what are you mostly looking to do there? drink, drink, drink? actually get educated about beers, eg, their origins, processes for making them... for me, i want to get hammered (well like 3/4 hammered) but i really would like to learn about beers. hey if you have a micro degree, knowing a lot about beer and how they are made might land you a job as a brewmaster or something one day.

4/2/2007 1:08:47 PM

maybe you should give us some details of when/where this is going to happen? or at least a website?

4/2/2007 1:10:22 PM

it happens twice a year - once in raleigh, and once in durham (in oct). on 4/28 the relaigh gathering will be held at moore square (like 8-9 blocks from shaw). there will be over 300 beers there. this even is being hosted by all about beer which is a an international beer magazine that is based in durham, and its website is http://www.allaboutbeer.com .

4/2/2007 1:13:03 PM

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4/2/2007 1:14:00 PM

my main goal is to try things that i have not tried. this is going be hard because i have tried to many different things (400-500+). looking for rare or hard to find beers not avaiable regualrly in the triangle.

well after looking at the 2007 brewers list i am most excited about:

1. jolly pumpkin - mmmmmmmm barrel aged artesian ales
2. bells - please come bearing expidition stout
3. dogfish head - please bring red and white and/or black and blue
4. boon and cantillion-lambic ftw

very disappointed that kuhnhenn is not on the list.

its gonna be a long day. 12-4 beerfest. 645 hank jr and skynyrd.

imo, beerfest is is nto the best place to learn about beer. because mostly of the volenteers know nothing about the beers they are dispensing! some times the brewers or someone from the brewery will be there but its hard to talk to them bc everyone wants to.

beerfest is a great place to learn what beers/styles of beers you like. if you want to learn about beer and brewing take up homebrewing if you dont already do it.

4/2/2007 9:23:17 PM

great taste of the midwest

yeah, i'll be walking to that godly event

4/2/2007 9:29:05 PM

^ you love rubbing it in that you live in the midwest and have great access to exceptional beers dont you?

4/2/2007 9:44:54 PM

i do, i do

not just the midwest, but madison, the treasure chest of the midwest

hit up that jolly pumpkin for sure, and if larry bell is at this festival, dont leave his side

4/2/2007 9:53:22 PM

i think i'm just gonna try lots and lots of beer

4/2/2007 10:03:47 PM

i now live in madison phish, you simply must educate me.

4/2/2007 10:15:32 PM

this is a beer mecca

what part of town do you live in

4/2/2007 10:26:10 PM

im not that adventurous. my friend had what i thought was decent beer down at great dane on saturdays.

im down in SW near verona though.

4/2/2007 10:28:19 PM

I turn 21 the week before, and I don't have that much experience with beer, so I will be glad to get to try a bunch of kinds.

4/2/2007 10:29:07 PM

great dane downtown is a good place to start

the great taste of the midwest is a beer festival in august at olin park on john nolen drive...im not exactly sure what historical claim it has but i think its the oldest, or something

no doubt its the best out there, when you combine the quality of beer there and the setting of the festival...tickets sell out very very fast on 5/5. check it out

4/2/2007 10:30:47 PM

good to know, this is my first year so ill keep my eye out for that.

4/2/2007 10:41:35 PM

when i went to the last Durham beer festival there were people drinking natty light in the line...
i was soooo mad i just wanted to slap them... i mean alcoholism doesn't get much worse then that...



then i was like mehh.. they're just cleansing their pallet


btw i always love stumbling accross new creations
and dear dogfishhead....bring the 120 again please please please

4/2/2007 11:14:38 PM

I'll be there, mainly to sample new beers I haven't tried. 270 different brews, and getting larger everyday.

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" and dear dogfishhead....bring the 120 again please please please "

Did they ever bring it here? The guy I talked to at the DFH booth last fall said they can't bring it due to the alcohol cap.

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"if you have a micro degree, knowing a lot about beer and how they are made might land you a job as a brewmaster or something one day."

A degree in micro hardly has any effect at all in a person's ability to brew great beer.

4/3/2007 1:28:20 AM

Dragon's Milk Stout -- over the years, this has emerged as my best beer

4/3/2007 10:09:43 AM

i dont care about the names.

the people who go and swish around the beers, wash out their glasses, and stand their discussing the "rich fruity flavor" are fucking homos.

its not a wine testing

4/3/2007 10:23:40 AM

True, drink the beer and enjoy it.
Drink
Sing/Dance
Dinner
Go home
pass out
farmers market

4/3/2007 10:31:31 AM

I am going!!! I can't wait this is the first one I have been to. I tried to go last year but found out too late and couldnt get tickets.

