Get Excited About Monkish and LABBC!

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Pacific Gravity is thrilled to be just 1 day out from our inaugural Los Angeles Belgian Beer Challenge, that means in just 1 week, winners will be announced! This is super exciting because, as a ProAm competition, the Best of Show winner will have their beer brewed by our friends over at Monkish Brewing Company. DSC00873Monkish happens to be the best Los Angeles Belgian brewery around and if you haven’t visited the taproom, you need to make a trip!

Located at 20311 S. Western Ave., Torrance, CA 90501, the tasting room offers a wide variety of their Belgian brews on tap, as well as growlers and bottles to take home. As you sit in the brewery on bags of malt – sipping on delicious beers, nibbling on peanuts and pretzels, dreaming of what they have aging in the stacks of barrels, mingling with fellow beer lovers – you feel like you could stay for hours! And you should, because you need to try a little bit of everything – from spiced tripels to brett saisons, Belgian dubbels to hoppy DSC00907Belgian pales, brown farmhouse to strong dark ale, the list goes on!

The newest venture for the Monkish team was put in motion last summer with the arrival of their 5 foudres, which they will use on their journey into wild and sour beers. In addition to creating much anticipation for the results of these 1400 gallon experiments, the foudres have an aesthetic quality that stands out beautifully amongst the typical stainless steel fermenters.

Not only is the beer incredible and the environment inviting, the people are warm and welcoming. So get in there, say hi to brewmaster and owner, Henry and his team who are always more than happy to share their beers and show you around!

Entry Deadlines – 2 Competitions

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There are two important competition entry deadlines coming right up:

1)  Deadline for the First Annual Belgian Beer Challenge is Sunday, March 1st at 4:00 PM.  Registration is on-line at http://belgianbrewchallenge.com/ . Drop your entries off at the Culver City Homebrew Supply shop before the close of business.

2)  if you have entries for the American Homebrewers Association National Homebrew Competition, please note the following deadlines:

For entries in the San Diego region only:  You may drop off entries at the Culver City shop no later than 7:00 PM Thursday, March 5th.

For all other regions:  You must ship your beers via UPS so they arrive no later than March 11th.  (If you miss the Thursday deadline for San Diego, you can ship them so they arrive by the 11th.)

If anybody wants to make the road trip to San Diego for beer drop-off, please drop me a line at Competitions@PacificGravity.com no later than Thursday.  The club will reimburse you for up to $50 for gas.  Bottles need to be delivered to Ballast Point Brewing, 5401 Linda Vista Road, Suite 406, San Diego, CA  92110.

Thanks
Carl Townsend

AFC Entries Due Feb 5th

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As the new homebrew competition season gets underway, it is now time to get ready for the first official event. Entry registration for the America’s Finest City homebrew competition is now open at https://quaff.org/AFC-2015/. This event takes 2 bottles per entry and costs $7.00. You can drop off entries up until February 5th at the Culver City Homebrew Supply Co. QUAFF is also looking for judges for the competition on February 20th and 21st. Read more →

Competition Corner – January, 2015

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Well, a new year is upon us as well as a fresh brewing competition season.   Each year, Pacific Gravity honors the brewer (or team) with the most homebrew competition wins. This year we are adding a new competition:   the First Annual Los Angeles Belgian Beer Challenge, with entries due at the end of February. Also, keep your sites on the Finest City homebrew competition, hosted by QUAFF with entries due in late January, and the American Homebrewers Association National Homebrew Competition with open registration from February 2-8.

Before our Brewer of the Year season opens, there are two local competitions you might want to enter: the Doug King Memorial competition hosted by the Maltose Falcons, and the 3rd Annual Romancing the Beer Competition, held by the Thousand Oaked Homebrewers. Both of these offer Pro-Am opportunities with various local breweries.

Doug King entries are due January 10th and can be dropped off at the Culver City or Eagle Rock brewshops. Details can be found at http://www.maltosefalcons.com/comps/2015DKM. They also need judges on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 9:00 AM at the Disabled American Veterans Hall 6543 Corbin Ave, Woodland Hills, CA 91367.

