Tickets sold out in a half hour, and if you were drinking a beer instead of wating online with hordes of beer nerds there's good news. You still have a chance to win a pair. 

Tickets sold out in a half hour, and if you were drinking a beer instead of waiting online with hordes of nerds there's good news. You still have a chance to win a pair.

Like stoners patiently wait for the Cannabis Cup, so do beer lovers for the Great American Beer Fest. It's three days filled with tens of thousands of beers from 700 breweries from across the nation. If you're anyone who's anyone, you'll be there. But when tickets sell out faster than space at a Tijuana cock fight, what's a beer-brat to do? You win those tickets. 

The American Homebrewers Association has a set of tickets that get you, and one lucky friend, guaranteed admission to all three days of the fest, three nights in a hotel, and airfare if you're traveling. All you have to do is renew your AHA membership, or become an AHA member. When you check out, use code GABF14 and you'll be entered into the contest. 

Membership costs $43 a year and there's all sorts of benefits, including access to presale tickets for next year. 

Here's all the official information you need to become a member, and good luck!