Wolf's Ridge Brewing and Releases

Nothing I'm aware of. FYI to everyone, half of the lot across from the taproom (closest half) will be shut down for the release party. Please do not attempt to park in those spaces.

If for some ungodly reason you want to line up at 6AM before our staff is here do not park there. There ought to be a notice in the payment kiosk but figured I'd put that out there.

 

Ok here's what we're looking at for Saturday bottle-wise:

Beer Name, Bottle Count, Limit
Coconut Cream Pie, 1400, 6
Bourbon Barrel Pi, 400, 2
Dire Wolf, 500, 3
Canis Mexicanus Double Espresso, 1000, 4
Bourbon Barrel Canis Mexicanus, 650, 3
Bourbon Barrel Coffee Vanilla Dire Wolf, 700, 3

Update on the timing situation and other notes. The city has officially approved our permit to allow drinking/sales outside with the following caveats:

• No alcohol may cross from outside into the taproom and vice versa. That means if you get a pour in the taproom you must finish it/leave it inside if you go outside. It really sucks but that's the law and will unfortunately need to be enforced. I did my best to provide awesome beer in both areas in case of this circumstance.
• The outside permit doesn't take effect until 10AM. So we're pushing back when everyone can enter from the street. At 9 we will let through the pre-sale group. At 9:30 we will begin letting in everyone else. We will have coffee ready to go and everyone can get ID'd, wrist-banded, and purchase drink tokens until 10:00, at which point everything will get tapped.

 

Can't edit above... Disregard the token thing, state wants every drink paid for separately like normal.

 

So tokens are scrapped? There will be a tablet/POS system outside to add drinks to a tab?

 

Or perhaps cash only outside?

 

Legally all sales outside must remain separate from what's sold inside. I can't speak to whether you can keep a tab open at each or only pay as you go outside, but there ought to be a POS system.

To get our permit we had to partner with a non profit, so the Mid Ohio Food Bank will be managing that POS system I believe. If I get more concrete info on the process before Saturday I will let everyone know.

 

I may have missed this, but will we have the chance to try the beers before we decide which (how many) bottles we want to buy? I'm asking primarily because of the pumpkin beer - I think pumpkin beers are generally repulsive, but you extra'd me a homebrew pumpkin/Thanksgiving beer a few years ago that I really enjoyed.

Looking forward to Saturday.

 

Ha! Yeah that one was pretty good, my second ever Homebrew and first self designed recipe. Coincidentally Pi was the first recipe I designed for WRB. I think ours is great but spiced beer is spiced beer so I get when people don't get into the style.

Anyways, yes, everything will be on tap all day. I believe all the bottled beers are in the taproom, but bottle sales don't begin until roughly 11 so should be time for everyone to try what they want to.

 

I'm confused as to how this affects pre-sale people. Originally, from what I understood, it was pre-sale people in at 9, everyone else at 10:30. The ticket description on Eventbrite indicated that flights and breakfast would be at 9:30 and pre-sale people would get to buy their bottles at this time and it would only take 45 minutes. Is that still true or what has changed?

 

Nothing ever said 45 minutes, it will take as long as it takes to get people through the line, but pre-sale is unaffected time wise. You'll still get into the taproom at 9 and have first crack at bottles. The pushed back in time (9:30) is for everyone else. Initially we hoped to let in everyone else (to the outside portion) at 9 as well and let them begin sampling beer rather than just sit in line an extra 1.5 hrs. They will get to begin drinking at 10 outside, but not in the taproom until 10:30, as stated in the ticket info.

Hope that clarifies.

 

So still 9:00-10:30 for exclusively pre-sale people inside, I didn't realize you were talking about only outside for the new 9:30 time. Thank you for the response.

 

Here's hoping the forecasted rain holds off a bit or else it's going to be quite the drencher outside.

 

Dire Wolf Ponchos

 

Not a perfect solution but we will be putting up a couple 20x30 tents to provide some shelter. Hopefully it hits overnight or really late!

 

Will these bottles last a bit beyond the release or hard to say?

 

bottle costs? can't remember from the last release

 

Likely not except maybe the Coconut Cream Pie.

 

I saw it posted somewhere on FB.
Coconut Cream $8
BA Pi $8 (12oz)
Dire $9
Double espresso Canis $14
BA Canis $20
BA Coffee Vanilla Dire $20

 

Got a little ahead and bottled about 225 bombers of regular Pi today for the release. More will hit store shelves, albeit very limited quantities, next week or so.

Also look for limited distribution of Oktoberfest in the next week or two. About 100 cases of 500ml bottles planned.

 

Shit, I could have lost money on this one. We saw the FB post and I was gonna put money on the "unannounced" beer was gonna be Oktoberfest 500mls.

Edit to ask, 1 bottle of regular Pi per person probably?