In Line For Pliny the Younger!!

[Roughster]

8 AM and the line is long but I'm psyched! Took the day off of work to drink beer! Any other HBT'ers out here?
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UPDATE: I posted the entire experience on Pst #36 in this thread. Page 4

 

[Psylocide]

We all know that line is for Supercuts.

 

[hunter_le five]

If I have to wait more than three minutes for a beer, I'm going somewhere else.

 

[SnakeRidge]

Yeah there would have to be a pot of gold. I'd spend that time comfortable, at home, and brewing

 

[GarageDweller]

all the cool kids are doing it

 

[MrNatural]

WTF people? Something is wrong with taking the day off work to drink beer???

 

[hunter_le five]

WTF people? Something is wrong with taking the day off work to drink beer???

No, but there is something wrong with taking the day off work to stand in line waiting for a beer that will never materialize.

 

[orangehero]

WTF people? Something is wrong with taking the day off work to drink beer???

You think that's what homebrewers find ridiculous?

 

[1977Brewer]

If I have to wait more than three minutes for a beer, I'm going somewhere else.

This.

 

[Calfj60]

I wish I was there...

 

[RocketBrewer]

Let us know if it was worth it and how long the wait was please.

 

[1977Brewer]

Let us know if it was worth it and how long the wait was please.

1. Doubt it. It's just beer.

2. About (how long he was there) - (3 minutes) too long. This is the scientifically determined length of time one should spend obtaining commercial beer. Home brewers can adjust this by multiples of 1,000.

 

[Zuljin]

I've scoured the internet, phoned friends and stopped at every beer store along my way to find a beer, but floc standing in line like that.

 

[Hello]

My buddy was in line at RR for 4 hours. If you have the time and you're there then do it!

 

[fastengine]

By the time that line comes to an end you could have brewed your own, or something better.
Glad I live in Wisconsin, no need to wait for good beer.

 

[1977Brewer]

I'd have to bring beer just for the wait.

 

[WissahickonBrew]

Last year walked into a pub in Philly that announced Pliney would be tapped later that day. Strolled in unimpeded, ordered a pliney, barmaid said it was the absolute last one. It tasted like a strong Imperial IPA. I felt so smug having NOT invested inordinate amount of time to drink it. But I will say also, it was pretty damn tasty!

 

[72hw]

Not sure what all the hating is about - when I was a kid we would line up for a chance to get concert tickets. Made some good friends and definitely had a good time in those lines, but I guess we were being stupid since we could have listened to the band on CD (back then) instead of waiting for hours for a chance to see them in concert. Maybe we could have formed our own band... Who knows...

Standing in line for beers brewed on a limited scale, available for a limited time with a hundred other likeminded people? Been there and had quite a bit of fun! I've also walked into a bar that happened to have a keg of PTY and ordered it without a wait - for me, wasn't the same.

Sometimes it's the journey I guess....

To the OP - I've stood in that line outside RR and met some great folks, I hope you did too and that this years batch was everything you hoped for. Hell, even it it sucked you had fun, right? And that's what counts!

 

[1977Brewer]

No hate here. It just doesn't compute.

 

[MVKTR2]

Last year walked into a pub in Philly that announced Pliney would be tapped later that day. Strolled in unimpeded, ordered a pliney, barmaid said it was the absolute last one. It tasted like a strong Imperial IPA. I felt so smug having NOT invested inordinate amount of time to drink it. But I will say also, it was pretty damn tasty!

WissahickonBrew for the WIN!

 

[MVKTR2]

No problem with the action here. Each individual is free (or is intended to be by God and nature) to pursue their own happiness via whatever means they desire so long as the person doesn't harm the person or property of another. Good for the OP. I wouldn't do it, doesn't make it wrong though!

 

[tg123]

lol. I bet that was not the reaction the OP was expecting.
My friends were there last Friday. Fortunately for me, I was not able to take off work and didn't have to wait 9hrs in the rain with them on the first day. If they allowed drinking in line, then maybe it wouldn't so bad.

 

[danimalt]

if only they could replace that supercuts with an Apple store....

 

[Thedutchtouch]

i've waited outside of three floyds to grab a few cases of zombie dust before, never longer than a half hr or so, but hey, it was worth it to me. :rockin:

 

[mtnagel]

lol. I bet that was not the reaction the OP was expecting.
My friends were there last Friday. Fortunately for me, I was not able to take off work and didn't have to wait 9hrs in the rain with them on the first day. If they allowed drinking in line, then maybe it wouldn't so bad.

No drinking in line? F that. I'm out

That's the only thing that made the 3-4 hour line for Dark Lord worth it. Great people and great beer.

Despite that, it will be a long time before I do that again.

 

[Yooper]

Heck, I'd do it! Once, for the fun of it. Some of the most fun I've had at beer events has been waiting in line. Of course, the 'no beer on the sidewalk' rule might be a spoiler for me, though!

I've met other homebrewers, brewery owners, Bob Feller, and the San Diego chicken standing in line. Sometimes I've met people I know since my memory is so bad.

I was in line at a beer festival with Pappers (who wandered away) and bumped into Omar Ansari (owner of Surly Brewing company) and Zamial (from this forum) and a guy who rode a bus to Dogfish Head Brewery and sat with me in Delaware- all in Madison Wisconsin at a beer festival! it was great fun.

Seriously, I was standing in a beer line a number of years ago, and started chatting with an older guy standing next to me. He looked vaguely familiar, and turned out he was Bob Feller who a guy introduced me to in 1982. He actually sort of remembered me as the mutual friend (my boyfriend at the time) was also a MLB pitcher. Anyway- isn't that cool? Standing in a beer line with Bob Feller chatting about the game and the beer.

 

[maurtis]

Uh... are you still in line?

 

[Grannyknot]

I blame untapped.
But at least the OP will achieve the ever elusive Level 12 dark overlord of waiting forever for an overhyped beer.

 

[mtnagel]

Well that's reward enough isn't it?

 

[GarageDweller]

I get it, its a big socialite thing where everyone can be all +1 cause they've had it and "experienced" it. I'd rather be in some dark hollow, 1000 miles away from any of that nonsense. I'm sure everyone in line was twirling their curly mustaches and crying on flakebook about the budweiser super bowl commercial too. Just because someone drinks/pursues (good) beer, does not make them some kind of automatic friend to me. I've ran into some pure bred a$$holes at beer festivals, and craft beer bars. I realize I sound like a dick (no coincidence), but these lineup events are everywhere now. Do the people in line realize they are just buying into hype and cheesy marketing for an overpriced glass of beer? Do what you want with your free time, people should, by all means, do as they please. I just find it hard not to chime in on this topic because I feel like the pretentious, elitist B.S. has surrounded the so called "craft beer" industry these days. Proverbial "'chasing the dragon"...and the dealers are the only ones who stand to benefit...

At the same time, I hope OP got one and it was the best beer ever.