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  <id>112283</id>
  <title>Real Ale Festival</title>
  <published_at>Mon Feb 24 11:50:17 -0800 2003</published_at>
  <post_count>2</post_count>
  <board>
    <id>7</id>
    <name>Chicago Area</name>
  </board>
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    <post>
      <post>
        <level>0</level>
        <id>609429</id>
        <content>I just posted this link on the Midwest board, but figured I ought to put it here also.  I'm not sure I'll be able to attend, but it sounds like a pretty stellar event, and I would love to hear anyone else's comments.
 
Cheers,
 
Aaron

Link: http://www.realalefestival.com/</content>
        <published_at>Mon Feb 24 11:50:17 -0800 2003</published_at>
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        <user>
          <id>0</id>
          <name>Aaron D</name>
        </user>
      </post>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>609430</id>
      <content>I have attended past RAFs, and they are really wonderful events for beer lovers.</content>
      <published_at>Mon Feb 24 12:04:13 -0800 2003</published_at>
      <parent_id>609429</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>0</id>
        <name>Jim Dorsch</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>2</level>
      <id>609451</id>
      <content>I have gone the last 3 years, and it has been getting bigger each year.  The move to a bigger space at the Finkle foundary should be good, as the space at Goose Island could be a bit cramped during the peak hours.  You gotta love a festival with signs around that state "No Smoking-Flammable Farts", as they say in the macro brew world "true"...</content>
      <published_at>Mon Feb 24 15:08:00 -0800 2003</published_at>
      <parent_id>609430</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>0</id>
        <name>Marriedtoafoodie</name>
      </user>
    </post>
  </posts>
</topic>
