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Is anyone heading to the Fredericton Craft Beer Festival? My wife is suggesting we go this year. Who am I to argue? She was able to grab one VIP ticket and one regular ticket. If anyone is heading there from our of town, any suggestions on where to stay?

Thanks

At least a dozen Brewnosers going, myself and EZ included. We're staying at the Crowne Plaza, literally right across the street from the venue, and with 3min walk to King Street Ale House, or Lunar Rogue. 5min more to Picaroons Brewtique.

Some smart, handsome, blogger (I think it was berley) posted the link to a preferred rate at CP: $109+tax for either one king bed or two queens. I just checked, and they still have availability for Fri and Sat night.

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(in case it needs to be said, we get no kickback or benefit from that link, just sharing the beer love, like always!)

ps. Yay! I know we'll have a good time. Last year's was very well run, and this year will see even more breweries there, including ... HAMMOND RIVER!! Also of note will be brand new Red Rover Cider, Railcar Brewing (we really, really hope), and new favourites Boxing Rock, Bridge and The Big Man from Big Spruce.

chalmers wrote:ps. Yay! I know we'll have a good time. Last year's was very well run, and this year will see even more breweries there, including ... HAMMOND RIVER!! Also of note will be brand new Red Rover Cider, Railcar Brewing (we really, really hope), and new favourites Boxing Rock, Bridge and The Big Man from Big Spruce.

Woo hoo! Tickets purchased, hotel booked and babysitter arranged for the weekend. Looking forward to a great time!

PEIBeerGuy and I will be there!

I will be there as well and staying at the Crowne Plaza, if anybody is heading out for some food in the afternoon I would love to meet up. Given the posted brewery line-up, a strong food base is probably a good pre-festival idea.

- chicanuck

I've got my tickets and I'll be staying in the same hotel with a buddy of mine. Should be a good time!

Will definitely going out for food before, either lunar rogue or King Street ale house.
Also will plan on having a few beers in the hotel room after the fest.

Yep - food before, beer after - will be a fun night!

Tickets are now sold out... apparently as of just a couple hours ago.

We were on a waiting list to upgrade our second ticket to VIP - got the email this afternoon that one more came available!

LeafMan66_67 wrote:We were on a waiting list to upgrade our second ticket to VIP - got the email this afternoon that one more came available!

How do you get on that list?

LiverDance wrote:

LeafMan66_67 wrote:We were on a waiting list to upgrade our second ticket to VIP - got the email this afternoon that one more came available!

How do you get on that list?

There was a drop down list to be added to a wait list for VIP but it's not there anymore (Virginia handled the whole thing so I didn't see it) . Looks like they may have added her to the wrong wait list for the second VIP ticket, so we are still 1 general, 1 VIP.

I was looking at the list of brews a day or two ago. Looks good. I must say, I'm pretty stoked to go eat some good grub, take home what good brews I can, drink all I can at the fest, and have a general good time with all of us planning on going & staying at the CP.

PEIBeerGuy wrote:I was looking at the list of brews a day or two ago. Looks good. I must say, I'm pretty stoked to go eat some good grub, take home what good brews I can, drink all I can at the fest, and have a general good time with all of us planning on going & staying at the CP.

Both my wife and I are really looking forward to it!

Was just going to check on this thread and weigh in: looking forward to the fest quite a bit too! As many of us are staying at the CP, we might try and keep the party going after in someone's room, so maybe bring a bottle or two to share? New members/friends are welcome, be sure to post your intentions here so we know to look out for you.

Folks from away: if you have requests for Brewnosers glassware (from this thread) or stickers (from this thread), warn me and I will bring some with me. Likewise if you have requests from Premier, NSLC, Garrison, Propeller, Bridge, etc.

I need ALL requests in by Thursday at noon so I can act on them.

I will bring some Bad Apple Brewhouse beer for the after party.

HPhunter wrote:I will bring some Bad Apple Brewhouse beer for the after party.

What are the chances of a few bottles falling off the truck between Amherst and Sackville?

To be a little different, and to bring something probably nobody's had, I picked up a bottle of the new hard cider from Arlington Orchards on PEI.
http://arlingtonorchards.com/cider.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Taking orders for a drop off while on route! Pm me if interested.

HPhunter wrote:Taking orders for a drop off while on route! Pm me if interested.

Will be in touch this week for an order for the SAAZ folks.

HPhunter wrote:Taking orders for a drop off while on route! Pm me if interested.

What do they have available at the moment?

Bottles and growler of APA
Growlers of DIPA

Sadly I will not be making it to this....wish I had seen it earlier while tickets were still available.

But is anyone that is attending going to be in the general area of Daves shop between now and then? Am placing an order from him this week for about 30lbs worth of stuff, if I could have it find its way to PEI with out paying canadapost it would be ideal.

Denis: yes, actually, I was just chatting with Dave, and believe I could help get it to Fredericton. After that, it'll need to be handed off to someone else.

Re: tickets, check out my blog link below for possible help with that.