Hunahpu Day Meetup

[TrickyDick]

Think I'll be coming down on Saturday morning and staying the night. Take cab to/from hotel. Maybe swing by dale mabry afterwards :-D


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[sfrisby]

Maybe swing by dale mabry afterwards :-0

I think I know what that means...

 

[aiptasia]

I think I know what that means...

Queue the stripper music.

 

[allenH]

Queue the stripper music.

We don't get a discount to Mons Venus with our wristbands?

 

[aiptasia]

We don't get a discount to Mons Venus with our wristbands?

One can pipe dream. No big tittied strippers for me. Wife ain't into all that.

 

[allenH]

One can pipe dream. No big tittied strippers for me. Wife ain't into all that.

I just figured since Joey's dad owns Mons Venus, and it is right there...

 

[wobrien]

One can pipe dream. No big tittied strippers for me. Wife ain't into all that.

Why are you bringing your wife to Hunah day?

 

[allenH]

I'm sure everyone has seen this
But I just found it.

 

[sfrisby]

I have not seen it. But excited because I thought it was 5oz. I'll be drinking 10% more samples than I thought I would.

 

[TrickyDick]

I just figured since Joey's dad owns Mons Venus, and it is right there...

Stop the music... What's this?

TD


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[allenH]

Stop the music... What's this?

TD


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Joe Redner-Mons Venus
Joey Redner- CCB

 

[TrickyDick]

No kidding? I met a guy looked like the guy from that custom motorcycle building show with the big white beard and mustache. Supposedly he used to/still owned or had interest in many of these establishments in Tampa. Met him a few years ago at the 500, actually Thursday before... I was never able to foster the acquaintance into anything more.. I didn't realize there was a connection..

Is the a plan to meet and greet any forum members?? When it was said there will be a crack down on bottle sharing... Will we be able to bring homebrew to the event or not? I understand that the hours are strict. Plus with all the other beer, not sure how desirable homebrew will be.

TD


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[niquejim]

If this new law that was introduced Monday passes the "tasting room" of every brewery in the state may become a thing of the past

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Secti...ocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=1329&Session=2014

What this law states is that if a brewery is licensed by July 1st of this year they may have a tasting room as long as they make no changes, including expanding. Any change requiring new licensing and the "tasting room" must close. According to someone in the Representatives office it is make sure small breweries are competing fairly with the larger distributors

I think that it would probably affect Hunahpu day if there was no Tap room

 

[TopherM]

Florida lawmakers have certainly recognized the role local breweries and beer tourism plays in the local economies of it's larger cities, and have a pretty good track record over the last year of trending towards making it EASIER to open breweries, bottle shops, and tasting rooms and maintain profitability. With the recent track record, I can't imagine that a law prohibiting tasting rooms would gain any traction. It would be the death nell of the recent expansion that is benefiting so many of Florida's major cities. Tasting rooms are what make microbreweries (especially) profitable and possible.

EDIT:

I just read that bill, and I don't see anywhere that this bill prohibits tasting rooms. This is the same bill everyone has been talking about for months. It is a great compromise between distributors and manufacturers that would open up the sale of all growlers (what the manufacturers want) in exchange for NOT allowing direct sales (i.e., bypassing the distributor) of any beers except those actually produced on the premises, i.e., NO GUEST TAPS unless they went through the distributor first (what the distributors want).

Did you read the whole thing? Can you point out to me where this says that it will do away with taprooms? I think you may be mistaken. I'm pretty sure this is what we all want!

 

[niquejim]

It was done at the "request" of a major distributor

 

[Pilgarlic]

Any homebrewer coming from out of town will want to know that there will be at least five homebrew clubs each pouring about ten kegs at this event. Our club, Brandon Bootleggers, will probably have 13 or more. There will be PLENTY of opportunity to sample local homebrews. Come say hello.

 

[allenH]

No kidding? I met a guy looked like the guy from that custom motorcycle building show with the big white beard and mustache. Supposedly he used to/still owned or had interest in many of these establishments in Tampa. Met him a few years ago at the 500, actually Thursday before... I was never able to foster the acquaintance into anything more.. I didn't realize there was a connection..

Is the a plan to meet and greet any forum members?? When it was said there will be a crack down on bottle sharing... Will we be able to bring homebrew to the event or not? I understand that the hours are strict. Plus with all the other beer, not sure how desirable homebrew will be.

