This also applies to the usual people pulling the hypocritical aggressive beer regulation committee ********. I would have had a different reaction to what Lansman experienced. I commend him for restraint.
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disapowzment
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The best part of that is when JDF started walking towards the front of my truck and people started to notice what was going on. I wish I knew who the one guy was, but I think it was him, elkhunter36, woodchopper, Rizdac and myself standing there almost daring him to do something. The cops looked at him, then all of us standing behind Kevin and told him if he didn't leave he was going to jail for disturbing the peace. Listening to the cops tell him that there is nothing illegal about bringing a dog to a beer festival and him trying to drunkenly lawyer pretty much made my entire weekend.
evilc
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A 'lawyer' attempting to argue in front of police is a ****ing moron that has no business practicing law.
deuce92591
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If you or your friends **** got stolen and didn't end up with any, shoot me a pm. If everyone is taken care of from friends already, I'll turn this into a lif.
Sad I didn't make it over to the compound again this year but I had to babysit some first timers who despite the forcast wore jeans and hoodies. Still had a great time. And on a side note, if Burger Antics was closer to home id most likely be broke.
Sad I didn't make it over to the compound again this year but I had to babysit some first timers who despite the forcast wore jeans and hoodies. Still had a great time. And on a side note, if Burger Antics was closer to home id most likely be broke.
Had a great time despite the fact I lost my wallet that had my ID, credit cards, and key fob...... I am most likely the last one left here at the Munster Hampton Inn. Spare key arrives via FedEx overnight tomorrow morning at 8. See yall next year!!
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Beerontwowheels
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Long shot, but I will try - Lost wallet Saturday. Credit/debit cards all cancelled and no damage, thankfully. Had $280 in cash. First name David. PM me if you found it. Reward if all intact.
Also lost an blue Igloo backpack (one strap torn) with a 16 Huna, a Brother Sionge, a Beat and more. Reward beers if anyone found this. Hard to say if it was stolen or I simply left it behind.
My own damn fault - shouldn't have stayed past 6:00 Too damn old!
Also lost an blue Igloo backpack (one strap torn) with a 16 Huna, a Brother Sionge, a Beat and more. Reward beers if anyone found this. Hard to say if it was stolen or I simply left it behind.
My own damn fault - shouldn't have stayed past 6:00 Too damn old!
As someone who was saved by their oasis two years in a row, he can call himself Jesus Ghandi George Washington for all I care!
After reading the last 10 pages or so I've come to the conclusion that DLD is the worlds largest gathering of lightweight drinkers. Still waiting for someone to post that they're still wandering around aimlessly trying to find their car.
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Gotta say I'm pretty disappointed in the lack of funny stories. Between people losing things, scum bags stealing, standing in piss due to lack of bathrooms in line, north entry issues, somewhat lame guest taps, the rain, etc this is more depressing than anything.
I don't know what I was thinking, just another typical DLD.
I don't know what I was thinking, just another typical DLD.
The days of telling you how handsome you are IRL while Pasta runs up and sacktaps TurdFurgison and the look of confusion on your face are over.
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If this hotel share thing in Chicago doesn't pan out I'm considering going next year despite the horror stories. I'll bring a ray of ****en sunshine from the Lone Star state. Introductions begin with tip touching and perhaps some doding.
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additional lightweight stories for yr amusement:
sharing with a cool group under the metal tent. guy is super hyped that I brought grey Monday and says he'll take "literally as big of a pour as you'll share. seriously. I've never had this and love the other ones. like fill this glass." *shakes a 20 ounce cup around*. I probably poured eight to ten ounces in there. not an hour later he's screaming incoherently about how he's the designated driver and his buddy escorts him out of the tent as he almost falls. so, uh, sorry?
the combination of no tables, crowded conditions, and bottles discarded on the ground made the metal tent pretty hazardous after a while. a giant dood was brought down by the weight of his backpack and his flailing about and landed on some discarded bottles.
there was a dude in the little tent near the end who kept putting his thumb in his dark lord and holding it in front of peoples' mouths for some reason. that was fantastic.
at the courtyard bottle share, there was a small group of the most epic shitlords that could compete with the #str8grossin lawyer squad. they were getting ready to pack it in until they saw a BA Abraxas chilling in an ice bath. they proceeded to sit right in front of it and ask loudly every 5 minutes "SO ISN'T IT COLD ENOUGH NOW? IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE COLD." other gems they said:
"yeah, I think I'm about done with this share. like, some guy brought de garde, am I supposed to be impressed?"
