Bank of America Stadium to host inaugural Untappd Beer Festival

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, MechaZain said:

I've never been to a major one like this but waiting for beer ain't super common. After the initial hour or so you're just walking up and tasting whatever. I get wasted at them so I had to stop going, but beer festivals are great fun if you like trying new beers.

Yeah, try going to a major one...

[LinvilleGorge]

9 minutes ago, Skack25 said:

The problem I have, is that I tend to drink craft beers like I would a regular old piss beer....  Which ends, much, much worse.

That said, I'll probably go.

I love the current trend toward lower ABV session beers. Don't get me wrong, I love a good 9%+ double IPA or imperial stout, but there's a time and a place for everything. When I'm trying to drink several over the course of a game or an afternoon out on the boat, gimme something in the 4-5% range instead.

[therealmjl]

52 minutes ago, Johnny Rockets said:

I enjoy beer of all types but never had a desire to attend a beer festival. I imagine them all being an over crowded mess of drunken bros, waiting in long lines for undersized beers. Am I wrong?

Bingo

[therealmjl]

5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I love the current trend toward lower ABV session beers. Don't get me wrong, I love a good 9%+ double IPA or imperial stout, but there's a time and a place for everything. When I'm trying to drink several over the course of a game or an afternoon out on the boat, gimme something in the 4-5% range instead.

This too

[therealmjl]

I like my beer to taste like beer 

[TheSpecialJuan]

how exciting 

[Lumps]

1 hour ago, Johnny Rockets said:

That's the other thing. I always assumed the male/female ratio to be something like 85%/15% at these things. Not so?

Not even close. Women love beer too, especially craft beer and the social environment.

It is crowded and there are lines.

I guess it depends on how social you are and how much you enjoy new beer.

I used to like them but I am the type that finds what I like best and tend to stick to it beer/drink wise. I like trying new tastes and don’t mind the crowds or lines but at the end of the day it’s not worth it to me.

Especially when the social crowd is young, hispter type who crave and I mean CRAVE attention and debates.

As far as drinks go it should be of relatively low concern, it’s pretty rare people get poo faced at these things.

[Still Brooklyn]

When I lived in Uptown back in the day I seem to recall one at Memorial Stadium and the douche meter was off the charts.

[TPanther920]

Fight the crowd for more pissy tasting IPAs ....no thanks.

 

[Panthro]

7 hours ago, Johnny Rockets said:

I enjoy beer of all types but never had a desire to attend a beer festival. I imagine them all being an over crowded mess of drunken bros, waiting in long lines for undersized beers. Am I wrong?

I've seen what you drink. Much Ultra Grapefruit went out of style many moons ago

[RoaringRiot]

Guys on an internet message board talking poo about the demographics of a beer festival is pure comedy. 

[stratopanther]

Beer festivals are fun. Untappd is a really cool app. 

[Johnny Rockets]

4 hours ago, RoaringRiot said:

Guys on an internet message board talking poo about the demographics of a beer festival is pure comedy. 

I was just asking!!!!!!!!!! Never been to one and had stereotypes in my mind of what they were like. 

[Johnny Rockets]

9 hours ago, Panthro said:

I've seen what you drink. Much Ultra Grapefruit went out of style many moons ago

Imagine my surprise/disappointment when they took it off the shelves for good after one season! They received more than one strongly worded email from me I promise you that! .......and it was Tuscan Orange Grapefruit Mich Ultra thank you.