TD


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I'm not sure of a meet and greet, some have talked about Peg's Friday night and epic bottle shares at hotels.
The crackdown on bottle shares is in reference to the 11-5 wet permit.

 

[allenH]

It was done at the "request" of a major distributor

http://floridabeernews.com/2014/03/05/big-beer-bill-threatens-community-breweries/

This explains a little of what you are talking about.

 

[allenH]

http://komlossylaw.com/bigbeerbill/

More in-depth legal mumbo jumbo.

 

[TrickyDick]

By the way, are there any do not miss bottle shops in Tampa?


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[niquejim]

//http://www.fox4now.com/features/4...-jeopardizes-buisness-248453491.html?lc=Smart

Florida lawmakers have certainly recognized the role local breweries and beer tourism plays in the local economies of it's larger cities, and have a pretty good track record over the last year of trending towards making it EASIER to open breweries, bottle shops, and tasting rooms and maintain profitability. With the recent track record, I can't imagine that a law prohibiting tasting rooms would gain any traction. It would be the death nell of the recent expansion that is benefiting so many of Florida's major cities. Tasting rooms are what make microbreweries (especially) profitable and possible.



Did you read the whole thing? Can you point out to me where this says that it will do away with taprooms? I think you may be mistaken. I'm pretty sure this is what we all want!

http://komlossylaw.com/bigbeerbill/

More in-depth legal mumbo jumbo.

I may be mistaken but the local breweries that just opened near me definately don't believe it's what they want. If they don't have a license by July 01 of this year they will not be able to have a tap room. If they ever wish to expand they could most likely lose their tap room

http://www.fox4now.com/features/4in...-jeopardizes-buisness-248453491.html?lc=Smart

 

[aiptasia]

Why are you bringing your wife to Hunah day?

Teh secks is guaranteed. I went without her last year. I didn't get laid, and I can't abide that.

I'm sure everyone has seen this,
But I just found it.

Awesome. Pours are gonna be a little bigger than last year.

Is the a plan to meet and greet any forum members?? When it was said there will be a crack down on bottle sharing... Will we be able to bring homebrew to the event or not? I understand that the hours are strict. Plus with all the other beer, not sure how desirable homebrew will be.

I'll be dressed in my usual Orange Park Bottle Share shirt. It has a turkey tail beer bottle logo on the pocket area. If you see someone wearing that shirt, ask where John is. You can definitely bring beer to share or trade to the event. Whales of all sorts are greatly appreciated but homebrew is ok too if it's decent. They'll even have local homebrew clubs serving up their beers. Just don't drink at all until the "wet zoned" times of 11 am to 5pm. Nobody needs to go to jail.

I think that it would probably affect Hunahpu day if there was no Tap room

Tap rooms are not in Jeopardy, but the new law does screw it up for future hunapu days. Here's a better explanation of what's in the new proposed bill:

A little more in depth: State Rep. Ray Wesley Rodrigues of Fort Meyers is sponsoring a bill that is appalling and about as anti-craft beer as it gets.
House Bill 1329 was obviously "inspired" by our lobbyist friends at the Florida Beer Wholesalers Association.

Here are some of the "highlights/lowlights" of their compromise bill that would allow us to start selling the half gallon growler but...

-Eliminates the use of gallon growlers
-Would make it illegal for a Florida brewery to hold a winery license and therefore make cider. Cider is considered wine in Florida.
-Would ONLY allow us to sell quart and half gallon growlers out of out taproom i.e. no more kegs or six packs or bottles.
-creates a new layer of regulation regarding the filling of growlers that will vary from municipality to municipality.
-Best of all it makes it a second degree misdemeanor if we do not adhere to these new regulations. That is up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. AWESOME!
-Thankfully it "Allows" breweries to conduct tastings in their taproom. So we got that going for us...

Any homebrewer coming from out of town will want to know that there will be at least five homebrew clubs each pouring about ten kegs at this event. Our club, Brandon Bootleggers, will probably have 13 or more. There will be PLENTY of opportunity to sample local homebrews. Come say hello.

This.

I'm not sure of a meet and greet, some have talked about Peg's Friday night and epic bottle shares at hotels.
The crackdown on bottle shares is in reference to the 11-5 wet permit.

