Big Texas Beer Fest

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ejonsson
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Big Texas Beer Fest

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I don't know if anyone has heard about this yet. There is going to be a beer festival at Fair Park in April.

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I saw this too. Looks like tickets are $35 for general admission that includes a taster glass. There's a VIP ticket for $60 that gets you in an hour early and includes a brew caddy.

You get a tasting card good for 12 2oz samples. Additional cards are available for $2.

It looks like a good event. 300+ beers and you can ride the train down to Fair Park.

Who's going?
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Seeing as it's just around the corner from us, the wife and I will be there.


On a side note - 2oz. samples?? This must be a blue law restriction.
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hmmm $35 and two additional cards, total $39 for 36 oz's.. slightly more than $1 and oz... I think I'll just go over to WF, they give samples for free :lol:
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RobDrechsler wrote:hmmm $35 and two additional cards, total $39 for 36 oz's.. slightly more than $1 and oz... I think I'll just go over to WF, they give samples for free :lol:
You're a little off. Additional cards are a quantity of (12) 2-oz. samples = 24 more ounces. That's 48 oz. of beer for a mere $39. Now that's a bargain! :P Whatever - I'm still going to go and have a good time.

Look at it this way. Admission to the event is $35 with 12 complimentary samples. Additional samples are 16-2/3 cents each. How could you possibly pass that up?
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If you are just counting the cost against the beer, then yes, it is not a cheap event. But they will have live music too. Besides, it supports the local beer scene, something Dallas has been woefully lacking.
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Finally bought tickets for my wife and I to go. I sprung for the VIP tickets since that will get us into the Deep Ellum Brewery party later in the day. Any other NTHBA'ers going??
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I will be there. Decided to do VIP also.
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Very cool. I'll probably be there with my NTHBA work shirt on.
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Check out the No Label booth. Tell Jacob you like the giant head on the side of his car. :)
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mtodd wrote:Check out the No Label booth. Tell Jacob you like the giant head on the side of his car. :)
Will that get me something special ?:)
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Probably not but if you tell him who told you to say that he will probably get a laugh out of it. Jacob was a volunteer at No Label with me and he just went to work for them part time doing marketing and stuff. He is also a realtor and has one of those wraps on his car that features his face covering more than the entire door on both sides of the car. I always give him crap about it. :D
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