On February 26, 2011 the Tustin Brewing Company and its Brewmaster, PG’s Jon Porter, will be hosting their 3rd professional style Monster Brew.

PG Brewmaster Carl Townsend and Jon have developed a new base wort for this event. The basic idea is to brew a fairly strong wort. Target OG is 1.067, putting it in the Bock range as well as other styles such as Dubbel, IPA, Saison and many others. Each person will pitch his yeast of choice, add adjuncts to the wort, dry hop in secondary, or do nothing special to it. For some great suggestions, see Carl’s article, How do I modify my wort from the Monster Brew at Tustin Brewing?

COST

The cost will be $27 for each 5 gallons of wort, or $28.12 including PayPal fees, with the option of buying 1 or 2 batches.

Yeast and any additional ingredients you wish to add are not included.  You can bring your yeast to the brewery, or pitch it at home.

Payment for the event must be done in advance.  You can reserve you spot now by paying through PayPal, or by dropping by Culver City Homebrew Supply.  Be sure to include your name, telephone number, and E-mail address.

Your last chance to reserve your spot will be at the Feb. 17 PG Meeting.

You MUST be present at the event to get your wort. No friends will be allowed to pick up wort for you!

If you have paid in advance, but find you cannot attend, 24 hour notice must be given in order to obtain a refund. On event day, all monies collected will be given to Tustin Brewing. Such notice may be sent to Pacific Gravity Treasurer, Craig Corley or Vice President, Reed Wilson.

Some of us may want to purchase more than 10 gallons. Initially, ONLY 5 – 10 gallons may be purchased. However, if there is wort left over at the end we will hold a lottery to determine who may get an additional 5 gallon allotment. Bring an extra fermenter if you are interested.

Don’t forget to bring a sanitized fermenter for each 5 gallons you buy!

FERMENTERS

Fermenters MUST be either plastic or stainless steel. Absolutely no glass fermenters will be allowed in the brewery due to the danger of breakage on the tile floor. You may bring small glass vessels with yeast or other additions, however.

We will have extra plastic fermenters and airlocks available for on-site purchase.

If you think you may need one, please contact Carl Townsend or Reed Wilson so that we can get a count. (see contact info below)

TIME

The event will be starting EARLY, at 6AM. If that is too early, you may show up by 12 noon and still get your pre-purchased wort. Of course, you’ll not get to take part in the actual brewing. Projected ending time will be between 1-2 PM.

Other clubs will be invited to participate, including the Long Beach Home Brewers, but the organizers hope that Pacific Gravity members make up the bulk of the brewers.

FOOD

Tustin Brewing will have coffee, bagels, pastries, etc. for breakfast, and we will buy our own lunches towards the end of the brewing session. In addition, there is a Trader Joe’s nearby, and an early opening restaurant where you can get breakfast if you wish.

Tustin Brewing’s kitchen opens for lunch at 11am.

In addition Jon will be supplying tasting samples of some of his fine brews during the morning. Cut off time for free pours will be 11am. After that, it will be available for purchase.

TRAVEL

We will be carpooling down to Tustin. The trip is about 45 minutes at the early hour we’ll be traveling. If there is much return traffic, those who pitch yeast at Tustin may have a finished beer by the time they get home.

Contacts:

Jon Porter, Brewmaster, Tustin Brewing Company
PG Activities Directors, Mimi Bardet & Audrey Hill-Lindsay

competitioncoordinator@pacificgravity.com (Carl)
vicepresident@pacificgravity.com (Reed)
president@pacificgravity.com (Michael S.)
treasurer@pacificgravity.com (Craig)

Reserve Your Wort Now!