Former Future Beer Tasting

I was thinking of going, then realized that's Masters weekend. Nothing but the couch, beer, and golf for me that weekend.

Sounds like a really cool event though. Even more awesome since its free.

 

I'm going to try for the 7pm. The price is right, and I'm curious.

 

What, no 100-word essay?

 

LOL, I think they sold out in 2 seconds.

 

I managed to get 2 for 7PM. I think they actually showed up a minute or two early.

 

"limited to 2 per person and there's 25 per session"

my math is a little rusty, but doesn't that mean someone is going stag? And yes, I rapid-fired F5 at 1:59 (network-synched clock) and went from not yet to sold out in one refresh.

 

Wait do they have their liquor license already? If not then they are putting their (future) and Oxford's Hotel's license in jeopardy. Sounds fun though.

 

If anyone doesn't have a date yet, I missed out and look great in a cocktail dress.

 

Yeah off the top of my head it's no different than a home brew tasting which you can conduct (in a separate area, and provided expressly no one is charging anything for the homebrew) at a hotel-and-restaurant licensed premises, or at least that's what the law said when I had Uptown Brothers and researched it for a couple of the guys at FOTR (never got around to doing it before we closed though). I hasten to add, the foregoing is not intended, nor should it be construed, as legal advice and in any event it was 2 years ago and law may have changed....

 

Im not a lawyer either, but I know that there was a brewery in Northern Colorado that gave free beer out as promotion for opening. It was all homebrewed beer. The TTB contacted them and they had to jump through hoops afterwards to avoid any fees.

 

Just jumping in to say that we can't wait to meet those of you who can attend. The whole point of this is to meet future customers and get feedback from them on our beer, concept, and progress. We really care about and are actively seeking customer input in a variety of ways.

You're right in that it is a private party hosted by the owners of FFBC (my wife and I). All of the beer will actually be brewed commercially through a contract arrangement, taxes paid, etc. Then we (personally) are buying those kegs from the brewery that they were produced at. It is no different, legally, than if you go to Dry Dock or wherever and buy a keg and have a party and invite your friends.

Hopefully that has cleared some things up. Homebrew laws aren't really applicable, we're just throwing a party and serving craft beer from some kegs we bought from a local brewery.

 

well that makes perfect sense. So--does that mean your contract-brewed beer will be available in stores & bars, soon-ish?

 

Well, they are small, small batches for the tasting events (second event will be much larger) and festivals this summer. If we have some extra we may try to get a keg on at one or two bars on a short term basis.

Ultimately our focus is on our tap room, though, and we don't plan to have any long-term draft accounts at least for a while.

 

I have to say I am pretty bitter about not getting a ticket for the tasting. Started refreshing two minutes early and it went from unavailable to SOLD OUT. I was really wanting to-go, since the planned area of this brewery is in my neighborhood. O well, hopefully I can get to the next one.