tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post8055866817085916145..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: Is the Holiday Ale Fest Too Popular?Jeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-89465090195327364602008-12-05T15:34:00.000-08:002008-12-05T15:34:00.000-08:00I deliberately scheduled vacation for the first tw...I deliberately scheduled vacation for the first two days of the fest, knowing there would be special kegs tapped on those two days, and <I>thinking</I> that the crowds would be more restrained… and Wednesday <I>was</I> a spectacular night - getting to try all three Jim's, Scaldis Noël, Cascade's Vlad the Imp Aler, Firestone Walker's Saucerful of Secrets <I>and</I> Parabola (by mistake… :D), alongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-12163285757231415892008-12-04T11:05:00.000-08:002008-12-04T11:05:00.000-08:00I'm sorry Jeff.... No invite? Who'd ya piss off? ...I'm sorry Jeff.... <BR/><BR/>No invite? Who'd ya piss off? ;-}Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-47613526826953906352008-12-04T10:00:00.000-08:002008-12-04T10:00:00.000-08:00Yea, Jeff can get into the ol' Media preview party...<I>Yea, Jeff can get into the ol' Media preview party if they have/had one.</I><BR/><BR/>I didn't get an invite this year, I don't think. Or, if I did, it came during my New England trip, when I was profligately deleting emails. I might have mistaken an invite for a standard press release. Anyway, I probably wouldn't have gone, due to illness.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-17274128736366200902008-12-04T09:01:00.000-08:002008-12-04T09:01:00.000-08:00Wednesday at the HAF was a good scene. Not very cr...Wednesday at the HAF was a good scene. Not very crowded at all, but a nice turn out. It did appear to be a Beer Geek and Beer Snob haven, which is fine for me. No drunken slobs with Frat boy drinking attitudes. I can't stand that! Lots of guys sitting down and taking notes with their noses in a mug.... ;-}<BR/><BR/>I agree the tent is maxing out the ol' Pioneer Square, but like others, I go at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-34025898690639544332008-12-04T07:37:00.000-08:002008-12-04T07:37:00.000-08:00They've also opened up an upper level where some o...They've also opened up an upper level where some of the more special beers were pouring last night: Jim 06, 07 and 08 as well as the New Belgium Grand Cru (ick) and a few others. It's at the top level of Pioneer Square where the umbrella man statue is (he is covered in a plywood box for his/your protection). Crowds were pretty manageable last night, which Preston said he added especially for "theDave Seldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12391168733071293055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-59470805879325528122008-12-03T16:12:00.000-08:002008-12-03T16:12:00.000-08:00I'm going on Saturday in part because I've got a l...I'm going on Saturday in part because I've got a lingering cold, and I am not yet excited about a weekday fete. But like Iggi, weekdays when you work the next day aren't ideal. Still, it's an admirable move on the Fest's part.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I will be there at the crack of noon on Saturday. Now that we're in hoops season, I've shifted to a Blazers cap. Say hi if you see me.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-2751710158535468112008-12-03T13:32:00.000-08:002008-12-03T13:32:00.000-08:00iggir,1. flexible schedules, but even on weekends ...iggir,<BR/><BR/>1. flexible schedules, but even on weekends you can show up at opening and get a short period of peace.<BR/><BR/>Even other spaces get over crowded, i.e. OBF on Fri/Sat/Sun nights, and you need an indoors venue, so costs go up.<BR/><BR/>And the Spring beer fest isn't very crowded because it blows. 95% of the beers they have at that fest you can get cheaper at Safeway. Lucky Lab DA Beershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592377918990052792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-48231336211703026892008-12-03T13:04:00.000-08:002008-12-03T13:04:00.000-08:00i can't go any day except on the weekend so sucks ...i can't go any day except on the weekend so sucks for me.<BR/><BR/>weekdays are bad days to have beerfests anyway - don't any of you drunkards work? i can't function the day after i pound Hair of the Dog...it wouldn't fly for me to be incapacitated at work for half the week.<BR/><BR/>they need a bigger venue. they rake in the dough so why not rent space like the Spring Beerfest? screw downtownAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-11562542982585667582008-12-03T12:19:00.000-08:002008-12-03T12:19:00.000-08:00I take Friday off work, get there at the open and ...I take Friday off work, get there at the open and leave by 3pm. Seems to work for me. DA Beers said nailed it, the evenings suck no matter what.joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190744835642613081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-51920935243127726162008-12-03T11:33:00.000-08:002008-12-03T11:33:00.000-08:00Jeff,Why would you go Saturday? you know nothing i...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>Why would you go Saturday? you know nothing is going to change, the only way to enjoy this with minimal crowds is at opening during the weekdays. You probably got invited to the media event anyway, why would you torture yourself in those crowds?<BR/><BR/>Its not like the extra Wednesday will make much of a difference in the Friday/Sat/Sun evening crowds, those people will always goDA Beershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592377918990052792noreply@blogger.com