RBESG 2016 - Barcelona

RBESG will take place in Barcelona this year. The proposal:

Barcelona, 7-10 July:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nt9Q4sMlXNjYzwKOjnBC5PAO6qPjn8H3Nu7vo25Hc_c/edit

Feel free to ask any question about the RBESG or Barcelona here.
Be aware that due to the opening of some new bars we might slightly change the planing.
Also, as someone asked in the proposal thread, we could move the grand tasting form saturday evening to sunday morning if everyone is OK with that, we had not planned anything for Sunday morning because we thought you may want to do other things aside from drinking beer, but if you want us to change it we can change it.
Event page:
http://www.ratebeer.com/event/48017/ratebeer-european-summer-gathering-rbesg-2016/
Grand tasting bottle list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KpffRobkr5pYFZmQosnztUF5LpAyWRY7qMp8ySJ9G0I/edit?usp=sharing

If possible, you might consider making the Grand Tasting the final event of the day on Saturday.

In the current itinerary, how much time are you budgeting for the GT?

Originally posted by Leighton
If possible, you might consider making the Grand Tasting the final event of the day on Saturday.

In the current itinerary, how much time are you budgeting for the GT?

Originally posted by Leighton
If possible, you might consider making the Grand Tasting the final event of the day on Saturday.

In the current itinerary, how much time are you budgeting for the GT?

The GT is really best as the last or only event of a given day ... although numbers can also dictate this if say 10 or fewer people attending.

You may also wish to add the RBESG as an event!

Yeah, the GT is often the centrepiece of the whole event, so it’s good to give it adequate time. Total time for the tasting depends somewhat on numbers of people and beers, but I think five hours should be seen as a minimum. Keep in mind, people rate at different speeds, so if there’s not enough time folks will feel rushed and either a) won’t get to try all the beers or b) rush through the beers and get drunk - neither is ideal! For these reasons, it’s good to have the GT as the final event of the day.

I might also recommend doing the GT on Saturday, if possible. Not everyone will be able to do events on Sunday (due to travel), and again, since the GT is often one of the highlights of a Gathering, you don’t want folks to miss out.

Cheers!

Anyone booked for this yet? I’ll probably explore flights in the coming week or so, to see if a trip would be at all feasible. If there’s anyone aiming to share a hotel room, post here!

Originally posted by Leighton
Anyone booked for this yet? I’ll probably explore flights in the coming week or so, to see if a trip would be at all feasible. If there’s anyone aiming to share a hotel room, post here!

Originally posted by Benzai

Originally posted by Leighton
Anyone booked for this yet? I’ll probably explore flights in the coming week or so, to see if a trip would be at all feasible. If there’s anyone aiming to share a hotel room, post here!

I’ve already checked flights and so far the dates and flight costs seem doable for me. Sharing a hotel room would be great. I have some work related stuff to sort out to make sure I can go though. When do you think you will be sure?

Originally posted by Leighton
Yeah, the GT is often the centrepiece of the whole event, so it’s good to give it adequate time. Total time for the tasting depends somewhat on numbers of people and beers, but I think five hours should be seen as a minimum. Keep in mind, people rate at different speeds, so if there’s not enough time folks will feel rushed and either a) won’t get to try all the beers or b) rush through the beers and get drunk - neither is ideal! For these reasons, it’s good to have the GT as the final event of the day.

I might also recommend doing the GT on Saturday, if possible. Not everyone will be able to do events on Sunday (due to travel), and again, since the GT is often one of the highlights of a Gathering, you don’t want folks to miss out.

Cheers!

I made one of those free cancellation reservations on booking.com as soon as Barcelona was announced, a place called Hostal Delfos which seemed to be the cheapest option for a private single room at the time. Booking from Thursday leaving Monday. Don’t know the city but it doesn’t seem like it’s far out of the central tourist stuff.

Anyway, it doesn’t look like they have much availability left but if it turns out there’s another good place where most of the group stay then I’d rather do that.

Edit: After plugging in the destinations to offline maps, this location looks pretty handy. Particularly for the Saturday venues.