Both Asheville and Grand Rapids are being awarded the 2012 title.
“Based on the number of votes Grand Rapids and Asheville received and determining that a 3% or less difference between the number of votes the top vote getters received would be a statistical (estimated margin of anomalies) tie, Asheville and Grand Rapids will share BeerCity USA 2012 honors.”
2012 BeerCity USA Vote Counts
1. Asheville, NC 17,849 statistical tie
1. Grand Rapids, MI 17,849 statistical tie
3. St. Louis, MO 3,451
4. Bend, OR 2,270
5. Portland, OR 2,014
6. San Diego, CA 1,304
7. Milwaukee, WI 955
8. Fort Collins, CO 840
9. Denver, CO 809
10. Cleveland, OH 671
11. Durango, CO 670
12. Raleigh, NC 669
13. Madison, WI 668
14. Philadelphia, PA 599
15. Phoenix-Tempe-Scottsdale, AZ 596
16. Tampa, FL 581
17. Chicago, IL 563
18. Missoula, MT 402
The following cities each had less than 400 votes: Boulder, CO; Jacksonville, FL; Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN; Cincinnati, OH; San Francisco/Oakland – Bay Area, CA; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA; Charlotte, NC; Boston, MA; Portland, ME; Dallas-Ft.Worth, TX; Washington, DC; Albuquerque, NM
Votes were cast from 90 countries. It’s not surprising that the top two states from which votes were cast were Michigan with 10,560 and North Carolina with 8,164. New Jersey, Missouri, Oregon, California, South Carolina and Pennsylvania voters all cast more than 2,000 votes each.
Wrap-up Examiner.com post from beer authority Charlie Papazian here.
