Who's going? I definitely think 3F and Cigar City will out shine everyone this year. Three Floyds did it right last year with Bourbon Vanilla Dark Lord...so tasty! And not to mention Alesmith with Barrel Aged Brewer's Speedway!
I just noticed. Oh, well. I jur hope this means they aren't increasing the total number of tickets. It was perfect last year.
I'll be there, got my tickets during the pre sale...I really hope all of the brewers step up their game this year since Three Floyds brought their A Game last year... Cheers!
Three Floyd's will be there again this year. I believe this is the full list so far: Kern river Moonlight brewing company Fifty fifty Stone Tap's fish house and brewery Bell's The Bruery Beachwood New Belgium Alesmith Three Floyd's Sierra Russian River Mikkeller Odell Lost Abbey Ballast Point Boneyard Faction Trumer Golden Road Yo Ho Dogfish Alpine Braufactum Figueroa Mountain Brewing Rahr and Sons Southern Tier Boulevard Bear Republic Founders Nebraska Sun King Revolution Cigar City Green Flash Lagunitas Funkwerks and of course, Firestone Walker
That list is so killer. Crooked Stave or Hill Farmstead would just take it to a heretofore unprecedented level...
locked tickets up during pre-sale. last year's was the best festival i've ever attended, wouldn't dream if missing it!
So, is it too early to start planning a bottle share on the evening of Friday May 31st? Went to GABF last year, Firestone Walker Invitational topped it, in my opinion. This year will undoubtedly be no exception!
What is your source for this list, FW website only list who attended last year. Regardless I bought a ticket.
The Firestone Invitational Facebook page listed all this year's attendees.1 http://www.facebook.com/FirestoneBeerFest?fref=ts
Going. Stayed up lat last night figuring tickets would be gone in minutes. We don't do many festivals these days but everyone I know who went last year said it was insane. How were the lines/crowds last year? Can we pool our money to get Hill Farmstead and Lawson's to join?
The only long lines all day were for Vanilla Bean Dark Lord right at opening, and even that was typically no more than 15 minutes -- and wound up lasting for almost two hours. It's seriously amazing how well they put it together.
That's encouraging. I really hope they didn't increase the # of tickets by a lot. I hate the "cow at a stockyard" feel of a lot of festivals.
Got my ticket this morning and room yesterday. I hope both the event and I are a little more laid back this year. Memories(or lack thereof) from last year are still being discussed.
I'm in! Also stayed up for the tix and saw them still available this morning. Now I just need to be more responsible and book a room somewhere. Any suggestions?
Got tickets at the pre-sale back in November, rest of our party got tickets last night. Booked two rooms at the Adelaide Inn as well for our party. I think there is a standing bottleshare at the Adelaide every year!
Tried to book the Adelaide but it's full according to the website. We'll be at The Oaks up the street with a fairly large Santa Cruz contingent.
Any of the surrounding hotels are solid. Best western, Oaks, etc. Use Kayak.com's map feature to see what's near the fairgrounds (within walking distance.) I looked at VRBO but by the time you factor in cleaning and everything it's at least $525 (1 bedroom) or $550 (2 bedroom) for 2 nights in a downtown unit.
My girlfriend surprised me this morning! Looks like we're gonna be there! I am very excited for this.
I also got tickets Thanksgiving weekend, presale, along with a few others. Quite a number of our other friends got tickets last night, or this morning. Staying at the Adelaide Inn as well. Last year was fantastic!
You may want to call them if you want to book there. I booked a room at the Adelaide about 15mins ago. When I checked the website earlier, it showed there was no availablity so I called. They said some rooms were blocked off for festival goers.
Ahhhh. Thanks. Is this where my fellow degenerate beer nerds will be sharing bottles before and after?
