As a local who lives a 10 minute bike ride for the brewery I can say most locals are glad when PTY is gone. We get our pub back. I also remember a few years back before the lines when you could go in and get it in pint form. I also remember the year that I went in on opening day and they had erased it from the board already because it was the first year with a line and the last year that they allowed growlers. People showed up early with coolers full of growlers to sell or hoard. Everyone was pissed that year, including Vinnie and Natalie. Since then there have been lines and a daily allotment.
Now it is just kinda ridiculous. People waited in line 12+ hours this year in a damn heavy rain storm, talking 3" in one day heavy. We locals are angry with a few things: the lines! (I'll let this slide since it is a great beer and after the growler drain year demand has skyrocketed), they now post the days on facebook (maybe twitter too) when they expect the line to be short (these are the days that the locals can actually get some) and the "you know someone" crap. I went down 3 days this year, 2 times I went off to another local brewery, after seeing the line, that has a really good DIPA at the same time. The other I got in in less than 20 minutes waiting in line. A few days before I had a coworker that called a friend that works there and bypassed the 8 hour line that day, got 6 PTY (they only allow "3" per person but if you are not too stupid you can get more) and a growler for free! Other friends did the same thing only without the growlers. I have friends who work there and I take the stupid honorable route and wait for the day that there is no line. It is a personal choice I guess.
To be fair to Vinnie and Natalie, they want to keep their brewery good and micromanage it to their liking, not a bad thing, I love the result...for the most part. The employees hate those 2 weeks but love it later as it is like a Christmas bonus to them, they make a crap ton more in tips and it is good for them.
Someone mentioned the other local businesses clouded by the lines and this has gone on long enough but I will say that I have herd first they hated the lines, now they work with them and prosper.
tldnr: it is a great beer, not worth the lines, people cheat the lines, 3rd street ale works has double standard, i need another beer now