Thus the emphasis of the hotel bottle shares this year. I'll be at one on Friday night at the Howard Johnsons on Dale Mabry (8pm). Pegs is gonna be a zoo because of the BA tappings. I couldn't get near the place last year. If you go, expect the wait to be epic as it's going to be full of people that couldn't get a hunapu ticket.

By the way, are there any do not miss bottle shops in Tampa?

Total Wine on the corner of spruce/dale mabry. I hear good things about beverage castle but haven't been there.

 

[TrickyDick]

Thanks.

Looks like I might not be able to get there until later in the afternoon. Do we know how many bottle of the Hunaphu we will be eligible to buy? will it be served on tap as well to get a taste?

I'm probably going to be wearing my green four leaf clover "Lucky Shirt".

TD


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[TopherM]

The first time through the line, everyone can buy up to 3 bottles. Once everyone that wants to has been through the line once, they will start a second line where you can buy up to a 12 pack case at a time until it's all gone!

 

[cmoewes]

Hey all, looking forward to Saturday (assuming I make it through the next 2 days of beer fest).

I have a couple questions and since CCB email is probably flooded I thought I might try here as well since there is so much experience.

My mom is very excited about coming with, but she is wondering if there will be places to sit. I know it's maybe silly question, and all the beerfests I have been to up at home in Minnesota always have seating areas, pavilion tents, etc. But I thought I should just see if that's a safe assumption. Or if bringing along a camp/sling chair is a good idea.

Also, should we assume there will be water (for drinking) available. Either free or at least bottled from the food trucks? Again, my experience at home is there are always water stations for drinking and rinsing your glass.

Thanks for any info and hope to meet meet people, I should have brought my MBT sticker to put on my shirt

 

[TopherM]

The parking lot area at CCB is not super big. With 3500 people, it is going to be pretty packed. CCB altogether is about the size of a big grocery store, with a parking lot that fits maybe 40-50 cars tops. That parking lot is going to be the majority of the public access area, so basically picture a grocery store parking lot with 3500 people, food trucks, and beer vendors throughout. It's going to be a snug fit.

I'm sure there will be limited seating, but it is definitely going to be a small fraction of the # of people running around. There also won't be too much open space to put your own chair, but that's probably your best bet if you want to be assured of a place to sit.

There will definitely be rinsing stations with perfectly good drinking water.

 

[aiptasia]

The first time through the line, everyone can buy up to 3 bottles. Once everyone that wants to has been through the line once, they will start a second line where you can buy up to a 12 pack case at a time until it's all gone!

This. Even with 9,000 people in attendance last year, they still had plenty of Hunahpu to go around. After taking a nuts and bolts tour of the expansion of the canning line with Jay Lescher last month, it looks like they have reduced production on hunahpu this year. The wrapped pallets of boxes I did see were all crammed into one area in the main brewery. Last year, they had very full floor to ceiling pallets in all three brewery areas. I'm sure there will still be plenty to be had.

My mom is very excited about coming with, but she is wondering if there will be places to sit. I know it's maybe silly question, and all the beerfests I have been to up at home in Minnesota always have seating areas, pavilion tents, etc. But I thought I should just see if that's a safe assumption. Or if bringing along a camp/sling chair is a good idea.

Bringing your own chairs is a good idea. There will be a limited amount of table space on the grounds and believe me, they fill up fast. If you have some canvas beach chairs, bring them.

Also, should we assume there will be water (for drinking) available. Either free or at least bottled from the food trucks? Again, my experience at home is there are always water stations for drinking and rinsing your glass.

Rinse stations will be throughout. Right when you go through the main gate, there should be a row of porta-potties on your right and the entrance to the main brewery on your left (Brewery #1). They had cold water bottles available right around that entrance. It's near the tap room. We always bring bottled water and/or gatoraid with us in our coolers but if you don't bring any with you, it'll be on hand. The beer list is insane and even if the forecast is in the mid 70's, it can hit 80 very easy on the blacktop of the parking lot. Sun showers are also common so prepare for them, too.

 

[cclloyd]

I'll be out pouring homebrews all day with Pinellas Urban Brewers.
Stop by and say hi. :cross:

 

[ja09]

Anyone at pegs yet? I should be there in 20 minutes or so. Hope is possible it get in!

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[ja09]

Well the line is about 500 people long. This doesn't look promising.

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