by Tait Lifto
Big Texas Beer Fest was a smashing success, flying in the face of criticism and skepticism (which, honestly, was to be expected with failures by other festivals in the past in Austin and Houston). But… this is DALLAS, damn it. We are more than just a bunch of $30,000 millionaires driving to Sfuzzi’s in our BMW’s. Yeah, we may have lagged seriously behind Austin in the craft beer movement (despite having millions more people in the area), but we’re here now and we’re here to stay.
Chad & Nellie Montgomery estimated around 4,000 people went through the gates Saturday (plus another, but exact numbers haven’t been released yet. It would’ve been more, but attendance was capped so some people that arrived late and didn’t purchase tickets in advance were turned away. My sympathies, but I also wish Dallas people actually purchased their tickets in advance instead of the majority waiting until the day of the event. Makes it super hard to plan for a great event. Continue reading
