First Saturday Sept 5 at Absolution Brewing Company
Aloha Pacific Gravity!
The summer party was its usual level of awesome – quite worthy for our last hurrah at Palazzo Sussman. Chefs Ian & Rob provided some excellent BBQ, and the many sides brought by everyone else were quite tasty. The beer of course was legendary as always! For logistics reasons I will not mention the winners of “best of the party” here, but we will definitely bring it up in a future email and at the next meeting on 9/17.
For our first Fri/Sat event for September, this Saturday we will be visiting Absolution Brewing Company, the brewery where our newest member Andrew helps make the magic happen. This will coincide with their “End of Summer Party” which runs all day and includes a stein holding contest for anyone up to the challenge.
It should be a fun one – hope to see you all there!
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
September First Saturday – Saturday 9/5/2026 at 12-2 PM
Absolution Brewing Company
2878 Columbia St
Torrance, CA 90503
(310) 490-4860
Competition Corner
We have 17 entries delivered to Long Beach for the 2026 Pacific Brewers Cup Competition. If you have an last-second entries, you will need to take them to Stein Fillers no later than Saturday, Sept 5th. With a boatload of entries, they will need help with judging and stewarding on September 19th at La Jara Brewing 13423 Excelsior Dr. Norwalk, CA 90650. If you can help out, please sign up at https://www.longbeachhomebrewers.com/comp/pbc/bcoem/. Please keep in mind that we will be running PBC next September and will need help from other clubs, so please chip in this year to help out Long Beach homebrewers. Contact me if you are interested in car-pooling to Norwalk on judging day.
After PBC, we have just one remaining competition in the 2026 Brewer of the Year Award cycle, that being the California State Competition. Registration opens September 12th at https://brewingcompetitions.com/chc/ . This is a bay-area competition, so you will need to ship your entries. Bottles need to be received between October 10th and October 22nd at Morebeer in Concord CA.
At the moment, we have a multi-way tie for the 2026 point count, so your opportunity for taking the Pacific Gravity Brewer of the Year Award is wide open.
Carl Townsend
Competition Coordinator
Upcoming Events
- Sept 5: First Saturday – Absolution Brewing 12pm
- Sept 5: Registration deadline for Pacific Brewers Cup
- Sept 12: California State Competition Registration Opens
- Sept 17: Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company 7:30 pm
- Sept 19: Pacific Brewers Cup Judging
- Oct 10 – Oct 22: California State Competition bottles need to be received at Morebeer in Concord CA.
Summer Party August 8th!!
It is time – the summer party is upon us! Come one, come all and join in what is always an epic celebration of all things beer, food and 
comradery with your friends at Pacific Gravity.
Dean kindly returned to the US to host us! Many thanks to Dean for making the commute. The party will be happening on Saturday August 8, 2026 at Dean Sussman’s USA palazzo in the Pacific Palisades, 1310 Amalfi Drive, Pacific Palisades CA.
The party will start around 2 PM and continue on until late evening. The party is free for all Pacific Gravity members and their first guest; additional guests may attend for a small fee of $10. Kids are still free. Dean’s house has a large yard and a pool so all attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and swim trunks (and towel) if they plan on going for a swim.
In honor of the 250th b-day of the country, the theme will be “All American BBQ” – Chef Ian and Sous-Chef Rob will of course be creating their legendary culinary masterworks, and the theme opens the door for many classic picnic/bbq sides for those participating in the pot-luck portion of the event. Note for food contributions, we will NOT have use of a kitchen for heating or cooling so please plan accordingly. Please label your food containers so that we can get them back to you.
We will of course have our traditional “best of party” homebrew beer and soda competitions, so be sure and bring your spectacular specimens (or at least “interesting entries”) for everyone to enjoy. If you plan to bring a keg, please email Carl at competitions@pacificgravity.com with the name of your beer/soda to help him keep the things flowing.
