Armsby Abbey Stoutfest 2016.

Will the dive bar have non stouts on Sunday?

Is that walking distance from the arena

 

Tap list looks amazing, the only problem being, too many to choose from! As I've learned in the past, drink plenty of free water, you'll do yourself a favor! Less than a week away from one of the best events of the year, looking forward to it!

 

IMHO, if someone is occupying a stool at Stoutfest and drinking the token IPA - thus preventing that stool from being occupied by someone who likes Stouts - they should be vigorously boo'd and have to wear a silly hat.

 

It's been so long since I've had Odin's Tiple. Might go just for that and Parabola.

 

May swing by later in the day after a visit to the Lawsons party and Treehouse. Hope there will still be some good stuff on by the time I get there.

 

Last year i had to mix in an ipa during the day my palate was getting blown out

 

We should all ridicule those different from us.

 

that token IPA last year was HF Cascade

 

This year the token Pale/IPA will be HF Susan and or Edward

 

Sorry for drinking Cantillon or Hill Farmstead as a pallette cleanser! My bad!

 

BOOOOO!!

 

For those who have been before, how packed do you think this will be Saturday night?

 

Well considering we're packed every Saturday anyway.....id say like sardines is probably the answer you're looking for

 

what kind of line to get in should be expected if I show up early afternoon on Sat? Minutes? Hours? Days? I'm assuming teh place will be at capacity all day, correct?

 

Years past, most of the Breakfast people seem to stay in their seats for at least a pour of KBS/Parabola. Many will stay at least an extra hour or two...so when doors open at noon, maybe 20-25ish will get let in for SRO. I'd expect that everyone in line, and there will be many, will have put their name on a list to be seated. It'll take a while for all the tables to turn over. You might be able to get right in SRO but expect long waits for a table....in the hours to days range, yes When I've had breakfast tickets, we stayed until 3:30 or so (Ox tail Poutine!).

Don't take this as discouraging you from trying. The first year we went, we were in the first dozen or so people in line and waited 2+ hrs for a table. It is always worth it, always amazing!

 

Oh, man, and another important question - will Crust be making pizza that morning? I seem to remember having some awesome pizza in line at previous stoutfests.

 

Outside of special orders for whole sheets, we've stopped doing individual slabs of pizza at Crust. We'll have plenty of tasty treats available don't worry. Hmmm....I do really miss the pizza tho....ill see what I can do

 

yeah that pizza, ridiculous

 

So, what do we think is going to be the stuff that kicks early? I managed to get in for the breakfast, so I'll get at least one crack at anything, but there's a few I'd like not to miss out on. So, if I go for the obvious KBS first, does that mean I miss out on the Genealogy of Morals? If I try to sneak in an Aventureux, does the Double Pot and Kettle run out on me?