Manifesto of the Andersonville Draught Beer Preservation Society

Draught beer and public houses have played a crucial role in the American democratic experiment. The American Revolution was planned and fomented in colonial taverns, with frothy mugs in hand.

Today, barrelled-beer and taverns continue to be central in building dynamic, vital communities, offering public gathering spaces and promoting hospitality.

The Andersonville Draught Beer Preservation Society works to further our participatory democracy by protecting beer drinkers' rights and advocating for improved public beer drinking facilities in Chicago's Andersonville community.

The Society's Central Committee has adopted the following 'Draught' Action Agenda for 2005:

Bring Back the Draught Campaign

Each Andersonville tavern shall dedicate a minimum of six taps and purvey a diverse selection of quality ales and lagers to the community. All package stores shall strive to obtain tavern status in order to offer fresh, barrel-beer service.

Land Use and Zoning

No Andersonville residence shall be further than 175 meters from a public house tap.

Honest Weights and Measures

Andersonville shall adopt the Imperial Pint as the standard serving container for all local draught ale and lager service.

Andersonville Home Brewers Guild

Recognizing that many of America's founding fathers were homebrewers, the Society shall facilitate networking among local brewers to build community leadership.

Beer Garden Openspace Campaign

Sunshine, flowers and draught beer are a pleasing combination. Conversely, the presence of parkinglots and cars can detract from the tapped beer experince. The Society promotes the conversion of parkinglots and other paved areas to green areas, open space and beer gardens.

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The Andersonville Draught Beer Preservation Society meets at area taverns irregularly, on a somewhat monthly basis.

The Society e-mail list is overseen and moderated by the Central Committee, and is used primarily to alert Society members of meetings, actions, events, and important issues of the day. At its sole discretion, the CC may choose to limit list chatter to discourage over-use of e-mail and promote more face-to-face tavern interaction among our Society.

We invite you to join us. Together, let's raise a pint and 'Bring Back the Draught' to Andersonville!