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Club 20th Anniversary Brew – Recipe Submission forms

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Great meeting last night everyone!

As promised attached to this post is the excel form for you to submit your recipe for the club anniversary brew!  Once you complete the form please email it to:

board [at] pacificgravity.com

Please submit your recipes no later than October 23rd – and remember that the style for our 20th Anniversary Brew is going to be a Belgian Dubbel.  To recap the idea – our club is turning 20 next February and we thought it would be awesome to get together at next month’s Club Meeting & Chili Cookoff to brew up a beer that would be worthy of our 20th anniversary.  The board decided on the style, but we need our club members to help us get creative and come up with an awesome recipe for a Belgian Dubbel.  Lets get creative and brew up an awesome beer together!

The board will go through the recipe’s submitted and post a poll for all of you to vote for the recipe we brew on Nov. 22nd.

Thanks & Cheers everyone!

Brian

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State Competition Entries Due Oct 1st at the Culver City Shop

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Thanks to Rives Borland, we can drop off entries for the California State Homebrew competition at the Culver City shop and he will hand carry them to Berkeley.  Entries are due Wednesday, October 1 at the close of business (7PM).

Registration and other details can be found at http://nchfinfo.org/castatecomp/.

If you miss the drop-off date, you can still ship them for arrival by October 11th.

Competition Corner – September 2014

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Ok, folks, we had an awesome Pacific Brewers Cup this year. With 501 entries, this has been our biggest one yet by a huge margin. Congratulations to all the winners! If you haven’t checked them out yet, all the results can be found on the PBC website. While you’re at it, how about a round of applause for all the judges, stewards and volunteers and all who made this competition the rousing success it was. And of course, don’t forget to stop by the sponsors and buy a beer or two while you are there. If you didn’t pick up you prizes or scoresheets, they are available at the shop. Oh yeah, thanks for our cooler. If you didn’t get yours back, contact Terry.

With PBC behind us (whew!) don’t forget we have one more contest to enter this year. Registration is now up and running for the California State Homebrew Competition at http://nchfinfo.org/castatecomp/. Like usual, we need a volunteer to drive our entries up to Berkeley. If you can help out, the club will reimburse you $125 for gas money. Entries would need to be hand-delivered between October 4 and October 11, 2014. Please drop me a line by October 2 at Competitions@pacificGravity.com. Read more →

Pacific Brewers Cup – Entry Deadline Friday Aug 22nd

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 Logo-rev0OK, folks, we are coming down to short strokes here.  The
entry deadline for the 2014 Pacific Brewers Cup is this Friday, August 22nd.  As I scan through the database, I see that many of you haven’t entered yet!  Now is the time!  The on-line registration page is up and running at http://pacificbrewerscup.pacificgravity.com/comp/. For your convenience, we recommend you bring your bottles to the club meeting on Thursday, August 21st at the Culver City Home Brewing Supply Co.  If you can’t make it to the Culver City shop, the full list of sites you can drop off entries at any of the homebrew shops listed here.  Please note that some of these shops close at 6:00 PM.  Each entry requires 3 bottles, and has an entry fee of $7.00.  Also, we need to borrow just about every ice chest this club can come up with.  Bring them by the club meeting or take them over to Kingsley’s place by Sunday, the 24th.    Make sure they are well labeled.

Also NOW!  Volunteer to Judge or Steward!  The very same registration page has a sign-up space for both.  We are looking to have 60 judges and 30 stewards and as of the moment we are only half-way there.  Read more →

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

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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!

County Fair Entry Deadline is Thursday, July 17th

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2014_LACF_DATES_BWThe Los Angeles County Fair Homebrew Competition is upon us. Entries are due by July Thursday, July 17th.   Registration is available on-line and bottles can be dropped off at the Culver City Homebrew Supply shop.   Complete info is available at http://www.maltosefalcons.com/comps/2014LACF. And, in addition to entering, please sign up to volunteer for judging or stewarding. Judging will be August 2nd at St Martin in the Field Church, 7136 Winnetka Ave, Winnetka CA 9130.