (Parker)
– 10% Apple Cider (Parker)
– Holiday Spiced Ale (Carl)
– Porter (Carl)
– Monstrous IPA (Ian)
Brian W. brought us an interesting array of commercial version of Spiced Beers (BJCP 30), including a vertical tasting of Anchor Specials.
By popular vote, the 2019 PG Board is:
President: Ian Fraser
Vice President: Elijah Barone
Treasurer: Terry Molloy
If you are a member in good standing and were not at the chili cookout meeting, you can still vote by email. Send your choices to me at: vicepresident @ pacificgravity dot com (standard email address, spelled phonetically to prevent phishing).
The nominees:
Parker Waechter (brings multiple kegs to every meeting and PG event)
Carl Townsend (organizer of competition submissions, font of brewing information, education coordinator)
Michael Musgrave (outgoing president, sponsor acquisition specialist, lots of stuff you don’t see that keeps the club moving)
Tim Bardet (outgoing treasurer, storage unit organizer, and event supply hauler, tireless volunteer)
Elijah Barone (beer sharer, story teller, club cheerleader)
You can vote for up to 2.
When: Saturday, December 15, 2018
Time: 5:00
Where: Neil Saund Duplex, 12966 Rubens (at Alla), Del Rey, 90066
Plan to bring some beer to share, and a dish for the pot luck. Details to follow.
December 7: First Friday at The Doughroom, Culver City
December 9: Initial Party Set-up at Neil’s duplex. 12 Noon – 4:00
December 15: P.G. Holiday Party
Details about set-up dates will be forwarded soon.
December 16; Party Clean-up. 11a – ? The more hands we have, the faster it will go. Last year only took a couple of hours.
January TBD, 2019: Annual Trip To Rob Ruben’s Distillery, El Segundo
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Our next club meeting is right around the corner. We have some important club business to discuss with all members (see below), so please attend if you can.
When: Thursday, October 18, 2018
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Tortugo Brewing Company, 916 W Hyde Park Blvd, Inglewood, CA.
Hyde Park Blvd is a few blocks East of Three Weavers, and just North of the iconic Randy’s Doughnuts. From La Cienega and Florence, go east on Florence about 1/4 mile, turning left at the first street. Go under the metro rail tracks, proceed to the big orange building on the East side of the street.
Education: In the second of a series, Carl will be demonstrating how water chemistry affects the taste of your homebrew, and how you can fine tune your H2O to the style you are brewing.
Commercial Style of the Month: European Pale Ales.
Homebrew Style of the Month: European Pale Ales, and any home-brewed IPA.
Nominations are being accepted for all three (3) elected positions: President, Vice President, and Treasurer
As we advised previously, Tim Bardet is retiring as Treasurer. Also, President Michael Musgrave recently started a new position that is sure to take up significant amounts of his time.
That is one firm opening (Treasurer), and a potentially provisional opening (President).
We will solicit nominations at the October meeting, or you can present our nomination via email to the board (board @ pacific gravity . com).
Nominations are being accepted for the Pacific Gravity member that you think has gone above and beyond helping P.G. be the great home brewers club that it is. Please raise your nomination at the October meeting, or by email to the board (board @ pacific gravity . com) .
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This is no Trick, but definitely a Treat .. our next club meeting will be held at an exciting new venue: PG Member Joe Kovach’s “new” brewery, Tortugo Brewing Company. Joe has some tasty beers on tap, and has some pretty interesting plans for future beers and expansion.
We will also be finalizing the board member election slate of the 2019 P.G. Board (see below for nomination info).
When: Thursday, October 18, 2018
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Tortugo Brewing Company, 916 W Hyde Park Blvd, Inglewood, CA.
Hyde Park Blvd is a few blocks East of Three Weavers, and around the corner from iconic Randy’s Doughnuts. From La Cienega and Florence, go east on Florence about 1/4 mile, turning left at the first street. Go under the metro rail tracks, proceed to the big orange building on the East side of the street.
EDUCATION HIGHLIGHT: In the second of a series, Carl will be demonstrating how water chemistry affects the taste of your homebrew, and how you can fine tune your H2O to the style you are brewing.
COMMERCIAL STYLE of the MONTH: European Pale Ales.
And whatever Joe Has On Tap.
HOMEBREW STYLE of the MONTH: European Pale Ales, and any home-brewed IPA.
As we advised previously, Tim Bardet is retiring as Treasurer. Also, President Michael Musgrave recently started a new position that is sure to take up significant amounts of his time.
If you are keeping score, that is one firm opening (Treasurer), and a potentially provisional opening (President).
Please consider volunteering your nomination, either by emailing the board (board @ pacific gravity . com) or by voice at the October meeting. Nominations will be accepted for all elected board positions.
Voting will be held at the November meeting.
Do you think one of your fellow Pacific Gravity members has gone above and beyond helping P.G. be the great home brewers club that it is? If so, please be sure to nominate him/her at the October meeting, or by email to the board.
