RDS Craft Beer Festival 2015

symbolic

Worst thread ever

Penkins

Stick my name in the glass please

Creamy Goodness

Can you please stick my name in the glass, unless Milo, Harrisson and Tarquin will be there :pac:

snowblind

Put my name up too please!

ronano

Stick me in the glass!

limnam

I'll jump in too !

aceygray

Put my name in please!

Yarghhh

Me too please

yknaa

If you do not win why not join Beoir? Members receive a very generous discount on admission prices with their current membership card. Well done Beoir!

irish_goat

Some of the specials listed here. http://www.hotpress.com/Irish-Craft-Beer--Cider-Festival/news/Countdown-to-the-Irish-Craft-Beer--Cider-Festival/14880981.html

testaccount123

Nice writeup on the Festival

http://thebrew.ie/banter-1/2015/8/20/a-guide-to-surviving-the-irish-craft-beer-festival

tomhalloween

count me in also please.

Buona Fortuna

Another competion for Boardsies

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057481122

BMJD

I want free stuff and I want it now

Ronan|Raven

For the non ticket winning thread..

I notice it is starting later this year on the Saturday, I seem to remember getting in at 12:30 last year..

Anyone fancy a meetup on the Saturday? There are a few of us meeting at around 2pm before the rush... a gentle stroll, talk to the brewers / wreck their heads.

L1011

Considering the dire news about Friday opening times you've just delivered me, it'll be Saturday for me after all so this is very possible.

Red Wolf

Count me in

stampydmonkey

Me too...monkey go stampy with beer

matrim

L1011 wrote: »

Considering the dire news about Friday opening times you've just delivered me, it'll be Saturday for me after all so this is very possible.

Dire news? It's 5.30 until 12.30. Thought it was the same last year.

Disappointed that they have dropped the Sunday. It was usually a nice relaxed day that was busy without being jammed

oblivious

I will be there

oblivious

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

For the non ticket winning thread .

Who knows, Beoir may have more tickets to give away

MonkstownHoop

Will be Saturday after 4 for me, would go Thursday but last year's Friday hangover in work is still fresh in my mind

bnt

Include me in, please! I have the Friday free, so beer would be perfect.

Losty Dublin

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Sure be Rude not to put my name in the glass.

Half price entry and Galway bay vouchers, that beoir membership pays for itself

And 10% off Drinkstore's Irish beers and ciders.

John Mason

Me please

Losty Dublin

On advice from somebody here, I went on the Thursday in 2013 and found it to be enjoyable and again in 2014. The brewers had all the time in the world to chat to you, beer (And merchandise if that's your thing as well.) was plentiful, you have heaps of room to move around in the room without a worry and there was little in the way of queues at the bars for the evening. Also, the earlier finish was grand as I didn't want it to become a piss up.

The one downside was that a few beers weren't on and one bar wasn't staffed. To be honest this wasn't a major issue given that it was a couple of beers out of over 100 others though if it was something you had head a lot about and wanted to try then yeah it would be a big deal.

Ronan|Raven

oblivious wrote: »

Who knows, Beoir may have more tickets to give away

I won some last year and have my members card for the discount !

BMJD

is it in the same hall as usual?

the one that was used for the other festival around Paddy's Day was a lot better imo

oblivious

BMJD wrote: »

is it in the same hall as usual?

the one that was used for the other festival around Paddy's Day was a lot better imo

Yep

The other Hall got book out first I believe

L1011

matrim wrote: »

Dire news? It's 5.30 until 12.30. Thought it was the same last year.

Disappointed that they have dropped the Sunday. It was usually a nice relaxed day that was busy without being jammed

Paddys Day festival opened earlier in the day, and I have this coming Friday off work already for another reason, hence I was hoping to be in and out suitably full by about 7 :pac:

The Nal

Me please!

Lovely Bloke

Is it Pint Glasses this year? Website says 7%+ beers are filled to the 2/3s mark.

Losty Dublin

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Is it Pint Glasses this year? Website says 7%+ beers are filled to the 2/3s mark.

The half glasses had a 2/3 mark on them
last year, didn't they?

irish_goat

Cheers everyone for entering. There was 71 posts in the thread so I put those numbers into random.org, first number out of the hat was post number 61. That's me! So we went again and post number 15 came out so the winner is Passenger! PM me your name and I'll put you down on the guestlist.

There's another chance to win on the Beoir Facebook and Twitter pages.(yes, you can enter both).
https://twitter.com/BeoirOrg
https://www.facebook.com/BeoirOrg

And as mentioned, you can join Beoir and get half price entry as well.

tang1

Would there be much hassle paying on the door on Saturday, i.e a wait to get in?

BeerNut

It's always busy on the Saturday. Go as early as you can.

Passenger

That's fantastic. Thanks a million.

PM sent.

L1011

Losty Dublin wrote: »

The half glasses had a 2/3 mark on them
last year, didn't they?

Yes, which is 1/3rd of a pint which can make it a bit confusing if you call it "2/3rds mark" - especially considering it says "1/3rd pint" on it.

Ronan|Raven

Opening time is now 12pm on the Saturday.

oblivious

Just a reminder that competition for tickets is still running till this evening if you have not entered

https://twitter.com/BeoirOrg

https://www.facebook.com/BeoirOrg

poitinstill

are they going to release a menu on pdf before the event .. helps to have a plan

The Nal

poitinstill wrote: »

are they going to release a menu on pdf before the event .. helps to have a plan

NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!

oblivious

poitinstill wrote: »

are they going to release a menu on pdf before the event .. helps to have a plan

There is a live menu. this can be updated of festival specials on Beoir.org

BeerNut

poitinstill wrote: »

are they going to release a menu on pdf before the event .. helps to have a plan

A spirited attempt is being made at an app, but it depends on the brewers supplying accurate information, and in eight years of attending beer festivals in Ireland I have never known that to work. Besides, not everything will be available all the time.

Creamy Goodness

BeerNut wrote: »

A spirited attempt is being made at an app, but it depends on the brewers supplying accurate information, and in eight years of attending beer festivals in Ireland I have never known that to work. Besides, not everything will be available all the time.

I'm willing to lend a hand here if needed. the current day job is making apps, probably too late to be offering though

oblivious

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

I'm willing to lend a hand here if needed. the current day job is making apps, probably too late to be offering though

There is someone on it. But the information can be slow to be supplied or sometime changes with out notice

BeerNut

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

I'm willing to lend a hand here if needed.

The vans are probably being loaded today and tomorrow so it's just a question of going to each brewery and making a note of what's written on the barrels going in. I doubt there's any other way of getting the information.

Creamy Goodness

oblivious wrote: »

There is someone on it. But the information can be slow to be supplied or sometime changes with out notice

, story of the life of an app developer. Always waiting on info, then when it comes it's already changed .

Great to have the list on beoir anyways, I've already got my highlighter out.

matrim

Hopefully the app this year is better than the buggy one they had last year

snowblind

You could just have webcams pointing at each of the stalls/menu boards and that's the menu.

But also part of the excitement for me is when stuff comes available while I'm browsing the floor as a surprise, so exact offering at a given time isn't necessary for me. Maybe a list of all beers the breweries will be offering at some point of the festival to know what to keep an eye for / what to ask about.