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columbusbeerfest.comCD101 and the Big Joe Duskin Music Foundation presents the inaugural COLUMBUS WINTER BEERFEST on January 14 & 15 at the Columbus Convention Center. http://www.columbusbeerfest.com 60,000 square feet of Craft Beer, great Music, and great times! Sample beers from down the street and across the country! Tickets are $30 in advance/$40 at door if it doesn't sell out like in May....so get yours TODAY! A limited number of VIP Tickets remain that get you in 1 Hour Early and a larger sampling glass. Friday's bands are TWO COW GARAGE & GHOST, Saturday it's the PHANTODS & THE RECEIVER! Celebrating Independent Craft Brewers and Columbus' Independent Radio Station...CD101 at 102.5! We also are still looking for Volunteers to pour/drink/pour beer as well. If interested in that, email us at volunteer@columbusbeerfest.com
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Columbus Winter Beerfest!
January 14 & 15 At The Greater Columbus Convention Center

Tickets On Sale NOW !

Until Xmas, Get VIP for the price of General Admission!

Get Yours Today Before We Sell Out Again.

If you missed our inaugural Columbus Beerfest in May, 2010, You'll Be Happy To Know We're Doing It All Over Again! We'll Now Have A Winter Beerfest & A Summer Beerfest In May Every Year.

150 Craft Beers To Celebrate!

Including Every Beer Brewed In Central Ohio!

Exclusive Brewery Reserve Kegs & The Largest # Of Brewery Reps Attending!

New! Beerfest Souvenirs!
2x The Space As 2010!
4x The Entry Points!
Bonus Attractions!
VIP Glass Option!

VIP Sessions: 6:30 p.m. Start
Grand Tasting Sessions: 7:30 p.m. Start
Last Pour At 10:45p.m. - Event Closes At 11:00p.m.

MORE: http://columbusbeerfest.org

Posted 1 year ago #
AmyJ

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Anyone attending or volunteering? I'll be pouring on Friday night.

Posted 1 year ago #
jarsloth
west side
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Think the wife and I are going to try to go on Friday when it opens.

Posted 1 year ago #
juliana

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I'll be pouring Saturday night! Really excited for this.

Posted 1 year ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Photos from the first event back in May:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/1st-annual-columbus-beerfest-at-the-convention-center

Posted 1 year ago #
futureman
Grandview Heights
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I'm standing this one out the last one left a bad taste in my mouth. I'll be looking forward to the review of the event to see if they learned from their mistakes last year.

Posted 1 year ago #
ohiogirlie74
Short North/ Italian Village
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Volunteering on Saturday, sounds like it'll be fun. I calculated the beer volume,and it's nearly 8 pints if you use all 25 tickets. Scandalous!

Posted 1 year ago #
Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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i'd love to go, but the joys of owning a truck mean you gotta help family move...to Nashville...

Posted 1 year ago #
Porky
C-Bus' East Side
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I'm going looking forward to it.

futureman wrote >>
I'll be looking forward to the review of the event to see if they learned from their mistakes last year.

What mistakes were made last year, just curious?

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0Angle
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ohiogirlie74 wrote >>
Volunteering on Saturday, sounds like it'll be fun. I calculated the beer volume,and it's nearly 8 pints if you use all 25 tickets. Scandalous!

When I was asked why I wanted tickets in exchange for beer, I replied that the tickets would reduce the likelihood that someone would throw up on my shoes. I said it last year and IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll say it again; Eat before you go! It was a blast last year, but the VIP tastings were unorganized and subsequently chaotic. Hopefully, this year everyone will be more prepared. IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m excited to share Auld Curiosity, Abbey Normal, a fresh batch of Frambwha?, Four Seas Imperial IPA, Christmas Ale (I saved a keg), Scottish, Pale and Ivan Porter! Come say Hi! @ the BarleyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s taps...

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melikecheese
Merion Village
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Porky wrote >>
I'm going looking forward to it.

futureman wrote >>
I'll be looking forward to the review of the event to see if they learned from their mistakes last year.

What mistakes were made last year, just curious?

One entrance line (fixed already)

No places to sit (Fixed already)

Problems solved! I will be going back on Friday, the first one was a lot of fun, minus no places to sit, that one was weird, I mean bring in a thousand people to hang out and drink, but whoops, we forgot seats!

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Snarf
Dystopia
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I hope to avoid some of last years issues by going early for the VIP time on Friday. Should be fun, I mean eight pints as a previous poster pointed out...awesome!

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futureman
Grandview Heights
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melikecheese wrote >>

Porky wrote >>
I'm going looking forward to it.

futureman wrote >>
I'll be looking forward to the review of the event to see if they learned from their mistakes last year.

What mistakes were made last year, just curious?

One entrance line (fixed already)
No places to sit (Fixed already)
Problems solved! I will be going back on Friday, the first one was a lot of fun, minus no places to sit, that one was weird, I mean bring in a thousand people to hang out and drink, but whoops, we forgot seats!

The signs did not not match what the tables served so I couldn't find what I was looking for.

People volunteering had no idea what they were pouring so they couldn't answer even a basic question

Atmosphere was more of a house party feel instead of a tasting (due in part because the dense crowds)

Not enough space (being addressed this year)

No place to sit, except for the mezzanines but it got tiresome going up and down the steps every 15 minutes. Additionally the mezzanines were pretty filthy even at the start of the event (on Saturday of last year)

I kind of felt like they just went to local distributor and picked a truck load of beer and called it a beer tasting because of a lack actual breweries being involvement. I believe they only had a handful of breweries attending last year, most local.

Sounds like they are taking care of the most annoying issue, not enough space, so hopefully it'll have a different result this year.

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Twixlen
Westgate, Columbus
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melikecheese wrote >>

Porky wrote >>
I'm going looking forward to it.

futureman wrote >>
I'll be looking forward to the review of the event to see if they learned from their mistakes last year.

What mistakes were made last year, just curious?

One entrance line (fixed already)
No places to sit (Fixed already)
Problems solved! I will be going back on Friday, the first one was a lot of fun, minus no places to sit, that one was weird, I mean bring in a thousand people to hang out and drink, but whoops, we forgot seats!

In spite of knowing that it was 20 drink tickets per person, they didn't have them divvied up, but were counting out (laboriously) 20 tickets individually.

Then, when we got in, it turned out that the tickets were all but superfluous, considering we were only asked a couple times for them.

Also - the flow of people from table/brewer in and out was terrible... a hoard would decend on a table, you'd fight your way in, then have to fight your way back out.

It was a fun event, but reminded me of the disastrously disorganized Slice of Columbus.

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Snarf
Dystopia
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The clueless pourers was a slap in the face for sure for a beer tasting, but I quit caring after ten or so of those heavy duty cups of beer.

Posted 1 year ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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We've got four free tickets to give away today!

You can enter to win, here:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/columbus-winter-beerfest-2011-ticket-giveaway

Posted 1 year ago #
berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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there are no food vendors?!?!

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Snarf
Dystopia
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Goose Island has a belgium tasting with cheese..but yeah..

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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Pretty sure the convention center has internal food vendors. There were "food court" type options there last year. I've heard that bringing in external food vendors is a challenge at the GCCC.

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Twixlen
Westgate, Columbus
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berdawn wrote >>
there are no food vendors?!?!

Last time, the event space kitchen/counter/thingie was serving nachos & fries.

We were a little sad there were no other food offerings.

I did see a whole group of people with pretzel necklaces, so there's an idea for a handy snack!

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