Mardi Gras 2021

[Pantheon]

Any bets on how long it takes for someone to get drunk and try to get beads the traditional Mardi Gras way?

I'm willing to bet someone will get drunk and try to get beads the traditional way on the opening day of the event.

 

[belsaas]

Any bets on how long it takes for someone to get drunk and try to get beads the traditional Mardi Gras way?

Really just depends on which day I get my reservation.

 

[VB06Hokie]

Do members get free hand grenades in the Festhaus?

 

[The Quist]

If I know BGW, Aquitaine will be closed for the Mardi Gras event.

 

[snowman6996]

If there isn't authentic hand grenades then I'm not going!

 

[Jonesta6]

If there isn't authentic hand grenades then I'm not going!

Guess you won't be there, doubt they'd get a license to serve spirits

 

[r757chan]

Guess you won't be there, doubt they'd get a license to serve spirits

Isn't there liquor in the frozen drinks near Verbolten?

 

[Jonesta6]

Isn't there liquor in the frozen drinks near Verbolten?

I don't think so, my understanding is mixed drinks in the park are wine-based.

However, I could be totally wrong

 

[snowman6996]

There have had Bourbon tastings in England before.

 

[Jonesta6]

There have had Bourbon tastings in England before.

So maybe they get some kind of provisional license for that, or through a vendor?

 

[tursiops]

I believe they mentioned liquor tastings. Plus they sell it all over the park. Jameson in Ireland for example.

 

[Jonesta6]

I believe they mentioned liquor tastings. Plus they sell it all over the park. Jameson in Ireland for example.

It doesn't help that the license listed on ABC's site indicates it's a beer and wine only license for restaurant/retail but also says mixed beverage in the description...

 

[Jahrules]

For the record; I do not, for a single second trust BGW culinary to properly cook alligator.

 

[Jonesta6]

I mean if minimum wage carnies can shove it on a stick and fry it, it's hard to imagine how hard it can be screwed up... Unless they try to make it fancy

 

[Zimmy]

I am not a fan of alligator. The first person to say, "it tastes like chicken," will get some serious eye roll. It tastes like gamey.... fishy... I dont know.

 

[tursiops]

From the updated rewards page.

 

[Celticdog]

I am not a fan of alligator. The first person to say, "it tastes like chicken," will get some serious eye roll. It tastes like gamey.... fishy... I dont know.

If is cooked correctly it is quite good, however most places over cook it and deep fry. It gets tough and dry. I've had it in sausage at Disney, in a chili in South Carolina, and one one tasty grilled tail stake down in Hilton Head. I compare more to the texture of lobster. It can have a fishy gameyness to it. But I do still like it. You're right it is nothing like chicken.

 

[The Quist]

I am not a fan of alligator. The first person to say, "it tastes like chicken," will get some serious eye roll. It tastes like gamey.... fishy... I dont know.

It tastes like gamey, fishy chicken.

 

[warfelg]

FWIW I’ve had it....I don’t like it.

 

[ludmarco]

For the record; I do not, for a single second trust BGW culinary to properly cook alligator.

I don’t either. I tried BGW’s poutine at Les Frites about two years ago and it tasted nothing like poutine. Okay, the fries and cheese curds were tasty, but then there was a bunch of turkey gravy poured on top... I don’t think they realize Quebecois gravy is really a sauce, not thick, American gravy.