Great selection of breweries, terrible selection of beer.
It seem as though the event organizers went to a distributor and asked for the cheepest craft beer they could find. Then they had volunteers, who had zero knowledge of the beer itself, pouring (got a couple "this one's light, the other is dark, but I've never tasted them so I can't tell you"s from pourers). The few booths that did have people from the breweries pouring were the best (Sierra Nevada, Sixpoint, Montauk, Gunhill, and maybe 1 or 2 others - total maybe 1/15 of all stands).
To top it off, some of the breweries ran completely out of beer before the general admission was even let into the building (New Holland specifically, but a few others as well). Others ran out, but they had more beer, but it took 20+ minutes to restock. Not acceptable when I've paid close to $60 for 2.5 hours of craft beer.
I bought my ticket early and paid $55 + fees. Anyone who paid over $70 (VIP + fees) was basically scammed in my opinion.
This will be my last year attending this festival. Past years had been better but it seems as though the organizers stopped giving a crap about the experience and instead care only about profit. What a shame.
It seem as though the event organizers went to a distributor and asked for the cheepest craft beer they could find. Then they had volunteers, who had zero knowledge of the beer itself, pouring (got a couple "this one's light, the other is dark, but I've never tasted them so I can't tell you"s from pourers). The few booths that did have people from the breweries pouring were the best (Sierra Nevada, Sixpoint, Montauk, Gunhill, and maybe 1 or 2 others - total maybe 1/15 of all stands).
To top it off, some of the breweries ran completely out of beer before the general admission was even let into the building (New Holland specifically, but a few others as well). Others ran out, but they had more beer, but it took 20+ minutes to restock. Not acceptable when I've paid close to $60 for 2.5 hours of craft beer.
I bought my ticket early and paid $55 + fees. Anyone who paid over $70 (VIP + fees) was basically scammed in my opinion.
This will be my last year attending this festival. Past years had been better but it seems as though the organizers stopped giving a crap about the experience and instead care only about profit. What a shame.
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