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carl wrote a new blog post: Competition Corner – August 2010 1 week, 5 days ago · View
Lift up you taster cup and raise a toast to Craig Corley, Best of Show winner for the 2010 Los Angeles County Fair Homebrew competition!. His Saison took top honors. Also honoring the club was Carl Townsend, whose English Porter pulled in the second runner-up best of show. Altogether, ten different Pacific Gravity brewers pulled in [...] -
carl wrote a new blog post: Competition Corner – July 2010 1 month, 4 weeks ago · View
The summer months are here and if you’ve planned ahead, you have your cool weather ales in the cellar and your lagers in the fridge. Perhaps you even have a wheat beer or a Belgian style in the fermenter. Well, get them ready, because a couple of competitions are upon us. First up is the [...]
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carl wrote a new blog post: How do I build a Jockey Box? 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View
This Month’s Question : How do I build a Jockey Box? Answer: The simple answer to this is to join us on Jockey Box Day, Saturday, June 26 th at Mike Steinberg’s house. You bring a cooler, and we’ll bring a bunch of supplies, so at the end of the day you can head home with a new portable [...] -
carl wrote a new blog post: California State Fair Entries Due by Sunday April 18th 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Entries for the California State Fair Homebrew Competition are due at the Culver City shop by April 18 th. Since we need to ship these entries off, your bottles must arrive packaged for shipping. This means plenty of bubble wrap and packed into suitable shipping boxes. Cost for each entry is $10, but the club will [...]
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carl wrote a new blog post: Competition Corner – April 2010 4 months, 4 weeks ago · View
Here we are in the rapidly-warming month of April and we are in the thick of the homebrew competition season. Coming up this Saturday, April 10 th is the due date for Maltose Falcon’s Mayfaire competition. We are collecting entries for this at the Culver City shop. On-line sign up is here: http://maltosefalcons.com/comps/2010Mayfaire Note that the [...]
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carl wrote a new blog post: AHA Competition Entries Due This Friday 3-26
Entries for the world’s largest homebrew competition are due by this Friday, March 26th: the American Homebrewers Association’s National Homebrew Competition. Entries for this event must be registered on-line at http://www.brewingcompetition.com/NHC/nhc.php . You only need to submit one bottle per entry for this round, but if you beer advances to the finals, you need [...]
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carl wrote a new blog post: Competition Corner – March 2010
For many beer drinkers, March is associated with the consumption of mass quantities of Guinness Stout, or, all too often, fizzy yellow beer that has been colored to make it green. For those of us in homebrew clubs, however, March is the warm-up month for homebrew competition season.
We start out at our club meeting on [...] -
carl wrote a new blog post: Special Vote for Brewer of the Year Rules
On Thursday, February 18th at the Club meeting, we will hold a special vote for the Brewer of the Year Rules. The ballot language is included below. Please review the issue now, so that you are prepared to vote. Voting at the club meeting will be conducted by written ballots at approximately 8:15 PM and [...]
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carl wrote a new blog post: How Do I Modify My Tustin Monster Brew?
I hope you are all planning to join us at Tustin Brewing’s Second Annual Monster Brew, on February 27th, hosted by our very own Jon Porter. We’ll be brewing up a batch of medium-gravity amber wort. Where it goes from there is up to you! We’re hoping to have as many variations on the [...]
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carl wrote a new blog post: BJCP Classes Are Now Full
There has been overwhelming demand for the BJCP classes and as a result, they are now full.
I’ve sent an e-mail to everyone who has reserved a spot. To confirm your reservation, please bring a check for $50 made out to Carl Townsend or cash to the Culver City Shop. Please also check your information on [...] -
carl wrote a new blog post: Competition Corner – January 2010
Ahh, the cool days of January are here and it is time to get some beer fermenting. We have a fresh slate of competitions to enter in 2010, and now is the time to prepare.
First up on the docket is the Club-Only competition for English Brown Ales, BJCP Cat #11. We will judge [...] -
carl wrote a new blog post: BJCP Classes and Exam Scheduled
Pacific Gravity has announced a new set of classes and exam for the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). Here are the details so far. As more details are available, they will be posted at http://www.picobrewery.com/bjcpinfo-08.html.
We will meet alternating Sundays at 5:00 pm at the Culver City Homebrewing Supply Co at 4358 [...] -
carl wrote a new blog post: Competition Corner – 2010 Preview
Raise your beer mug and give a toast to Chris Simental, the winner of the 2009 Pacific Gravity Homebrewer of the Year Award. Chris was honored at the Holiday Party on December 12th and presented with an engraved trophy mug. He was the run-away winner for the second year in a [...] -
carl wrote a new blog post: What type of beer should I leave for Santa on Christmas Eve?
This Month’s Question: What type of beer should I leave for Santa on Christmas Eve?
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I can still remember the days of my youth, or more exactly, at least back to the days when my nephews were young, and they asked their Grandmother if they could leave milk and cookies for Santa. Their stockings [...] -
carl wrote a new blog post: Beer Tasting Schedule for 2010
The beer tasting schedule for 2010 club meeting has now been released. The list has three sets of beer to keep in mind. The most important is the club meeting homebrew keg styles of the month. Kegs of homebrew are the basic fuel that keeps our club meetings running, < !–> [...]
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carl wrote a new blog post: Competition Corner
Results of the California State Homebrew Competition have been announced. The best effort of the club this time was carried by Pete Morris, who picked up two 2nd place ribbons and a 3rd. Close behind him is a new name to the winners’ circle, Heath Haynes, who picked up two 3rd place ribbons. Rounding out [...]
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carl wrote a new blog post: Teach a Friend to Homebrew Recap
Ahh, a crisp sunny day in fall. What better way to spend it than teaching some friends how to brew? That’s just what a dozen PG brewers did on Saturday, November 7th, the official Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day as designate by the American Homebrewers Association.
Our host and instructor for the day was Neil [...] -
carl wrote a new blog post: California State Homebrew Competition Entries Due Oct 11
Entries for California State Homebrew Competition will be due at the Culver City Homebrew Supply Company shop on October 11th. Since there is no local pick-up for this competition, you must have all your entries packaged up for shipping by UPS. This means plenty of bubble wrap and strong cardboard boxes. Wine boxes work well, [...]
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carl wrote a new blog post: Mike Sautter asks this month’s question: Is it better to force carbonate a keg or add priming sugar?
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This is one of those cases where you can go either way. However, there are a couple of factors to consider before you make your decision. You might even want to split the difference.
The big advantage of force-carbonating a beer is that it is quick. Suppose someone calls up and asks if you can [...] -
carl wrote a new blog post: Pacific Brewer’s Cup Entries Due Now!!
Entries for Pacific Brewers Cup will be due at the shop on September 4th. This year the competition is hosted by the Strand Brewers’ Club. Judging will be held on September 19, at the Courtyard Los Angeles LAX/El Segundo. The hotel is located at 2000 East Mariposa Avenue in El Segundo, about 1 mile south [...]
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