NHC tickets 2013

[stratslinger]

What are the "can't miss" parts of the weekend? Do the pro/club night events have a limit on how many people can enter?

It's complete hearsay, but I'm told Club Night is a blast. And my club will have a booth, so I'll taking a shift pouring (hopefully not too long of a shift - I want to explore, dang it!). I'm intrigued by pro night too.

 

[Yooper]

I too hope to pace myself and be able to participate in a full day of seminars Friday. This will be my first NHC and I am VERY excited!

What are the "can't miss" parts of the weekend? Do the pro/club night events have a limit on how many people can enter?

No. Everybody at the conference goes to Pro Brewers Night and Club night. About 1000 people? or so.

One of my favorite things is whatever they have on Wednesday for preconference activities. They aren't listed yet, but normally there is a pub crawl, a baseball game or something, and the Brewing Network's party, as well as daytime fun things. The local homebrew club hosts those events (besides the BN party) and I enjoy those every bit as much as the conference, so I'm planning on being there on Tuesday evening.

 

[AnOldUR]

It's a "pace yourself" kind of thing. First beers served at 8 AM-ish, and last ones at about 4 AMish.

Wait till I tell my wife I have to start training for NHC.

I'll start easy.
First beer at noon, last beer at midnight.
By June I should be up to the 8:00AM to 4:00AM (the next day!) standard.

 

[Coff]

Yeah, I was thinking about renting a car- but at $46/day parking? No way!

Check out the link to the lot I posted above, I park there all the time and its $5 a day.

 

[dfess1]

yeah, but what do you know?

 

[SharonaZamboni]

I have a real bad feeling about 3:00:01pm haha, Just like when concert tix open and everyone floods the system at the same time...oh the anxiety

Kind of like waiting in line at 5 AM for concert tickets when I was young!

Wow- took me an hour to get on the website- and "boom"- full. I'm "waitlisted" for the whole conference, but registered for Friday/Saturday.

I was considering judging anyway, and that's on Thursday, so it's not a big deal. Plus, if someone drops out I can attend Thursday's conferences. Thursday's seminars are repeated, so I won't "miss" anything. But wow- sold out in an hour! That must be a new record.

I did book early today at the hotel, though. So I have a room!

Hope to meet you!

For those of you looking for parking, try this lot I have linked. It is $5 for a full day of parking on most days. I use it all the time. Its only a few blocks from the hotel you guys are staying at.


https://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces?ll=39.957026,-75.165128&spn=0.00053,0.000734&ctz=300&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=39.957026,-75.165128&panoid=s1YTwvJUS8RUrjFEuMe90g&cbp=12,0.88,,0,4.57

Thanks for the info!

 

[sweetcell]

sold out in an hour... wow!

 

[BrewKnurd]

sold out in an hour... wow!

Looks like there are still spots for the Friday/Saturday sessions.

 

[Bobby_M]

Well that sucked. The website was crashing for almost an hour. By the time I got through, I only secured Friday/Saturday and got waitlisted for Thursday. What I want to know is who the hell is just booking Thursday?

 

[KaSaBiS]

Wow- took me an hour to get on the website- and "boom"- full. I'm "waitlisted" for the whole conference, but registered for Friday/Saturday.

same as I. This will be my first NHC and I did opt for the volunteering gig if offered. It is a shame as I will be out there sitting around in a bar waiting to get in friday.

I am a little confused why thursday would sell out but fri/sat would stay open. I mean, its at the same location? Not like the room gets any bigger because its friday.

I am curious about the waitlisted thing, as I am not optomistic that anyone will decide to cut their weekend short and go to fri/sat. I was regestered by 4pm EST.

*Edit, Spoke too soon, just got an email stating that my waitlisted for full conference and a guest just opened up. See you all Thursday!

 

[dfess1]

Well that sucked. The website was crashing for almost an hour. By the time I got through, I only secured Friday/Saturday and got waitlisted for Thursday. What I want to know is who the hell is just booking Thursday?

Hey, did you guys get your beer out of your barrel yet?

 

[Sark]

I couldn't get through in time so I was stuck with Friday/Saturday. This will be my first NHC, so I don't mind all that much -- just happy to be able to attend and see it all firsthand. Even better, my wife agreed to attend with a "social ticket," so I should have a free pass to enjoy most of the festivities. Looking forward to it!

 

[Yooper]

It was about 25 minutes later, and I got a confirmation that I was getting the full package, and not waitlisted after all.

Cool!

I'll be there Tuesday evening!

 

[KaSaBiS]

twiddling my thumbs. This will be my first one and I am going solo. Here goes nothin..

That was me, until I suckered a non brewer into going with me. wife got ousted once I realized her plan was only to go to shop for purses and crap.

