^^exactly like those.




^sweet. I've only been a member since right around new years, but have never gotten one of those emails. I'll have to see if one of my buddy's gets them.

2/10/2010 2:31:34 PM

^I get that email.

And I am all set for some drinking this weekend. Though during the day I'll be somewhat occupied; I'm putting the GSR through its paces racing off road in a RallyX, lol.

2/10/2010 2:32:59 PM

i feel left out

2/10/2010 2:38:46 PM

160!

I'm on pace to finish plate #1 in about 8 months (July 09 - March 10). Not too bad, I guess

2/16/2010 8:40:43 AM

52!

2/16/2010 8:46:44 AM

tap nite this week is triangle brewing cask ale...it's also the M.O.U. launch party, but i'm not sure what that is/means (though it likely means something only for members)

in any case, i'll likely be there

[Edited on February 16, 2010 at 8:55 AM. Reason : .]

2/16/2010 8:54:58 AM

after visiting the Saucer in Raleigh last Friday i totally had forgotten how much more spacious it is than the Charlotte one. I'm very jealous Charlotte saucer is like standing in a train car.

2/16/2010 8:55:17 AM

^^ It's only for those with multiple plates (4-5 or more) from what I was told...

2/16/2010 8:58:23 AM

HORSE PUCKEY.

2/16/2010 8:59:08 AM

yeah they are unveiling new perks/rewards for UFO members. Though most of the new rewards from what i was told are more for multiple plates, not really effecting the 50/100 range.

[Edited on February 16, 2010 at 9:17 AM. Reason : veil]

2/16/2010 9:17:44 AM

You would have to be a lush to have more than one plate.

2/17/2010 12:34:40 PM

^inorite, who has that much time/money

2/17/2010 2:31:38 PM

i think i saw fleetwud last night.

and i was disappointed Stone wasn't the brewery last night, instead it was Ska Modus Hoperandi. Definitely a run of the mill IPA. Oh well, another glass on the shelf

2/18/2010 8:13:31 AM

i'll be there tonight for the cask ale, though it doesn't sound especially impressive

2/18/2010 8:16:03 AM

^^I keep forgetting you're in charlotte...

Raleigh's glass night was the Left Hand 400lb monkey

and 166! but I won't be there tonight it's mexican night!

2/18/2010 8:17:22 AM

That's an afirm, next time say hi!

The specials last night were awful, Penn Dark & Great Divide Saint Satan's Porter to put me at 847

next week, though...



and of course I'll be missing the MOUseketeers party tonight

2/18/2010 9:15:58 AM

^ oh man, i want that cup

2/18/2010 9:22:36 AM

ricky, next time you head up to the saucer, lemme know boo

2/18/2010 9:33:56 AM

^^^Yes i will totally be there for the Goblet. Probably going to arrive extra early to try and get a table.


I believe that's going to be a ~$15 beer/glass.

2/18/2010 9:47:10 AM

Said expense won't slow that down from being sold out by, oh, 7:03!

2/18/2010 11:04:26 AM

i'll make sure to bring bubble wrap so i'm not the fool who drops and shatters his right outside the door haha.

2/18/2010 11:10:52 AM

raleigh's glass night next week is also holy grail (i thought it was just charlotte)...the lady and i (and whoever else ends up with us) will be going to early to secure a couple of goblets

2/19/2010 8:01:27 AM

Guess I'll need to camp out once off work tomorrow around 4

2/23/2010 9:57:26 PM

gobble gobble goblet

2/24/2010 1:55:56 PM

yeah...i'm not going

$15/goblet is ridiculous for beer that is common, relatively inexpensive, and certainly nothing special in the taste department

2/24/2010 1:58:10 PM

Anybody find out what the new perks were?

2/24/2010 4:50:11 PM

With the NEW Membership plan, you get:

No cover charge when you present your UFO membership card.

TASTE 50 BEERS YOU EARN: One delicious pint!
TASTE 100 BEERS YOU EARN: A Biggie Beer.
TASTE 150 BEERS YOU EARN: Your choice of a Saucer cap, t-shirt, or F.S. Frisbee

TASTE 200 BEERS YOU GET:
Your name on a plate in the Ring of Honor plus a $100 Toast for you and your friends.

SECOND PLATE & Beyond
(This is the GOOD stuff)

Plate #2: $100 Toast for you & your friends.
Plate #3: "3PEAT" t-shirt plus $100 Toast for you & your friends.
Plate #4: $125 Toast for you & your friends.
Plate #5: Saucer M.O.U. Card, "5iver" t-shirt plus $125 Toast for you & your friends.
Plate #6: $150 Toast for you & your friends.
Plate #7: $150 Toast for you & your friends.
Plate #8: Custom German Saucer stein plus $150 Toast for you & your friends.
Plate #9: $175 Toast for you & your friends.
Plate #10: Airfare & Tickets for 2 to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver*



plate 3 and beyond are the new perks.

fleetwud, do you know if you get any of the new stuff since you've already done more than 3?

2/24/2010 4:53:44 PM

So tonight was supposed to be my UFO Plate party. I finished Feb 1st. Went in the next day and filled out my application but didnt write in the date of my party. Instead, I emailed them the next day (Feb 3rd) and asked to reserve my party for the 24th at 6:00. They said no prob.

