AFC Entries Due Friday Feb 7th

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Entries are now due for America’s Finest City homebrew competition, hosted by QUAFF. Bottles can be dropped off at the Culver City shop any time before February 7th.   Entry registration is up and running now at http://www.quaff.org/AFC-2014/ .  Two bottles are needed per entry, and the cost is $7.00.  This is a great tune-up competition for the AHA Nationals, and typically draws the same judge pool. 

Pacific Brewers Cup – Kickoff Meeting Thursday Jan 30th

Pacific Gravity is holding our Kick-Off meeting Logo-rev0 for the 2014 Pacific Brewers Cup this Thursday, January 30th at 7:30 PM.  Although it seems like Pacific Brewers Cup is a long ways off, you’ll hear a lot about it in the upcoming months because this year, we are running it!    The last two years Strand Brewers Club and Long Beach Homebrewers did a bang-up job and have set the bar high.  This is one of the best competitions we have going.

Everybody is welcome to attend.  We will be meeting at Kingsley Toby’s place at 11169 Braddock Ave in Culver City.  We are soliciting help from folks who can help out with the organization.

We need help with several of the key positions, including soliciting sponsorships, steward coordination, publicity, finance and a host of other details.   As we go forward, we will be asking for help in the bottle organizing session, and help day-of with judging, stewarding and clean-up.   And or course, you need to brew and enter!

If you can attend, please RSVP to Kingsley at [email protected] and me at [email protected].

Thanks, and hope to see you there.

Carl

Competition Corner – January, 2014

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.  See the official rules below for which competitions are eligible and how the points are totaled.  We are less than a month into 2014 and already we have two big competitions to get ready for.

First up is registration for the American Homebrewers Association National Homebrew Competition.  As a result of the massive registration overload they had last year, Read more

Beer Judge (BJCP) Class and Exam – Sign up by Dec 31st

bjcp_pint_logo_headerQuite a few of you have expressed interest recently in learning how to become a beer judge.  Looking ahead into 2014, there are a couple of opportunities coming up. For new judges and existing judges wishing to advance, Jim Wilson of Strand Brewers Club, BJCP Grand Master Level II will be holding classes for the beer judging exam in December 6th, 2014 .  See his details below.  Drop him a line at

jim7258 (at) gmail dot com  no later than Dec 31st

and please cc: me at [email protected].   Read more

Beer Judge (BJCP) Training Opportunities

bjcp_pint_logo_headerQuite a few of you have expressed interest recently in learning how to become a beer judge.  Looking ahead into 2014, there are a couple of opportunities coming up. Read more

Entries Due for California State Homebrew Competition

Entries are due no later than Friday, October 4th for the last competition of the brewing year, the California State Homebrew Competition.  Registration is up and running at http://www.nchfinfo.org/state-comp .    This year we need to ship the entries up to the bay area, so all entries must be packed for shipping.  Make sure the boxes you use are free of alcohol labeling so they don’t get rejected by UPS.  And, of course, use plenty of bubble wrap so they don’t break in transit.  Since the Culver City shop is still out of commission, you can drop of entries at my place:  3621 Redwood Ave LA 90066.  Anytime between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM works for me.

Cost is $8.00 per entry and 3 bottles are required.  This is one of the big competitions used to determine the Anchor Club of the Year Award, with the big prize being a banquet dinner at Anchor Brewing for the winning club. Read more

Pacific Brewers Cup Entires due Saturday, Aug 31

OK folks, time is running out to get your entries ready for the 2013 Pacific Brewers Cup.  Entries are due by Noon, this Saturday, August 31st.    This year, Long Beach Homebrewersare proud to present this 17th annual homebrew event.  The competition rotates each year between Long Beach, Pacific Gravity and the Strand Brewers Club.

Because the Culver City shop is temporarily closed, you will need to take your entries down to the South Bay Brewing Supply  at 1311 Post Ave in Torrance, or Eagle Rock Home Brewing Supply at 4981 Eagle Rock Blvd.

The competition will be held September 14, 2013 at Smog City Brewery in Torrance.   Read more

Competition Corner – July 2013

As July comes to an end and the hangover from the summer party fades from view, we have two more judging opportunities in rapid succession.   We will be holding a small local judging session for the Los Angeles County Fair Homebrew Competition this Wednesday, July 31 at 7:00 PM.  Because the Culver City shop is closing, fellow brewer Steve Cook will be hosting at his residence on 11730 Iowa Ave Apt #6 in Santa Monica. (On the corner of Iowa and Stoner, second floor).  If you can make it drop both Steve and me an e-mail. Steve is at [email protected]

Also please register for the main County Fair judging session at the Woodland Hills shop on Saturday, August 3rd at 9:00 AM.  Read more

LA County Fair Homebrew Competition Deadline is Thusrday, July 18th

Amongst all the preparations for the summery party, the deadline for the Los Angeles County Fair is rapidly approaching.  Your entries must be registered by midnight Thursday July 18th at the Maltose Falcons website at http://www.maltosefalcons.com/comps/2013LACF  . The bottles can be left at the Culver City shop and will be picked up sometime Friday the 19th.  I’d recommend getting them there no later than Thursday, since they might come early in the day.   Read more

Competition Corner – May 2013

The time is now to get your entries ready for the California State Fair.  The deadline is Sunday, May 19th at the Culver City shop.  Thanks to the help of Peter Moran and his buddies, we have a chauffeured service of our entries up to Sacramento.  This means they don’t have to be packed for UPS shipping.  By now, hopefully, you have completed your registration process, which was due last week.  If you have forgotten the details, you can find more info here:    http://www.northerncalbrewers.com/state-fair-craft-beer-competition.html
 and  http://www.bigfun.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-Homebrew-Quick-Reference-Guide.pdf

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