Dark Lord Day (DLD) 2015

There is no guest tap list. It changes frequently throughout the day, often while you're waiting in line for one.

Do not chase specific taps. That only ends in disappointment.

 

I don't recall them ever announcing guest taps prior to DLD. In fact, you really won't even know day of. It's best to just kind of hop in line and grab the best/what you want that is available at that moment.

I think you might find clues from other breweries that they're bringing something to the festival via social media, but that would be about it.

 

That's whats up

 

Please tell me that's not a euphemism...

 

They announced guest taps in 2011. They were:

Dogfish Head Worldwide Stout
Dogfish Head Old School Barleywine
Goose Island Rare Bourbon County Stout
Founders Nemesis
Founders Devil Dancer
Aventinus Eisbock
Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout
Schlafly Imperial Stout
Founders Backwoods Bastard
Brewdog Paradox Smokehead
Dogfish Head Burton Baton
Ommegang Gnomegang
Founders Double Trouble
Bells Batch 10,000
Bruery Old Richland
Founders Breakfast Stout
Left Hand TNT Weizen Dopplebock
Dogfish Head My Antonia
Founders Newaygo County Cherry
Bruery Loakal Red
Oakshire Heart Shaped Box
Bruery Saison De Lente
Victory Smokin' Oats
Oakshire Imperial Overcast Espresso Stout
Bells Oatmeal Stout
Victory Braumeister Pils
Van Steenburg Monk's Café Flemish Sour Red Ale
Schlenkerla Fastenbier
Futhermore Knot Stock
Schlenkerla Marzen
Futhermore Oscura
La Rulles Estivale
Victory Headwaters Pale Ale
Schlafly Kolsch
Schlenkerla Oak Smoke
Sierra Nevada Oliva Dubbel

 

They will be amazing beers. Last year when I hopped in line they had Bruery-black Tuesday and autumn maple, TG-King Sue, Floyd d rue and rue d Floyd along with countless others. Its gonna be hard to pick, I usually grab a few beers since the line can get pretty long. Also 3 floyds will have their own stuff on tap set up at a good number of separate spots. I always take a peek at those as well and look for brewery only drafts that I missed out on throughout the year. As stated above, don't go looking for only 1 beer, u might be the one that reaches the front when they tap something super rare, its just luck of the draw.

 

So I'm guessing if u r group A you r pretty much screwed out of getting glasses, coffee and the hot sauce.

 

No. Just don't make a mad dash for the group sales line. I don't think they force you into it.

 

Or, better yet, don't worry about it and have a good time not waiting in line for bottled coffee, hot sauce, and snifters that will be available online the next day.

 

This will be my second year having group A and the first year I got group A I didn't go straight to the group sales line. I wandered around, got some guest taps and just checked out the lay of the land. You don't have to go straight to the DL bottle sales line.

 

Dude, wax capped hot sauce. Come on. It's the dream.

 

FTFY

 

A group can go through line at any time in the day. Or go through at 10:29, right before they let B in.

 

Thanks, I was so excited at the prospect of WHALEZ hot sauce that I forgot how to WHALEZBRO for a sec...

 

Pfft on rationality. Go back to your heady pong!

 

I've only had group A and C in the past but was only able to score group E this year. People that were group E last year, what time did you finally get through the line? Need to plan accordingly with my DD

 

FTFY

 

Apparently they had the hot sauce at bacon fest this past weekend, heard it was pretty tasty, my friend is interested so just want to know the game plan since we are A.

 

You must have been standing with me. I was in line waiting for Black Tuesday right when it ran out. They didn't change the sign when I ordered, so I thought that was what I got...nope, BA Autumn Maple. Eck.