"I have a KBBS gold wax and KBBS silver wax. I am going to sell them for $4,000 so I can buy a new car."
"What whales have you had recently? I have had [lists only **** from TG]"
"Those guys over there *gestures to my buddies, including the guy who brought the BAA*, they're new money. we're old money. you can just tell."
sharing with a cool group under the metal tent. guy is super hyped that I brought grey Monday and says he'll take "literally as big of a pour as you'll share. seriously. I've never had this and love the other ones. like fill this glass." *shakes a 20 ounce cup around*. I probably poured eight to ten ounces in there. not an hour later he's screaming incoherently about how he's the designated driver and his buddy escorts him out of the tent as he almost falls. so, uh, sorry?
the combination of no tables, crowded conditions, and bottles discarded on the ground made the metal tent pretty hazardous after a while. a giant dood was brought down by the weight of his backpack and his flailing about and landed on some discarded bottles.
there was a dude in the little tent near the end who kept putting his thumb in his dark lord and holding it in front of peoples' mouths for some reason. that was fantastic.
at the courtyard bottle share, there was a small group of the most epic shitlords that could compete with the #str8grossin lawyer squad. they were getting ready to pack it in until they saw a BA Abraxas chilling in an ice bath. they proceeded to sit right in front of it and ask loudly every 5 minutes "SO ISN'T IT COLD ENOUGH NOW? IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE COLD." other gems they said:
"yeah, I think I'm about done with this share. like, some guy brought de garde, am I supposed to be impressed?"
"I have a KBBS gold wax and KBBS silver wax. I am going to sell them for $4,000 so I can buy a new car."
"What whales have you had recently? I have had [lists only **** from TG]"
"Those guys over there *gestures to my buddies, including the guy who brought the BAA*, they're new money. we're old money. you can just tell."
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disapowzment
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Im going to be first to say that if you want to come to the midwest premier beer festival its 100% Gonzoillini and trickytunadicky birthday party. Hands down the best thing I've been to in the last 9 months. Momma D makes the best mac and cheese, theres 2 bathrooms that flush, the LT, and everyone from TB
No smarmy twats allowed too, which is nice.
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"**** these cattle gates!"
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disapowzment
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I was skeptical with the amount of people I heard were coming. I hate crowds and figured there would be one person hogging pours or in my case eating all of the mac and cheese, but they must have learned from their past mistakes and quadrupled the mac and cheese recipe. There was a mead table ffs. That should be a big enough draw on its own. Rant over see you bitches in november..... except if any you jokers want to come to my party since Gonzoillini and the LT have graciously offered to host it.
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with some of the stories about people being black out drunk, miscommunication between friends, forgetting where the tent they were drinking at was located.. how many of these "my beer got stolen" stories are actually "i was so ****ing hammered and forgot we drank that/i dropped it/i gave it to some random"?
at least 25%, right?
Lansman
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On the opposite end, bringing a random De Garde bottle through the bottle line was a lot of fun. I looked for folks who "looked" as though it was their first time, maybe drinking a Robert the Bruce or some 18th St. or something like that, and seeing folks faces as they react to tasting a relatively well made sour-like product with that unique Tillamook funk for the first time was nice. A lot of "dude, what is that?" or "Wow, where is that from?" or "Wow and here I thought Upland made the best sours in the world" was neat.*
* One quote completely made up and inaccurate.
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Thank you
Wish I could have seen the flailing and the thumb guy seems awesome. First good laugh I've had from these stories.My only problem is I could be one of the stories if I don't mind myself. Once I get going, I have a serious problem with self limitation. Sad, I know.
Here's my stories of people that made me feel better for merely day-napping:
- I counted 5 ambulance trips at the north gate alone.
