EdWort
Well-Known Member
What am I? Chipped Beef and Old Milwaukee?
What am I? Chipped Beef and Old Milwaukee?
I know that everybody always says things like, "Great people, blah blah". But in this case it is so true!
I really liked everyone that I met. And I met alot of people. On Pro Brewer's night, I tried to meet everybody in the room. I think I did pretty well at that, but didn't get to meet quite all of them. (There were about 300 people, I would guess). Every single person that I met was great. I met a few "lurking" hbt'ers who I didn't know from their ID but got to know them a bit in person and that was great.
One other thing strikes me- there were mostly men at the conference and quite a few beers. I never heard any arguments or saw any conflicts. Now, crowds and large quantities of alcohol don't sound like a good mix. But in this case, I saw the biggest RDWHAHB attitude in the world.
Some very short observations:
The SWMBOs were wonderful. Now, so were the guys. But I really think that homebrewers (myself included) marry UP. We have to have the most understanding and best looking spouses in the world.
Overall, HBTers are FUNNY! I laughed so hard all weekend that my jaw hurts!
Ohiobrewtus is even louder than I am.
OllllllO's wife is a saint.
ChrisK is very funny.
Pseudochef looks like he's 12 years old.
Richbrewer is genuinely a nice guy.
I still don't like sour beers, wheat beers, or fruit beers.
What am I? Chipped Beef and Old Milwaukee?
You and me both, Edwort!
What am I? Chipped Beef and Old Milwaukee?
Bearcat Brewmeister, MrFebtober, me and EdWort
My swmbo and PseudoChef
Bearcat Brewmeister, MrFebtober, me and EdWort
This is our super-duper high tech club signage
Yet more photos:
So far, EVERYone I've met has been awesome. All the HBTers have especially been great. And, I've had some fantastic beer. Apparently we had over 600 kegs last night at club night, with 1000 people. That's right, 3/4 of a keg per person. Not to mention all the bottles that opened up. We had some crabapple wine, apfelwein, moonshine (don't ask!), and we opened up some beerswap beers. One from Brewtopia (thanks!) and Evan!'s Meph. stout to just name two.
The guy with his back to both photos (Bloomington) is robnog.
I ran into a nice guy, Billy D in that runs a local brewshop in Ohio.
He has some cool photos of the NHC here
http://billydshomebrew.com/yetanotherforum/default.aspx?g=topics&f=11
and some other brew resouces.
Check out some of the Jim Koch pix and vids.
I know that everybody always says things like, "Great people, blah blah". But in this case it is so true!
One other thing strikes me- there were mostly men at the conference and quite a few beers. I never heard any arguments or saw any conflicts. Now, crowds and large quantities of alcohol don't sound like a good mix. But in this case, I saw the biggest RDWHAHB attitude in the world.
Some very short observations:
The SWMBOs were wonderful. Now, so were the guys. But I really think that homebrewers (myself included) marry UP. We have to have the most understanding and best looking spouses in the world.
Overall, HBTers are FUNNY! I laughed so hard all weekend that my jaw hurts!
Ohiobrewtus is even louder than I am.
OllllllO's wife is a saint.
ChrisK is very funny.
Pseudochef looks like he's 12 years old.
Richbrewer is genuinely a nice guy.
I still don't like sour beers, wheat beers, or fruit beers.
I was really impressed by this as well. I don't know how many people were crammed into that one room for Club Night, but it was a lot. I never saw anyone getting out of hand or starting anything. Everyone was just having a good time (especially us).
Originally posted by ohiobrewtus
Hands down, the best beer I had all weekend was Brewtopia's Grapes of Wrath. It was so good that I *almost* wish I would have kept it to myself, but a chance to share it with fellow HBT'ers was just too good to pass up. Justin from BN and Steve White from White Labs also got samples of this and were very impressed. I told Justin to squeeze in a plug for Naked City Brewing and this amazing beer if he wanted more. He got more, but I'm not sure if he got the plug in or not.
Wow, thanks ohio!
I appreciate the kind words and thanks for sharing with the gang. Wish I could have been there.
Beleve me Topia, we all wish you could have been there!
Did anyone run into any Whales Club members on club night? I know Brad and Jennifer Jones were there but I'm not sure if they were pouring.
Those of us watching "The OlllllllllllO Show" won't forget you!
(we didn't skeeve you out too much, did we?)
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