We are both in cincy, maybe we can swap a few beers and share a few stories before NHC and end your solitude. Sh*t even carpooling and having another person to split the gas would be awesome.

 

[brettwasbtd]

Well that sucked. The website was crashing for almost an hour. By the time I got through, I only secured Friday/Saturday and got waitlisted for Thursday. What I want to know is who the hell is just booking Thursday?

same as I. This will be my first NHC and I did opt for the volunteering gig if offered. It is a shame as I will be out there sitting around in a bar waiting to get in friday.

I am a little confused why thursday would sell out but fri/sat would stay open. I mean, its at the same location? Not like the room gets any bigger because its friday.

I am curious about the waitlisted thing, as I am not optomistic that anyone will decide to cut their weekend short and go to fri/sat. I was regestered by 4pm EST.

*Edit, Spoke too soon, just got an email stating that my waitlisted for full conference and a guest just opened up. See you all Thursday!

I was lucky enough to get right in (refreshed my page a 2:57 and saw the register button was there). But I was confused on why 2 hours before registration they changed the ticket options? For weeks the site had displayed:

$205 - Conference with all Seminars
$145 - Social - Conference no seminars

They also showed two other options, but those were the above with Banquet dinner for an additional $50

Then we all go to register and there is this "Almost Full Conference" mumbo jumbo for $195

 

[KaSaBiS]

Then we all go to register and there is this "Almost Full Conference" mumbo jumbo for $195

Agreed. For those who are committing to going, I really doubt anyone would want to cut the festivities short by a day. Yeah, I think Ill spend the extra $10 for a 3rd day of Beercation

 

[KaSaBiS]

I will add that I am excited to learn more about the BNA8. Between the BN, and you fine folk, take most all the credit for my brewing skills today, I would love to finally put a face to some names, pay respects, and drink happily ever after

 

[Bobby_M]

Hey, did you guys get your beer out of your barrel yet?

Not yet. We just pulled a sample this past weekend and will be doing a group tasting to see how we feel.

 

[Piratwolf]

I will add that I am excited to learn more about the BNA8. Between the BN, and you fine folk, take most all the credit for my brewing skills today, I would love to finally put a face to some names, pay respects, and drink happily ever after

Agreed! I'm going up Wednesday solely for the sake of BNA8!!

 

[Yooper]

Agreed! I'm going up Wednesday solely for the sake of BNA8!!

Let's go together! I promise not to talk too much.


Ok, anybody who has met me will laugh at that. But I'll promise to TRY to not talk too much. Ok? Will you be one of my dates for the night?

 

[Piratwolf]

Let's go together! I promise not to talk too much.

Ok, anybody who has met me will laugh at that. But I'll promise to TRY to not talk too much. Ok? Will you be one of my dates for the night?

Will do! I'm doubly excited b/c my wife wants to go. She doesn't brew like you do, but she loooves craft beer! We'll have a blast!

 

[two_hearted]

Let's go together! I promise not to talk too much.

Ok, anybody who has met me will laugh at that. But I'll promise to TRY to not talk too much. Ok? Will you be one of my dates for the night?

Any details on BNA8? Is it on Wed?

 

[Yooper]

Any details on BNA8? Is it on Wed?

I assume so. ProBrewers night is on Thursday, Club night on Friday, and the awards banquet on Sunday, so Wednesday is generally the day/night for the preconference events.

 

[nhwrecker]

Did any of you have any luck registering guests? Is the conference already officially sold out?

I'm registered, but every time I've tried to add my one guest, I keep getting an error that says my email address has already been used to register someone (Yeah, no SHEEET), and it can't be used again.

Defintely one of the worse registration websites I've ever used, for any type of conference.

 

[AnOldUR]

When I registered my wife, I used her email address. No problem.

 

[brettwasbtd]

When I registered my wife, I used her email address. No problem.

Same, I registered my friend using his address

 

[mors]

The almost full conference is really there for 2 reasons. 1) There is another event going on Thursday so there is not as much space for the NHC that day. 2) The judges for the final round of the competition will be judging that day and don't require a conference ticket that day.

 

[passedpawn]

Damn it. I'm on the waiting list.

" The 35th Annual National Homebrewers Conference has reached capacity. "

Seriously, why does this have to happen every year?

 

[pjj2ba]

I got my full conference ticket and was able to register my wife as a guest for just the social package and banquet (I didn't have her membership # handy). She may only join me for the banquet, or she may decide to come down Th. morning with me. she hasn't decided yet. At least this way she has the option. I'm going to check with friends to see if anyone wants to take advantage of the Th and F portions in case she decides to wait until Sat. to join me.

 

[nhwrecker]

When I registered my wife, I used her email address. No problem.

Thanks = that seems so obvious now - but reading the instructions on the site yesterday, that never dawned on me.

Now I'm on the NHC waitlist, and my wife's sheeetllist.......