Dark Lord Day 2018
Date: May 19, 2018
Tickets on sale: March 31st at Noon Central via eTix
Contents
Overview
Dark Lord Day 2018 will be held on Saturday May 19, 2018. The date was announced on October 23rd, 2017. Website went live and ticket sales were announced on Tuesday, March 20th.
The first notable change this year is the introduction of a RFID chip wristband which will be used to validate entry, validate your group for bottle pickups, and also can be used to purchase food/drink/merchandise, for more information on how wristbands will work, visit the Wristband Information page. In addition to this, the amount of beer each person is allowed to bring into the fest was reduced from 288oz to 72oz. Outside food is also listed as a banned item this year. It is unclear how strictly these restrictions will be enforced.
As always, details are subject to change prior to the event.
Details
The festival hours are: 9AM – 9PM
Wax Color
Silver
Allotment & Price
4 bottles of Dark Lord and 1 barrel aged Dark Lord variant. Included in ticket price.
Food Trucks
- DönerMen Food Truck
- Grindhouse Cafe
Group Sales Schedule
- Group A - 9:00am - 11:00am
- Group B - 11:00am - 1:00pm
- Group C - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
- Group D - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Group E - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Tickets
Cost: $180
Vendor: eTix
Date: 3/31/2017
Included with the ticket:
- Festival admission
- Metal show
- 4 bottles of 2018 Dark Lord Russian-Style Imperial Stout
- 1 bottle of a rare 2018 Dark Lord variant at random
- Tote bag
Early Ticket Sales
After the website went live, the ticket sales link at eTix displayed a password field allowing early access to purchasing tickets. Users began guessing passwords and many were able to correctly guess the password, which was: dld2018. A number of people were able to purchase tickets early before the error was corrected. Initially Three Floyds indicated these tickets would be refunded and cancelled, but later indicated that those who purchased early could keep them. It is not clear how many tickets were sold early.
Don't Drink Beer [1] about the drama.
Taplist
This year the list of guest breweries was announced in advance. The first time since 2012 that the list of breweries was formally announced.
Draft beer will be available for purchase with a wristband or credit/debit card; no cash will be accepted at Dark Lord Day. Select tap times TBA.
Guest Taps Provided By
- 18th Street Brewery
- Against the Grain Brewery
- American Solera
- Anspach & Hobday
- Ardent Craft Ales
- Barrel Theory Beer
- Beavertown Brewery
- Bent Paddle Brewing
- Boneyard Beer
- Burial Beer
- Burn ’Em Brewing
- Central State Brewing
- Cigar City Brewing
- Commonwealth Brewing
- Country Boy Brewing
- Crooked Stave
- Crown Brewing
- Dark Horse Brewing
- DryHop Brewers
- Fat Head’s
- Firestone Walker Brewing
- Founders Brewing
- Gigantic Brewing
- Half Acre Beer
- Haymarket Brewing
- Marz Community Brewing
- Mikkeller San Diego
- Modist Brewing
- New Oberpfalz Brewing
- Off Color Brewing
- Oxbow Brewing
- Penrose Brewing
- Perennial Artisan Ales
- Phantom Carriage Brewery
- Pipeworks Brewing
- Pizza Port Brewing
- Prairie Artisan Ales
- Revolution Brewing
- Scarlet Lane Brewing
- Short’s Brewing
- Side Project Brewing
- Sour Note Brewing
- Sun King Brewery
- The Answer Brewpub
- The Bruery
- The Devil’s Trumpet Brewing
- TRVE Brewing
- Upland Brewing
- Urban Chestnut Brewing
- Victory Brewing
- WarPigs Brewing USA
- Wiseacre Brewing
Dark Matter Coffee
Dark Matter Coffee will again be present at Dark Lord Day. More details to come.
Bands
Bands have not been officially announced, however these bands have indicated they are performing on social media.
- Canyon of the Skull
- Pig Destroyer
