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janderson75 t1_irrrq3p wrote

Quit going years ago when they quit letting you bar hop. Caged octoberfest takes away the whole reason of going to that town and renders it boring.

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Cyberhwk t1_irrtv9a wrote

Making it "boring" and pushing out people who were just there to bar hop and get drunk has been their goal for years. When I started it was purely volunteer security and maybe one cop. Then too many people got too drunk and broke windows, got in fights, vandalized cars, etc. and now you have the security like they have in the picture. For a while they were considering not holding it at all.

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Careless-Internet-63 t1_irs8ugu wrote

How do they not let you bar hop?

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trekkerscout t1_irts29w wrote

The bartenders and servers are actually enforcing state law that forbids the serving of alcohol to obviously intoxicated individuals. The Liquor Control Board had a crackdown several years ago because of the massive increase in alcohol serving establishments (primarily the wine tasting rooms).

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Careless-Internet-63 t1_iru6x16 wrote

That sounds not fun. I get cutting someone off if they can barely stand but if they're just having a good time cutting them off seems like a bad way to run an event centered around beer

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