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Locals will be out in force, including upstart Thirsty Planet, and Schlabs promises a mix of session beers and strong beers.Īnd rare beers and vintage beers and barrel-aged beers. Speaking of Sierra Nevada, they'll also have some selections from the brewery's 30th anniversary series.

That one might only be on tap for the VIP session, as they'll only have two kegs, and Schlabs makes it sound like that alone is reason enough to pay $15 extra. The rarest offering will be Blackbird Black IPA, which Sam Wynne, Schlabs' assistant beer director, brewed at Sierra Nevada in Chico, Calif. Yeah, things got a little complicated with the Saucer's plans last week.īut you want to know about the beer. There are a limited number of VIP tickets available, and they will not be for sale on the day of the festival.' Tickets are available for sale online or at the store until 6 p.m. Other details from Whitehead: 'The Flying Saucer will be selling special Beer Fest VIP tickets for $25, which will include a 12-beer sampling taster card and glass, early admission to fest 30 minutes prior to general public, reserved VIP seating area, complimentary food and a souvenir Flying Saucer festival pint cup and koozie. However, this does not mean that you are now only allowed to consume up to 24 ounces it only applies to how the Saucer can sell the beer at the festival.'

Legally, they cannot sell more than 24 ounces of beer and are limiting the tasting cards to that as well.

This falls under the ‘Happy Hour' regulations they have. However, the marketing language used, according to the TABC, could be interpreted to imply unlimited. Here's a little from Saucer spokesman Thomas Whitehead: 'There has always been a purchased sampling card, and the card is limited to what is left on it. And if you blow through your taster card, you can buy another one for $12. That's good news for people who don't like getting a sample and immediately getting in line for the next one.

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Yes, they will have a tent pouring full beers for $5. If you bought tickets in advance, the Saucer advises you to e-mail You can get a full refund or, if you bought a $35 ticket, a package that gets you two cards good for 24 pours, glasses, a T-shirt and a full pour.

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TABC spokeswoman Carolyn Beck said the code does not allow for what could have been interpreted to be a sort of one-price-for-all-you-care-to-drink kind of deal. The Saucer's beer guru, Keith Schlabs, said breaking it into two sessions would make it easier on the crowds and the servers that's how they do it at a number of other festivals, including the Great American in Denver.īut our friends at the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission had a problem with how things were set up, so now it's 10 hours, $12 for 12 pours for everybody. Initially they'd hoped to break the thing into two sessions, and they sold a VIP package for $50 that was good from noon to 4 p.m. They'll have 60-some craft beers on hand from about 34 breweries, and you get a sampler glass and a card good for 12 samples for a mere $12. It's the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium's third annual Fall Beer Festival, coming up Saturday in Triangle Park, just around the corner from the Saucer's location at 815 W. Austin's biggest annual beer event is not an Oktoberfest, although it's a fest in October. October in these parts also means it's safe to drink beer outside again, which is why Oktoberfests have been popping up all over the place. It's kind of like March in that there's a big music festival and a lot of people standing on Congress Avenue saying, 'I could have sworn Las Manitas was right here,' but without the weather dread, the certainty that it's only going to get hotter and stay that way until at least, well, October.

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