Hunahpu Day Meetup

[ja09]

Wait, if you're bringing MN beer what am I supposed to bring

I'm thinking we might need to have a MN contingent planning meeting to prepare for Tampa Beer Week because I keep running into people who are going to be down there.

Haha...Coordinate and compliment each others selection?! I can focus more on WI beers and Toppling Goliath. Trying to bring the best of the best rather than just locals.

 

[aiptasia]

Bring alternates, rares and whales. Trust me, there will be plenty of bottle sharing going on.

 

[cmoewes]

Haha...Coordinate and compliment each others selection?! I can focus more on WI beers and Toppling Goliath. Trying to bring the best of the best rather than just locals.

Planning meeting of course is code for drinking beer

Regrettably my cellar is still limited so my comment was mostly in jest.

But I do have a Steel Toe Lunker (barley wine) and a Pentagram(Surly) on my list to bring.

 

[aiptasia]

Alright, so i've heard indirectly from the folks at CCB the following info. They're really discouraging lining up outside on the sidewalk this year. They will have extra security and probably local police patrolling and cracking down on bottle sharing for anyone in line or on the brewery property until 11:00 am.

Cigar City's "wet" permit is only good on their grounds between 11:00 am and 5:00 pm. Any other time, consider it dry city. They're being very serious about this because they don't want the situation that developed last year.

What this means for your bottle sharing: Save it until after 11:00 am.

So, the drink of the morning shall be: Coffee!!

The good news is the tap list is looking pretty epic. Here's a preview of what's currently going to be on tap at various tap stations throughout the day: Click here for google docs Hunapu day tap list.

 

[sfrisby]

I have heard that they are letting people in as soon as they arrive, for this reason. But taps don't flow until 11. I can not speak to the validity of my statement.

 

[sfrisby]

All they did was donate a keg or two. They probably still had to buy tickets to the event.

http://clatl.com/omnivore/archives/...urnt-hickory-to-pour-at-florida-beer-festival

 

[ja09]

I have heard that they are letting people in as soon as they arrive, for this reason. But taps don't flow until 11. I can not speak to the validity of my statement.

That would be nice for the bottle share... but holy sh!t... have you guys seen the taplist lately!? 169 beers and they just added Founders and FFF today.. not to mention Toppling Goliath the other day, and most likely a lot more coming from Funky Buddha.

There's just too much to try here. Anyone interested in a bottle share the night before? Maybe there's an LHBS or somewhere else that would welcome us?

 

[sfrisby]

I think a lot of us are at the Hilton. I was thinking the hotel so we don't gave to drive. Especially after Pegs that day.

 

[ja09]

I think a lot of us are at the Hilton. I was thinking the hotel so we don't gave to drive. Especially after Pegs that day.

What's Pegs?

 

[TopherM]

Cycle Brewing...known for their raredos...also a great tex next restaurant in Gulfport, a kickass little town


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[allenH]

What's Pegs?

Peg's Cantina in Gulfport. Home of Cycle Brewing. I've never been, but have heard great things.

 

[aiptasia]

http://clatl.com/omnivore/archives/...urnt-hickory-to-pour-at-florida-beer-festival

Cool. This is vastly different than how they have been doing it. I think it's great.

 

[TopherM]

FYI, also, Cycle Brewing moved their operations to a separate location in downtown St. Pete about 6 months ago. They still sell their beers at Pegs, but they brew in St. Pete!

 

[cmoewes]

Peg's Cantina in Gulfport. Home of Cycle Brewing. I've never been, but have heard great things.

I was down in Tampa last week and asked around for the placed not to miss and Cycle was frequently one of the top suggestions.

 

[aiptasia]

Pegs was hard to get into last year for us around Hunahpu day. We drove down on Friday and drove directly to Pegs. The line was around the block and we were starving, so we decided to go elsewhere for lunch. It's much easier to get in during the week not during Huna festivities.

