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Cask Competition – Winner Announced!

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Not to get lost in the shuffle of what has been a busy week so far, we wanted to announce the winner of our first collaborative cask competition with LA Ale Works.  We received a lot of really awesome submissions, which I passed along to the LA Ale Works team of Kip & John.  I removed the names from each submission to keep the results anonymous.  John and Kip told me that there were a lot of really awesome ideas on the submission list but eventually they were able to come to a consensus on the winning entry, which is:

Toby Sandland

Toby’s winning submission had the following ingredients which will be added to LA Ale Works Saison:

  • Priming Sugar: Coconut Sugar (Thai)
  • Special Ingredient #1: Lemon Grass
  • Special Ingredient #2: Kaffir Lime Leaf
  • Special Ingredient #3: Ginger
  • Targeted Pouring Location: City Tavern in Culver City

Congratulations Toby!  That sounds like it will be an awesome addition of ingredients to a Saison.

Toby, Kip should be reaching out to you shortly to coordinate when you guys can get together to make the cask.  I hope everyone enjoyed getting to be a part of the submission process and thank you to everyone who submitted entries.  Many of you submitted more than one entry which I think is an awesome way to enter into this competition – the more entries the merrier.

Once the LA Ale Works guys can organize up an event to pour the cask at I will be sure to post it on here so that we can get as many members together to try Toby & LA Aleworks Cask.

Cheers!

Brian Holter

FIRST FRIDAY < > | FRIDAY JUNE 6TH | THE DOUGHROOM (MAR VISTA)

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Sorry for the last minute switch up PG members! We have to change the venue for this weeks FIRST FRIDAY!!! PLEASE HELP PASS THE WORD!!!!!

Tomm & Denise regrettably have to bow out of hosting this week due events beyond their control…the flu!!!

So…we will be meeting @ THE DOUGHROOM in Mar Vista!

Delectable Pizzas! Cool vibe! and OMG…check out their tap list!!!  (link here)  Aside from these the owner said he’s gonna throw something special on for Pacific Gravity members! You have got to check this place out.

They are reserving the communal table exclusively for PG members and will have open seating at the bar…

SO PLEASE HELP PASS THE WORD ABOUT THE LOCATION CHANGE!!! …and join us at this weeks new FIRST FRIDAY location…

THE DOUGHROOM
3409 Overland Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90034
www.thedoughroom.com

AGAIN>>>HELP PASS THE WORD!!!  We’ll raise a glass to a fast recovery Denise!

Cheers

Kingsley
VP|Pacific Gravity

PACIFIC GRAVITY CLUB MEETING | THURSDAY, JUNE 19th @ 7:30pm | NEIL SAUNDS HOUSE

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Hello PG Members! This months Pacific Gravity Club meeting will be held at longtime member, all around good guy and stout enthusiast Neil Suand’s house. You may remember (or not remember 😉 it as the home of the PG Holiday Party!

STYLE OF THE MONTH | HYBRID BEERS!
Bring out your Cal Commons, Alt Biers, Cream Ales, or your Wheat or Rye beers! Smack down at the head of summer, this refreshing style is the perfect partner to your chaise lounge. So bring your home brew of this style (or as always any style) to share and compare during the commercial tasting hosted by PG member Adam Ward.

Check out these BJCP guidelines for more info:
LIGHT HYBRIDS: www.bjcp.org/styles04/Category6.php
AMBER HYBRIDS:  www.bjcp.org/styles04/Category7.php

PG RAFFLE!
And the raffle is back! Terry promises to have some items in the mix that every home brewer and beer lover will enjoy! One buck and a little luck and you could be the envy of every raffle ticket holder…

As always, we’ll have some light snacks and water to hydrate.

So join us on Thursday, June 19th @ 7:30pm –

NEIL SAUNDS ABODE
12966 Rubens
Los Angeles, CA 90066

(At the corner of Rubens and Alla)

Cheers big ears!

Kingsley

 

 

REMINDER: PG CLUB MEETING TONIGHT! @ Terry Malloy’s House!

