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3/10/2008 10:07:43 AM

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"Anyways, has anybody heard anything about tickets yet?"

i think the website said mid march.

so the next few days hopefully they will pop up

3/10/2008 10:08:39 AM

cool. what local places are they going to be for sell?

3/10/2008 10:11:48 AM

It's on the website

3/10/2008 10:18:47 AM

i can't access the website at work.

3/10/2008 10:21:24 AM

You can access tww but not the beerfest website???

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium
328 W. Morgan Street
Downtown Raleigh

Village Draft House
428 Daniels Street
Near NC State

American Brewmaster
3021-5 Stoneybrook Drive
Capital Boulevard Area

Sawmill Tap Room
7701 Lead Mine Road
North Raleigh

Harrison’s Bar & Grill
301 N. Harrison Avenue
Cary

MacGregor Draft House
107 Edinburgh South Drive
Cary

Bass Lake Draft House
124 Bass Lake Road
Holly Springs

Sam’s Quik Shop
1605 Erwin Road
Durham

Foothills Brewing
638 W. Fourth Street
Winston-Salem

3/10/2008 10:27:07 AM

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"You can access tww but not the beerfest website???"

correct.

3/10/2008 10:35:03 AM

you can't get tickets locally until they are on sale online, correct?

don't know if you could pick one up now.

3/10/2008 9:35:54 PM

^yeah, i think you need to wait til they are on sale online. i mean if one of those vendors is on your way somewhere i dont think it'll hurt to stop in and ask

3/10/2008 10:15:22 PM

damnitt, I have a golf tournament to play in this same weekend

3/11/2008 8:18:08 AM

are tickets really $40?

3/11/2008 3:33:07 PM

i thought you cant even buy tickets yet...how would anyone know?

3/11/2008 3:35:39 PM

^^ naw i think they're $25

3/11/2008 3:44:43 PM

i cannot wait for this.
cannot.

i've never been.

3/11/2008 3:47:54 PM

$35 last year, $30 the year before that

3/11/2008 3:49:11 PM

$25.00 $2.00 April 29, 2006 12:00 PM Raleigh World Beer Festival: Saturday, April 29, 2006


$30.00 $2.00 April 28, 2007 12:00 PM Raleigh World Beer Festival: Saturday, April 28, 2007

via my past 2 confirmation emails for the Raleigh Beer Fest.

I predict this year it will be $40.00 + $2.00 conv charge (which is bullshit imho)

3/11/2008 3:57:32 PM

The last one I went to was Durham in Fall 07 and it was $35. They could go for $50 and still easily sell out.

3/11/2008 4:18:29 PM

it you get them from a supplier, no conv. charge. if you wanna wait til you get there. you can most likely get them cheaper, but who knows how many there will be

3/11/2008 4:43:43 PM

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"Tickets will be available to the general public at noon, March 26. Buy online or at one of our ticket outlets listed below."

3/13/2008 9:46:17 AM

Anyone subscribe to All About Beer magazine? If so, you get first dibs. I'm almost tempted to sign up.

3/13/2008 9:49:07 AM

no need for first dibs, there will be enough tickets for everyone. unless you wait til the last week or so

3/13/2008 9:56:56 AM

Unless they form some kind of conspiracy and buy all the tickets to scalp them. But I guess the chance of that happening is rather small.

3/13/2008 9:58:04 AM

quite small indeed

3/13/2008 9:58:35 AM

^ how the f**k would you know???

^^^not sure what you're referring to-- but tickets are selling out more quickly with each session... the past few have been sold out atleast a few weeks before the festival

However, if you really must wait until last minute-- there are always a few scalpers out front a few hours before with a few handfuls of tickets, a few people whose friends ditched them trying to make back their $$ on their friend's ticket... & there is always craigslist.

3/13/2008 2:32:19 PM

boss asked me if i should work at this...apparently, i have to haul kegs around for an hour, empty dump barrels for an hour (each of these once in the morning, once in the afternoon), but then the rest of the day is open for myself...i get a free t-shirt and...a mug? a glass? whatever it is i take around with me to get free beer

should i do it? i've never been before

3/13/2008 2:37:10 PM

^^well i was referring to the post about subscribing to the magazine just to get first dibs. (i think it cost money, if its free then yeah why not).

but yeah, they sell out quick, but not like a concert. and surprisingly there has been a decent amount at different locations incase the online sells out, which it tends to do before the other locations.

i mean i def. wouldnt wait, but within the first week you will have your chance to get a ticket.

