Remember tickets go on sale July 30th at 10AM MST. Expect TicketMaster to screw up again (they are contracted with them for the "foreseeable future"), have a TM login ready and your AHA number ready. Also have your smart phone ready as last year that as the only way to buy tickets for a while.
Unfortunately Warehouse Enforcer Scott/Nikobrew North can't make it this year. I won't have a booth or anything but I will definitely be there. I touch down Wednesday at 10 and fly out Sunday at 4.
My goal is to just get into the members only session and spend the rest of the time at beer bars and breweries. There are a ton of events going on and I'm also going to try to put together a group for a VIP tour at New Belgium. It's supposed to be for industry folk so if you want to join myself and whoever else goes you'll be a Nikobrew rep
I'm staying at the Ramada Midtown, its cheap and has a bar with no good beer but plenty of liquor to top off any night. When I called them to ask if I could get the same rate as last year they said no and they were filling up quick. On their site it was $80/night and Kayak.com found a room for $63/night + tax for two double beds or one queen. It's a dingy motel but it gets the job done and is about an $8 cab ride from Falling Rock and has a free shuttle to anywhere within a few miles or so (I forget how many miles, but the convention center is in that radius).
If anybody else wants to share their plans here feel free to do so, I hope to see you there, I'll be the tubby guy with a hat and goatee and on some days/nights a kilt (no, not a utilikilt).
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