Maple Bacon Coffee Porter Day

This was my first MBCP Day, but it won’t be my last! It’s the first year it was off-​site (Jaco Pastorius Park) and ticketed. Every year this event becomes more and more popular, so they needed to limit attendees to guarantee bottles for everyone. I personally think it was a good decision. It might not have been a popular idea with everyone, but the bigger a brewery gets, the more necessary it is.
We decided to get VIP tickets, which gave you an extra hour at the beginning with unlimited 2oz pours in a commemorative glass and four MBCP bottles at the end. They only had one side open on Draftzilla for the first hour, but even the longest lines went quickly and I definitely got my fair share of 2oz pours. I would recommend opening both sides next year, because it was difficult to exit after getting your drink since we were passing in front of other lines to do so.
We also got first dibs in line once the general admission started. We got the beers we wanted most, then pretty much stayed away from the lines after because it got so crowded. My other recommendation for next year would be to stagger the timed releases more. Once people started lining up for 7pm releases around 6:15 — 6:30, we knew there was no chance for us and just grabbed our 4 bottles each and left. To be fair, none of us were hurting for beer at that point, so maybe it was a good thing we didn’t get anymore.
I’ve loved Funky Buddha since the first time I tried them, so it’s been great to watch them grow into such a fantastic brewery.
Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s maple bacon coffee porter time!

Fun event at Jaco Park behind the brewery.
Outside with 4000 fellow beer fans.
3 Live bands, food trucks.
$ 6 a beer.