Yeah, but I'm get to drink more than 10 dif types of beer, so I get my money's worth.

2/20/2008 4:15:45 PM

i was basing that completely on consumption volume.

i'm sure you'll get your money's worth taste/quality wise and actual alcohol volume wise (factoring in high abv beers).

but i still think after everyone gets there and it gets crowded and you get a stomach full of beer it'd be hard to keep a steady 15 sample/hr pace.

i'm not being a negative nancy here, just a concerned consumer. (no pun intended)

[Edited on February 20, 2008 at 4:21 PM. Reason : spelling.]

2/20/2008 4:20:19 PM

Also, I could have sworn it was $35 for Raleigh last year and $40 for Durham. Maybe not, though.

2/20/2008 4:23:43 PM

online ticket surcharge maybe.

i think my friend bought it online. hmmm.

2/20/2008 4:29:10 PM

I also think the atmosphere at beer fest is worth something. Everyone's so happy, more so than normal drunk bar people. Like at the Durham one some guy gave me a hat he'd gotten, which I was really happy to get for a little while until I realized he gave it away because it was annoying, and then I gave it to someone else, and she looked like I made her day.

And, guys can get away with putting stickers all over random girls. Or at least the ones I went with did that. That's got to be worth a few bucks, right?

2/20/2008 4:34:43 PM

2/20/2008 4:46:15 PM

when i first went, tickets were like $25. i think for two years it was that price. then they raised it.

but yeah, you def. get your moneys worth.

like people have said, its more than just the beer. its like a huge party.

the key is to not really drink all of the 2oz of beer they give you. i mean if you like it, yeah drink it. but what i do is just take a sip and toss the rest on the ground.

some vendors will pretty much pour you a whole glass.

2/21/2008 10:29:05 AM

damn prices have gone up.

there's a crew of people comming up here in 2 weeks for the one in atlantic city.

2/21/2008 10:34:27 AM

I want to go to lighthouse in Wilmington.

2/21/2008 10:36:38 AM

im not sure at what price i would say its not worth it.

2/21/2008 10:39:02 AM

me either. i'm pretty excited about actually going. i've been wanting to for a few years now.

2/21/2008 10:59:41 AM

if you are worried about if the quantity of beer you are drinking makes it worth the money, maybe the beer festival isn't for you.

the point of the beer festival is to try new beers that you haven't had the chance to have. not to go out and get shitfaced.



now of course i say that but I do end up leaving the beer festival shitfaced pretty much every time.

2/21/2008 11:00:17 AM

^ Didn't some people on here last year say they were just going to camp out by the Miller Lite (or some other cheap beer) stand the whole time?

Everyone has different reasons, though I actually have to wonder who hits the PBR, etc. stands at all.

2/21/2008 11:02:34 AM

^well i understand.

but when you go every year, you pretty much know whats good and stuff.

i mean, if tickets get up to like $60 a person, i dont think i could do that, although its only like twice a year. but at this rate it seems like not only every year it goes up in price, but every festival the price changes.

i agree that if you've been once or not at all, and you are a fan of beer. its worth every penny to go out there and try beers you probably wont find in raleigh for a while

2/21/2008 11:03:08 AM

link for page 2: http://www.allaboutbeer.com/wbfraleigh/

2/21/2008 11:05:13 AM

Fine, ghost edit on me

[Edited on February 21, 2008 at 11:09 AM. Reason : .]

2/21/2008 11:06:24 AM

hahaha <3

2/21/2008 11:19:00 AM

Quote :

"if you are worried about if the quantity of beer you are drinking makes it worth the money, maybe the beer festival isn't for you. the point of the beer festival is to try new beers that you haven't had the chance to have. not to go out and get shitfaced."

i'm not going with the sole purpose of getting plastered. the reason i'm going is to try new beers. but that doesn't change the fact that everyone still has a limit to what something's worth to them. i'm not going to pay $75 to try some new beers.

2/21/2008 11:23:54 AM

how about this. you have no idea how much or how little you'll drink since you've clearly never been before. go find out for yourself. you will get your moneys worth.

[Edited on February 21, 2008 at 11:50 AM. Reason : *]

2/21/2008 11:45:32 AM

ok. thank you.

2/21/2008 11:47:29 AM

^^ is spot on. you will be drinking beer continuously for 4 hours. if you can't get drunk in 4 hours then maybe you should go to the 2008 Detox Festival instead.

