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NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« on: March 25, 2012, 05:19:40 pm »
Hi experienced NHC attendee's and hosts... how much beer does a club need to bring for something like club night or to be a hospitality suite host?


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Re: NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2012, 11:57:23 pm »
Last year in San Diego, my club (SNAFU), brought 27 kegs. 10 were used (not all kicked, but used) on club night and the hospitality suite kicked 8 kegs. Our hospitality suite was right after club night however

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Re: NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2012, 01:07:42 am »
I sent 4 kegs to the hospitality suite last year and they all kicked quickly.  I'm not sure how many kegs total we went through, but it was a lot.  If your hospitality suite shift is before club night, don't plan to have those beers available at club night.  Bring as much beer as possible :)
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« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2012, 02:12:37 am »
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Re: NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2012, 09:22:28 am »
Our club is doing both the hospitality suite and club night this year.  Our goal is 50 kegs total.  I've committed to brew 5 of them.
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Re: NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2012, 06:41:39 pm »
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Re: NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2012, 06:51:39 pm »
Do you want to win the Golden Urinal (or what ever it is called)?  That takes a LOT of beer.
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Re: NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2012, 07:50:16 pm »
This brings up a totally unrelated question I've been mulling over.

Do you have to be affiliated with a club to pour beer in the hospitality suite? Or can I just show up with a few kegs and say, here you go?
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NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2012, 08:15:57 pm »
This brings up a totally unrelated question I've been mulling over.

Do you have to be affiliated with a club to pour beer in the hospitality suite? Or can I just show up with a few kegs and say, here you go?

You probably won't be able to get a tap at the "official" bar, but there a people pouring their own beer all over the place.


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Re: NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2012, 08:39:56 pm »
That's what I figured. I'll probably bring just about everything I have kegged anyway (market research, right?). Have beer, will travel.
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Re: NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2012, 10:16:53 pm »
That's what I figured. I'll probably bring just about everything I have kegged anyway (market research, right?). Have beer, will travel.

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Re: NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2012, 11:33:49 pm »
We're planning on bringing 3 or 4 and pouring on club night.
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Re: NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2012, 11:43:41 pm »
I think our club is bringing 12-20 for Hospitality Suite and Club night. I need to come up with something tasty for my contribution of 5 gallons...

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Re: NHC - how much beer for clubs to bring?
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2012, 01:21:35 am »
This brings up a totally unrelated question I've been mulling over.

Do you have to be affiliated with a club to pour beer in the hospitality suite? Or can I just show up with a few kegs and say, here you go?
If you want to serve in something like the hospitality suite or club night, even if you are unaffiliated, we can find a way to hook you up.  Anyone who wants to bring some kegs to pour should send me a PM and we'll work it out.

If you just want to walk around with a keg at random pouring beer for people, that's cool too. :)
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