What the Funk!? GABF 2016

Didn't attend the event last year, but, as long as they keep bringing fresh Hubert in, they will continue to get like $15-20/week from me

 

looks like small brewery list update (?): http://www.wtfinvitational.com/breweries/

have to research a handful of these; any 'sleepers'/tips, of the more obscure names?

[good topic for the 2016 thread]

 

Joking about what?

 

https://www.facebook.com/events/157373161378109/
hmm, same night as WTF: Crafty Fox will tap "GABF gems" via CSA from

Lawsons, Bell's, Half Acre, Two Roads, Council, Perennial, Fremont, Jack's Abby, Boneyard, Gigantic, Blackberry Farms, Stillwater, Off Color, La Cumbre, Greenbench, Almanac, Ecliptic, Crux, Cascade, AleSong, Jolly Pumpkin, Against the Grain, and Lord Hobo
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Would expect to see a few of these at WTF...?
(I recall last year much-needed additions like, the week of)

 

They will both tap cool beers but they won't be the same beers that are at WTF. Those breweries usually send some of their flagships for GABF tappings and special small batch releases for WTF.

 

https://www.facebook.com/events/229390817463707/

even better:

3 Floyds, Beachwood Brewing & BBQ, Perennial, Creature Comforts, Stillwater, Melvin, Boneyard, Scratch, Blackberry Farms, Fremont, Almanac, La Cumbre, Green Bench, OffColor, AleSong, Two Roads, Half Acre, Jester King, Fonta Flora, Lawson's​

 

If you guys are fans of thirdhand information a friend of mine was told these interesting facts about WTF this year by a bartender at CS:

1) No volunteers - Brewer's will pouring their own beers at all tables

2) CSA bought beer from the breweries this year instead of just relying on donations in hopes of making sure enough supply is brought

That last bit might explain the $20 price bump.

 

They have purchased the beer for every WtF from what I have been told.

 

This one is true or at least it was stated in the Denver Post write up:

"No volunteers. Crooked Stave, Shelton Brothers and the breweries will staff the different tables, not volunteers this year. This addresses other complaints from a year ago."

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/19/what-the-funk-beer-festival-makes-big-changes-for-2016-event/

 

CS sending out a blast on their old mailing list to pimp this event since tickets are still available so it looks like last year's cluster fuck has definitely had an impact on this year's sales....

 

Maybe, but having the event so early in the week is probably also having an impact. I'm glad to see it, honestly. Hopefully that will motivate them to move the festival at least back to Wednesday next year if not Thursday.

 

from initial/glancing research, of unfamiliar names (and/or breweries I've never had)...

most curious/eager to try: Draai Laag, Beachwood, Fonta Flora, AleSong; Ladyface?
(beers to look for? check these out in hour 2-3 or earlier?)

ostensibly not interesting/appealing: 18th Street, Cambridge, De Molen, Magic Rock (UK), Siren (UK), Birrificio Torrechiara (Panil?)...
correct me if wrong idea? worth trying?
seems like this year will have a lot of stouts (and IPAs)

also wine & cider: AEppelTreow Winery, Frederiksdal (winery), L'Hermitière Cidre, Ribela cider

 

Of your list I would argue that Cambridge has done solid barrel aged beers for several years now, Siren and Magic Rock are doing the most experimental beer in the UK, so doubt they will have long lines but wouldn't sleep on either three...

 

This. I would go if it was Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.

 

It's important to vote with your dollars. After last year's debacle and the total radio silence afterwards there's simply no way I'd go no matter what the price or the brewery list. In the future? Maybe, who knows. But I think it's important to let a business know that that shit won't fly

 

My wife is in all of the WTF promo photos

 

Exactly this. They could announce a swimming pool full of A&T that you could swim laps in (I'll wait while you close your eyes and imagine that), and I still wouldn't buy a ticket.

I will mail a check to Water for People (a great non-profit by the way).