Mug and Ticket Pre-Sale for NAOBF

We love beerfests, especially local ones, so we jumped at the chance to help out the North American Organic Brewers Festival when they asked us to be a pre-sale location for mugs and tokens.

First, some fest details:

The North American Organic Brewers Festival (NAOBF) returns to Portland’s Overlook Park on Friday, June 27th, 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. • Saturday, June 28th, 12:00 to 9:00 p.m. • Sunday, June 29th, 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. The event is Free and open to the public. Participation in beer tasting is $5 for a reusable, yet compostable, cornstarch tasting glass and samples are $1 a ticket. Children are welcome with guardians. Service animals only. Beer sales are restricted to people 21 years and older with valid ID. Discount of $1 off of tasting glass with validated MAX ticket or three (3) 4 oz cans of food. No Parking is provided for this event, making Tri-Met's MAX Yellow line the easiest way to attend.

Here's how the pre-sell works:

Come into Belmont Station anytime between now and the Thursday June 26th. For $15 dollars (CASH ONLY) you'll receive one of the compostable tasting glasses and a voucher good for ten (10) tasting tickets. Go home happy.

On the day of the event there will be a special line for everyone that bought mugs ahead of time. Breeze through this line (try not to laugh at the poor suckers in the regular line), show them your ID, and trade your voucher for 10 tasting tickets.

A quick note about the tasting cups: They are made out of cornstarch, and they break down rapidly when exposed to sun and heat. I was assured by the organizers that there's no risk of the cup melting in your hand while you're drinking beer at the fest, but they suggested keeping the cup in a dark, cool place until the day of the event. In other words, don't leave it sitting on the dashboard or you'll end up with a pile of mushy corn goo all over the A/C vents.