Where should BeerAdvocate host a fest?

Bay Area (but I'd take anywhere in California)

 

san diego. amazing weather all year, lots of awesome stuff to do, great food scene, awesome nightlife. plus look at all the other rad events here every year, they are here for a reason.

 

Hey Todd!
Asheville, North Carolina! I recently moved to this beautiful city from Boston and I currently give brewery tours and brew on my half barrel system. In Boston I would bring tours to visit Sam Adams, Harpoon, CBC, Night Shift, Idle Hands, and Mystic, but now that I live in AVL my route has grown to Highland, Wicked Weed, Green Man, Burial, Hi-Wire, Pisgah, Catawba, LAB, Oyster House, Asheville Brewing and Pizza, French Broad, not to mention Oskar Blues, Sierra Nevada (can't wait for Beer Camp Mills River), and New Belgium (in the near future). Asheville has the greatest density of craft breweries per capita, which not only translates into a ton of incredible beers, but also makes for an environment which is both highly competitive (to make the best beers) and highly cooperative (to make the best beers). I loved participating in ACBF and EBF during my time in Boston, and I hope you will decide to check out Asheville and drink some tasty brews in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Sincerely,
Eli Sullivan

 

Chicago

 

Tavernier Florida. It would be me and like 4 other dudes so from a financial standpoint it would probably be a bad move.

 

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Nice. Originally thought Chicago, but Have To Go With Beer City USA, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

Another vote for Chicago

 

1. St Louis
2. Kansas City
3. Nashville (hell anywhere in TN would be cool)

 

Columbus, OH, German Village area.

1) Most central one-day drive from the largest number of people in the east.
2) Surrounded by world-class brewers from several states, with limited national distribution.
3) White Rajah, Head Hunter, Zombie Dust, Edmund Fitzgerald, Black Note...
4) Schmidt's Sausage Haus, Plank's Pizzeria, Thurman Cafe (the Thurmanator), Katzinger's Deli...

 

Orlando- a city built for conventions and has stuff for the rest of the family

 

Love to see this town on the map, Jacksonville, Fl. Never happen.

 

Peekskill, New York, in Westchester county, or somewhere else nearby to NYC in Westchester county. Why? Easy to get to from NYC by mass transit or car. Plenty of places to have the event that are less expensive to book. Plenty of places for guests to stay. And it is arguably the center point of the most vibrant craft beer scene in the country.

Crossroads, Keegan ales, Rushing Duck, Peekskill Brewery, Captain Lawrence, Newburgh Brewery, NEBCO, Two Roads, all the NYC beer scene, and easily 25 other smaller breweries such as Defiant and Mill House making cutting edge and delicious styles of beer are in or near to Westchester County.

 

Twin cities.

 

I vote for Chicago too, but that's mostly because I live here. I mean there are a ton of good reasons to do it, though. Central location in the country, tons of things to do during "off hours", great food, tons of hotels and good transportation. We don't really have a "major" beer fest around here either, there are some GREAT smaller ones though. Would this be a yearly thing or just a one time deal?

 

This is so true -- it's never been easier to keep my AR-15 locked and loaded.

 

I wouldn't recommend Philly either...terrible airfares and congested airport. Middle of the country makes most sense. Chicago is a natural for many reasons.

 

Chicago exists because of its central location.

 

Florida needs a BeerAdvocate fest! The craft beer scene is exploding there right now, and there aren't really any great festivals besides Cigar City's. Tampa is an obvious choice when it comes to craft beer, but Orlando would also be a good spot for a large fest. Jacksonville is a big city with some great breweries. I think a BeerAdvocate fest would help an already growing craft beer scene grow even faster!

 

Asheville, small town kinda cool bar town, quirky and kinda hip, plenty of hotels, great restaurants and beer stores. Easy Interstate access from I 40 and I 26.

 

Mad Town represent!!