Llama wrote:Tickets for a Vertical Tasting with Intelligentsia & Three Floyds. $100 each. http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/abo ... -black-cat

A unique opportunity to taste four different vintages of Three Floyd's Dark Lord Stout at Intelligentsia's Chicago Roasting Works. Each attendee will enjoy a small pour (2.5oz) of Dark Lord from 2006-2010. Food bar by Michael Sheerin (Blackbird Restaurant/Three Floyds), dessert bar by Mindy Segal (Hot Chocolate Restaurant), coffee bar by Intelligentsia. Only 90 tickets available! This event will sell out!

what an event. I'm lucky enough to have gotten the last 2 tickets right before it sold out! Will i see anyone else from LTH at this event?

laikom wrote:

Llama wrote:Tickets for a Vertical Tasting with Intelligentsia & Three Floyds. $100 each. http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/abo ... -black-cat

A unique opportunity to taste four different vintages of Three Floyd's Dark Lord Stout at Intelligentsia's Chicago Roasting Works. Each attendee will enjoy a small pour (2.5oz) of Dark Lord from 2006-2010. Food bar by Michael Sheerin (Blackbird Restaurant/Three Floyds), dessert bar by Mindy Segal (Hot Chocolate Restaurant), coffee bar by Intelligentsia. Only 90 tickets available! This event will sell out!

what an event. I'm lucky enough to have gotten the last 2 tickets right before it sold out! Will i see anyone else from LTH at this event?

I'll be there, with another LTH'er (who will out himself if he sees fit, and my brother-in-law.

SSDD

headcase wrote:
I'll be there, with another LTH'er (who will out himself if he sees fit, and my brother-in-law.

SSDD

excellent! I'll see you there!

If I had the cash, I would have bought tickets - but I have to save my money for Dark Lord Day, itself!

I have called all the bars who offered charter buses to past DLD and none are offering them this year. Good luck though, I found out that Reggies will be offering a free bus! Here are the details i got from their website:

"TRIP TO THREE FLOYDS FOR DARK LORD DAY- BUS RIDERS MUST HAVE ADVANCE TICKET.
The REGGIES BUS is making trips to Three Floyds for Dark Lord Day!
Trips at 11AM & 1PM
OFFICIAL FOUNDERS PRE-PARTY W/ EXCLUSIVE DRAFTS!
free!!!
http://www.reggieslive.com/assets/image ... 085821.jpg

Got my tickets today.

http://yfrog.com/gy5xldwj

Me too.

Glad you posted the picture. I was waiting for a big envelope like last year. I put this one in the bill pile.

Llama wrote:Glad you posted the picture. I was waiting for a big envelope like last year. I put this one in the bill pile.

Yeah they're definitely in an inconspicuous envelope that looks like junk mail.

Glad you guys posted that. I asked the wife if any inconspicuous envelopes that looked like junk mail had come for me yesterday. "Just this one," she said, and handed me my envelope with the Dark Lord Day tickets.

Llama wrote:Glad you posted the picture. I was waiting for a big envelope like last year. I put this one in the bill pile.

+1

A little bummed that they don't have a cool design on them again.

Lincoln Anderson, one of the guys at the GNR dinner tonight, said that ticket holders will be able to exchange their tickets for Dark Lord Golden Tickets, as a keepsake, if they hang onto their ticket stub upon admission. So you can still get your cool design.

One of the folks from Intelligentsia (almost called him a brewer, though I'm sure that wouldn't be too far off) posted this on his twitter:http://plixi.com/p/90644400

He says they'll be making small cappuccinos and selling them in these snifters at DLD.

So guys, how are we going to organize a meet up? This is my first dark lord day so I don't know exactly what it will be like. Assuming it will be similar to previous dark lord days (it's supposed to be) how early is too early to show up? How late does it go? Would it be overkill to bring a smoker or would it be better to bring a smaller grill for cooking... grills are allowed right?

Let's organize a meet up, any ideas?