 

[CrystalShip]

I'm a tampa native making the pilgrimage across the country for my first hunaphu's day! I love how CCB has blown up over the past few years. I remember the first FBG beerfest they poured at...they have come a long way

 

[CrystalShip]

....also, peg's is a great place to grab a bite and a beer. Last time I was there was 2011, can't wait to hit it up again

 

[aiptasia]

I'm a tampa native making the pilgrimage across the country for my first hunaphu's day! I love how CCB has blown up over the past few years. I remember the first FBG beerfest they poured at...they have come a long way

You should've seen it last year. OMG what a zoo. 9k people crammed into their parking lot. I'm so glad tickets are limited to 3,500 this year. The event should be much more tolerable this go around.

RE- Bottle Sharing before 11 am: The word has come down from on high. There will be a lot of eyes on the line AND in the parking lot once you get in this year. CCB is only Wet Zoned between 11 am and 5 pm in the parking lot. DO NOT BOTTLE SHARE/DRINK ALCOHOL outside of those times and definitely not on the sidewalk this year.

By the very strong hints being levied by the staff, i'm assuming they will be cracking down with their own security and/or the po po will be patrolling the line and interior this year, looking to bust somebody. Nobody wants a ride in a squad car. Don't be that guy. Save your bottle sharing for 11 am. Consider this your notice.

 

[CrystalShip]

You should've seen it last year. OMG what a zoo. 9k people crammed into their parking lot. I'm so glad tickets are limited to 3,500 this year. The event should be much more tolerable this go around.

Yea, my buddy said it was pretty crazy. He got our tickets early because he is an el catador club member. I can't wait...that beer list is intense

 

[Tinhorn]

I am going where is the bottle share ?


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[sfrisby]

I propose Friday evening at the Hilton as many will likely be at Pegs in the afternoon.

 

[sfrisby]

I edited my previous post. Obviously I didn't mean Saturday after Hunaphu, I meant Friday evening.

 

[aiptasia]

Beeradvocate has four separate threads for bottle shares Friday night. There's a CCB share in the back room (I hear it's ticketed and now closed), there's a share at the Airport Hilton, there's a share at the Courtyard Marriott and i'm trying to start up a share at the HoJo on Dale Mabry (low rent bottle share).

Myself and twenty or so of my closest friends from the Jax area are staying at the HoJo (we do every year) and we need to get plenty of beer in our veins to avoid being bitten by the bedbugs.

We will have:

CCB rares (DB BA Huna, LiL, etc.)
Hardywood rares (Gingerbread stout, etc.)
Firestone Walker Private Reserve beers
Dark Horizon
New Glarus stuff
Jolly Pumpkin stuff
Florida Cracker
etc.:rockin:

 

[aiptasia]

Well, I put out a feeler on BeerAdvocate about a bottle share at the HoJo for Friday night. I know people will be trying to get into Peg's Cantina and 7th Sun that day but if it's like last year, the long long lines might dissuade you. It's cool, people coming in from far and wide want a chance to check out some Cycle brewing and other good stuff going down at Pegs, but eventually people will start drifting back to their hotels.

If you're staying in a hotel on Friday/Saturday night, i'd check with Ratebeer and Beeradvocate in their forums and see what people are doing. Just from our Jacksonville area bottle share group, we're looking at around 20 of us staying at the HoJo. So far, i've gotten about five or six different people travelling in from outside our group saying they're also interested in bottle sharing Friday night.

So if you're staying at the HoJo on Dale Mabry and want to bottle share with us on Friday night, go for it. So far, it's an open bottle share gathering around the cement pond behind the Thai restaurant.

 

[sfrisby]

Niiiiiice.

 

[wobrien]

Niiiiiice. View attachment 182510

Now I REALLY wish I was going...

 

[allenH]

Now I REALLY wish I was going...
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Don't worry, it goes from really nice to swamp-ass real quick down here.

 

[wobrien]

Don't worry, it goes from really nice to swamp-ass real quick down here.

They're now calling for a foot of snow Monday. Swamp-ass is sounding better and better...

 

[aiptasia]

There's only two seasons down here, January and Swamp Ass.

 

[Tinhorn]

And traffic is the third season


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