Comments on: Ten Tips to Rock a Beer Festival

By: Jennifer Litz

Jennifer Litz — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:56:45 +0000

Yeah, I second that, and I’m also dumb. Look at me in the pic; I look drunk, but it’s from the night before.

By: John

John — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:55:25 +0000

One more tip: Don’t get trashed the night before a festival, it’ll be far less enjoyable.

You’d think this would be common sense but, well, I’m dumb.

By: John

John — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:52:59 +0000

Who eats Chipotle before a beer fest? What an idiot that guy is. Unless he is obsessed with Potle, then it makes perfect sense.

How about a tip for the brewers: Make the choices more visible before patrons reach the taps, that way people have already decided rather than taking up precious time reading the descriptions and slowly making a decision.

By: Tamre

Tamre — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:10:37 +0000

If you can exit and re-enter the event, take a cooler with a case a bottled water. Also take a spare roll of TP. (Obviously I’m a chick.)

Guys, if you want to get welcome attention from women (not the oh my God that guy just puked on his shoes! attention), invest in a portable breathalyser. We were enthralled with blowing into that thing at Ale Fest last year.

Beer festivals are not match.com meet ups. Don’t expect anyone to give you their number.

By: Jennifer Litz

Jennifer Litz — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:54:04 +0000

Ha ha ha! I welcome your addendums to the list, Phil. I’m sure there are things I’ve left off. One: If you don’t want to get made fun of by beer nurds, don’t go up to a Belgian or German brewery and ask for “the hoppiest thing they got.”

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:50:25 +0000

This is very helpful, and very funny. Clearly, a lot of these are written for girls, but it’s good that you pointed that out.

I, for one, try to stay away from wearing clunky heels, especially at beer festivals. And if you think having a drunken guy talking to YOU is bad, try being a dude in that situation. You can pretend to feign interest for only so long before you want to wind up and clock the bastard.

Regarding drink tickets, I do think it’s kind of lame, but it does keep the drunk population to a minimum, especially at things such as Strong Ale festivals. When I poured at the Real Ale Festival in Chicago, I wouldn’t take anyone’s ticket, unless the booth supervisor was standing there. The Great American Beer Festival is an all-you-can-drink situation. But with one-ounce pours, it feels a bit stingy.

Great post, and Happy Beerfest Season!