CRAFT & DRAFT 2013

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15TH 11:30AM-4PM

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2013 TWEED RIDE

Sunday December 15th, 2013
Gather downtown at the Mission Brewery beginning 10:30 AM.
Tweed Ride Starts at 12:00 Noon

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FREE THE BEERS

JOIN THE GENERIC GROWLER MOVEMENT TODAY!

http://www.californiacraftbeer.com/advocacy/

Governor Signs CCBA Bill into Law!
Governor Jerry Brown today signed into law AB 647, the CCBA sponsored bill authored by Assemblymember Wes Chesbro. This bill makes three separate changes to the state statute (we're mostly interested in the 1st change):

Amends the definition of beer manufacturer
Changes the regulations regarding the labeling of refilled growlers
Allows regional guilds and the CCBA to sample beer at association and guild meetings.

Below are the details of these changes. More information can also be found on our web site.

1) The CCBA supports current labeling law that requires a brewery to “obscure” information from another brewery on a container before refilling and selling it. We believe it is important that when a consumer takes home a container of beer that the container (growler, bottle or keg) be accurately labeled with the name of the brewery and the beer inside the container. In some cases, breweries were simply putting a growler into a brown paper bag to “obscure” the previous label and then putting their label on the bag to meet the current requirements. When the consumer walked out the door, they would often take the growler out of the bag, and the growler was then improperly labeled. The growler was labeled as being from Brewery A, but had beer in it from Brewery B. If you were Brewery A, you now had your growler with your name on it with beer in it from another brewery. The ABC had no way to enforce this under current statute. AB 647 adds simple language to B&P code section 25200(c), which states that the previous label must be completely obscured in a manner “not readily removable by the consumer….” Additionally, some breweries were obscuring the name of the previous brewery but not the logo or text from the previous brewery. AB 647 adds that “any information concerning any beer previously packaged in the container, including the information regarding the manufacturer and bottler of such beer, or any associated trademarks must be removed, or completely obscured.” Please read the CCBA Growler Clarification for complete details and best practices on growler refills.

PICK UP YOUR GENERIC DRAUGHT BEER GROWLER AT

TIGER!TIGER OR BLIND LADY ALE HOUSE TODAY!

Generic Draught Beer Growlers are refillable at

these file locations.

THE FINAL STRETCH

SATURDAY, NOV 9TH
• AUTOMATIC FLIGHTS 11:30AM 
PassionFruitSuperDuper, A Good (red or) Amber, Ghost Town, Boss Mango, DarkHorse Coffee Barrel-Aged Darkest Thing You Have
•MODERN TIMES CANS 5PM
MT is canning and we're celebrating. Starting at 5pm we'll have a bunch of cans and when you buy one we'll give you a MT keeper glass to pour it into. Cheers that!
 
SUNDAY, NOV 10TH
• ALPINE TASTER FLIGHTS ALL DAY
Not riding with us, but love Alpine beers? Well, we'll have a flight of 6 of them all day.
• ALPINE (UP AND) DOWNHILL CHALLENGE
It’s on! The 4TH Annual Bike Ride from Alpine concludes with a tasting of a flight of Alpine beers and Pizza/Salad re-fueling at Blind Lady ale house. Limited tickets available.
PURCHASE TICKETS: http://alpinedownhill.bpt.me 
Rough details: 
It’s on! The 4TH Annual Bike Ride from Alpine concludes with a tasting of a flight of Alpine beers and Pizza/Salad re-fueling at Blind Lady Ale House. Limited tickets available. Here is the lowdown. Leave BLAH ride your bike to Alpine Brewing, have one pint, check out the facility, and then ride back. At the end of the ride, back at BLAH enjoy a Flight of Alpine’s beers with Brewmaster and Owner Pat McIlhenny and. Buffet of pizza and salad and Commemorative T-Shirt included! $50. This is not a fast ride but it is a hilly one. We will stay together mostly and ride as a group. Leave no one behind!