World Beer Festival--Raleigh

Kaiser said:

Well, guys.

Since my wife is pretty sick from being pregnant, I don't want to leave her alone...
So I'm able to join you for the Beer Festival in Raleigh. Do you think they still have tickets?

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Not sure I read this correctly the first time, but I'm sure they have tickets

Guys,

Which session do you plan to attend? Was it the afternoon session?

Kai

My ticket is 12-4pm. I'm afraid the evening session will devolve into a frat party.

well pretty sure that we are going as well.. looks like the 12-4 session for us too.. it would be really neat to meet up with some other home brewers..

needless to say.. i will NOT be one of those gals shopping.. i will be drinkin beer!

I'll be the handsome stud with two or three other guys, probably wearing Boston Red Sox hats.

well if people are going to be meeting up we need to decide maybe a brewer and a time and we can meet...

Baron von BeeGee said:

I'll be the handsome stud with two or three other guys, probably wearing Boston Red Sox hats.

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I'll be the slightly better looking one.

DUDE:are you going to make it down?

Imperial Walker said:

I'll be the slightly better looking one.

DUDE:are you going to make it down?

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Not lookng good, but I'm holding out some hope. Not canxing the reservation yet, just in case.

Our LHBS in Raleigh (American Brewmaster) is going to have a booth or table set up here and they are giving away a kegerator. (There are no details in the email I got to say how the recipient is decided, but I'm guessing it's a raffle or something like that.)

:rockin:

Walker goes to CA for a week and becomes a ninja?

Yup... There is an intensive traning course in the Santa Cruz mountains followed by a dissertation of sorts where you have to go to Las Vegas and carry out a hit on a casino pit-boss without being caught on one of the gazillion cameras.

-walker

Walker-san said:

Yup... There is an intensive traning course in the Santa Cruz mountains followed by a dissertation of sorts where you have to go to Las Vegas and carry out a hit on a casino pit-boss without being caught on one of the gazillion cameras.

-walker

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The LV bit explains the purple ninja suit as opposed to the more traditional black. :fro:

His suit needs more sequins.

Chairman Cheyco said:

His suit needs more sequins.

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LMAO! .

Ok guys and gals, I just now found out I can get off of work, BUT tickets are sold out. (No thanks to my ******* co-worker who I asked a ****ing month ago for this day off....) ERRRRR..DAMMIT!!!

Can one of you local guys call some of these places and see if they have any 12-4 session tix left? I need 2. I'll pay you by paypal and hopefully you guys can pick them up for me? I'll compensate.

I really appreciate it.


Downtown Raleigh:
Flying Saucer (919) 821-7468 Village Draft House (919) 833-1373
North Raleigh:
Sawmill Tap Room (919) 845-7889
Cary:
Cary-Harrison's Bar & Grill (919) 481-2442
Mac Gregor Draft House (919) 461-1633
Holly Springs:
Bass Lake Ale House (919) 567-3251
Chapel Hill:
Top of the Hill Brewery & Restaurant (919) 929-8676 Durham:
Sam's Quik Shop (919) 286-4110

Dude said:

Can one of you local guys call some of these places and see if they have any 12-4 session tix left? I need 2. I'll pay you by paypal and hopefully you guys can pick them up for me? I'll compensate.

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I've got you covered, I'll be picking up 2 tickets for the 12-4 session. When I have them I'll send you a PM with my e-mail address (for Paypal)


And hopefully none of the other locals is doing the same w/o posting here

Kai

Nevermind! Kai's got you covered.

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Kaiser said:

I've got you covered, I'll be picking up 2 tickets for the 12-4 session. When I have them I'll send you a PM with my e-mail address (for Paypal)


And hopefully none of the other locals is doing the same w/o posting here

Kai

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Really? Wicked!

Yes, please PM me and I'll pay you--whenever you want the cash I'm ready to send it.

I really appreciate it!

Done,

I just picked up the 2 tickets.

Kai

Kaiser said:

Done,

I just picked up the 2 tickets.

Kai

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I owe ya big time!

Payment sent, PM sent.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! :rockin:

gosh lots of us seem to be going.. i suppose ill be looking for the boston redsox hats... sorry im a girl .. i have NO idea what ill be wearing! but we will be there at the 12-4 session..got our tickets monday am!

BeerLuvnGrl said:

gosh lots of us seem to be going.. i suppose ill be looking for the boston redsox hats... sorry im a girl .. i have NO idea what ill be wearing! but we will be there at the 12-4 session..got our tickets monday am!

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We should all find a central place to meet up....We are staying at the Sheraton which is supposedly 2 blocks from the festival grounds. The plan now is for us to park there and walk over.

I'll PM my cell # to you guys so we can meet up. Cool?

thatll be cool!

#1000

I decided to make this special post here.

Maybe I'll ask my wife to pick me up when it is over. Not that I want to get hammered, it's just that I want to sample a lot and don't want to risk anything

I'm definitely looking forward to meeting you guys. The next months will be on the quiet side with regards to actual brewing activity for me. I'll be moving in June and I don't really want to move primaries or secondaries full of beer. Not even a larger stash of any brew. I'm not sure yet what I'll be doing with the Oktoberfest. I'm intrigued by moving it to NE, but then where do I lager it during temporary housing. I don't think SWMBO will like the idea of it being in the kitchen fridge.

