18th St Barrel Massacre

I agree with you to some degree but then why schedule it for the night before DLD when thousands of people invade NW Indiana? Seems a random weekend would be more conducive to local and small.

 

Never attempted to justify their logic but every brewery in a 25 mile radius piggy backs off the event. My thought is only based on them having a small space.

 

I don't think it has anything to do with keeping it local. It's a very small operation with 15 total employees (several of which are brewers and bartenders and likely have nothing to do with event planning) and is just over a year old. This is the first event of this caliber that they're ever doing and there are thousands of people interested in attending.

Anyone that knows Drew knows that he's a perfectionist that's going to get it right. He could have thrown the information out there, sold a ton of tickets, and had a disaster on his hands. People would be here bitching about 18th Street like they do 3 Floyds.

I get that people will be frustrated and want to make plans ahead of time. Plan on being here Friday and make a plan B in case you don't get tickets. The details are going to be announced in the very near future.

 

^ This - I can't open up facebook without seeing 100's of comments from people about the FFF dark lord day ticket fiasco with shipping, they had TONS of time to plan and didn't get that right....18th is small and they care about getting it right. Personally, I'm taking the day off work regardless - FFF isn't far away so if I don't get tix for this I'll just head on over there and deal with the horde of ppl waiting in line to buy non-DL beer since they aren't selling it on DL day...hope they have a huge selection...

 

Heads up on Facebook!

BARREL MASSACRE TICKETS ON SALE IN HOUSE TODAY, FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH 12PM-12AM. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH.

You should read the following info:

Barrel Massacre will be a ticketed event and will take place in two, 2 hour sessions.

Session 1: 1-3pm 21+ ONLY
Session 2: 4-6pm 21+ONLY

Both Sessions are CASH ONLY.

ONE TICKET PER PERSON ONLY. ONE SESSION PER PERSON ONLY.

The entire day is 21+. No person under the age of 21 will be admitted. All sales are CASH ONLY.

Sessions will end promptly at designated times and all session attendees must leave, no matter what time they arrived.

ONE TICKET PER PERSON ONLY. ONE SESSION PER PERSON ONLY. Those attempting to purchase tickets for multiple sessions will be denied access. NO REFUNDS.

Ticket price: $25 limit 1. One ticket per person. One session per person. NO REFUNDS.

Ticket includes:
Entrance; a 5.5oz BA Barrel Massacre tasting glass; numbered Barrel Massacre ticket; guaranteed two 12oz. Barrel Massacre bottle purchase*. Access to all Barrel Massacre beers on draft**.
*We cannot guarantee which bottles will be available to you as inventory is limited and first come/first served. Bottles must be of different variants
**Draft beers are first come first served until kicked

RULES & REGULATIONS: It is your responsibility to read and adhere to these rules. No exceptions will be made and NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN.

RULES & REGULATIONS FOR EVERYONE:
-21 and over only.
-CASH ONLY.
-Tickets are available only during the allotted time and are ‘WILL CALL’. In order to gain admittance:
ONE TICKET PER PERSON ONLY. ONE SESSION PER PERSON ONLY.

-A valid Government Issued Photo ID (no paper ID’s) is required for entrance and must match the name we have on file. If purchased in house a copy of your valid Government Issued Photo ID (no paper ID’s) will be made. Your ID must match that on file the day of the event in order to gain entrance. If ordered online, the credit card used to purchase the ticket, along with a valid Government Issued Photo ID (no paper ID’s) is required for entrance. The name and last four digits of the credit card used to purchase the ticket and the name on the Government Issued Photo ID (no paper ID’s) must match those provided online.
-Tickets cannot be gifted. The valid Government Issued Photo ID (no paper ID’s) must match the name of the ticket buyer. If purchased online the credit card used to purchase must also be presented.
-Sessions will not overlap. Sessions will end promptly at designated times and all session attendees must leave, no matter what time they arrived.
-No Refunds.
-No bags, no coolers, no coozies, purses, murses, fannypacks, european carry alls, etc, etc will be permitted.
-No outside bottles/cans/growlers/howlers/etc will be permitted.
-No bottle sharing/can sharing/growler sharing/etc will be permitted.
This is all being done so that these sessions run smoothly. We want everyone to have a fun and safe time at Barrel Massacre.

Bottle Prices:
BA Brown Ale: $8
BA Hunter Double Milk Stout: $10
BA Devil's Spear (an American Barleywine Style Ale): $10
BA Bitch B Crazy (a barrel aged version of our RIS Bitches' Bank): $12

7pm-12am will be open to the public.

 

Well, now that the details are out, I'm not going to waste my time on this.

 

^Agreed, $45+ for a mini snifter and 2 12oz bottles of beer... Makes that decision easy! Thanks 18th $treet!

 

Are tickets for sale online? I didn't see any more info on their website and don't use facebook

 

Try reading post #45 again. Read the whole thing. Read it slowly.

 

Lol, thanks, for some reason I just skipped the whole all caps part

 

Tickets are on sale NOW at their website.

 

http://www.18thstreetbrewery.com/barrelmassacre-tickets-sessions/ - Good luck to all attending!

 

Me and two buds got Sesh 2. First session sold out in the blink of an eye.

 

Picked up session 2. So glad my buddy texted me, by the post I assumed the tickets would go on sale at noon

 

And they're gone.

 

That was quick....got session #2 tickets. Curious to see how this all unfolds. Makes me glad I'm an early riser!

 

That was quick. Catalina wine mixer it is.

 

Session 2 is actually third of the day AFAIK (LOE gets in at 10 am), so we're going to be purchasing that BA brown ale, I suspect....

 

I'm hoping they hold back some bottles of each variant for release. I suspect they will as they run a pretty top notch operation.

 

Well that was quick...I got session 1 by shear luck.