Feeling Ripped off by Plan B West Hartford and New England Brewing!

First off, I'll say it again, I love plan B. By far, the best local restaurant in West Hartford thanks to great beer, awesome bartenders and good food. After living here for 3 years, I'm heading back to Boston and I'll miss Plan B.

With that said, I feel totally robbed of the $25 I spent on a ticket (plus a tip) for the Earth Day cask event today.. .

The event was advertised as running from 2:00-6:00. $25 for dry hopped IPA cask (unitll it runs out and a buffet. I showed up at 3:55 and the Cask was gone. So what did I pay $25.00 for? Two -8oz glasses of Elm City lager! Boring, very boring for someone who came for a dry-hopped IPA on cask. I'm sorry but it's a very un-interesting beer. Not a bad beer just not noteworthy. After my second 8 oz glass, that keg ran out and there was no more beer included in my 25 buck ticket. No more beer included in the $25 price of the ticket. Really?

There was a buffet that was comparable to a free happy hour buffet. Not worth the rest of the 25 bucks.

I could have (and should have) just showed up without buying a ticket, had 2 Good beers, like the Lagunita's WTF and a Southern Tier Gemini and an appetizer and still be $5 to $10 ahead. Oh, and the beers would have been in bigger glasses.

It’s worth noting that someone I know had a little bit of the featured New England Brewing dry-hopped IPA left in their glass. They gave me a swig. It was awesome even if it was 50% backwash.

I'd love to see Plan B start stat to bring in casks on a regular basis. Just sell them by the glass...skip the ticket thing.

Hey NE Brewing, bring a couple more casks kegs next time. Please.

Chris

"tested" 585 different beers since 2008 and counting.

Tags: Earth Day Cask, New England Brewing, Plan B

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Nelson on April 17, 2011 at 8:58pm

So... you show up 2 hrs into a KILL the cask event and expect there to be some left? Let me ask you if you show up to a baseball game in the 5th inning do you make them replay the innings over? I think you have to understand the concept before pointing fingers. Most if not all cask events I have ever attended have kicked the cask in less than and hour... perhaps next time you'll think about coming earlier.

Permalink Reply by Chris G on April 17, 2011 at 9:45pm

Perhaps next time i won't waste my 25 bucks.

Permalink Reply by Gerard Zopfi Jr. on July 6, 2011 at 9:11am

These kill the cask events usually do just that, and rather quickly

Being said - NEBCO ran out of beer at a recent beer fest loooong before anyone else.

Popular or not enough supply?

Permalink Reply by Mark Flanagan on April 17, 2011 at 9:06pm

Isn't there any bars around here that regularly have a cask pumped? I know of one in NYC - http://www.thelongroomnyc.com/ - that has a great beer list that includes a cask!

Permalink Reply by Kevin on April 18, 2011 at 6:57am