June represents a slow spell for the competition season, except for those lucky enough to place in the AHA Finals competition.  Judging will be this Thursday at the AHA conference in Seattle.  Keep your finger crossed for the following first round winners: Read more →

The 34th Annual Maltose Falcons Mayfaire Homebrew Competition has had a record number of 555 entries, beating their previous record by over a hundred!  They’ve asked us to pitch in, so we have scheduled a preliminary judging round for Sunday April 22^nd at the Culver City Homebrew Supply Company.  We will be starting at 5:00 PM, and both judges and Stewards are needed.  If you have a spare afternoon and are interested in drinking some high-quality beer, please come on by.  Please send me an RSVP at competitions@PacificGravity.com so we can figure out how many categories we can cover.   The Culver City shop is as 4358 1/2 Sepulveda Blvd Culver City, CA 90230. Read more →

Well, I hope you all were quick to respond to the call for entries for the 2012 National Homebrew Competition.  On-line registration went live on March 1^st and the entire competition was sold out by March 4^th!   In addition to making good beer, you needed to be quick to win this competition.  Assuming you got your beers registered for the San Diego drop-off site, now is the time to get your beers ready.  Drop off your entries at the Culver City shop by the Club Meeting on March 15^th, and we will hand carry them safely to their destination.  Note that if you are registered at any other site, Read more →

Entries for America’s Finest City competition are due at the Culver City shop no later than Thursday, February 16th.  Two bottles are needed for each entry and the fee is $6.00.  Complete details and on-line registration can be found at   http://www.quaff.org/AFC2011/afc0.html.  We’ll be taking the entries down to San Diego in the next few days.  This is the first big competition for the 2012 Pacific Gravity Brewer of the Year award.

Also coming up is the next Club-only contest “Stout it Out Loud!” BJCP Category #13, and includes dry stout, sweet stout, oatmeal stout, foreign export stout, and imperial stout.  We will judge these at the club meeting on Thursday, February 16^th.  Read more →

Entries are due for the California State Homebrew Competition on October 11^th at the Culver City shop.  Luis DiStefano has graciously offered to transport our entries up to the Bay area, so for the first time in several years, you don’t have to box up your entries.  Although this competition uses the BJCP guidelines, they group the categories differently.  Complete details can be found at   http://nchfinfo.org/state-comp.html.

This competition is one of the 3 competitions used to determine the 2011 Anchor Brewing Homebrew Club of the Year, as well as Sierra Nevada Homebrewer of the Year.