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Cask Days 2017

Post details, reviews and recaps of interesting beer events in Ontario and elsewhere here.

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Cask Days 2017

Post by Provost Drunk »

Surprised that there isn't already a thread going for Cask Days this year.

List of participating breweries is now out:

http://festival.caskdays.com/producers

In addition to the NY feature, there are some returning breweries from Oregon and California from years' past and a few from Maine as well.

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Post by JerCraigs »

I personally don't really pay attention to all the pre-announcements. It's the full beer list that I'm excited to see! Fair play to those who do want to see it though. Adds to the fun!

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Post by lister »

Yeah I'm waiting for the full beer list too. I wish they could be confirmed and released earlier, preferably ahead of when tickets go on sale. *HINT* *HINT* Festival organizers... I've pretty much stopped going to other festivals because of this.
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Post by ChrisK »

Looking for someone to trade two general admission Session 3 or 4 tickets (yours) for two general admission Session 2 tickets (mine).

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Post by bm87 »

I have 1 ticket to "Ralph's Reality Tour" during the Saturday afternoon (12-5pm) session for sale. Unfortunately I have to be out of town that weekend.

I paid $102, tax included, willing to entertain any offer.

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Post by lister »

https://twitter.com/CaskDays/status/916313694342123521

"The beer list will be announced the day before the event"

:-? :( :x ?!?!?!?!
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Post by DeMarco »

That's annoying.

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Post by lister »

Yeah no kidding. I like some time to figure out what I'll be having. Especially this year since I'm only going one day. Sigh! :evil:
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Post by DeMarco »

I feel your pain. I think last year I looked up nearly every damn beer on untappd then made a list of what I wanted to try.

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Post by Craig »

It's got to be super hard to reliably put out a list of the beers that will actually make it to a festival, especially when you're going with cask beers. I get why they struggle to get it to us promptly.

That said, the imports must be known a little in advance. It would be nice to just get that list a few days ahead, especially since that's where I'm going to do most of my research.

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Post by Provost Drunk »

That's horrible news regarding the release date of the beer list. I'm out of town on business the day before the event; I have no idea how I'll find the time to figure out what to target. I'm a huge fan of this event, but I do intend to drop an email to the organizers to express my concern with the lack of notice and I encourage others to do the same in hopes of improving things for future years. I understand it's not feasible to get the list out when tickets go on sale, and I am ok buying on blind faith that there will be enough interesting beers to make it worthwhile. But this isn't like one of those typical beerfests where you can casually stroll through the vendors and figure out what's pouring on the spot. The sheer size of the event in terms of both beer list and number of people demands that you come in with a plan of attack or risk missing out.

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Post by Provost Drunk »

I followed through and sent an email. Tomas was god enough to send a quick response and apparently they will now release the list the Monday before the festival, which makes a huge difference and has put my mind at ease.

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Post by northyorksammy »

Provost Drunk wrote:I followed through and sent an email. Tomas was god enough to send a quick response and apparently they will now release the list the Monday before the festival, which makes a huge difference and has put my mind at ease.
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Post by Cass »

FOBAB in Chicago doesn't release their beer list until you walk in the front door. Last year they had 400 beers. I kind of like the surprise of walking in and exploring, but I understand that people want to target certain beers to try.

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Post by lister »

Good to know they're releasing it earlier now.
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