Tonight, I go in at about 5:45. Its fucking packed. I told the waitress I was supposed to have a reserved spot and she grabs the manager. He comes out and is really frazzled. He says somehow my email and UFO plate form have gotten lost. So we have no table, and I have no plate.

Luckily, I came out on the better end of the deal. We got the party moved to a later time, they took care of our party's first round, and I got my tab taken care of for the night. The manager was really apologetic, but I told him I understood it was a big glass night. He said, speaking of that, I will grab you a glass. So I got a Holy Grail out of the situation as well.

It kind of sucked that I didnt have my party tonight (especially that some of my friends came out on work nights from other cities) but I got a free Monty Python glass and about $35 tab taken care of, so I can't really complain.

/blog

2/24/2010 10:01:12 PM

We got there about the same time and I had to get a table before the people left! I went up and asked the guy if he was checking out and he said and feel free to sit down so no one else takes it. It was fucking PACKED early.

Sweet glass though...

** The manager on duty was a pretty good friend of my group. We've known him for like 8 years... good guy but I can imagine they weren't expecting to be that slammed that early.

2/24/2010 10:07:56 PM

^Josh or Travis?

2/24/2010 10:29:01 PM

Travis.




Charlotte was extra packed early too. Got there at 5:30 and it was ass to elbows by 6. Thankfully we had a table.

[Edited on February 24, 2010 at 10:35 PM. Reason : Same group ]

2/24/2010 10:34:45 PM

I've not had the new system explained to me, but it seems that a 3peat shirt is due me, and a 5IVER will be in another 150 beers... but I'm not ready to scale that $1000 wall


I, did, however, camp out at 4:45 to secure a table for what became eight for tonight's festivities... not bad for having been up since 5 AM today, whew.

2/24/2010 10:34:59 PM

Quote :

"With the NEW Membership plan, you get: No cover charge when you present your UFO membership card."

I haven't been in a while, but since when has there ever been a cover???

2/24/2010 11:57:30 PM

Every so often there'll be a musical guest, or on a busy night such as St. Patricks or New Years, there'll be a cover. Way to save $2, which was covered under the older UFO club coverage^TM as well.

2/25/2010 12:02:22 AM

how much were they charging for the goblet in Raleigh. I'd like to compare.


and ^you might know why this is. We asked wendy if we could get our glasses early and she said she couldn't until 7. Yet the table right beside us which was a couple older guys and then that one Jerry Garcia guy who comes each week and brings his 12 year old kid with him (to DD home we all joke) had 3 of the glasses sitting on their table at 6 oclock. how come they got theirs early?

[Edited on February 25, 2010 at 10:22 AM. Reason : add]

2/25/2010 10:21:03 AM

15

2/25/2010 10:22:43 AM

mine is not this detailed, but that's not the point of the pic. Look at that tap handle, that thing is awesome!

2/25/2010 11:29:33 AM

Quote :

"$15/goblet is ridiculous for beer that is common, relatively inexpensive, and certainly nothing special in the taste department"

While $15 is $15, the beer itself is usually $5. So that leaves $10 for the glass (goblet in this case). And I've been told that they don't sell them for profit. $10/glass is the same price they get the glasses for from the brewery.

2/25/2010 12:49:02 PM

That goblet is really cool

2/25/2010 12:51:30 PM

I've declared mine the only "cup" I will drink beer out of in my house

2/25/2010 12:54:03 PM

shit i won't drink out of mine unless i'm sitting or standing over carpet. fuck if i'm gonna break that thing. Though it did stand up to me, slightly drunk, washing it in the sink and slamming it against the faucet on accident.

2/25/2010 1:50:57 PM

lucky for me at our house we do a lot of drinking while sitting on the couch

2/25/2010 3:08:35 PM

i need one of those cups goblets

2/25/2010 3:10:03 PM

I didn't get one

I didn't know about this ticket shit. Wasn't advertised. Never need a ticket for other glasses I've gotten.

I learnt my lesson

2/25/2010 3:11:47 PM

^sorry champ. On the featured glass night you have to get a ticket at the door upon arrival. Usually one of the waitresses is decked out in some cute dress

Last night they only had 140 tickets.

2/25/2010 3:13:11 PM

wait so i can't get one now not even on the interwebs somewhere?

My dad would love that thing i was hoping to get him one for his birthday

nvm found it. i love google.

2/25/2010 3:23:19 PM

^yeah eurobrews has them on their website for about the same price once you add shipping.


and wait, tickets? must have been something i didnt see since i got there so early and already had our orders in with our waitress. charlotte saucer waitresses ftw

2/25/2010 3:28:42 PM

Fox and Hound > Flying Saucer

2/25/2010 3:29:37 PM

^^Yeah i don't think they stand at the door with tickets till 5:30 or so.

^do the waitresses at F&H wear short plaid skirts and high soxs? I didn't think so.

FS >>>> F&H

[Edited on February 25, 2010 at 3:34 PM. Reason : K ]

2/25/2010 3:32:07 PM

Quote :

"While $15 is $15, the beer itself is usually $5. So that leaves $10 for the glass (goblet in this case). And I've been told that they don't sell them for profit. $10/glass is the same price they get the glasses for from the brewery."

i saw/held the goblet...i'll be surprised if it holds a bottle's worth, let alone a full pint

to each their own...at $10, that thing is far too light and crappy to be worth the money for me

[Edited on February 25, 2010 at 3:57 PM. Reason : .]

2/25/2010 3:56:04 PM