- Guy who was so drunk he was practically dancing in the streets while waiting to leave. By that, I mean he couldn't even stand up. Fell a few times. When I asked if he needed help, he said he was just "stretching his back."
- I saw at least a couple people in the North line peepee run who had no rain gear whatsoever - not even a cheap poncho. I didn't get to see the end of their story but it couldn't have been good.
- Guy and his buddy just straight up fell over on their backs right next to me out of nowhere. All of their bottles miraculously survive. Less than five minutes later, one of them gets angry at the bus expediter and starts shouting at him. To demonstrate how ready he is to throw down, he hurls his bag of Dark Lords side arm to the pavement.
Again, all bottles miraculously survive and his buddy walks him away before things escalate to the point where cops get involved. Luckiest ****er at DLD by far.
Incorrect. They let me in twice before.
MarkIntihar
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I enjoyed DLD this year. Spent 95% of my time at the Rose-Hulman tent. The other 5% was spent in the B group bottle line, which was slow, and then fast. Put my bottles right in my car when I got back to our tent area, wish I had advised others to do the same. Too many randoms popping into the tent to try and watch everybody coming in and out, no matter how vigilant you think you're being. Additionally, too many drunk people forgetting whether or not they grabbed their own bags and grabbing another either way. Disappointed that people in our group seem to be missing bottles as well.
MarcatGSB1
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This all sounds so much like deer camp it's not even funny. Ya'll should come up mid-November.
All the Old Milwaukee Light you can handle, plenty of canned food, light provided by kerosene lanterns, and you can piss and **** wherever you want. Make the journey, I'll provide all this for no cost.
All the Old Milwaukee Light you can handle, plenty of canned food, light provided by kerosene lanterns, and you can piss and **** wherever you want. Make the journey, I'll provide all this for no cost.
The Rose-Hulman tent was crammed tight too. Almost no way to keep your **** safe.
If any of you remember back to DLD 2010, that guy from Minnesota that held that invite only bottle share by his camper and all of the **** everyone including me gave him. That idea was really ahead of its time. It sucks, but it might be the only way to keep the degenerate shitheels away. It sucks we can't be as inclusive at big events like this without repercussions.
MarkIntihar
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I'm just mad people stole folks' Dark Lord bottles rather than the bottles that I brought to open up that I was trying to get rid of......
JulianC
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First time I tried the whole "camp outside the gates approach" and man was I thankful we did. Met up super early with the usual crew, and that was awesome seeing everyone killing some great bottles before the rain started. I had group D, and many in my group had C or D as well so we pitched a pop up gazebo and marveled for hours how bad the north gate line was. Just astounding how shitty that must've been. Ended up combining our compound with the adjoining tents and made some good friends. I didn't even attempt to enter until 330pm, when the line was finally under control. Our groups cleaned up all the strong wine barrel variants, oh well, hope they're decent.
Pretty pissed about the voucher situation, once I did go in I waited 20min for a reg DL, skipped the food and just retreated back to the camp outside to continue the bottle share. Most vouchers went unused. No tables under the main tents inside this year?! Really?
Overall had a great time because we were 100% prepared for rain, did not participate in the entry line, and of course the company of all y'all. See ya next year bright and early.
Pretty pissed about the voucher situation, once I did go in I waited 20min for a reg DL, skipped the food and just retreated back to the camp outside to continue the bottle share. Most vouchers went unused. No tables under the main tents inside this year?! Really?
Overall had a great time because we were 100% prepared for rain, did not participate in the entry line, and of course the company of all y'all. See ya next year bright and early.
disapowzment
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I think I'm more upset at leaving my elk sticks that elkhunter36 gave me in Lansman frige than anything this weekend. I've also now realized the way to eat burger antics is to not eat for an entire day before going. It makes the portion size perfect.
MarcatGSB1
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Nah man, your stomach will shrink. You're going the wrong direction. You need to train yourself and stretch that **** out for weeks ahead of time.
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Bummer I missed this year, extra bummer from MarkIntihar the there were some sketchies at the Rose tent... 1st rule of DLD: put your **** right into your car after you buy it. Having your **** stolen is a quick way to ruin your day really fast.