Kai

If you are bottling that oktoberfest, I think the GRABASS guys could probably find it a good home.

-walker

looking forward to it!

I've got a small crew coming, too, so we should have a pretty decent entourage. Walker and the Kaiser have my cell # so we should be able to all coordinate. We can have a GRABASS lunch this week to plan the strategery and get back to everybody in this thread, as well.

I was bottling over at St. George's today and Connor told me to get to the fest early. He said the line will be REALLY long.

I have some Lake Walk Pale Ale in a 2 liter that I was going to bring along for you guys to sample, so maybe I can just carry that and some plastic cups and we will have something to drink while standing in line. that way by the time we get to the front of the line, I can just trash the 2 liter bottle before we go in.

That said, what time were we planning on meeting?

our wont be ready yet.. so nothing to bring but we will glady sample others!

thanks for the tip on getting there early!

Baron von BeeGee said:

I've got a small crew coming, too, so we should have a pretty decent entourage. Walker and the Kaiser have my cell # so we should be able to all coordinate. We can have a GRABASS lunch this week to plan the strategery and get back to everybody in this thread, as well.

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I don't have your cell #, Billy. Please PM it to me.

Dude said:

what time were we planning on meeting?

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I'm not sure, but Billy and I were planning to have lunch this week to sort out details of when/where to meet up at the fest.

As for swapping beer, Dude... I'll bring a 6er and keep it in a cooler in my car. I can turn it over to you after the festival, either at the festival grounds, or at your hotel if we are still planning on trashing it.

-walker

Walker-san said:

I don't have your cell #, Billy. Please PM it to me.

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I meant the Kaiser has it

PM incoming.

Edit...PM incoming as soon as you clean out your damn PM's!

Edit II...nevermind...I'm thinking outside the box and e-mailing you.

Baron von BeeGee said:

Edit...PM incoming as soon as you clean out your damn PM's!

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sorry about that. I get a lot of hate mail.

Walker-san said:

I'm not sure, but Billy and I were planning to have lunch this week to sort out details of when/where to meet up at the fest.

As for swapping beer, Dude... I'll bring a 6er and keep it in a cooler in my car. I can turn it over to you after the festival, either at the festival grounds, or at your hotel if we are still planning on trashing it.

-walker

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Yeah, I don't know what the "after plans" are, but Saturday morning I get off of a shift at 7 AM, so I'll probably be a bear after going on 4 hours of sleep and a good buzz. I would like to hit up a decent brew pub or a Buffalo Wild Wings (or some place) for dinner Saturday Night.

I'm bringing beer for all of you guys too. I have LPR, Honey Pale, Honey Wheat, and Imperial Hellfire planned. The Lake Walk had an "accident" the other night and spilled all over my kegerator. A connection came loose and I lost about a gallon. The last gallon.

Thank goodness I had a 2 liter saved in the other fridge, so at least you guys get to sample some of it.

Definitely let us know what comes about for plans at the GRABASS luncheon. :rockin:

Roger that. We'll get a roll call later in the week. I can bring some Hefe V1.0, though it's a bit too bitter. The Weizenbock won't be ready, though I suppose I could bring some bottles, anyways.

Baron von BeeGee said:

The Weizenbock won't be ready, though I suppose I could bring some bottles, anyways.

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If it is IN bottles already, definitely bring some!!!!
I am pretty patient and WILL wait til you give the go ahead to drink.

The way this IHA is tasting, it might be good next summer! The Honey pale needs some mellowing too.

I've got a six pack of espresso stout left that I brewed in October, a six pack of the previous batch of IPA, a bunch of Holy Grail, and a bunch of the latest batch of IPA.

I'll bring both IPS batches. You won't believe the difference in hop profiles,. The recipe was 99% identical; the only real difference was that one batch used pellets and the other batch used whole hops. The pellet batch has more of a whip-crack, in-your-face hoppiness than the whole hop batch.

-walker

If anyone has a couple extra tickets for the evening, the wife and I would be interested. Online tickets are sold out and we can't get any of the other ticket locations to sell us evening tickets over the phone.

Dude said:

We are staying at the Sheraton which is supposedly 2 blocks from the festival grounds. The plan now is for us to park there and walk over.

I'll PM my cell # to you guys so we can meet up. Cool?

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How long will it take you to drive down here, Dude? (In other words, what is your ETA at the hotel.)

If you'll be there early enough, maybe we could all just meet there, swap brews, and walk to the festival as a group. (The GRABASS luncheon to discuss details is tomorrow, but why not do some if here on the forum to get your input.)

Second, I never got a PM with your cell in it, but I sent you mine a few minutes ago.

Finally, we should discuss Saturday dinner plans, too. I'm down for it. SWMBO says she'll do the dinner thing with us if we can convince her sister to babysit all day rather than just during the festival itself. If her sister can't babysit all day, SWMBO will have to head home to be Mom, but I can probably get permission to sneak out on my own for dinner with the rest of y'all.

-walker

PS: I'm stoked for this weekend.