I just got a notification that Art on Tap tickets are on sale. That’s the Dixon’s annual fundraiser, outside in their gardens. You get a souvenir beer glass and 3 hours to fill it as many times as you want with about 125 different beers from many different distributors, plus local brewers. It’s an event I’ve really looked forward to the past couple of years.
That said, I’m probably not going this year. The Dixon jacked the price for non-members to an astronomical $50. If I remember correctly, tickets were $25 in 2006 and $35 last year. That’s quite a price increase, especially considering that most of the distributors ran out of beer 30 minutes before the end of the party last year, not to mention that the food was not that great (such as the chips and salsa that Blue Coast Burrito “generously” provided). Hopefully this year they’ve worked out those kinks, but they need to demonstrate that they have before raising the price by such a large amount.
I understand it’s a fundraiser and the Dixon is a worthy cause, but at $50 they’ve pushed it above the acceptable price limit in my mind, especially since I’d spend extra cabbing it down there and back with friends. It’s just not worth it for what I’d get in return. Also, I could not care less about being seen at the right social events and chasing down RSVP photographers the way East Bumblefuck Kat and her friends do. So I’m going to remain Downtown that night. Maybe I’ll have a beer tasting of my own – I’ll go to Calhoun’s and taste their PBR for a buck fitty a glass.