Lulz at FFF hilariously but not surprisingly mandating that everyone buy $40+ in food and adding no additional bandwidth to the food lines. Obviously should have kept the voucher/pre-pay system to the bottles and variants, sounds like that worked ok.
Can't help but wonder why we continue to collectively suffer through the limitations of DLD instead of hosting an annual big talkbeer bottle share or something, but i guess that's all part of the adventure/experience. Really wish they would move this thing to June or something though, why the hell wouldn't they at this point?
Lulz at FFF hilariously but not surprisingly mandating that everyone buy $40+ in food and adding no additional bandwidth to the food lines. Obviously should have kept the voucher/pre-pay system to the bottles and variants, sounds like that worked ok.
Can't help but wonder why we continue to collectively suffer through the limitations of DLD instead of hosting an annual big talkbeer bottle share or something, but i guess that's all part of the adventure/experience. Really wish they would move this thing to June or something though, why the hell wouldn't they at this point?
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not metal
mjohnson171
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I'm stilling chuckling at the through of the disgusted looks on the few females who did brave DLD. The looks on their faces when they'd turn around to see some dude peeing a few feet from them with no regard in the North line's "slaughter corral" was priceless. There was also plenty of drunk dudes trying to act like they weren't watching, but they were checking out the other dude's goods. And they liked it.
I also saw someone (a fellow TBer friend who shall remain nameless) hike one foot up on the gates of the corral and took a wiz no handed, Captain Morgan style. I've never seen someone piss with such bravado.
A few other funny antidotes:
The aforementioned bridge to the porta-johns on the east side. Well I saw more than a couple people fall off that bridge and faceplant into about a foot of mud. I also saw someone hammered step into said mud, loose his shoe, and say "aw man, I lost my shoe! **** it! I don't need it!" and then continued walking with only one shoe.
I also saw someone (a fellow TBer friend who shall remain nameless) hike one foot up on the gates of the corral and took a wiz no handed, Captain Morgan style. I've never seen someone piss with such bravado.
A few other funny antidotes:
The aforementioned bridge to the porta-johns on the east side. Well I saw more than a couple people fall off that bridge and faceplant into about a foot of mud. I also saw someone hammered step into said mud, loose his shoe, and say "aw man, I lost my shoe! **** it! I don't need it!" and then continued walking with only one shoe.
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Lol, "just stretching my back".
Dunt1
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I love that party as much as the next guy, but come on, they will even admit the Great Taste is the mecca of all beer amazingness.
Random thoughts:
-@ApocalypseZombie - Thanks for sharing one of my personal biggest white whales with me. I've tried so many ****ing beers at this point, that it always brings me a great deal of pleasure to try something I've wanted forever but never had the opportunity to try. You are the man!
-Those guest taps were noticeably worse than previous years, right? Seems like adding in the cost of drinks and food really made them give less ****s than usual in trying to provide a good experience.
-Food options were solid if you were a carnivore, but I actually felt bad for the vegetarians there. mishuggah had the sorriest looking tacos I've ever seen in my life.
disapowzment
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I almost said something about GTMW. It just depends on the weather. Last year was amazing. I blacked out and ended up in jay and pattys room drinking mead. The year before it was like 100 and everyone huddled in the tents. I enjoy the day before more than the fest itself.
ChicagoGuy
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Jill (and her husband Aaron) killed it last year as well. I'll let her know at bowling night that her playlist was appreciated by drunk asses other than my own
Yes! I'm sayin':
Proposal: next year, on the day of DLD, let's rent out a block of rooms & a conference room at a hotel in one of the near Chicago suburbs, and have an epic anti-DLD bottle share. It'll basically be what most of us go to DLD for anyway, only without the shitty weather and exposure to the greater beer community*.
For the same price as this year's DLD tickets (or previous year's ticket+bottles+food+draft pours), we can each probably get half a room, the conference room, a ton of Kirkland bottled water, and a food spread (and/or a bunch of pizzas), and all the room in the world for beer pong, bags, cards, tunes, whatever.
Thoughts?
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