No grills allowed this year: http://www.3floyds.com/2011/04/12/a-few ... klord-day/

This update... well, it isn't much of an update. 'Parking will be up to the attendees' Does that mean it's just going to be a free-for-all like with past years or will there be 'no parking' signs throughout the park? Will we see another parking map marking areas where it will be okay to park? I'll take that kind of information rather than a note about unpredictable weather, please.

danimalarkey wrote:No grills allowed this year: http://www.3floyds.com/2011/04/12/a-few ... klord-day/

This update... well, it isn't much of an update. 'Parking will be up to the attendees' Does that mean it's just going to be a free-for-all like with past years or will there be 'no parking' signs throughout the park? Will we see another parking map marking areas where it will be okay to park? I'll take that kind of information rather than a note about unpredictable weather, please.

Here is information on the parking:

http://www.darklordday.com/uncategorize ... y-parking/

Isn't that the map from last year? though I assume it will be mostly the same this year.

laikom wrote:So guys, how are we going to organize a meet up? This is my first dark lord day so I don't know exactly what it will be like. Assuming it will be similar to previous dark lord days (it's supposed to be) how early is too early to show up? How late does it go? Would it be overkill to bring a smoker or would it be better to bring a smaller grill for cooking... grills are allowed right?

Let's organize a meet up, any ideas?

I've got B tickets, so I'll probably get there around 1 or so. Any other B ticketers want to meet up at the statue in front of the brewery:

Let me know and I'll PM a cell phone address. (I'll be bringing several different homebrews, too.)

I'm guessing the statue is outside the property? Just wondering in case i end up getting there a lot earlier, would we be allowed readmittance if we go out?

The statue is in the parking lot. But they have said you'll be allowed back in (lots of people take their DL to their cars and come back)

I'll almost definitely be there before 1. I'll make a trip to stop by the statue at one though. I'd love to try some of your homebrews!

Statue at 1:00 it is! See you all there.

I'm in group A. I will be there early. I may be deranged and insensible by 1pm. Will definitely maybe try to remember to think about looking for you guys though. Probably.

I'll hopefully be in line with Mr. TheBeerGuy & will definitely be deranged and insensible by 1, but I'll see you there.

Anyone interested in going to Dark Lord vertical? PM me for more info

A unique opportunity to taste four different vintages of Three Floyd's Dark Lord Stout at Intelligentsia's Chicago Roasting Works.

on the 16th?
http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/about/dark-lord-black-cat

Photos?

Some news came out today about bottles of Dark Lord variants being available for sale via raffle (as in, you might get the chance to buy a bottle) at Dark Lord Day. BeerNews has the full scoop here (including news on Zombie Dust), but here's the key information (IMO):

Three Floyds Sales Manager, Lincoln Anderson, confirmed that there will be a number of variations of Dark Lord released at this Saturday’s event but that not all of them will be available in bottles. For those that will be, like Bourbon Barrel and Brandy Barrel with Vanilla Beans, there will be a small number of each in bottles and a “lottery” will be held at the event for a chance to buy them. Anderson said that the system will be fair and completely random. As for the “666″ on the Metromix bottle pic, the number sounded high to him in terms of actual count.

He also didn’t have a bottle count or bottle limit number available for the original Dark Lord. Bottle limit and more details on the lottery will be revealed closer to the event (as in Friday/Saturday).

Other variations (either on tap or in limited bottles) include Brandy Dark Lord, Brandy Vanilla Dark Lord, Bourbon Chili Dark Lord, & Pappy Van Winkle Dark Lord. Having said that, their Brandy Barrel Alpha Klaus received some of the most negative reviews I have ever read (certainly with respect to a FFF beer) and DL runs pretty sweet already so I'm not sold on the idea of a brandy barrel-aged version. The chili version, though? Yes, please!

razbry wrote:Photos?

Does anyone happen to have an extra one of those mini-snifters pictured in the above photo? My wife is a huge intelligentsia fan and an even bigger dark lord fanatic....can some assist me in obtaining one of these? I have brews to offer up for one or more. Thanks!

K2daP wrote:Does anyone happen to have an extra one of those mini-snifters pictured in the above photo? My wife is a huge intelligentsia fan and an even bigger dark lord fanatic....can some assist me in obtaining one of these? I have brews to offer up for one or more. Thanks!

Allegedly they will be for sale at Dark Lord Day. Might want to call Intelligentsia to see if they have any leftover.