Free The Hops Needs You! View this email in your browser Good Morning fellow Free The Hops Members!



This is a BUSY week and we need your help with a few things to make the most of all of the opportunities before us.



Let’s kick this off with what we do best… advocating for craft beer consumers against onerous laws and regulations.





The ABC wants our breweries to document your name, address, and drinking patterns and make that information available to them. Senate Bill 234 by Senator Holtzclaw tells them, No. This bill passed the State Senate unanimously, but requires a final vote in the State House of Representatives. Time is running out - we need to urge the Alabama House of Representatives to vote on this important consumer privacy legislation before the session ends!



Place a call or send an email to your state representative to ensure that they do not forget about this important bill. To find out who your representative is and how to contact them, use: http://capwiz.com/state-al/home/



Now, if you ever had an interest in working in a brewery, we have a few job postings for you!



Blue Pants Brewery in Madison is looking to add a couple of members to their production team. Responsibilities could range from entry level work like washing kegs and catching cans all the way up to wort creation based on experience. Send an email with your interest to pants@bluepantsbrew.com.

There are a more to come and as we get them we will pass them along!



Finally, if you weren’t keeping track on your calendar, there are two Brewfests looking to welcome you!



The 9th Annual Rocket City Brewfest in Huntsville, will be this coming weekend! (May 12th & 13th) Tickets are still on sale at local retailers and via Ticketmaster. Both can be found at: www.rocketcitybrewfest.com



The 11th Annual Magic City Brewfest in Birmingham, will be coming up soon! ( June 9th & 10th) We are still looking for Volunteers and Sponsors to help us put on this great event. To find out more, please clink the topic you want more on:

Volunteers

We are using SignUp.com this year to organize this year's Magic City Brewfest. This is a trial run, so expect a survey from Christy Debusk after the event. If you have any problems with the registration process please reach out to Christy via christy@freethehops.org.



Sponsorship

We are looking to welcome businesses and organizations with like interests that would benefit from exposure to our loyal Brewfesters. For more information on that click the Sponsorship Link above.



There are also Early Bird Tickets available!

Follow the link, http://www.magiccitybrewfest.com/tickets/early-bird-tickets/, and use the password MCBF2017 to gain access. Remember, Early Bird Tickets are gone after May 10th !



Well that concludes this installment!

We have some exciting updates planned over the next three months, regarding events and gatherings this year, as well as a brief update from all of the chapters. So, lots to look forward to!

More soon!

C





