GrumpyPaul
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I know its early - and we have GABS to get through first but the date for the Ballarat Beer Festival 2014 has been set.
Mark it in your calendars.
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Mark it in your calendars.
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SergeMarx said:I went last year and enjoyed it to a point - quite a few good brewers. this year - also quite a few good brewers, but.... When I go home, sun-stroked from lack of shade (forgot my hat - refused to pay $30 for a shitty straw one with BBF logo it), head-ached from lack of easily available water ($4 a bottle at one tiny little store, or find a tap on the oval), sunburned because the only free sunscreen was at St John's Ambos at the back (or pay $10 for tiny tube at front), sober, because each 100ml sample takes you ten to 15 minutes to get hold of, and broke, because hell, $50 entry + $40 in tickets and all i got was one hamburger and two pints. Also, I was subjected to shitty music the whole time.
Complete rip off.
This kind of insane money grubbing gives the entire craft beer industry a bad name, as do the swarms of cashed up bogans who use such events just to get smashed and act like complete tools further ruining the day..
$90: one hamburger, 2 pints. Sunburned and sober. Never again.
I am pissed off about this, because I want craft beer events to occur - but why should I be paying for the privilege of paying for more beer to a event organizer that can't do simple things like provide free water, enough shade near the booths and sunscreen?
At B'rat it's $2 a token (minimum purchase of 10), which at 100ml tastes is $20 per litre (or $15 at Geelong for the $1.50 tokens) - and yeah, that's not even outrageous, I'd pay that happily.to get the variety you get at these things. But $50 just to walk in? Suddenly you're up to $70 for your litre of samples and how is that good value? At that point the event doesn't exist in order to showcase craft beer, it exists to make shit loads of cash. And even that I don't have a problem with providing the event organizers provide more for that money than entry, shitty music and an opportunity to sample beer. Oh, and a plastic wine glass on a lanyard. At least at Geelong we got a proper little mini pot glass.Yob said:@ $1.50 per taster, which on the rare occasions I got one were always poured over.. I pay more for pints in the pub.. (of craft beer)
I wasnt gunna chime in on this one, but $10.50 for over a litre isnt bad.
GrumpyPaul said:I didnt make it to this one, but have been to the previous two....
But let me get my head around your feedback.
You went out on a hot summers day, forgot your own hat, sunscreen and water and its the fault of the event organiser?
You went to an event where there was lots of people and you didnt like that because it meant you had to queue up?
You went to an event that mecandise was being sold at inflated price?
I am not sure what you expected from an outdoor event i summer.....
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