TO GET TO VINE STREET PUB FROM CONVENTION CENTER:

Vine Street Pub is 1.9 miles from the Colorado Convention Center (GABF Fest location):

Bus with short walks on both ends is 18 minutes: http://g.co/maps/ucwdq

Taxi or driving is 7 minutes.

Walking from Convention Center is 38 minutes: http://g.co/maps/dpx37

TO GET TO VINE STREET PUB FROM MARRIOTT HOTEL:

Vine Street Pub is 1.6 miles from the GABF Judging & Convention Hotel:

Bus with short walks at both ends is 15 minutes: http://g.com/maps/6c8x2

Taxi or driving is 7 minutes.

Walking from Marriott Hotel is 33 minutes: http://g.co/maps/zgg3w

TO GET TO FALLING ROCK AFTERWARDS:

Falling Rock is 2.1 miles from Vine Street Pub:

Bus with short walks at both ends is 34 minutes. Leave early at 2:00pm for Alpha King Awards: http://g.co/maps/2dmqx

Taxi or driving to Falling Rock is 12 minutes.

Walking to Falling Rock is 43 minutes: http://g.com/maps/wvtpm

Please remember to RSVP with Yes for Chili if you want it. Your RSVP helps us plan the tables and chairs. Please bring cash. $20 will get you everything including beers, seminars, and a PBS pin. See you there! 

 Friday, Sept. 30, 2011:  11:30am-3:30pm - Meeting & Seminar during GABF, Denver, Colorado. 

Friday, May 4, 2012:  11:30am-1:00pm - at CBC, San Deigo, CA.

Friday, Sept. 28, 2012: 11:30am-3:30pm - PBS Meeting & Seminar during GABF, Denver, Colorado.

This spot in our newsletter is reserved to shout out Thank You to our sponsors. Sponsor #1 today is the Vine Stree Pub, who has donated the use of their event room for our GABF meeting.

Thank You to Country Malt Group for their current $250 donation. 

We have been holding off on asking for financial donations lately because we are so close to receiveing our IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 certification.

Luckily all previous donations will be retroactively tax-deductible, so please think about clicking our PayPal Donate button at www.pinkbootssociety.org/DONATE.htm. You can "Buy PBS a Pint" for only $4.75. (Save your PayPal receipt) Thanks!

On September 4, the Northern California chapter of Pink Boots Society held their first meeting along with an all-day collaborative brew event. Member Alex Nowell of Drakes Brewing in San Leandro organized and hosted the collaborative brew & meeting. Gail Williams of Beer by BART documented the brew on YouTube http://youtu.be/4Uc6Kl33XwQ and on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/beercommunity/. The video is especially fun to watch. The soundtrack music is Honeysuckle Rose.

The ladies brewed a Saison, and it is hoped that the proceeds of the sale of the beer will fund Pink Boots Society's first full scholarship. The malt was donated by Country Malt Group, and the malt selection included Great Western Malting's identity preserved California Select 2-Row malt, grown in the Tule Lake region of Northern California. The Saison yeast was donated by White Labs. Drakes Brewing Company donated the hops and use of their brewery.

This beer, dubbed Drake's Pink Boots Saison, will have at least three release parties: 

• October 12th at 6:00pm at Beer Revolution in downtown Oakland
• October 14th at 4:00pm at Drakes Barrel House in San Leandro
• and at Pi Bar in San Francisco, date TBD

The beer is described as a classic Saison with a California edge. It will be available throughout the San Francisco Bay Area beginning mid-October. We are hoping retailers will donate a portion of their revenue from this beer toward the PBS Scholarship fund as well. Please support Pink Boots Society and ask for Drake's Pink Boots Saison!

Alex Nowell will hand-bottle one case of this beer, and will bring it to our PBS National GABF meeting to share with fellow PBS members. More info on our PBS National meeting to follow.

We've been waiting for IRS approval of our 501(c)3 application since April. Once we have our 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, we will jump-start our long-awaited scholarship program!

For more information on the PBS Saison Collaboration Brew, please contact Kelsey Williams at Drakes Brewing Co. 510-568-2739 ext 10 or kelsey@drakesrewimg.com.