4/3/2007 10:51:45 AM

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"i dont care about the names. the people who go and swish around the beers, wash out their glasses, and stand their discussing the "rich fruity flavor" are fucking homos. its not a wine testing"

Just go back to your natty light then.

You are right, its not a wine tasting, its a beer tasting. duh

4/3/2007 11:26:15 AM

YAY I'm going!!!

4/5/2007 12:40:57 AM

i still need a ticket for the noon session

4/5/2007 12:42:38 AM

anyone hitting both sessions haha

4/5/2007 12:43:00 AM

A friend has a ticket saved for me but I'm not sure I'm going, I hate beer snobs.

4/5/2007 12:43:39 AM

yea i don;t know why i'm trying to go

we have a big group of ppl going, but i was slack ass and didn't order my ticket till after they sold out

4/5/2007 12:44:47 AM

not sure what's going to happen with this one

Couldn't decide if i was gonna go in the evening or afternoon, so I kept putting it off. Then I was offered a job there, so I put it off even more. Then the job fell through today, with the possibility of a free pass anyway. Then I started thinking about volunteering.

I'll probably pick up a ticket tomorrow, most likely for the evening, and just go with the flow.

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"A friend has a ticket saved for me but I'm not sure I'm going, I hate beer snobs."

Huh? Nobody is going to be concerned with what you're doing. Just go and try some new beer.

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 12:47 AM. Reason : ;]

4/5/2007 12:45:45 AM

^there all sold out, so you better go through a private route to get one

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 12:48 AM. Reason : .]

4/5/2007 12:48:01 AM

i got a listserv email this evening from a place that (supposedly) still has a few

4/5/2007 12:49:32 AM

trust me, I don't care what anyone thinks of what I'm doing.... it just grates my nerve to hear the beer snobs go on and on and on and on.

4/5/2007 12:55:00 AM

it's nice that you don't care what others think of what you're doing

but you should really care less about what others are doing at the same time

4/5/2007 1:03:44 AM

^

thanks for the advice ma.

4/5/2007 1:04:35 AM

you'll thank me when you grow up, son

4/5/2007 1:07:16 AM

i'll be there doin' the pouring all day long.

4/5/2007 1:08:11 AM

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"son"

funny, nice try but I was drinking before you started kindergarten.

4/5/2007 1:11:06 AM

but i'm somehow your mother? wierd

all i'm getting at is that it will be a good time for all, "beer snob" or not...no need to hate on people with differing interests


[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 1:18 AM. Reason : ;]

4/5/2007 1:12:58 AM

there will be so many people there-- no one is going to give a damn what you're doing (unless you're being an ass and holding up the line... thus inhibiting their consumption/tasting of as many beers as possible)

Honestly, this event is awesome. If you've never been, it will single handedly change your opinion of beer. I volunteered at the one in Durham just for the hell of it (I didn't even drink beer, or much at all really)... and it completely changed the way I view beer. If you don't leave with a greater appreciation of good beer, you deserve to consume rice beer

4/5/2007 8:20:59 AM

btw show up early. try to be in the front of the line.

they give out a lot of cool things to the first # of people.

tshirts. ginormous shotglass looking thing. food....

4/5/2007 8:24:10 AM

^hey, lets tell everyone that so they can all get there early before us!

4/5/2007 8:51:08 AM

tickets are sold out already????

4/5/2007 8:56:28 AM

^ Some bars in the area still have a few. Check out the list on the website and call around.

4/5/2007 9:03:22 AM

if you want to know of a trick to get in free.... then ill tell yah. but it works in the durham beerfest.

and if you can get it. you can hit up all the booths and get all the free stuff

4/5/2007 9:12:01 AM

all of yopu stop arguing about pointless shit.

if you recall names of any outstanding beers, post, so that i can go try them out when i go.

4/5/2007 10:15:54 AM

I love the Highland Gaelic Ale (and everything that highland brewing brought to charlotte)

Cottonwood's stuff is pretty good too

4/5/2007 10:44:06 AM

i'm looking forward to the budweiser booth... all the bud i can drink. you will find me there the entire time!

4/5/2007 1:42:22 PM

Either youre stupid or you're trying to throw a diversion...

4/5/2007 1:43:22 PM

uh, i like budweiser.

4/5/2007 1:44:26 PM

almost here!

4/23/2007 11:07:32 AM

all i can drink bud!!!!

4/23/2007 4:38:27 PM