http://www.allaboutbeer.com/wbf/

World Beer Festival Durham
October 4, 2008
The Durham Bulls Athletic Park
409 Blackwell Street, Durham, NC
1st Session: 12 noon to 4 pm
2nd Session: 6 pm to 10 pm

Tickets go on sale Aug. 20th.

Two Ticket Choices

Ticket type


Price


Included with ticket

General admission
$40
Event program
Tasting glass
Two-ounce samples from a selection of over 300 beers

VIP ticket (limited quantity)
$75
VIP area with selected beers not available in the main fest
Complimentary food
Event program
Tasting glass
Two-ounce samples from a selection of over 300 beers

7/23/2008 12:37:52 PM

omg the day before my birthday!

7/23/2008 1:36:30 PM

* bump *

Reminder, online ticket sales start at 8am this morning (August 27th). They delayed sales from the 20th to the 27th:

http://www.allaboutbeer.com/wbf/tickets.html

8/27/2008 1:03:13 AM

LOL $75!

bought a $35 VIP to the one in Wilmington that's great

8/27/2008 9:27:07 AM

I'll be there. Yay for real bathrooms

8/27/2008 9:29:20 AM

w00t, I'll be there.

8/27/2008 10:45:17 AM

Tickets bought. Should be great having this at a an actual building this year. Although there's something to be said about not waiting for the port-o-johns and taking a leak behind a tree with hundreds of people around you.

8/27/2008 10:54:56 AM

wedding

8/27/2008 11:13:31 AM

yay!! I got 4 tickets. I haven't been before so I'm excited...

Tho when was the one in wilmington?

8/27/2008 7:16:53 PM

I think I'm done with these.. after the last one I decided vodka was a good idea

not so much

8/27/2008 7:34:21 PM

$40? wtf, when i went 3 years ago it was only 25

8/27/2008 7:51:57 PM

^^ same here.

8/27/2008 9:02:26 PM

Wedding

8/27/2008 9:27:23 PM

Not worth going if you ask me. Raleigh is the same & the cab ride home is substantially cheaper. That & I just don't feel the need to go twice a year anymore.

8/27/2008 10:49:45 PM

i have a friend who lives close enough to make the cab ride reasonable. i said the same thing about going twice a year and skipped the raleigh one, only to realize that i have to go to a wedding instead.

fuck weddings. it's also the same day as homecoming vs. boston college. FUCK WEDDINGS!

8/27/2008 11:01:05 PM

I plan on attending. I'm pretty excited about going to my first beerfest.

[Edited on August 28, 2008 at 5:26 AM. Reason : dur]

8/28/2008 5:25:40 AM

my roommate just bought our tickets yesterday! This will be my first beer fest in raleigh/durham. I'm stoked.

8/28/2008 5:33:37 AM

Quote :

"Not worth going if you ask me. Raleigh is the same & the cab ride home is substantially cheaper. That & I just don't feel the need to go twice a year anymore."

They are not the same. During the Durham beer fest breweries are usually gonna have darker beers and seasonals out such as oktoberfest, pumpkin beers, stouts, and porters. The Raleigh beer fest will have lighter beers that are more geared to summer. Also the Raleigh beer fest has more breweries there.

[Edited on August 28, 2008 at 7:03 AM. Reason : ]

8/28/2008 7:02:25 AM

went to a raleigh beer fest last year (or was it the year before? i'm losing track of time..)

so much fun. when i have money again i'm going to go.

8/28/2008 8:23:54 AM

We're going to the afternoon session and taking the TTA from Hillsborough Street to Durham. There's a stop right over by the Athletic Park. State ID's ride free.

Public transportation FTW. Use it.

8/28/2008 8:28:48 AM

Yay, this weekend

I was just looking for something on the web site and found this:

Quote :

"We focus on quality, not quantity; we promote beer appreciation, not alcohol consumption. * Drink in moderation * Take fragrant breaks to eat * Drink plenty of water or other non-alcoholic beverage "

Don't forget your fragrant breaks, everyone.

9/30/2008 10:39:44 AM

^ hahahahaha, <3

9/30/2008 4:45:45 PM

me and cody will be there!! (the 6-10 session)

Quote :

"I'm pretty excited about going to my first beerfest. "

[Edited on September 30, 2008 at 5:19 PM. Reason : hfghfg]

9/30/2008 5:18:46 PM

i forgot about this... i just remembered today during lunch.

dont think ill bother going. if it was raleigh, i would make an effort.

dont forget, go early and get in line early. they give out a buncha cool stuff at the start of each session...

9/30/2008 8:29:13 PM

I'll be there providing musical goodness from 6:00-7:30

beer fest is always a good time

10/1/2008 1:35:26 PM

Quote :

"if it was raleigh, i would make an effort."

wuss

10/1/2008 2:15:10 PM

I don't think its worth going to durham anymore. The experience is similar enough that the $10 cab ride home from moores square can't be beat.

10/2/2008 12:48:17 PM

raleigh and wilmington each year is good enough for me.

VIP in wilmington is only $35.

10/2/2008 1:24:59 PM

Durham beerfest kicks Raleigh's in the face.

Not that I like Durham any better than the next man.

I'm going with 6 of my friends for the night session. My birthday is Friday and I have tickets to Boston College Saturday afternoon

10/2/2008 2:20:21 PM

I have three tickets to the night session, if anyone needs tickets. Face value, $40 apiece. PM if you are interested.

10/4/2008 11:14:50 AM

^^ well duh.. its been in durham longer, and its a bigger/better place.

10/4/2008 4:17:40 PM

I need help remembering a beer I had today. It was near the 3rd base section and I can NOT remember the name. It was a cask aged beer in a larger bottle. I don't even know what kind of beer it was other than it had a Scottish sounding name (was a multi-word name) and was golden in color.

I have been through the map/websites and can not find it.

10/4/2008 10:46:32 PM