Here's What to Do!! ACT BY JUNE 19, 2007

READ CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW WHAT THE STATE SAYS WE HAVE TO DO TO BE HEARD!!!

THE LETTER TO SEND IS IN THE NEXT POST...READ ON.

All Georgia breweries need your help. We recently received notice that the Georgia Department of Revenue has decided to change the rules that apply to tours at breweries in Georgia. The new proposal calls for a limit of a 2oz pour of each beer style on the tour with a maximum limit of only 16oz. The 16oz pour is only possible if we have eight different styles of beer to offer on the tour. If a brewery only has four beers available to taste, then only 8oz can be poured at the tour.

It is the belief of the Georgia breweries, and our wholesalers, that the proposed rule change would effectively kill the tours. Since the breweries have spent significant sums of money on tasting rooms for the purposes of conducting tours this investment would be lost. In addition it would cause the layoff of employees who now operate as tour guides and could cause serious harm to the bottom line of all breweries. The tours are our main marketing tool and by losing the ability to continue tours as they are currently structured we would lose customers, lose sales, and find it much more difficult to continue in business.

If you have enjoyed tours at Sweetwater and Atlanta Brewing in the past and you would like to continue to enjoy tours at at those locations and at Terrapin Beer Company (tours starting this fall; if these proposed changes do not take effect) then please take the time to respond to the Department of Revenue as indicated below.

Atlanta Brewing, Sweetwater and Terrapin have worked together to craft a response to the proposed rule changes. If you agree with us that the proposed rule change is egregious and will harm the brewery tours and thereby harm our businesses, please take the time to send the attached response to the Department of Revenue, as indicated below.

The Department must receive all comments regarding the proposed Rules from interested persons no later than 10am on June 19th, 2007. Written comments must be sent to:

Commissioner

Georgia Department of Revenue

1800 Century Blvd N.E.

Suite 15300

Atlanta, GA 30345-3205

Electronic comments must be sent to regcomments@dor.ga.gov

PLEASE REFERENCE "NOTICE NUMBER AT-2007-1" ON ALL COMMENTS.

Again, attached to this email is a response you can send to the Department of Revenue. If you agree with the Georgia breweries that the rule changes have the potential to harm the brreweries, please send the attacehd response by following the directions above.

LETTER IS BELOW...PLEASE SEND IT!!