Vote Michigan for RateBeer’s Summer Gathering

November 2, 2009

Jeffrey Raidl has a great idea which is to bring the Rate Beer Summer Gathering to Grand Rapids Michigan in 2010. You can help him by following the vote thread at http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/rbsg-10-voting-info_126641.htm and letting your voice be heard.

The following email was sent to the Craft Beer in Michigan yahoo group by Jeffrey Raidl.

Hello fellow MI beer lovers,

Not sure if you’re familiar with the Rate Beer Summer Gathering’s, but if not, a few cities each year submit proposals on RateBeer to have their city host the Summer Gathering (usually in July of each year). It’s pretty much a long weekend filled with brewery tours, tastings, beer lunches/dinners, and a Grand Tasting. Me and some others from BA and Rate have been working on the proposal and contacting brewers to see if they’d support the gathering, give tours and possibly brew or release special kegs. We sent the proposal to the admin’s on RateBeer last night and they should post a link on their site to vote for who gets the gathering. I know for sure that New York is submitting a proposal and maybe one other city besides us. We decided to focus on the Grand Rapids area due to many reasons including amount/quality of breweries/bars, number of breweries within a short drive, transportation, etc….

I know some of you are members of Rate and if so, please vote for the best proposal (hopefully you think our’s is) when they put the link up. If you are not on Rate and would like to help our cause, please join and also vote for the best proposal.

We have contacted numerous breweries (listed on the bottom of the proposal) and we plan on contacting as many as we can. If you have a connection at a brewery or would like to help, please let me know.

Attached is the proposal. This gives a good idea of what we have in the works, but depending on the dates of the gathering and other factors, the itinerary will likely change.

For any other questions, comments, etc… please send me an email.

Cheers, Jeff

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