re: Louisiana Hop Festival at Courtyard Brewery

I arrived later in the evening, around 7:45 pm and although it was still a large crowd it wasn't bad at that point. Walked up to a tent with cash and got a beer right away and maybe waited in line 5-7 minutes to get beer from the main bar. However pretty much all the food was sold out. I imagine if I would have showed up at 6pm I would have left like many people here.

So yes, it was too big and seemed unorganized. That said, at 8pm there was by far the most women, especially groups of women, I've ever seen at a "beer event". Was with my wife so, maybe, wasn't looking too hard though.