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Hope to see you and your lagers at tonight Club Meeting! Link below!

http://pacificgravity.org/2014/05/may-pg-club-meeting-thursday-may-15th-2014-terry-malloys-house/

MAY PG CLUB MEETING | THURSDAY, MAY 15th 2014 | TERRY MALLOY’S HOUSE

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Hello Pacific Gravity members:

May’s PG Club Meeting wiull be held @ longtime PG’r and board member Terry Malloy’s house in Westchester.

CASA MOLLOY
6738 W. 87th Place (NOT STREET)
Westchester, CA 90045

7:30pm – 10:30pm

(NOTE: THERE IS ALSO 6738 W. 87TH STREET NEARBY – PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB TERRY’S NEIGHBORS AND DOUBLE CHECK YOUR DIRECTIONS! – REMEMBER “PLACE” is the PLACE !)

May’s style of the month: ALL LAGERS! So bring your pilseners, doppelbocks, helles’, dunkels, maibocks, Rauchbiers, and vienna lagers! (to name a few). We’ll have some pro selections during our commercial tasting for you to compare side by side.

Also, brings some cash for the raffle! New items are in play that you could land for only a buck!

So please join us on Thursday May 15th and swap, share, and mingle among your brewing brothers and sisters! 

And I would like to thank you all! Due to the move of CCBS and ABC law our meetings have been a bit nomadic when it comes to location. Thanks for your continued patience and attendance at PG events!…and special thanks to those who invite 50 of thier closest friends into thier homes for these meetings and events. We appreciate it and owe you a beer…or two. 

Cheers!

Kingsley
VP | Pacific Gravity Homebrew Club

 

Cask Competition #1 – Now with Google Form!

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RCP_LAAW Cask-018Many of you have emailed me since the last club meeting about getting a form for the Los Angeles Ale Works (LAAW) cask competition because you were unable to fill out a form the night of the club meeting.  Due to the interest in filling out this form I decided to create a google form that you can fill out by clicking on the following link.

LAAW & Pacific Gravity Cask Competition #1 – Lievre Saison

For those of you who filled out the original form I have transferred your data over to the google form so that your original submission is still available.

We also have an extended due date for these forms because the brewing schedule for LAAW was adjusted.  We are setting the due date for submissions for May 13th so that we can announce the winner at the next club meeting on May 15th.  Just as a reminder to everyone, you must be a current club associate to participate in this competition.  You can submit as many options as you would like.  Once all of the forms are submitted I will review the entries to ensure that the forms that I pass along to the guys at LAAW are all current associates.  I will be the only board member that sees the forms and as such I am eliminated from the competition but the rest of the board will be able to participate.

Cheers everyone!  Good luck and I cant wait to see the fun and crazy ideas you all come up with.

Brian

photo credit to Geoff Kowalchuck

FIRST FRIDAY ! | MAY 2ND | THE DAILY PINT! (SANTA MONICA)

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Now that Spring has sprung it’s time for May’s FIRST FRIDAY!!

Our next FIRST FRIDAY will be held at PG Club favorite THE DAILY PINT in Santa Monica. Voted into the top 100 bars in the country 3 years in a row, The PINT’s never  to disappoint tap selection, cask ales, and bottle selection will keep you satisfied. And if you decide to switch it up, you can enjoy one of the largest Single Malt Scotch cadres west on the Mississippi.

Check out thier current tap selection here…  https://thedailypint.net/beers-on-tap-cask/

Note: THE DAILY PINT does not serve food but you can bring in your own, order pizza, or grab something from some of the establishments nearby. LAZY DAISY, GILBERT’S, etc.

So join the club regulars up at the bar, share homebrew stories, and emerse yourself in everything the PINT has to offer.

Check out our events link for more information!
http://pacificgravity.org/event/first-friday-may-2nd-the-daily-pint-santa-monica/

Cheers!

Kingsley

Bite At The Beach – Brewing Reminder!

