Angry Chair Brewing (Tampa, Florida) has officially announced that it will once again take over The Orpheum on Thursday, March 12 of Tampa Bay Beer Week 2020 to host its Super Rad Rare Beer Night & Bottle Release.
After successfully combining its annual Tampa Bay Beer Week event and series of bottle releases and moving it all off-site to the Orpheum in 2019, the crew at Angry Chair Brewing has decided to take the same approach to its annual Super Rad Rare Beer Night in 2020. This, of course, means that there will be absolutely no bottle releases at Angry Chair Brewing during Tampa Bay Beer Week 2020 and your only chance to secure these highly coveted bottles is by attending Super Rad Beer Night.
Since this event has a lot of moving parts and information behind it, we feel it is best to just breakdown all the details for Super Rad Rare Beer Night 2020 in order to make sure everyone is on the same page. Let’s get at it:
The Basics
What – Angry Chair Brewing’s Super Rad Rare Beer Night & Bottle Release
When – Thursday, March 12 – 1st Session: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. | 2nd Session: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where – The Orpheum | 1915 East 7th Ave | Ybor City, Florida
Ticket Information
**UPDATE 01.18.2020** The Super Rad Rare Beer Night & Bottle Release is officially SOLD OUT **UPDATE 01.18.2020** General Admission tickets for Super Rad Rare Beer Night 2020 are $325 each (+ tax). Ticket cost gets you unlimited pours of rare beers during the event, a commemorative beer glass, a bottle bag and one of each of the following bottles:
- French Toast Barrel Royale | Quadruple Barrel-aged Imperial Porter with Lactose, Cinnamon, Vanilla Beans & Maple
- Double Barrel Vanilla Dave’s Barleywine | Double Barrel-aged English-style Barleywine with Vanilla
- Barrel-aged Multilayered | Imperial Sweet Stout with Cacao, Caramel, Coffee & Lactose brewed in collaboration with Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co., Westbrook Brewing Co. & Evil Twin Brewing
- Double Barrel Rocky Road | Double Barrel-aged Imperial Sweet Stout with Walnuts, Cacao Nibs & Marshmallows
- Barrel-aged Imperial German Chocolate Cupcake Stout | Bourbon Barrel-aged Sweet Stout with Cacao, Vanilla Beans & Coconut
- Yet-to-be-named “Special Stout” brewed in collaboration with Forager Brewery
**Bottles are subject to change if any issues arise**
VIP Tickets will be available via raffle for the cost $550 each (+ tax). VIP ticket cost gets you everything included with General Admission plus admittance into the event 20 minutes early and a second set of bottles. This is how the raffle will work:
To enter the VIP RAFFLE – While purchasing your ticket you will provide your name, email, and phone number, as well as your desired session. There will be an optional checkbox that will enter you into the VIP raffle. We will draw names randomly, 30 per session, and contact the winners. If you are contacted, you will have 24 hours to pay the additional $225 to bump your ticket up. Once 24 hours pass, anyone who has not paid will forfeit their VIP selection and we will draw additional names. (You will have already purchased the GA ticket, so you will not lose your chance to attend, just the additional perks). **THE RAFFLE IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO IN-PERSON PURCHASERS AT THE TASTING ROOM.**
In-person ticket sales will take place at Angry Chair Brewing beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, January 11. There will be 200 General Admission tickets per session (which will include 30 VIP tickets per session) available for in-person purchase. If there are any remaining tickets leftover after the initial line, Angry Chair will be selling them in the TASTING ROOM ONLY until the following Friday, January 17. **UPDATE 01.11.2020** In-person tickets are officially SOLD OUT. **UPDATE 01.11.2020**
Online ticket sales (click here for the link) will take place at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, January 18. 100 General Admission tickets per session (and whatever might be left of the in-person tickets) will be available for online purchase. “Your ID MUST MATCH the credit card order name! No, you cannot change names or ‘buy for a friend.’ Please help [the Angry Chair staff] out and understand that these tickets are for you and you alone. You must bring your ID and the credit card that you used to purchase your online ticket with you to the venue on the day of the event. DON’T FORGET!” **UPDATE 01.18.2020** Online ticket sales are officially SOLD OUT **UPDATE 01.18.2020**
Tickets are limited to ONE per person and you can only attend one session. Plus ones WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE.
Your ID will be required at the time of purchase. You will be issued a physical ticket. The name on the ID will be added to the list and your ticket will match the name on that list. This means that YOU must show up with YOUR ticket. Tickets are NON-TRANSFERABLE.
The Draft List
All ticket holders will have access to unlimited pours of the following tasty treats while at Super Rad Rare Beer Night:
- French Toast Barrel Royale | Quadruple Barrel-aged Imperial Porter with Lactose, Cinnamon, Vanilla Beans & Maple
- Double Barrel Vanilla Dave’s Barleywine | Double Barrel-aged English-style Barleywine with Vanilla
- Barrel-aged Multilayered | Imperial Sweet Stout with Cacao, Caramel, Coffee & Lactose brewed in collaboration with Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co., Westbrook Brewing Co. & Evil Twin Brewing
- Double Barrel Rocky Road | Double Barrel-aged Imperial Sweet Stout with Walnuts, Cacao Nibs & Marshmallows
- Barrel-aged Imperial German Chocolate Cupcake Stout | Bourbon Barrel-aged Sweet Stout with Cacao, Vanilla Beans & Coconut
- Yet-to-be-named “Special Stout” brewed in collaboration with Forager Brewery
- Vodnik Czech-style Pilsner
- Plus, many more beers that will be named at a later date. Stay tuned for updates!
Other Useful Information
- Make sure that you have your ID with you when you attend the Super Rad Rare Beer Night. If you do not bring your ID, your name cannot be verified against the list. If you cannot be verified, you cannot attend.
- Things that will not be permitted at the event: bottles, coolers, chairs, children & pets
- Angry Chair recommends that you arrive to The Orpheum at least ONE HOUR before your ticketed session that way you can get checked in in an orderly and speedy fashion
- You will receive a wristband upon entry. DO NOT remove this wristband. Not only will it prove that you belong at the event and grant you access to the beer being poured, it is also your only link to your bottles and schwag. When you leave, the Angry Chair crew will cut your band and then hand over your bottles, bottle bag and glass. No wristband = NO BEER, NO BOTTLES, NO NOTHIN’.
- Once you leave the event, please leave the area and do not linger outside of The Orpheum.
- Unfortunately, there will be no food available at the venue during the event. Angry Chair suggests that you check out one (or more) of Ybor’s amazing restaurants, bars or breweries before and/or after the event to handle all your grubbin’ needs.
- The beers at this event will be massive, so please plan accordingly. Arrange for a designated driver to pick you up or secure an Uber/Lyft/taxi to get you home safely.
- Once again . . . There WILL NOT be any bottle releases at Angry Chair Brewing at ANY POINT during Tampa Bay Beer Week 2020.
That should just about cover all the details currently available for the Super Rad Rare Beer Night 2020. If any new information surfaces or anything changes, we will be sure to update this post with that information just as soon as we get our hands on it.
It is well known that Super Rad Rare Beer Night 2020 is a can’t-miss Tampa Bay Beer Week event and tickets are guaranteed to sell out with a quickness. If you have any desire to be in attendance this year, make sure you follow the rules outlined above and are in the ticket line on January 11 or posted up at your computer on January 18. Best of luck to you all. Prost!