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Let’s welcome a new year with a new beer! Our first First Friday is this Friday, January 3rd, 2020 and we are going to visit a new brewery in El Segundo called Surfridge Brewing Co.
First Friday: January 3, 2020
Where: Surfridge Brewing Co. 137 Nevada St. El Segundo, CA 90245
Time: 7:00 PM
I hope to see you all there!
Cheers,
Ian Fraser
President
Road trip January 11, 2020.
This just in from the AHA and California Homebrewers Association. Please read carefully; the procedure is a bit complicated.
If you are not already a member of CHA, you will need to join.
In addition to getting a bus ticket, you need to respond to the AHA Rally RSVP at:
If you are not already a an AHA member, you will need to join.
Carl
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Hello!
The American Homebrewers Association / Stone Brewing Co. Homebrew Brew Competition and AHA Rally is on Saturday January 11, 2020, at the Stone Liberty Station location. The CHA has chartered a coach bus to take members from the LA area to San Diego and back.
Bus tickets are for sale in our online shop at calhomebrewers.org. 2019 and 2020 Members can purchase tickets; 2020 Memberships are now available and cards will ship in January. A direct link is here:
See the sales page for more details.
Important Notes: 1) 21+ Only On Bus! You will be carded before entering the bus. Please being valid ID (in-date Driver’s License, Passport, Military ID) The bus schedule is as follows: Saturday January 11, 2020: Passenger Pickups: 11:00AM-2PM: Stone Brewing Liberty Station (2816 Historic Decatur Rd, San Diego, CA 92106) 2PM Depart Liberty Station Passenger Dropoffs: |
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Cheers,
Be sure to check out our new social media accounts on Twitter and Instagram, @calhomebrewers, for the most up-to-date information about the festival and Southern California homebrew.
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We will feature different kinds of jerked meats paired with black beans, coconut rice, fried plantains and mango salsa. We will also feature your ginger ales and ginger beers to accompany our feast, so get brewing people! We will extend our theme into the decorations and music; as well as having a couple of surprises that will complement our theme just fine. So what can you do to help? I am glad you asked! As always this party is a giant pot luck, so if you have a special dish to share we want to try it! It does not even have to match the theme! We rely on our members for appetizers, desserts and side dishes and they have never let us down!Our summer party theme will be grooving to the rhythm of the Caribbean. It is coming THIS SATURDAY, AUG. 3rd at 2:00 PM at Dean’s Pac. Palisades party pad: 1310 Amalfi Drive.
Also this party is really about the beer, we need beer, lots of beer! All kegs donated to the party will be eligible for the best beer of the fest prize and bragging rights to the brewer. We will also be judging the ginger ales and ginger beers as well and recognizing the winner of that category also! So pull out those old Bermuda shorts, weave yourself a thatch hat and come boogie down to our summer jam!
Here is a party checklist for ALL attendees to keep you in the groove!
Don’t forget to bring and things to know:
DATE: Saturday, Aug 3, 2019
TIME: 2:00 PM
PLACE: 1310 Amalfi Drive, Pacific Palisades
The PG Summer Party is less than two weeks away! Please see the checklist below to get ready for the big day.
Saturday, August 3, 2019 – 2pm to 10pm
Location: Dean Sussman’s – 1310 Amalfi Drive, Pacific Palisades, 90272
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IMPORTANT: PLEASE EMAIL US WITH WHAT YOU WILL BRING AND HOW YOU CAN HELP!
Checklist for ALL party attendees:
Don’t forget to bring and things to know:
Our next meeting will be held this Thursday, June 20, at 7:30pm at Smog City Brewing Company – 1901 Del Amo Blvd B, Torrance, CA 90501
Bring your Monster Brew! Porter has been gracious enough to host our annual monster brew, but rarely gets to sample the results. Not anymore!
Our style of the month is British and American strong ales, with a commercial tasting hosted by Robert Wilkinson and Peter Moran.
Jill, of Strand Brewers Club, will be handing out ribbons from the Jeff Sanders Memorial Competition.
See you there!
Upcoming dates:
July 5: First Friday at The Doughroom
July 13: Big Brew at Carl’s House – Limited Space – Sign up with Carl
August 2: First Friday bottle-share/Summer Party setup at Dean’s House
August 3: Summer Party at Dean’s House – Get your keg on The Wave of Beer – sign up with Carl
August 15: Meeting at Tortugo Brewing
First up, a quick reminder that Mayfaire entries are due this Friday, April 12 at Eagle Rock, Steinfillers, Woodland Hills brewing shops. Enter now at http://competitions.maltosefalcons.com/. Judging will be April 27 at Five Threads Brewing Company. We will also likely do a local preliminary judging round sometime in the next two weeks. Check back here for details. Read more →
Smog City Brewing Company 1901 Del Amo Blvd, Torrance, CA 90501
Can you believe it? Pacific Gravity has been doing Monster Brews with Smog City’s Brewmaster, Jon Porter for 11 years! With five trips to Tustin Brewing and five hosted at Smog, we will be making our 11th Monster Brew on Saturday, March 9th, 2019. Everybody has a blast at these events, so please come out and join us!
Date: Saturday, March 9, 2018
Time: Mash-In: Approx 7:00 am
Fermenter Filling: Around Noon
Location: Smog City Brewery 1901 Del Amo Blvd, Torrance, CA 90501
Jon Porter and Carl Townsend are developing a base wort that is sure to allow for maximum creativity. Consider this your blank slate. For the hop heads, boost up the bitterness with your favorite English or American hop tea to make an awesome IPA, or darken it up with roasted malts to make a porter or stout. Use your imagination to make the most awesome beer ever. Each person will need to pitch a yeast of their choice, add adjuncts to the wort, dry hop in secondary, or do nothing special to it at all. To see the full recipe and for modification ideas, see “How Do I Modify My Monster Brew?”
COST and RESERVATIONS
We need a headcount BEFORE the brew session, so you must must make a reservation if you want wort. The cost will be $30 for each 5 gallons of wort. You can order several batches if you like. If possible, please pay in advance.
You can sign up one of two ways:
1) Pay now with Paypal. If you do this your reservation is good to go.
2) Drop a line to [email protected] saying how many batches you want. Payment will be due on brew day. We will accept payment at the Monster Brew; cash, check and credit card will be accepted. Read more →
Please join us for our second First Friday of 2019 when we visit Santa Monica Brew Works, located at
1920 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, California. Pacific Gravity Alum Drew Pomatti works at the brewery.
Start time will be about 7:30. Hope to see you there!
Upcoming dates to remember.
Feb. 21, February club meeting at Tortugo Brewing
March 8, March First Friday at Irish Times
March 9, Monster brew at Smog City 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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Pacific Gravity’s first “First Friday” of 2019 is moving to SATURDAY for January. Please join us on Saturday January 5 as we travel to Long Beach to check out Martin Svab’s new venture; The 4th Horseman, located at 121 W 4th St, Long Beach, CA 90802.
We will be hosted by Martin and Ryan, who have 12 beers on tap and over 50 more in bottles to choose from plus some righteous good pizza! I have been told they will put some epic beers on for us and club member Martin will be in attendance!
All Pacific Gravity members who show up will also receive a club discount on your purchases!
So start the New Year off right with some good pizza and beer. We’ll be starting at 12 noon.
Cheers,
Ian
Up Coming Events:
Club Meeting, Jan. 17 at Tortugo Brewing
Monster Brew at Smog City, March 2nd
LABBC, March 24 (Get brewing!)