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Everyone-

To follow up from our discussion at the club meeting and my meeting recap post I wanted to post a reminder to everyone that we have an AWESOME opportunity ahead of us next month for the Bite At The Beach event in Manhattan Beach.

The organizers reached out to our club to see if we were interested in donating homebrew to this event and serving it alongside some of our favorite local breweries.  We have agreed to do this and we need you to brew/donate beer! The event is 26 days away which is still plenty of time to brew up a batch of beer for the event.

Here is a blurb about the event:

Stella Artois presents the first annual Bite at the Beach featuring food and craft beer pairings from all around the South Bay and Los Angeles.  This will be an extraordinary event filled with delicious bites, craft beer and wine with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Surfrider Foundation.

Brewery List:

  • Alosta Brewing Company
  • Firestone Walker Brewing Company
  • Ohana Brewing Company
  • Angel City Brewery
  • Goose Island Beer Company
  • Pacific Gravity Homebrew Club
  • Angry Orchard Hard Cider
  • King Harbor Brewing Co
  • Samuel Adams
  • Ballast Point Brewing
  • Ladyface Ale Companie
  • Shock Top
  • Big Sky Brewing Co.
  • Mission Brewery
  • Sierra Nevada
  • The Bruery
  • Modern Times Beer
  • Strand Brewing Co.
  • Eagle Rock Brewery
  • Monkish Brewing Co.
  • The Dudes Brewing Company
  • El Segundo Brewing Co.

The event is a fundraising event for the Surfrider Foundation:

The Surfrider Foundation is a nonprofit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 250,000 supporters, activists and members worldwide.

The South Bay Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is very proud of the efforts we have made, and the successes we have achieved in making our community a better place to live and enjoy the ocean. At our core, we are an environmental organization that strives to protect and, where necessary, restore coastal and ocean ecosystems and ensure free and open access to the beach and waves. We are dedicated to making our work FUN AND REWARDING!!

This is a reminder to everyone in the club to let me know if you have a beer that you would like to donate to the event.  I would like to get an idea of how much beer is going to be donated from our club by Thursday of next week (May 1st).  So far we have 15 gallons that the club is bringing but we need more – please shoot me an email at [email protected] to let me know if you are planning on donating beer, what style and how many gallons (or kegs) so we can work out the serving logistics as well.  There will be limited serving positions available – I am waiting to find out from the organizers how many people we can have to serve.

Cheers!

Brian

TONIGHT!! | PACIFIC GRAVITY CLUB MEETING | LOCATION CHANGE REMINDER!!

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Members! Here’s a friendly reminder of tonights meeting – Now @ Ian Fraier’s House! Link below:

http://pacificgravity.org/2014/04/pacific-gravity-club-meeting-april-17th-location-change/

If you are in contact with any club members – please spread the word!

IPA! IPA! IPA!

Kingsley

PACIFIC GRAVITY CLUB MEETING | APRIL 17th ***LOCATION CHANGE***

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PG Members! IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!

Due to the recent changes in the ABC law, home brew is illegal to be served at any location with a license to manufacture and/or serve alcohol. Henceforth, we have to move the location of Pacific Gravity’s April Club meeting.

We are moving Thursday, April 17th’s meeting location from Smog City Brewing to Ian Fraser’s abode in Venice.

We apologize from the last minute notice, but it’s in compliance with the ever evolving ABC law associated with the art of home-brewed beer. We will explain these laws and how it affects Pacific Gravity and home brew in Thursday nights meeting.

Please pass the word along to any members you come in contact with.

[ MEETING TIME ]
Thursday, April 17th 2014  – 7pm to 10pm

[ NEW MEETING LOCATION ]
Ian “Club Chef God” Fraser’s Abode
3938 Glencoe Ave
Venice, CA 90291
(310) 435-1329

[ AGENDA ]
• Commercial tasting of IPAs!
• Voting on Club Bylaws! (Please review here before meeting: XXXX)
• Upcoming events
• RAFFLE!
• Distribution of 2014 Membership cards!
•SHARE YOUR HOMEBREW – BRING YOUR IPAs!