Toppling Goliath Releases and Updates

Clark holding a bottle of KBBS with a bunch of cups in the background??? (Via Twitter)

 

Looks like some KS and possibly MD in the background as well. And what looks like yellow wax (Assassin?). There might be a lucky group out there today!

 

Lol anddddd now everyone immediately regrets their decision not to make the trek down haha...

 

Clark brought a lot of bottles with him. (MD, Assassin). Standing in line, maybe half way through.

 

I assume there are now 250 people in line? or were in line...

 

really....
and hopefully the locals are taken care of... and people that have supported them...
I just hope everyone has a good time. Even better if they get a pour.
Sorry, but

 

Maybe they can pass out participation awards for everyone that gets shut out.

Sure it sucks not getting the highly coveted beer. Sadly it is just part of the game these days. But really there is no lack of good beer out there to make the drive more than worth it.

 

No update on if they were sold out. Figured they would have tweeted "sold out" early...
rim shot!

 

500 bottles was original plan. They brought another pallet with them. Doubt anyone is being left out. Line is ungodly slow. Selling bottles, filling growlers. Started at the entrance of parking lot. Got to the beer garden after an hour. Still wraps around the building to front entrance.

 

Mike is here, him and Clark look buddy buddy, just saying. Got my chainsmoker, got a sample of 13 Assassin, and Clark poured me SR-71, cherry term oil, life is good.

 

Is this a Haiku?

 

I was in line for just over three hours. I was able to go up the the bar and buy beers, Imp Nuggett and Term Oil and drink them outside. As was said, they had another pallet, and was a lot left when I left, but the line was very long outside and wrapped around still.

 

I was in line at noon and left at 2 due to having to work tonight and my drive time. I started at the first parking spot at toward the entrance. When I left I was at the TG big sign. Kudos to those who were able to wait it out today, wish I would've been able to. Damn jobs.

 

Wonder why the line moved so slowly. Will be chaos when assassin and kbbs get released

 

The bottle line had people filling growlers, getting pours of beers, etc. if that line would of strictly been for Chain Smoker, it woulda moved faster.

 

Long wait. I got in line at 11. Got my beer at 4. Got to have samples of 14 assassin and 16 MD. I have no clue why the line moved so slowly.

 

This release was stupid. Zero urgency, zero organization, zero customer service. Complete clusterf*ck. I waited in line until 4PM to get bottles, & they were already out of Imperial Nugget & Zeelander by the time I got to the front. And that's partially on me for waiting, but hey, I'd already made the drive & didn't want to go home empty-handed.

Kudos to the employees who were cheerful & helpful the entire time, & for all the great bottles that were broken out by TG. But this is 2016. Successful release models are all around them. Between this & the MD ticket fiasco, TG needs to think about doing some actual planning for their next release.

 

Your experience was a lot different than mine. Clark was incredibly generous handing quite a few pours of their stouts, and the rest of the team seemed very nice and weren't letting the fact that there where hundreds of people waiting around detract from giving each person good service. Had they rushed everyone through, I doubt they would have been able to do any of that. The environment in the taproom was nice, and I think they handled it very well.