This is a friendly reminder that we will be having our monthly meeting this coming Monday, December 17th at 7pm. That is our normal date and time but this meeting will be held at a special location: The Park Trades Center. Those unfamiliar the location, the building is downtown on Kalamazoo Ave. between Church and Park Streets, soon after passing the Amtrak train station. We will be meeting the in the large ground-level gallery available through the main entrance on Kalamazoo Ave. Parking will be available on the street and behind the building in a private lot. See more details about the gallery here:

http://www.parktradescenter.com/saniwax
326 W. Kalamazoo Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI

As you may have heard, this year's theme is "East vs. West". We have hand-picked eight beers from each American coast and will have them available for everyone to sample. At the end of the evening, we will take a vote on which region's beer were the best. Who has the hoppiest IPAs? Funkiest Belgian-style ales? Come find out and make your voice heard!

But the festivities don't stop there. We encourage everyone to take the opportunity to bring in some of their finest homebrew to share. Have a double stout aging in your basement? Perhaps some funky sour ale? Many just a normal pale ale? Bring them all! And with all this beer, we'll want to keep our stomachs full so we invite everyone to bring snacks and potluck dishes to pass.

Of course, we have other club business to attend to, including officer elections and membership dues for 2013. If you signed up at the November meeting, we will have your 2013 card ready.

We look forward to seeing all of you on the 17th. Make sure to coordinate a designated driver or other transportation. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us (chris@klob.org).