OC bottle share?

Would be interested as well, Im in Fullerton

 

Yep! Sign me up! I'm a hoarders member so I can cover all of their beers. I'm in Lake Forest so RSM isn't a problem for me but I'm also open to something a little more central. I also have a friend who I'm sure would be happy to go who is also a hoarders member.

 

This sounds awesome. I think key themes here are:
1) a lot of people are interested and have tons of beers - so this is happening
2) something central would be nice and inclusive - iron press is sounding good, but we would need to give them a heads up and perhaps have a limit (10-12 people?)
3) we need to get a consensus on a day. as a 9-5'er, I'm going to advocate for Friday (and possibly Thurs or Saturday)

 

I would think 10-12 people would be on the low side. You already have 15 people saying yes here plus people are talking about +1. I think 20 would be more like it.

I'm also a M-F 9-5er so weekends are usually ok with me but I can also do week day if its early enough.

 

I think wherever it is going to be, a call to that place needs to happen and find out how many people can be accommodated for a bottle share. If this is the Iron Press in Costa Mesa, they probably aren't going to want 20-30 people roll in for a bottle share. That place is not big enough to fit 20-30 people that would not normally be there plus their normal stream of customers.

 

I'd be down...just need to know what day

 

Some suggested locations:

Bottle Logic seems to have a decent sized "back area" where their barrels are that may be able to accommodate 20ish people?

Native Son Alehouse in Santa Ana has a large rooftop space and seems to be pretty empty a lot of times.

Thursday nights would be ideal for me, but other weekend nights are doable.

 

Would those breweries allow us to use there spots? I would think going to a beer spot that would have a food truck or something would be ideal as we can always get more beer. I just wasn't aware of any of them letting us BYOB.

 

It would definitely need to be cleared with them ahead of time.

 

I can ask my buddies at Noble as well.

 

Having hookups on a big beer-friendly location is great. I would just caveat that there will likely be a disturbing quantity of bottles and so I'd set expectations that share might not buy a lot of draft beer. A spot like Iron Press, like the outside patio area, would support a lot more standing and food purchases. If Valiant and Noble are okay with it though (and there's a food truck), they would be stellar spots as well. (Note: I don't even know if Iron Press is cool with it yet)

 

If I was managing a brewery, I'd have no problem hosting bottle shares as long as each participant purchases a $10 gift card.

 

I'll honestly be surprised if they are cool with it. The amount of space we will be taking up is going to be taking away from customers that want to come in and actually spend money on beer. Restaurants on the other hand would be fine as long as we ordered food.

I personally think we will need to do like OP said at someone's apartment area. Hopefully I'm wrong though...

 

phantom ales in anaheim allows bottle shares. its right inbetween bruery and bottlelogic. and they serve food too. plus they carry wine for the chicks.

 

Also...Out of the Park pizza hosts some big bottle shares. Someone call them as well. I'd go to a bottle share there or Phantom.

 

Out of the Park Pizza is amazing too! That would be awesome!

 

I like the idea of Iron press of did anyone throw out Hollingshead as a possible location?