SMABRD'15

There was nothing at all, as you say, "dickish" from anybody. Whether that be brewers, or people posting here. Just a few beer releases, and it is not uncommon for Freetail and Jester King releases to overlap.

 

I am most certainly not cool, mostly because I won't be able to make this, but lots of other reasons as well Just trying to reiterate that nobody is really "dickish" here. Back to my Real Heavy, and John Prine.

 

And this thread started off so happy and positive....

In other news, I won't be there today. Have fun, be safe, don't drive drunk, and I'll miss seeing all of you.

 

Around 30 to 50 peeps here so far

 

So sad I am missing out, but at least my girlfriend is there to partake. At least someone in my household will have a good time today lol

 

Good times.. Good times!!

 

It was a great time. Thanks Scott!

 

My head hurts.

 

No incriminating pics.....

 

Great seeing everyone!

 

Had a great time drinking with great beer buddies at one of my favorite breweries.

I couldn't find my FoBAB tasting glass when I departed, but figured someone accidentally picked it up.

Anyone see it or might have it?

This is what it looks like.

 

From the Freetail website:

"#WHALEZBRO is what we hope will become an annual series featuring a blend of hand-picked barrels from our wood-aging program. We hope to release this beer every year at Super Mega Awesome Bottle Release Day, withholding the details of the blend until the day after.

2015 (Released August 29, 2015): 20% La Muerta 2015 aged in Elijah Craig 12 barrels (hint... Elijah Craig 12 La Muerta is coming in 2015...); 40% brown ale refermented with molasses in Woodford Reserve barrels; 40% young Flanders Red aged in red wine barrels with lactobacillus, pediococcus & brettanomyces (specifically, this is 1-year old Flanders that will eventually be aged for up to 3 years and blended with younger vintages to create the end product in 2017). This beer is bottle conditioned and should be expected to evolve and mature in the bottle if stored properly. 7.1% ABV, 34 IBU."

 

Great, now I need some.

 

That's really all they needed to say.

 

First, thanks for a great event. I like all of those ideas.

It was difficult to hear you at times when using the megaphone (just acoustics of the building I think). For the sales line, it might help to have a "Now Serving: Group B" sign up on the TV or something (a low-tech poster would suffice). It could also help if you could pipe announcements through the speakers that were playing music.

 

Cash only would make the line move faster.

Not that it matters to me since I'm usually one of the first people in line. Lol

Or make it a ticketed event and include x number of bottles with the ticket. That way all the bottle sales happen in advance and you could just hand people bottles upon entry.

 

This was an incredibly well put together event Scott, I heavily commend you for running such an awesome release. I had almost forgotten how close the community from around the state was due to a dwindling amount of events just like this happening. Great to see that Freetail still embraces and celebrates everyone getting together and for that I thank you.

Love my pink shirt and the Berliner was yummy! See you all again soon!