3/13/2008 3:29:28 PM

^^haha-- so that means you'll be on the brew crew. hell yes you want to do it... you'll be shit faced for free before you leave on grreat beer
(brew crew... i.e. only volunteers legally allowed to consume at the festival)
Usually you have to be a part of the local home brewers club to be in the brew crew.

[Edited on March 13, 2008 at 3:31 PM. Reason : slow]

3/13/2008 3:30:02 PM

i put an ad on craigslist 2 weeks before the last one and got lucky when some lady sold me them becasue her daugher got sick or something.

beerfest is the shit though.

150+ vendors with 4+ draughts per vendor

the food is great and the merchandise is cheap (pint glasses $2-4; normally $10+)

3/13/2008 3:54:45 PM

^^ yeah, bossman is a longtime member of a (or the?) local brew club...i've been making mead and wine as of late, and so he's taking me under his wing to teach me how to make "real" stuff

sounds like it'll be fun...i need to let him know ASAP, i think

3/13/2008 4:03:47 PM

The tickets this year are $40 for each session, and $75 for the VIP tickets. They are not on sale yet, but should be coming in to the places listed within the next couple of weeks. Most likely by the end of March. You can also add Falls Tap Room to the list of places to purchase them.

3/13/2008 8:04:33 PM

I can't really blame them for hiking prices as long as they sell out. But I'm getting kind of annoyed at a $5 hike every 6 months

3/13/2008 10:40:58 PM

^^ makes sense since they were $32 last year and it still sold out.

3/13/2008 10:47:41 PM

i want to go, but i might just stroll up there the day of the festival. at this point im not at a def. position whether i really want to go or not. i like to go for the atmosphere. once you go one time, the rest of them are the same. but its just the atmosphere that is awesome.

3/13/2008 11:09:16 PM

What is the difference in regular vs VIP?

3/14/2008 8:03:40 AM

A few special beers for them, nicer bathroom facilities and probably some more stuff that's less appealing than those two things.

3/14/2008 8:16:29 AM

There are so many good beers there already I don't know if it would be worth it.

3/14/2008 8:54:28 AM

I can't see myself ever wanting VIP. The bathrooms are actually more appealing to me than the beers because there are already more than I can drink ... but I have a girly bladder and will probably spend half my time in the ridiculous lines

3/14/2008 8:59:08 AM

dang. wish i could go! I've been wanting to go to a beer festival...

too bad I'm getting married on this day!!!

[Edited on March 14, 2008 at 9:16 AM. Reason : n]

3/14/2008 9:16:01 AM

^somebody needs to get their priorities straightened out....

3/14/2008 9:37:44 AM

Beer prices have significantly increased, too-- for the amount & selection of beer available I think $40 is completely legit.

It takes a lot of $$ to set up these events... and you can't just increase the # of tickets to compensate because the place is crowded enough as it is. So, as long as they're selling out weeks in advance, it seems ticket price will continue to increase with each session.

3/14/2008 10:57:20 AM

yeah. $40 is def. a good price.
but they should give breaks to people who have been to more than a few. you know some sort of frequent beer festival deal

3/14/2008 11:01:08 AM

$40 is right at my limit, but i had such a great time last year, it wont hurt me too bad

the most i waited in line last year to use the bathroom was no more than 5 minutes

3/14/2008 1:54:33 PM

@ $40 I'll still attend the raliegh festival, but I won't go to the Durham Festival in the fall like I've been doing since what feels like the begining of time. @ $50 I won't go. But I might head down & see if I can pick up someones cheap extra ticket.

3/14/2008 2:15:43 PM

i pay 66 per game for football and i still have to buy beer when i get in
i enjoy beer more than football

..... this is a no brainer

3/14/2008 2:41:33 PM

^ i can understand that if it's nc state football

EDIT: nevermind. heh.

[Edited on March 15, 2008 at 12:14 PM. Reason : lkdfjao]

3/15/2008 12:14:21 PM

I may do VIP just to be cool - this would be my first time going, it would be awesome if they had seperate lines at each stand for VIP's

3/17/2008 12:41:38 PM

they dont, the VIP's have their own tent that is separated from the two main tents

for those who have never been before, there are almost no lines at each individual stand

the most i had to wait for a beer last year was probably 2 minutes

3/17/2008 1:04:48 PM

^ is right. there is soo much beer there that you dont wait long at the stands. when you get there just dont start off at the first stand. go towards the back and work your way up. unless there is a certain beer you really want to try.

3/17/2008 1:14:08 PM

*panthers psls* is my 66/game

3/17/2008 1:19:44 PM

setemup

[Edited on March 17, 2008 at 2:00 PM. Reason : ]

3/17/2008 2:00:00 PM