Nola On-Tap Roll Call

I didn't go for the VIP option this year, last year it was rather meh. Only perk I enjoyed was the early entry.

This year just gonna go eat before the event and then walk over to the event.

Looking like this will be the first one I miss.

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It's my first time going this year. Is it the general consensus to check out the home brews over the professional brewers? If so, how do you go about choosing which ones to target?

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I generally go mostly toward home brews. Most of the regular beer is stuff you can get at bars with the exception of a few one offs and seasonals.

For the home brewers, I just read the style and see if it's something I like. Works out well most of the time.
Only recall two home brews I tried and hated, but I knew I would, but had to try it for the hell of it. VIP tasting at Mardi Gras World a few years back for WYES. One was a light beer that was supposed be king cake flavor and they put sugar on the rim.
The other was some god awful concoction that was brewed with crawfish boil seasoning. It really did almost taste like drinking boil water from the pot.

Appreciate the background. I also see you can preload money into your wristband account. Although you can get the money back if you have a leftover balance, there is a $5 processing fee.

With that being said, how much does each beer typically cost? This will allow one to guesstimate an appropriate amount to preload.

This is the first year for the bracket, before you bought a bracket with so many tabs on it and each beer from the homebrew side was 1-3 tabs.

So I can't tell you this year but with the braclet you can buy food and stuff as well.

Appreciate the info (both you and BrewBus). Was it 1 ticket = $1 or 1 ticket = $5? Trying to tell the crew coming in what to expect.

Found this from their website. Didn't realize you can do the smaller pours.

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3oz sample pours will range from 1-3 Bocks. (Most commercial beers will be 1 Bock, while Homebrew and more rare commercial beers will be 2 Bocks, with some really rare commercial beers will be 3 Bocks.)

9oz full pours from commercial beers will range from 3-7 Bocks.

3oz Homebrew and Brewpub pours are 2 Bocks each.

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Looking like this will be the first one I miss.

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Me too, have stuff to do.