2/21/2008 12:09:29 PM

I will tell you that the time FLIES by while you are out there.

2/21/2008 1:02:20 PM

i bet. that's why i was curious.

want to get my money's worth in all regards (atmosphere/tasting/consumption)

2/21/2008 1:04:43 PM

you will.

2/21/2008 1:06:48 PM

Quote :

"2008 Detox Festival"

hahahaha

2/21/2008 1:08:15 PM

awesome. cannot wait.


...for the beer festival, not the detox thing.

2/21/2008 1:12:38 PM

trust us, you will have more than a blast.
unless you drink too much and get in trouble.


last year, if you were the first few to get in, they gave out free t-shirts and big ole sparks glass, kinda looked like a graduated cylinder.

there are lots of free beer bottle openers and crap too

2/21/2008 1:13:56 PM

also, SHOW UP A FEW MINUTES AFTER IT STARTS SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE!!!

2/21/2008 1:15:18 PM

free stuff rules.


[Edited on February 21, 2008 at 1:31 PM. Reason : tricksy]

2/21/2008 1:15:42 PM

[Edited on February 21, 2008 at 1:17 PM. Reason : ]

2/21/2008 1:17:43 PM

or show up an hour early and try 5 beers before the end of the line gets through the door.

2/21/2008 1:22:31 PM

^ that's what i heard originally.

2/21/2008 1:23:30 PM

Yeah, that's what I do.

2/21/2008 1:23:53 PM

we've always been the 1st or second group in line... always.

2/21/2008 1:24:13 PM

No guys, Smath74 was being totally serious!

2/21/2008 1:25:33 PM

are you going bill??

you should come to raleigh and go with me, cody, and whoever else.
actually we should get a group together.

and i have a spare bedroom

2/21/2008 1:47:18 PM

i got to the durham festival almost 2 hours early (going to the evening session). the fence was wide open so i just walked myself in there with a friend (they had the fence open for people to leave the afternoon session). we had our share before the festival even started.

6 hours of sampling beers.

[Edited on February 21, 2008 at 1:54 PM. Reason : ]

2/21/2008 1:53:59 PM

gonna make it 3 for 3 this year @ the Raleigh World Beer Fest!!

2/21/2008 3:34:28 PM

I'm going... for sure the only ones i've missed are the ones i couldn't drive up for.
That would be great we'll combine groups!

2/21/2008 3:57:47 PM

i still have some magic hat condoms they gave out last year

they tried to give me a la fin du monde metal poster last year but i had an awful experience with that beer so i gave it to somebody else

and the beer is awesome, but as other people have said, the atmosphere is even better

2/21/2008 4:19:38 PM

Magic hat gives out the best stuff bummer their beer is mediocre at best.

2/21/2008 4:26:27 PM

this thread can best be summed up by something kontalonis once said...80 percent of people can go anywhere and have a good time...dont be that 20 percent

2/21/2008 4:27:55 PM

decent =/= great

2/21/2008 4:32:27 PM

also, if you are one of those guys who likes to fight when you get drunk, please stay at home. at the durham event this past fall i saw a guy almost fight a volunteer not 2 minutes after getting in the gate. they bumped into each other or something, it was ridiculous.

2/21/2008 4:35:51 PM

nvm

[Edited on February 21, 2008 at 4:36 PM. Reason : ^]

2/21/2008 4:36:14 PM

Quote :

"i still have some magic hat condoms they gave out last year"

me too, along with a fuckload of brooklyn brewery stickers

also bought a badass gonzo shirt with hunter s. on the front

even though i'm not that big of a fan of gonzo

2/21/2008 8:37:29 PM

i think it was last year in the raleigh fest,

but the draft house that sponsors the festival was giving out free shirts as long as you wear them.

all they had were smalls, so me and a friend threw them on with some balloons underneath and got a pic. but i have yet to find the pic

2/21/2008 8:52:35 PM

i'm definitely going this year - i've missed it for one reason or another every other year. not this time!!

2/21/2008 9:39:34 PM

Quote :

"^ Didn't some people on here last year say they were just going to camp out by the Miller Lite (or some other cheap beer) stand the whole time?"

now that I think about it, I think I said something like that as a joke.


Anyways, has anybody heard anything about tickets yet?

3/10/2008 9:48:13 AM

Heh, I just checked last year's thread, and it was you:

Quote :

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

Some people really do love those beers, though

3/10/2008 9:57:12 AM