Support the Community of Beer Enthusiasts
and Small Brewers:
Contact Your Congressional Representative

Dear Beer Enthusiasts and Homebrewers,

We’re asking you to contact your U.S. Representative and ask him or her to join the House Small Brewers Caucus. What is the

House Small Brewers Caucus?

TheU.S. House of Representatives Small Brewers Caucus was formed in 2007by interested Members of Congress. Their mission is to gain a betterunderstanding of all aspects of small, amateur and professional craftbrewing, from business and regulatory issues to the brewing process andhistory of the small brewing community. The members of theCaucus are passionate about small brewers and craft beer. Co-chairsRepresentative Peter DeFazio (OR) and Representative Denny Rehberg (MT)have themselves been homebrewers and are avid beer enthusiasts.

Currently,only 49 Representatives belong to the Caucus. To put that in someperspective, 344 Congressional districts are home to at least one smallbrewery and we assume every one of the 435 districts is home tohomebrewers and beer enthusiasts.

Youcan help by asking your U.S. Representative to join the Caucus. Helpassure that you have the strongest voice possible speaking on your beerbehalf in Congress.

You’vecome to appreciate the flavor, diversity and quality of your homebrewor locally brewed beers from America’s small breweries. In theseuncertain economic and legislative times you can imagine how importantit is to educate Congress about the community of homebrewers, beerenthusiasts and small brewers.

Ask your Representative to join the Caucus.Following are resource materials to assist you, including a briefmessage you can use to make your contact, either sending it “as is” ormodifying it to add your personal message.

Thanks for all you do in support of America’s small brewing community.

Charlie Papazian

President, Brewers Association

Gary Glass

Director, American Homebrewers Association

Below is a listof the 49 U.S. Representatives who are currently Small Brewers Caucusmembers. If your Representative DOES NOT appear on this list, pleasetake a moment and email your Member of Congress about joining theCaucus.

Ifyour Representative is already a member, please email him/her a briefthank you for their support of both small brewers and you, the craftbeer drinker and enthusiast.

Please visit the official U.S. House of Representatives web site http://www.house.gov/to access your Representative’s personal web page and contactinformation – just enter your zip code in the “Find YourRepresentative” search box in the upper left-hand corner and then clickon your Representative’s name on the page that displays to enterhis/her personal web page.

House Small Brewers Caucus Roster (as of July 28, 2009)

District	Representative	District	Representative
AR-02	Vic Snyder	MT-AL	Denny Rehberg
AZ-05	Harry Mitchell	NE-02	Lee Terry
CA-01	Mike Thompson	NY-12	Nydia Velazquez
CA-02	Wally Herger	NY-17	Eliot Engel
CA-06	Lynn Woolsey	NY-22	Maurice Hinchey
CA-49	Darrell Issa	NY-24	Mike Arcuri
CA-50	Brian Bilbray	OK-03	Frank Lucas
CO-01	Diana DeGette	OK-04	Tom Cole
CO-02	Jared Polis	OR-01	David Wu
CO-03	John Salazar	OR-02	Greg Walden
CO-05	Doug Lamborn	OR-03	Earl Blumenauer
CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	OR-04	Peter DeFazio
GA-05	John Lewis	PA-06	Jim Gerlach
HI-02	Mazie Hirono	PA-08	Patrick Murphy
IA-02	Dave Loebsack	PA-15	Charles Dent
KS-03	Dennis Moore	SC-01	Henry Brown, Jr.
MA-01	John Olver	TX-23	Ciro Rodriguez
MA-09	Stephen Lynch	TX-25	Lloyd Doggett
MA-10	William Delahunt	VA-05	Tom Perriello
MI-01	Bert Stupak	VT-AL	Peter Welch
MI-02	Peter Hoekstra	WA-02	Rick Larsen
MI-04	Dave Camp	WA-04	Doc Hastings
MI-06	Fred Upton	WA-08	Dave Reichert
MI-11	Thaddeus McCotter	WI-02	Tammy Baldwin
MO-03	Russ Carnahan

Suggested letter for your U.S. Representative

Dear Representative _____________,

Asyour constituent, I am writing to ask you to join the House SmallBrewers Caucus, co-chaired by Representatives Peter DeFazio and DennyRehberg.

Thepurpose of the Small Brewers Caucus is to provide Members of Congressand their staff an opportunity to learn about activities of theAmerican craft brewing community, which includes over 1,500 small andindependent American brewery businesses, and beer and homebrewingenthusiasts that participate in and contribute to local communityactivities and economies. The Small Brewers Caucus also offersopportunities to learn about the science and art of beer and brewing,the dynamics of running a small business as a brewery, the associatedregulatory and societal issues and the value of craft beers and smallbrewing activities.

Asa beer enthusiast and ardent supporter of America’s small professionaland amateur brewers, I appreciate the many contributions their small,independent businesses make to their local communities. From theirflavorful and distinctive locally brewed beers to their communityinvolvement, small breweries are important economic and social hubs intheir local communities.

Pleasecontact the Washington office of either Representative DeFazio(202-225-6416) or Representative Rehberg (202-225-3211) to learn moreabout the Small Brewers Caucus and to join. Thank you for consideringmy request.

Sincerely,