2017 FOBAB

I'll be there all 3 sessions.

Gonna be a loooooooong weekend.

 

Jesus. How the hell do you guys have that kind of money to throw for three sessions? I can't even justify one.

 

Who needs to eat when you'll gain liquid calories

 

I can barely make it through one session pacing myself, are the people doing both Saturday sessions back to back bringing dialysis machines?

 

I always feel this way when I see people buying cases of DIPAs that are like $16-20/4 pack. I guess some people can justify it but no way for me.

For me FOBAB this year is easy to justify for one session cause of the quality and diversity of beers but no way I'd go to more than one session.

 

Do tickets tend to sell out on the first day?

 

Tickets used to sell out in the first hour or so. That price point has people balking.

 

And it only took an hour because the servers could never handle the load.

 

After 7 or 8 years attending, I'm not planning on doing so at that price point(maybe I'll give in and change my mind if tickets are sitting there tomorrow). For $90 I'd like a more relaxing atmosphere where I don't have to try and get my money's worth, I can sit down and savor what I'm drinking and not having to line up so long.....

 

Saturday early session tickets just sold out.

 

Who says you have to try and get your money's worth? I think it's that attitude that spoils the fun. I plan to not stress, and if I don't drink as much all the better for my liver.

 

Last year CBS was on tap Sunday morning in the city so a repeat of that would complete the weekend of indulgence

 

taking a pass this year given the $85 plus tax fee. Its just too much, no matter how much great some of the beer will be. i think haymarket does a mini-fobab the week before so i'd rather just go there.

 

You're damn right that the attitude of realizing you are paying $90 for less that $45 dollars of beer spoils the fun.

A lot of the beer at Fobab is much more accessible than it was 3-4 years ago. There seems to be one BCBS party at a different bar in Chicago each day with all the new variants from Black Friday through Christmas so no need to go to sample the new GI stuff there. Pipeworks, Off Color, HA etc. BA programs are flourishing, it's not like the days when they didn't bottle their BA stouts and Fobab was the only place to try them.

 

I can kind of agree with you to a point. But for me, Utopias is not easily accessible for me. If I get to try that, that alone has made the ticket worth it (FOR ME) because I don't have to buy a plane ticket to go and try it. Not everyone has that mentality and not everyone needs to. But I think if people are so focused on making sure their $90 is well spent, maybe the beer hobby shouldn't be your thing. It gets costly.

 

If you go into FOBAB thinking you need to get oz to $ equilivents of 90$ you are a fucking moron. Its a beer festival. Its an event. Its not about pouring exactly 90$ worth of beer down your gullet.

It should be about enjoying the beer, hanging with friends, and having fun. Not about making sure you get the most beer in your face for the money. They people who black out by hour 2 because they "have to get their moey worth" ruin it.

 

Agreed. However, there isn't enough open space to hang out. Definitely need to find a new venue.

 

Those are some harsh words. I think it makes sense to expect value for your money. Whether you need an exact $ to ounce ratio may not be accurate, but all those other things you mentioned (e.g. enjoying beer, hangin with friends) can be done without the $90 price tag, and were done in prior years at a lower price point. It's those beers all in one place that aren't as accessible to many people that make it appealing. And now that pricing is higher, where does the extra value come in? That seems to be the crux of the issue for many, and determines whether people choose to pay the higher price this year.

 

It appears tickets are still available for Friday and Saturday night? What's the over under for this to sell out? By Monday?