After donating many bbls of beer to several festivals over the years, I have begun asking the festival organizers "Do you pay for the beer". 100% of the time the festival organizers are stating they "Do not pay for beer".... "We expect the beer to be donated".
My question:
If the organizers pay for security, fencing, food vendors, music/dj's, permits, insurance, advertising, etc., etc., WHILE THE MAIN ATTRACTION IS THE BEER, why not pay a wholesale or maybe even a non-profit price for beer for their festival?
We have begun boycotting festivals, well not so dramatic, but we are simply choosing to not participate...
I have been told by California ABC that there is a limit on "donations" per year. I can't remember what the number is, but it was quite low, like in the "Couple of bbls" range, so there is a legal element here.
Simple math:
Beer festival tickets: $30 entry includes all you can taste
2,000 visitors (more in some cases)
30 * 2000 = $60,000 in ticket sales <- and this is a conservative example.
assume 4 pints per person or 8,000 pints divided by lets say 100 pints per 1/2 bbl, so that is 80 1/2 bbls and at even, let's say $50 a keg (cost of goods sorta number)...
that it 80 * $50 = $4,000 in beer costs. 7% of the take to the breweries... Double that to $100 a bbl and you get 14% to the breweries... big whoop. Non profit still makes out like bandits and the breweries get what their beer is worth...
Any thoughts??? I am stubborn on this topic, because I think my analysis is fair, very fair...
Looking forward to your comments.
My question:
If the organizers pay for security, fencing, food vendors, music/dj's, permits, insurance, advertising, etc., etc., WHILE THE MAIN ATTRACTION IS THE BEER, why not pay a wholesale or maybe even a non-profit price for beer for their festival?
We have begun boycotting festivals, well not so dramatic, but we are simply choosing to not participate...
I have been told by California ABC that there is a limit on "donations" per year. I can't remember what the number is, but it was quite low, like in the "Couple of bbls" range, so there is a legal element here.
Simple math:
Beer festival tickets: $30 entry includes all you can taste
2,000 visitors (more in some cases)
30 * 2000 = $60,000 in ticket sales <- and this is a conservative example.
assume 4 pints per person or 8,000 pints divided by lets say 100 pints per 1/2 bbl, so that is 80 1/2 bbls and at even, let's say $50 a keg (cost of goods sorta number)...
that it 80 * $50 = $4,000 in beer costs. 7% of the take to the breweries... Double that to $100 a bbl and you get 14% to the breweries... big whoop. Non profit still makes out like bandits and the breweries get what their beer is worth...
Any thoughts??? I am stubborn on this topic, because I think my analysis is fair, very fair...
Looking forward to your comments.
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