A Community of Practice - Pacific Gravity Brew Club - Culver City
A Community of Practice is a group of people who come together to share a common interest and to learn from one another.
For my study of a community I joined the members of the Pacific Gravity Home Brew Club in Culver City, CA. Membership to the club is open to anyone with an interest in home brewing. The club holds monthly meetings, has a website with newsletters, a blog, 'ask the brewmaster,' and a variety of events. One event I was able to record for this video, was a 'Big Brew.' This event was hosted at a members house and all members are invited to bring their gear and brew a batch of beer. Part of the festivities included a chili cook off and working to together to help and teach members how to build a jockey box. A jockey box uses metal coils run through an ice chest to chill beer. The experienced members helped others to cut tubing, bend pipes and assemble their jokey boxes. Members also bring their own beer to share with one another.
The hallmark of this community is that it is open and welcoming to anyone with an interest, whether or not they are currently brewing their own beer.
Subdomains within this group are members who are moving on to start their own Brew Pubs. Several members fall in to this category and the future is looking bright for the opening of several brew pubs in the city within the next few years. Keep your eye out of Pipe Dream Brewery, LA Ale Works and LA River Brewing.
A special thanks to Kristofor (Kip) Barnes for his help and guidance while researching this project. His website Bierkast.com is has all things beer related for the City of Los Angeles. Thanks also goes out to all members of Pacific Gravity Brew Club. They were all welcoming and open to being included in this video. They made me want to know how to brew, just by their enthusiasm.
For my study of a community I joined the members of the Pacific Gravity Home Brew Club in Culver City, CA. Membership to the club is open to anyone with an interest in home brewing. The club holds monthly meetings, has a website with newsletters, a blog, 'ask the brewmaster,' and a variety of events. One event I was able to record for this video, was a 'Big Brew.' This event was hosted at a members house and all members are invited to bring their gear and brew a batch of beer. Part of the festivities included a chili cook off and working to together to help and teach members how to build a jockey box. A jockey box uses metal coils run through an ice chest to chill beer. The experienced members helped others to cut tubing, bend pipes and assemble their jokey boxes. Members also bring their own beer to share with one another.
The hallmark of this community is that it is open and welcoming to anyone with an interest, whether or not they are currently brewing their own beer.
Subdomains within this group are members who are moving on to start their own Brew Pubs. Several members fall in to this category and the future is looking bright for the opening of several brew pubs in the city within the next few years. Keep your eye out of Pipe Dream Brewery, LA Ale Works and LA River Brewing.
A special thanks to Kristofor (Kip) Barnes for his help and guidance while researching this project. His website Bierkast.com is has all things beer related for the City of Los Angeles. Thanks also goes out to all members of Pacific Gravity Brew Club. They were all welcoming and open to being included in this video. They made me want to know how to brew, just by their enthusiasm.