Entries are due no later than Friday, October 4^th for the last competition of the brewing year, the California State Homebrew Competition.  Registration is up and running at http://www.nchfinfo.org/state-comp .    This year we need to ship the entries up to the bay area, so all entries must be packed for shipping.  Make sure the boxes you use are free of alcohol labeling so they don’t get rejected by UPS.  And, of course, use plenty of bubble wrap so they don’t break in transit.  Since the Culver City shop is still out of commission, you can drop of entries at my place:  3621 Redwood Ave LA 90066.  Anytime between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM works for me.

Cost is $8.00 per entry and 3 bottles are required.  This is one of the big competitions used to determine the Anchor Club of the Year Award, with the big prize being a banquet dinner at Anchor Brewing for the winning club. Read more →

As July comes to an end and the hangover from the summer party fades from view, we have two more judging opportunities in rapid succession.   We will be holding a small local judging session for the Los Angeles County Fair Homebrew Competition this Wednesday, July 31 at 7:00 PM.  Because the Culver City shop is closing, fellow brewer Steve Cook will be hosting at his residence on 11730 Iowa Ave Apt #6 in Santa Monica. (On the corner of Iowa and Stoner, second floor).  If you can make it drop both Steve and me an e-mail. Steve is at scook4208@msn.com

Also please register for the main County Fair judging session at the Woodland Hills shop on Saturday, August 3rd at 9:00 AM.  Read more →

The time is now to get your entries ready for the California State Fair.  The deadline is Sunday, May 19^th at the Culver City shop.  Thanks to the help of Peter Moran and his buddies, we have a chauffeured service of our entries up to Sacramento.  This means they don’t have to be packed for UPS shipping.  By now, hopefully, you have completed your registration process, which was due last week.  If you have forgotten the details, you can find more info here:    http://www.northerncalbrewers.com/state-fair-craft-beer-competition.html
 and  http://www.bigfun.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-Homebrew-Quick-Reference-Guide.pdf

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We will be doing a small preliminary session for the Mayfaire Homebrew Competition this Wednesday, April 24th at the Culver City shop.  We plan to get started at 7:00 PM.

We need a total of six judges and two stewards.  If you can help out, please drop me a line at Competitions@PacificGravity.com.   Also, sign up on the Mayfaire website at http://maltosefalcons.com/comps/2013mayfaire .  Make sure you check the check-box for “preliminary session”.   And, or course, if you can join us for the main judging session on Sat, April 27^th, check the box for that session too.

We are expecting some great beers, so this should be a good opportunity.  Hope you can come on by.

Carl Townsend
Competition Coordinator

Well, after talking to some of you after the AHA National Homebrew Competition registration fiasco, I know that at least some of you got registrations confirmed.  Now is the time to get your physical entries ready to go.   You can drop them off assuming they are going to San Diego, by Monday March 18^th at the Culver City shop.    If you are entering bottles to any other location (which several people did last year), you must ship them off yourself.   Peter Moran has graciously volunteered to drive to San Diego, but alas, not all the way to Zanesville Ohio.  Remember that this year you need TWO bottles for each entry.   Please check the AHA website for due dates at other regions.

Coming up in April are two more events.  Read more →