CHAOS brewery road trip to Wisconsin!!!!!!!

Hi Chaos.  That's right, I know how to spell your name.  Anywho, I have confirmed the bus and we are good to go for Saturday September 26th!!!!!!  It will look a lot like the last trip.  Pick up at 11am and drop off at 10pm from Choas (ha ha, got ya).  The bus holds 38 and is $775 with no tip.  There was some space in the middle of the bus for coolers, so we will only hold 4 seats open for additional coolers.  The cost will be $30 and that will give us $1,020.  That leaves me with $45 for cups, water, snacks and a $200 tip for the driver, Brian, who was awesome last time.

The $30 is just for the ride and water/snacks so BYOB, bottles or cans are ok.  We will be going to Madison and I have an idea of the breweries, but will detail them in the coming week. I am open to suggestions, but we will visit 3 breweries total and I'll make the final call by next week. 

This is a Chaos party, so I am just leaving it open to Chaos members of all levels and their partners.  Simply respond on this thread and I will hold a spot for you and whoever you mention in those parameters.  The first 34 people to respond are in.  Casey and I are in, if you're counting.  After that, I will start a waiting list.  To lock in your spot, you need to pay me by Friday, September 18th.  You can pay me using Chase quickpay or paypay (john_gammal@yahoo.com).  If you paypal me, do it as a gift or something, so I don't eat a fee.  Conrad and I also used Square (I think) which was really easy and free.  I'll also take good old cash and would rather no one paid a fee to anyone.  Fuck those guys, we can work it out and we have over a month.  On Saturday, September 19th I will offer the unpaid seats to the waiting list people, then friends outside Chaos.  I need to do it this way to not screw over the rest of the group.  You understand, I'm sure.

Eli set up a raffle last time and it was a ton of fun.  Please consider donating something to the raffle if you feel like it.  Beer related and silly work great.  We need coolers, as well.  And don't be late, like I was last time.  Seriously, I'm an asshole.  Don't be me/an asshole.  That's it.  Hope you all can make it and let me know if there are any question!

Can't wait for round 2, Chaos!!!!

John

Hi Chaos!  Here is our itinerary; 11am, leave the brewhouse. 2-3:30 at Ale Asylum. This will be our longest visit because we will have a reserved area and will be able to eat there. 4-5 Karbed4. They only have one tour at 1pm, so we won't have an option to take one. They also don't take reservations, so we may have to split into smaller groups when there. The place holds 200, so we shouldn't have an issue. 5:30-6:30 House of Brews. I'm still reaching out to them and will let you know if we will have a reservation or not. Aside from Ale Asylum, the time line is loose.  All these breweries are close to each other and we definitely will be on the road no later than 6:30 to come back home.  The booking guy and I had a miscommunication, so this trip will end at 9pm at Chaos.  We are 75% full so don't delay on reserving a spot and getting me the money.  I'll send updates as it gets closer.  Have a great day, Chaos!

Alright Chaos, getting close to our big trip!  We are confirmed with all the venues. Thanks to Ken and Jeff for their help. Thanks for the update, Kyle, sorry you can't make it. Thanks to all who have paid.  Everyone still has till this Friday to pay me. So now we have 14 available seats.  I think it's safe to start asking your friends.  Please let me know when you have someone and get the money to me to lock your spot down.  Chuck, you said maybe 2 spots plus yourself.  Is this still correct? If you don't remember if you paid or not, send me a message.  Let's get these seats taken, Chaos!!!!!

Diane, any friend of Bill, Julene, and Chaos is a friend of mine. You're in!  Adam, we have room for you too!  If you could both try and pay me by tomorrow using the above instructions, I'd appreciate it. These two additions put us at 23 total. We still have 11 open spots. I'll send an update of who has paid me over the weekend. One more week!

Thanks Chuck. We had another drop out, so we have 13 open seats.  I still have not collected from

Chuck, Chuck +1, Mark, Lauren, Josh's friend and Adam.  All of you guys/ladies can give me the money the day of, it's not that much to collect.  Just don't' drop out.  Ask your friends and other brewing buddies and let's get these seats taken!!!!!

Hi Chaos!  So I picked up my cooler, cups, the remainder of the snacks, and the rest of our reimbursement from the trip Saturday. I talked with my contact, Don, and he again apologized for the situation. As a final courtesy, he said the next brewery trip is on them!  We'll have to cover gas and tip the driver, but it should be a lot cheaper than $30 a person. I told him it may not be until spring 2016 (since those buses aren't heated) and he said that was fine. In fairness, the people that committed and went on this trip will get first dibs on this future trip. To keep a record of who that is ... Jeff, Pete, Cisco, Josh, Annalyse, Josh's 'mystery' friend, Bill, Julie, Chuck, Jennifer, Ben, Ken, Mark, Lauren, Rich, Catherine, John, Casey, Diane, Adam, Zach, and Brock are the 22. Even though some of these people couldn't make it at the last minute, they all stepped up and paid and that will be rewarded. Jeff recommended making Reggies a partner with Chaos, which will get us a discount there. I will work on that. Josh had a great idea of planning a hoppy hour there in the near future. I'll get on that, as well.  I feel they handled the situation extremely professionally and generously with the reimbursement of the whole trip, covering the Ubers to Pig Minds, and the future trip offer. We should totally try and give them some business, since that kind of customer service should be rewarded. Finally, I had a hell of a time and am glad it happened with you great folks. Way to make some lemonade, Chaos!  I'll post something on this thread when preparations start for the next trip. Until then ...

Hi my bus tour buddies!  It's that time for another trip and there's only room to improve right?  In all seriousness, that last time was a blast and I can't wait to do it right!  I spoke with Don and he said gas will be around $150.  I feel we should up the tip from the normal $200 to $300.  Then if I add $60 for water and pretzels and shit, we're at $510, or $15 a person.  As I said earlier, the last group will get first dibs for this trip.  Those people are:

Jeff, Pete, Cisco, Josh, Annalyse, Josh's 'mystery' friend, Bill, Julie, Chuck, Jennifer, Ben, Ken G, Mark, Lauren, Rich, Catherine, John, Casey, Diane, Adam, Zach, Matt O, and Brock. 

That is 23 people and we can take a total of 34.  The itinerary will be the same, to jog your memory:

Here is our itinerary; 11am, leave the brewhouse. 2-3:30 at Ale Asylum. This will be our longest visit because we will have a reserved area and will be able to eat there. 4-5 Karbed4. They only have one tour at 1pm, so we won't have an option to take one. They also don't take reservations, so we may have to split into smaller groups when there. The place holds 200, so we shouldn't have an issue. 5:30-6:30 House of Brews. I'm still reaching out to them and will let you know if we will have a reservation or not. Aside from Ale Asylum, the time line is loose.  All these breweries are close to each other and we definitely will be on the road no later than 6:30 to come back home (Chaos) by 9pm. 

So let's set a date first and then I'll remind everyone about the payment options.  Saturday, March 19th and Saturday. April 9 work for the buses.  I'm leaning towards 3/19/16 because there's a lot of shit going on in April.  So that's my vote.  Let's see how those days work with the core and we'll go from there. 

Thanks,

John