Beerwalk

I was planning to do the beerwalk in Japantown but decided against it once I got there. For $ 30 you get a glass and a wristband and map to guide you to 20+ locations. Most of the places are local businesses where they pour you a certain beer, either from a keg or bottles. You were told to expect two 3oz servings of beer at each location. At that clip you’d have to visit 10 locations to drink 5, 12oz beers. Instead I went to a great Korean BBQ place with my buddy and walked around a bit with friends who were doing the walk. I tried a few of the beers, which were mostly if not exclusively micro-​brews you can buy at the store.
The event has potential, but it’d be better if they just closed down a couple blocks in Japantown and made it a block party. They had a band on one of the corners, but things were too spread out to feel like a cool, social event.

The first of possibly an annual event is this years Beerwalk in San Jose’s Japantown.
I was first excited to hear about such an event, and upon reading of the beers included, even moreso. There were limited tickets available for pre-​sale the few days leading up to the event, but the forecast for Saturday looked gloomy. I opted to pay a few extra dollars to buy a ticket on-​site, ad it was stated to be available on the day of.
I waited in a line outside to get carded and wristbanded. Then waited in line again in the back of Jack’s.
No tickets available.
Beerwalk sucks.
Horrible organization if you ask me. I proceeded to walk around Japantown to find a place to drink and eat, but most things are closed from 2:30 to 5:00 pm. The same time Beerwalk is happening.
From what I saw, it’s just warm beer being poured from plastic pitchers. This event is the same exact event as the sake festival. Just replace the sake with beer. It’s a big ruse to get you to walk into shops hoping to drive up their business. It’s not as big an event as I thought it would have been. Hopefully, the organizers get it right next year.