FOBAB (2019)

So...is FoBAB happening this year?

/s

 

Just got my volunteer email confirmation for Saturday day, 1st time able to make it with the earlier date, can't wait

 

Breweries have always been able to promote their submissions before the event, but the event has a policy that they will not promote the submissions before judging has taken place.

 

Lucked into a brewer’s pass for Saturday.(whatever that means) Does all of the big hype stuff kick on Friday?

 

No, most have multiple pours over Friday night and Saturday, though some are not available for Saturday evening.

PACE yourself and keep hydrated and you will enjoy FOBAB!

 

I believe that the breweries need to provide a keg/ equal number of bottles for each session, but some kegs might kick in the imbibe vip hour for the Friday and Saturday afternoon sessions.

 

With the brewers pass you can go up to the brewers area where they have some food available, and you can skip the insane line the goose island has for their pours and go to the side where brewers can get pours

 

It's basically an all access pass. Just don't get so drunk you embarrass whatever breweries name is around your neck.

 

Or if you do, put a "Phase Three" tag on there so people start going "Maybe Phase Three is made by people who are a bit too honest."

 

Any events today or tomorrow that y'all are excited about

 

Going to bed at a decent hour.

 

That's cute, Jim.

 

Thanks.

 

http://www.chicagonow.com/the-beeronaut/2019/11/pre-fobab-chicago-craft-beer-week-november-4-7/

 

I’ll be on my best behavior.

 

So any tips for first time Fobab visitor? I have vip tickets for Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. Do I have to get in line early, do I need to pick up a wristband (or is the qr code on the ticket all I need to get in)? Do they have some kind of food, and water?

 

Go fast, then slow, then fast again....sorry did you say FoBAB? Oh. Yeah. Anyways. Get in line as early as you want. There are 200+ beers on the floor. If you miss something oh well you're gonna try lots of amazing beer. They will wristband you before you get inside. They don't have food. For the love of god eat something before you arrive. There is plenty of water.

 

Keep drink tickets in your beer glass hand and the other hand free for doing this all night:

 

Thanks! That's exactly the kind of advice I needed.

 

This Beachwood on draft is incredible. Amalgamator was billed as on par or better than PtE, I would like to drink both side by side but have to agree there are merits for either. Working on this Hops of Brixton which is also great, and will close out with Mocha Machine before scurrying away with fresh Amalgamator cans. I will most certainly hit this brewery next visit to SC. Plenty of cans available in the bottle shop (everything in stock on their Instagram except the retired beer).

I shouldn’t even be drinking pre FOBAB but alas I am. It’s great to be alive!!!