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NY Brewfest 2010: Get on the Boat

Apr 9th, 2010 by

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9 Responses to “NY Brewfest 2010: Get on the Boat”

  1. The Hops Honey says:
    April 11, 2010 at 10:58 am

    LOVE it!!! When I read your twitter post I thought, “elephant races??? how could I miss that on the event website!!!” lol Great preview – can’t wait for it to be June 19th already! :)
    ~HH~

  2. David Flaherty says:
    April 11, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    Nothing makes an event better than adding a pack of elephants, I always say. And it’s not too late to rally the organizers to include them! Thanks for writing in, Hops Honey, and looking forward to seeing you there! Should be a spectacular Saturday…

  3. David (pampdog) Palmer says:
    April 12, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    Wish I could be there. Tip one (or thirty-seven) for me.

  4. David Flaherty says:
    April 13, 2010 at 9:16 am

    David, yep, it will definitely be more like 37. I highly encourage a road trip to make this one…we’ll make it worth your while

  5. Sandy says:
    May 11, 2010 at 6:50 am

    I always appreciate a different approach on things, thanks for sharing.

  6. terroirNY says:
    June 17, 2010 at 7:20 pm

    Asphalt Aspen! RT @grapesandgrains: This Saturday. Its on. Endless pints and endless sun at #nybrewfest. http://bit.ly/bNQKTV

  7. anany says:
    June 20, 2010 at 8:25 am

    just an fyi, 2010 was not fun. the ferries to and from were extremely unmanaged and ruined a good day. the handlers or bouncers or what ever you call them were horrible and clearly had no idea what they were doing they were aggressive and i saw one actually physically attack a woman to stop 1 person from advancing to the ferry. horrible experience

  8. David Flaherty says:
    June 20, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    Whoa, sorry to hear that was your experience; that sucks! Yeah, it definitely seemed like they sold more tickets than the size of the venue would comfortably allow. Luckily, we got there for the early session when lines were short and you can check off tons of beers from the list. But by 6 pm, the lines were at least fifty deep and people were waiting 15-20 minutes to get a 3-oz pour.

    We had a blast but ended up leaving around 6 pm because it was just too crowded….

    Got to give them props for a successful event but next time they need to rethink the number of tickets up for grabs.

  9. Mike D says:
    June 20, 2010 at 1:45 pm

    This was by far the worst beerfest I have ever been to. It took forever to get to the island, it took forever to get to the entrance, it took forever to get in to the actual festival, and the lines were ridculously long. Way too many people on the island, not enough beers, poorly managed, just a horrible experience. We left after being there for about only an hour, just not fun at all. I paid sixty bucks for this? WHAT A SCAM.

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