Zwanze Day @ WLV

yup. and if the final taplist is as good as the past two years, you definitely won't complain about the ticket price. the insane crowding, on the other hand...

 

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Still deciding if I am going to attend, I have a few questions though:

So the glasses go on sale at 10 but the event doesnt start til noon, do they sell out of glasses or do they have enough for everyone who comes? What do you do for those two hours? So the options are A)Buy a glass with the zwanze and iris pours for $50 B) Buy the glass without the zwanze and iris pours for $40 and C) Dont buy a glass and then can you still purchase drafts by the glass, or what? Sorry I am a Zwanze noob

 

i got there around 12/12:30 last year and the glasses were not sold out. i can't remember if it sold out ever last year and someone else can confirm that. what showing up at 12 did not do was let me into the bar across the street. that bar was only for people that showed up early and got a wrist band. other people that showed up later couldn't go into the other bar and sample everything in that bar (probably about 50-60% of the drafts) until after zwanze started to be poured.

now i didn't go last year earlier, but from what I heard if you got there at 9 or 10 you can leave and come back at noon, or you can stick around and they'll start pouring you samples (also a very good time to bring a whale or two and partake in the tasting in the back room).

A and B are the correct options. If you don't spend the extra $10 I guess that's your choice, but just stupid. I don't believe there is a C. No glass purchase - no pours.

 

Thanks for the response, great info there!

 

i was in line when the doors opened, and i didn't get a wristband. the whole wristband thing was confusing as hell because they didn't say anything about it at all until i tried to get in the bar and it seemed like the guy hugging the door didn't know anything either.

 

Are backpacks allowed? I'd like to bring a few bottles to share but don't want to carry them around with me by hand. Maybe I could dig up my bomber bag/man purse. I also remember reading in the thread from last year that someone wasn't allowed to leave WLV with a bottle unless they had a receipt for it, but the fact was that they had brought the bottle from home if I remember correctly. Hope to not get caught in a situation like that.

 

$50 is hopefully going to keep the size managable, or at least at capacity. They will have glasses for sale in the days after the event. Last year a WLV tulip was $10, hopefully this year it will actually have a logo on it.

 

yes bags are fine - just play it cool and don't be stupid and start drinking the beer outside. typical bottle share festival etiquette is fine. if you don't know the people sharing just introduce yourself, ask if they'd like to sample anything you brought and they'll do the same.

really from what i saw last year there was only one place in the back of WLV that open bottles were being shared. it's not like people are walking around WLV with open bottles giving out samples to people everywhere in the store. it's very laid back. (so you shouldn't run into an issue with leaving the store with a bottle from home because you shouldn't be leaving with that bottle anyway as it should be empty )

also on the backpack - if you have one on just remember that it gets PACKED in this place and walking thru groups of people with a backpack on can be a pain and not everyone that drinks for 4 hours is friendly.

 

I'll be going for the first time, you think a bottle of the Bruery Bottleworks XII is worthy of bringing to share? It's one of my favorite sours. But it's not rare like some of the bottles I hear that have been shared there.

 

Think I'm going to make a trek down to Chicago for this. If any of you guys see a tall guy in a cat shirt absolutely tore up, say hi and give me a little of your pour of iris grand cru!

 

Looking forward to my first Zwanze Day at WLV. Should be a great time.

 

any chance we could get a rabbi over to WLV to conduct a quick service? that way i can kill two birds. . . .

 

"Nah, let him through. Lazer cat drinks for free."

 

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

If i read correctly, this is a cash only event correct?

 

If you want in on the dice game, yes.

 

As is the rule with any beer event these days; interest has grown exponentially in the past year alone—so if you think you'll be okay getting a glass at noon, go at 10. Last year seemed pretty chill about getting a glass. I'm guessing (not hoping, guessing) that those days are over, and this year will be a fiasco. Your best bet, always, is to show up as early as you can to get your glass/ticket, and then come back if you have other obligations.

 

and that comment adds the proverbial fuel to the fire