"Experience a taste of Asheville’s thriving local beer scene with an exclusive tour of three of our award-winning microbreweries." - http://www.brewscruise.com/asheville/
This activity will be Tuesday night starting at 6pm A big shout out to [http://www.talis.com Talis] for stepping up and leaving from the hotelsponsoring a portion of this event. First Our first stop on the cruise will be the Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. to sample 16-20 different beers and eat some a brewery slash pizza (food billed separately). Then two more stops at the French Broad Brewery joint and the Highland Brewing Company Talis has generously offered to pay for more beer sampling and learning about their brewery processour pizza. Yay!
The cost will be $40/person (not including pizza). The minimum number of folks we need is 16. <s>There is no maximum.</s> Due to logistics of transportation and size of the establishments we'll be visiting I've had to set a max of 48 persons.==== Itinerary ====
==== Beer Cruise Signup ====# Pickup from the hotel is tentatively scheduled for 6:15pm. Those who haven't pre-paid should try to get there a little early.# Stop #1 will be the Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. where we will sample 16-20 different beers and consume our delicious, alcohol-absorbing, [http://www.talis.com Talis]-sponsored pizza.# Stop #2 will be Highland Brewing Company, "Asheville's 1st and largest brewing company"# Stop #3 will be the French Broad Brewery which "specializes in a variety of European style beers."# Expected return to the hotel is around 9:30-10pm
Please indicate interest in ==== Cost & Payment ==== The cost for the Beer Cruise cruise is $40 per person. You have two options for paying: # Pay in advance by adding your name to sending me $40 via [http://paypal.com PayPal].# Bring $40 with you on the list belownight of the cruise. WeI'll figure out ve been told they have a way hand-held credit card machine for the cash-strapped. Anyone who wants to coordinate can pay via PayPal, but I need at least 16 people to choose this option because the tour company wants to pre-bill my credit card for a minimum of 16 guests. There should be no fees involved if the money comes from your PayPal account or an associated bank account. The deadline for paying in advance is EOD Sunday, February 21st. # Go to [http://paypal.com PayPal]# Click on "Send Money"# Enter lbjay@reallywow.com in the "To" field# Enter your own address in the "From" field (unless you're logged in)# Click the "Personal" tab and communicate choose "Payment owed" from the details somewhere down options# Click "Continue"# On the linenext page you can specify a message Subject of "Brews Cruise" ==== Signup ==== '''Sorry, the event is full!''' We were forced to set a limit of 48 persons due to that's the max number of folks that will fit into two party buses, plus we don't want to overwhelm the staffs at the breweries. There is, however, is a waitlist that someone started below.
# Jay Luker (organizing, not driving)