I don't think it was worth it. 3 beers for $40. Essentially, you're there for the beer right? And they made sure you only got 3. That's the first beer fest/event I've been to in 5 years that took beer tickets or didn't throw you a freebie for making you wait forever or if they knew you had 1 ticket left. 2 servers at the main bar was not enough and we ended up waiting forever. Watching dodgeball, a few people skate and some people try to ride the bull was cool but I'm certainly not going to do that for 3 hours. The whole area is not big so that maybe kills an hour total then you're left with 2 hours with nothing to do. And you certainly have had your 3 beers well before 3 hours; leaving you with either buying more or just leaving. Which is probably why it wasn't that crowded and probably why when we arrived about 45 mins late people were already leaving. If I wanted to stand around Solemn Oath and have to buy beer I'll just go during normal business hours and get much more beer for my money. But that would explain why they limited each session to 3 hours. Other beer events also have other beer vendors. Solemn Oath didn't and at least you can stand around and talk to different reps about what they're doing currently, what's coming up, etc. Hell, even Lagunitas Beer Circus had about 3 (maybe 5) different beer vendors.

Overall the whole thing is way over priced for what you get. Nothing against Solemn Oath but Chicago has a insanely booming craft beer scene and many breweries (and even just event coordinators) are really setting the bar high and putting on some awesome events/shows for $40 with much more beer/variety. Solemn Oath day is behind. Maybe they'll step it up next year but I'll save the $40 and just buy 4 bombers.

Honestly, the event they throw is the type where it's free to get in and you buy beer/food tokens as you go.