As always this event is run by the volunteers, your help is needed! Set up will be on Friday 8/7 at 6:30 pm and clean up on Sunday morning are especially necessary. The volunteer crew has always had a lot of fun while working and it is a great time.
If you have any questions about food, feel free to contact Chef Ian at MasterChef@pacificgravity.com or if you have question on volunteering you may contact Parker at President@pacificgravity.com
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I hope to see you all Saturday!
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
Pacific Brewers Cup
Registration for the 2026 Pacific Brewers Cup is up and running at https://www.longbeachhomebrewers.com/comp/pbc/bcoem/
Long Beach Homebrewers are running the competition this year. Entries can be dropped off at Steinfillers in Long Beach any time between August 26th and September 5th. I’ll be making a run the first week of September, probably on September 3rd.
Judging will be Saturday, September 19, 2026 at La Jara Brewing, starting at 8:00 AM. We need to get a large contingent to volunteer for judging and stewarding, so they can return the favor next year when we run the competition once again.
Carl Townsend – Competition Coordinator
Upcoming Events
- Aug 7 : Summer Party Setup 6:30pm (First Friday)
- Aug 8 : Summer Party 2pm !!
- Sep 4/5: September First Friday/Saturday TBD
- Sept 5: Entry deadline for Pacific Brewers Cup
- Sept 17: Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company 7:30 pm
- Sept 19: Pacific Brewers Cup Judging
Club Meeting Thurs July 16 7:30 at Tortugo Brewery
I just wanted to send a quick reminder that we have our monthly meeting this Thurs at Tortugo at 7:30.
Summer Party!!
We now have a date and exciting location for the 2026 summer party.
Since the club cannot afford to subsidize a club trip to Italy, Dean will be returning to the US to host us! (well, perhaps he is here for other reasons, but narcissism lets me believe it is all about us).
The party will be happening on Saturday August 8, 2026 at Dean Sussman’s USA palazzo in the Pacific Palisades, 1310 Amalfi Drive, Pacific Palisades CA.
The party will start around 2 PM and continue on until late evening. The party is free for all Pacific Gravity members and their first guest; additional guests may attend for a small fee of $10. Kids are still free. Dean’s house has a large yard and a pool so all attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and swim trunks (and towel) if they plan on going for a swim.
In honor of the 250th b-day of the country, the theme will be “All American BBQ” – Chef Ian and Sous-Chef Rob will of course be creating their legendary culinary masterworks, and the theme opens the door for many classic picnic/bbq sides for those participating in the pot-luck portion of the event. Note for food contributions, we will NOT have use of a kitchen for heating or cooling so please plan accordingly. Please label your food containers so that we can get them back to you.
We will of course have our traditional “best of party” homebrew beer and soda competitions, so be sure and bring your spectacular specimens (or at least “interesting entries”) for everyone to enjoy. If you plan to bring a keg, please email Carl at competitions@pacificgravity.com with the name of your beer/soda to help him keep the things flowing.
As always this event is run by the volunteers, your help is needed! Set up will be on Friday 8/7 at 6:30 pm and clean up on Sunday morning are especially necessary. The volunteer crew has always had a lot of fun while working and it is a great time.
If you have any questions about food, feel free to contact Chef Ian at MasterChef@pacificgravity.com or if you have question on volunteering you may contact Parker at President@pacificgravity.com
I hope to see you all Thursday!
Parker Waechter – President, Pacific Gravity Homebrewers
July Monthly Meeting Thursday 7/16/2026 at 7:30 PM
Tortugo Brewing Co.
916 W. Hyde Park Blvd.
Inglewood, CA 90302
(424) 227-9963
Upcoming Events
- July 16 : Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company 7:30 pm
- Aug 7 : Summer Party Setup 6:30pm (First Friday)
- Aug 8 : Summer Party 2pm !!
- Sep 4/5: September First Friday/Saturday TBD
- Sept 17: Club Meeting at Tortugo Brewing Company 7:30 pm
- Sept 19: Pacific Brewers Cup Judging
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