Think your city has what it takes to be the 2014 Beer Bloggers Conference destination? We want to hear from you!
Our search for BBC14 is on, and the first stop is checking in with you, our trusted blogging community, for your recommendations.
We’ve received some pretty neat ideas for hosting in Denver and Atlanta, but we’re not booked yet. So if you want a say, now’s your chance.
Here are a few things we’re looking for in the BBC14 host destination. Essentially, our BBC14 location should:
- Appreciate what the BBC will bring to its local beer scene in terms of online exposure and added credibility
- Have a lot of breweries (obvious, but it had to be said)
- Be easy for people to get to
- Be a place people want to get to
- Have strong local support that can provide, at minimum, two dinners for an estimated 150 people
- Have a conference venue large enough for our group that is eager to host us
If you’d like to see us come to your area and if you think your city would be interested in pulling together a bid for the conference, please send me an email as soon as possible – heather@zephyradventures.com. You can also call me anytime at 404-936-0692.
We are not just looking for site suggestions. We are looking for an ambassador and advocate for any area – someone who can spearhead the effort and get local organizations involved (with our help, of course). If this person is you, let me know and I’ll send you more information.
We will work with interested parties to create a few excellent bids, have a public vote among the blogging community of possible 2014 locations, and then announce the winner live at BBC13 in Boston.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Heather
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What about San Diego?
We are still working on the 2014 location. Unfortunately, we are at the mercy of potential sponsors who will provide some of the critical components, such as the dinners. Soon!
Richmond VA would be an excellent choice. Virginia is quickly exploding as a Craft Beer city. It is easy to get in and out of, has plenty of accommodations, great restaurants, and a nice shiny new conference center. Everything is in Denver next year. People need a change of venue.
Denver or Boulder Colorado should be the next beer bloggers conference city. Colorado is booming with breweries, taphouses, and brewpubs. I can’t keep up with all the new ones springing up. Denver has a wonderful convention center that host the annual Great American Brew Fest. Boulder is a kick back town with a university that could be host to the conference. There are many brewers that could give in-depth lectures on barrel-aging, making sour ales, and about the brewing process. Andy Parks, head barrel master at Avery gave a lecture recently on the blending process of their host sour, Eremita V. Please consider a Colorado city for the next beer bloggers conference.
Typo- it’s Andy Parker, who is the barrel aging master at Avery Brewing. Sorry!
Darlene, we are considering Denver/Boulder for the BBC in 2014. However, there are other cities in contention and we did host the first-ever BBC here, back in 2010!
Houston would make the perfect choice: Large city with many great breweries and beer bars and a thriving and close- knit beer community.