Ratebeer winter gathering kickoff thread

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Message Rosebud butternuts beers 2398 º places 37 º 08:04 Fri 8/17/2012 Originally posted by Terminus My vote for this year is St Louis-the town is going through a massive beer revolution. Go figure, it started to happen right after i left there in 2009! even though its a little more north, the weather isnt all that cold. Runner up cities: Dallas/Ft Worth Tampa I could help with this. Have had some explosions of breweries within the last few months with even more to come. Just to name a few: Deep Ellum Peticolas Revolver Brewing 4 Corners (should be open by then) Martin House I bet we could through a gooden in North Tejas!
Message drowland P beers 11069 º places 430 º 08:13 Fri 8/17/2012 Did Texas last year, though?
Message cquiroga beers 371 º places 11 º 08:16 Fri 8/17/2012 Las Vegas in February? Not fucken bad.

Message Rosebud butternuts beers 2398 º places 37 º 08:22 Fri 8/17/2012 Originally posted by drowland Did Texas last year, though? Sure did...did you have a question?
Message nbutler11 beers 1269 º places 356 º 09:20 Fri 8/17/2012 Originally posted by cquiroga Las Vegas in February? Not fucken bad. I was also thinking Vegas or maybe New Orleans, but is there really enough craft beer to warrant a gathering in either of those places?
Message nbutler11 beers 1269 º places 356 º 09:26 Fri 8/17/2012 STL, Grand Rapids, and Anchorage all seem like they would offer escalating degrees of cold for a WINTER gathering. Since Texas hosted last year that seems unfair. I could see rotating back to Florida since they started the winter gatherings, but what would people think about Atlanta or maybe Sante Fe/Albuquerque? Is there anyone there that would be willing to put a bid together and organize it for either of those places? In the end, that’s really what it comes down to for any of the locations.
Message DietPepsican P beers 1592 º places 63 º 09:29 Fri 8/17/2012 Iowa City. Plenty enough Coronas here for everybody.

Message ICEatALAMO beers 1366 º places 18 º 09:36 Fri 8/17/2012 Originally posted by Beerman6686 Originally posted by Unclerudy I vote grand rapids, at the same time as the Michigan winter beer festival. +1 +2 I would think the point ot a Winter gathering is to embrace the cold, not run from it, Man up!
Message SP23 beers 10 º places 3 º 09:39 Fri 8/17/2012 How about Portland?
Message Cletus beers 6349 º places 233 º 09:50 Fri 8/17/2012 Originally posted by nbutler11 Originally posted by cquiroga Las Vegas in February? Not fucken bad. I was also thinking Vegas or maybe New Orleans, but is there really enough craft beer to warrant a gathering in either of those places? Between the beer bars and the brewpubs, there’s plenty of craft beer. The logistical problem is that there are not any locals to coordinate it.