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Competition Corner – February 2019
The on-line registration deadline for the California State Fair is this Friday, February 8th. This one has been moving earlier in the season each of the last several years. Registration is already open at http://home.castatefair.beer/. You can drop off entries at South Bay or Eagle Rock shops, but they must be packed for shipping. Local […]
AFC Entry Dropoff – Due Thursday Jan 24th
Thanks to a roadtrip offer by Peter Moran, we have personalized handling of our homebrew competitions entries for America’s Finest City Competition to Alesmith Brewing Co. But, you must drop off your entries to me (Carl) no later than Thursday, January 24th. Registration is open at https://quaff.org/AFC-2019/ . 2 bottles are needed for each entry, […]
Competition Corner – January 2019
Rain, Rain, while you’re here, Keep things cool to lager my beer. With a new year upon us, I hope you are taking advantage of the cool winter weather to get some fresh batches of beer going. I’m currently working on a “garage lager”. At some point, it will need to go into the beer […]
California State Homebrew Competition Drop-off Info
The deadline the California State Homebrew Competition is rapidly approaching. This is the final competition for the 2018 Pacific Gravity Brewer of the Year Award. Thanks to an offer to drive from Michael Ritchie, we will have personalized hand delivery of our entries San Francisco. You can drop off your beers at one of two […]
Pacific Brewers Cup Entries Due Friday Sept 14th
Entries for the 2018 Pacific Brewers Cup are now being accepted and are due no later than Friday, September 14th. On-line registration is available at http://strandbrewersclub.org/pbc/bcoem/. Strand Brewers Club will be running the show this year. This is a large competition is hosted on a rotating basis between Pacific Gravity, Strand Brewers and Long Beach […]
Competition Corner – August 2018
While most of us were having a blow-out summer party, (thanks Dean!) other diligent beer judges were hard at work judging the Los Angeles County Fair. Congratulations to Kingsley Toby, who picked up the overall second place Best of Show with his beer, Second Sleep, a whiskey-aged stout. It also picked up First Place in […]
County Fair Homebrew Entries Due Friday 7/13
Entries for the 2018 Los Angeles County Fair are due this Friday, July 13th. Registration is up and running at http://competitions.maltosefalcons.com/. With the closure of the Culver City shop, make sure you leave time to drop off your entries. They can be left at the Eagle Rock homebrew shop, Woodland Hills Shop or Steinfillers in Long […]
Competition Corner – March 2018
We are moving into the heavy part of the homebrew competition season, so I hope your beers are ready. There are a number of deadlines to keep track of. First of all, the entry submission window for the National Homebrew Competition is now open. You should have gotten an e-mail from NHC with shipping information […]