Voting will be held at the November meeting.
First Friday:
Date: Friday, November 2.
Place: Yorkshire Square, 1109 Van Ness Avenue, Torrance
Time: 7’ish pm
Yorkshire Square is on Van Ness, just North of Torrance Blvd..
November Chili Cookoff / Club Meeting / ** Board Member Election **:
Date: TBD: Nov. 10 or Nov 17.
Place: TBD
Time: 12:00 Noon
As has been our practice in the past couple of years, we will combine the Chili Cookoff with the November Club Meeting. It will be on either the 2nd or 3rd Saturday of November. We haven’t worked out all the details yet – get your chili recipe ready!
AND!! WE WILL BE ELECTING FOR THE 2019 PACIFIC GRAVITY BOARD!!
First Friday:
Date: Friday, December 7.
Place: The Doughroom, Culver City
Time: 7:30 pm
2018 Holiday Party:
Date: TBD
Place: TBD
Time: 5:00 pm
As has been our practice in the past couple of years, we will combine the Chili Cookoff with the November Club Meeting. It will be on either the 2nd or 3rd Saturday of November. We haven’t worked out all the details yet – get your chili recipe ready!
One of Pacific Gravity’s signature events is the annual Monster Brew held in conjunction with Jonathan Porter, Owner, Brewer and Proprietor Extraordinaire of Smog City Brewing. Our next meeting is truly special: we are going to share our Monster Brew creations with Porter and the staff at Smog City
When: This Thursday, September 20, 2018
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Smog City Brewing Company, 1901 Del Amo Blvd, Torrance, CA.
EDUCATION HIGHLIGHT: In the first of a series, Carl will be demonstrating how water chemistry affects the taste of your homebrew, and how you can fine tune your H2O to the style you are brewing.
COMMERCIAL STYLE of the MONTH: IPAs, hosted by Reuben.
And whatever Porter Has On Tap.
HOMEBREW STYLE of the MONTH: Your Monster Brew, and any home-brewed IPA.
Kegs, bottles and growlers of the style of the month are encouraged. All homebrews are welcome.
We sure had an interesting summer:
Now, let’s kick our Fall into high gear.
First Friday:
Date: Friday, October 5.
Place: Phantom Carriage Brewing, 18525 S. Main Street, Carson, CA
Time: 7’ish pm
Phantom Carriage was started by a couple of Pacific Gravity alumni.
October Club Meeting:
Date: Thursday, October 18.
Place: Tortugo Brewing Company, 916 W. Hyde Park Blvd, Inglewood
Time: 7:30 pm
Tortugo is only a couple of months old, and was started by PG member Joe Kovach. He has some pretty tasty beers on tap, including a Belgian Wit that is right on the mark.
Hyde Park Blvd is about 2 blocks East of the intersection of Florence and La Cienega, and about 4 blocks East of Three Weavers.
After many years of outstanding service, Tim Bardet is retiring as Treasurer. At the September and October meetings, we will be taking nominations for Treasurer, and – if you are so inclined – the other elected positions (President, Vice President).
If you would like to be part of Keeping Pacific Gravity Great, please volunteer your nomination.
First Friday: TBA
Date: Friday, November 2.
Place: TBA
Time: 7’ish pm
Phantom Carriage was started by a couple of Pacific Gravity alumni.
November Chili Cookoff / Club Meeting:
Date: TBD
Place: TBD
Time: TBD
We haven’t worked out all the details yet, but just wanted you to be ready for it.
Remember: Please bring some of your homebrew to the meeting and events.
See you Thursday!
Hey all! Michael here, I hope this message reaches you all well.
Quick reminder: Our August club meeting is THIS Thursday at Neil’s duplex on the west side ( 12966 Rubens Avenue, Los Angeles 90066 )
We’ll be celebrating club secretary Tania’s birthday with some tacos & rice and beans care of club chef Ian and our host Neil. This should be a really fun and memorable meeting. If you’re a new member (or a prospective one) this is a great opportunity to meet and greet our most knowledgeable brewers and there will be some great beers on tap, as always.
Our commercial tasting will be led by member Barry, who will walk us through his selection of American Wild Ales. Home-brew style of the month is Euro Sour or American Wild ales but (as always) you’re encouraged to bring whatever you have in a keg or bottle right now. I’ll be bringing out a very very fresh keg of Ladies Wit Attitude, brewed in the “Pink Boots” spirit by a group of our awesome and talented ladies of PG.
A few other items for our roadmap…
Saturday September 1st we’ll be heading downtown for our annual Arts District / DTLA brewery crawl. This event replaces our First Friday for the month of September this year.
Thursday September 20th we’ll be meeting at Smog City Brewing Co. for our September club meeting. The theme of the night will be Monster Brew beers, and I’m hoping everyone has set aside a bit of their brew to share. More info on that meeting coming soon…
Looking forward to seeing you all Thursday night!
Michael
