Dark Lord Day 2016
Date: April 30, 2016
Contents
Overview
Dark Lord Day 2016 was held on Saturday, April 30th. The festival layout was largely unchanged from 2015, however in anticipation of another rainy event, the main band stage was moved inside of the large bottle sharing tent. To create more standing room, there were no longer any picnic tables under this tent.
The largest change to the festival was the move to an all inclusive model. Tickets were $200, but included 4 bottles of 2016 Dark Lord, one barrel aged Dark Lord variant, $40 in food & drink vouchers, and a commemorative tote bag. General Admission tickets were no longer available.
This year rivaled 2015 for the rainiest Dark Lord Day yet.
Details
The festival gates opened at 10:00 am. and the festival lasted until 10:00 pm.
Wax Color
Black with sparkles
Allotment & Price
4 bottles. Included in ticket price.
1 barrel aged Dark Lord variant also included with ticket.
Attendance
10,000
Notable To Go Beers
As with with 2015, there were no packaged beer sales apart from Dark Lord.
Notable Food Options
- Dark Lord Ice Cream
- Dark Lord Hot Sauce
Weather
High: 48 °F Low: 42 °F
Rain started around 9:00 am and lasted almost the entire day.
Festival Map & Layout
Ticket Sales
Cost: $200
Vendor: eTix
Date: 3/5/2016
Number of tickets sold: Estimated 10,000.
This year the festival moved to an all inclusive model. The ticket price jumped to $200, however this price included 4 bottles of 2016 Dark Lord. One barrel aged Dark Lord variant, $40 in food & drink vouchers, and a commemorative tote bag. Using the valuations of these individual items based on 2015 pricing, this came to $210 in value for $200.
There were no General Admission tickets offered this year.
Brewpub Ticket Sales
Group A tickets for Dark Lord Day were sold at the brewpub on Monday, April 11th at 7:00 am. Tweet went out a little after 6 in the morning. Line to start at 6:45 and sales to start at 7:00 am. One per person, cash only.
Ticket sales lasted well into the afternoon, selling out just before 4:00 pm.
Taplist
Notable FFF Taps
- Dwarven Power Bottom
Guest Taps
Variants
In 2016 the ticket included a guaranteed variant to all attendees, instead of the scratch off system from prior years. The cost of the bottle was built into the price of the ticket.
- Marshmallow Handjee (Bourbon Barrel Aged Vanilla Bean Dark Lord) - 672
- French Vanilla Militia (Dark Lord aged in Armagnac-soaked barrels with vanilla, cocoa nibs and coffee.) - 1104
- Ronaldo (Dark Lord aged in barrels soaked in Madeira, a fortified Portuguese wine, with tart Michigan cherries) - 422
- Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Lord - 859
- Quit Hitting Yourself (Dark Lord aged in Porto and Madeira barrels) - 1384 (some say 1394)
- Trump and Pump (Dark Lord aged in barrels soaked in Sauternes, a French dessert wine commonly served with foie gras, adorned with another Draxler painting.) - 1286
- Legio Gemina (Dark Lord aged in barrels soaked in Pineau de Charentes, a French aperitif.) - 854
- De Muerte (Dark Lord aged in bourbon barrels with Guajillo chilies.) - 618
- Dwarven Power Bottom (Dark Lord aged in barrels soaked in Muscat, an Italian dessert wine.) - 455
- Temeculan 3000 (Dark Lord aged in Pineau Charentes-soaked barrels with green cardamom and Ceylon cinnamon) - 840
Three 2015 variants were also available to choose from this year:
- Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Lord De Muerte - 504
- Aquavit Dark Lord - 1026
- Earl of Biggleswade - 648
DNAinfo article on the 2016 Variants
Bands
Back to a single stage this year, however the main stage was setup in the large tent instead of outside because of the rainy conditions.
- Lord Mantis
- Barrier
- Plague Bringer
- Municipal Waste
- EyeHateGod
- Skeletonwitch
Sets from DJ Dave Duchek throughout the day
Alpha King Comic Book
The new Alpha King Comic launched it's first issue at Dark Lord Day 2016, Brian Azzarello (Writer), Nick Floyd (Writer), and Simon Bisley (Artist) were all there signing copies.
Signing sessions occurred at 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, and 6:00 pm, and lasted 45 minutes long. Alpha king Comic Books were sold at a cost of $4 each.
Legal Bottle Sharing
While bottle sharing has long been a tradition at Dark Lord Day, and has been tolerated by State and local police, it has never been technically legal. Three Floyds worked with the Indiana legislature to pass Bill 1386 to make bottle sharing at festivals legal in Indiana.
We haven’t been ignoring all of your questions about bottle shares at Dark Lord Day this year. We purposely kept silent so as not to jeopardize House Bill 1386 as it was being considered by the Indiana legislature and awaited approval by Governor Pence. This bill addressed several beer and alcohol permitting and sales policies, not the least of which was the ability for Dark Lord Day festival-goers to bring their favorite craft beers into the festival to share with others.We are happy to announce that House Bill 1386 became law last week on March 24. As noted, this law allows for bottle-sharing at Dark Lord Day, under the following provisions:
1. No wine or liquor is allowed on the premises.
2. Beer brought in must fit in your backpack and may not exceed 288 oz., which is the equivalent of one case of beer. Backpacks should be of standard size (approximately 10” X 10” X 16”, able to fit in a milk crate), no frames and no wheels.
3. Beer that is brought into Dark Lord Day may be consumed or traded.
4. Beer may be carried out of the festival grounds, but it must be in sealed, unopened containers. This means no flip top jugs or growlers.
Thank you for your patience while we remained silent on this issue for the past couple of weeks and thank you for your cooperation in closely following the above provisions when you come to Dark Lord Day 2016.
Poster
Artist: Dan Grzeca
