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| - I am extremely surprised that this festival is getting some decent reviews. Everyone that I know of that went seems to be disappointed. I paid $45 to get into the festival and feel that I may have had $20 worth of beer and bourbon. With the NC Brewer's festival being on the same day, I wish I went to that festival instead.
One thing I will agree with is that they had a good amount of bourbon and the lines were super short for them. But then again, who wants to drink a lot of heavy liquor at 2pm. That would not make for a long day.
I personally went more for the beer. I felt that the beer selection was for the most part, very basic. It consisted of beers that you can get at the grocery store. The lines were also very long and for the most part the porers only poured a half a glass. So it left you in line without something to drink for a good amount of time. It appeared that the porers worked for the company running the festival and not the brewery's or distilleries. Most it seemed did not even know what they were pouring. Some of the signs for the types of beer were also off. So you could be standing in line for sometime to get a particular beer and when you get up there it would be a different kind of beer. If you stand in line for a stout and when you get up there they only have a wheat beer, and you do not drink wheat beers it can be a little frustrating and a waste of time. I do honestly think I am being a little over opinionated on this one, but for $45 it was a complete rip off. If this festival was about $20-$25 then it would be well worth it.
As for the BBQ, I can not write a review. They only had two BBQ vendors and one ran out of food shortly after 3pm. So then the line at the other vendor was ridiculous. With not wanting to wait in the line and being hungry, we actually had to leave the even to go get food.
The one cool thing about the even was the other vendors they had there. They had all kinds of vendors selling cigars, sauces, salsas, popcorn, peanuts etc. It made the even a lot more fun but for $45 I did expect a lot more.
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