I would not have used the whole space, maybe 20-30% more. It would not have hurt to make the aisles a little longer and with more space between the booths. This way people could get their beer and congregate to the side of the club booth rather than stand right in front of it and hinder others from sampling too. That was my main complaint. People would get a sample and just stand there while others were waiting. It was cramped, but lack of common sense was an issue also.
can we all take a moment to acknowledge who took third place in pilsner (cat 2)?!?
one of our own.... congrats phil!!!
I was also a little underwhelmed by pro-night. Then club night happened... then I was really underwhelmed by pro-night.
I will give it up to Dogfish Head. Sam shows up, with a some pretty rare offerings. To me it shows he still gets it, as hasn't forgotten about his roots.
Other than Bells, Stone, and DFH, who really brought something to pro night? I was quite disappointed with it and would rather have club night split into 2 days.
Other than Bells, Stone, and DFH, who really brought something to pro night? I was quite disappointed with it and would rather have club night split into 2 days.
+1 to the Bitter Valentine being the best thing about pro night. how many refills did we have? six? more?!?I thought Williamsburg Alewerks had the best beer I had that night (Bitter Valentine).
I am a HUGE Firestone Walker fan and was extremely dissapointed with their old, off flavored bottles of Wooky Jack they pulled out of a closet somewhere. If they had poured 16, or parabola, or sucuba or all the above I would have never left their table!!
Other than Bells, Stone, and DFH, who really brought something to pro night? I was quite disappointed with it and would rather have club night split into 2 days.
Other than Bells, Stone, and DFH, who really brought something to pro night? I was quite disappointed with it and would rather have club night split into 2 days.
Moonlight Meadery brought a good mix of stuff, some that was brand new. Preferred the stuff at the seminars, but still rock solid offerings. Definitely disappointed in the lack of locals, though.
I can pretty much assure you that won't happen.
Widmer Bros had their Hibiscus Goze that was pretty phenomenal and Heavy Seas busted out some elusive Loose Cannon... There was more hard to find beer pouring than I think people realized. I still don't like Dogfish. Sam showing up doesn't change their beer or their philosophy. Brew a normal beer every now and then...
I thought Williamsburg Alewerks had the best beer I had that night (Bitter Valentine).
I am a HUGE Firestone Walker fan and was extremely dissapointed with their old, off flavored bottles of Wooky Jack they pulled out of a closet somewhere. If they had poured 16, or parabola, or sucuba or all the above I would have never left their table!!
Widmer Bros had their Hibiscus Goze that was pretty phenomenal and Heavy Seas busted out some elusive Loose Cannon... There was more hard to find beer pouring than I think people realized. I still don't like Dogfish. Sam showing up doesn't change their beer or their philosophy. Brew a normal beer every now and then...
I can pretty much assure you that won't happen.
Widmer Bros had their Hibiscus Goze that was pretty phenomenal and Heavy Seas busted out some elusive Loose Cannon...
................i ran out of things i wanted to try, or was willing to wait in line for, on pro night - too few pros. on the other hand there was way too much on offer on club night.
If a bunch of beer went home, then perhaps there should be some kind of limit to the number of kegs that a club could bring.
Widmer had some awesome offerings - both at pro night and in the expo hall. That Goze was definitely amazing, and if you didn't get a chance to try their black raspberry RIS, go find a bottle! The also had some kind of brown they were pouring in the Expo Hall on Thursday that my wife went for that was pretty great.
But your comment about the elusive Loose Cannon puzzles me a bit. Was Heavy Seas pouring a special edition of their Loose Cannon, or are you just in a region where it's hard to come by, or am I just really fortunate that my local shop seems to almost always have it on hand when I want it? Don't get me wrong - it's definitely good stuff! But I wouldn't exactly call it elusive.
Here it is, peg leg.
Yeah, I agree on the engineer & IT thing. I am an enginner and almost every person I met there was also. Pretty interesting.
Maybe all the normal folks just didn't want to talk to you guys I don't think I asked a single person about job stuff while I was there. Who wants to talk about that at the homebrewers conference? Oh, engineers.
They need to have a table reservation system for the banquet.
Yeah. It's easy to tell those wanabees from the real mechanical engineers.Sometimes, I would just say, "What kind of engineer are you?" after hearing them talk for 30 seconds. Usually, it was electrical but sometimes chemical. :cross:
Second, I would ask more of the local brewer's to participate. Sure I want DFH and Stone there, but there are so many small breweries on the East Coast within 3 hours of the event that we could have had two pro nights!
Yeah. It's easy to tell those wanabees from the real mechanical engineers.
Ha! Fellow ME here.......
They need to have a table reservation system for the banquet.
Yooper said:Oh, yeah, well.......................MEs too!
I spent a lot of time talking about electric brewing, so that was really fun. No one around where I live (except for my buddy lschaivo, who happens to be an EE ) cares about any brewery items let alone a control panel with a PWM and a PID.
But the folks I chatted with totally geeked out with me. :rockin:
Oh, and I now have the coolest tap handle at my cottage on the little kegerator, due to one of my geek friends! Thanks, AnOldUR! I'll be staying at the cottage overnight tonight, and I'll take a picture. Quinn helped me put it on, and pronounced it "cool"!
To be fair, of course, I knew Firebrewer was a fellow paramedic (and firefighter), and eyedocTodd is self explanatory. But otherwise, I felt like the only non-engineer or IT person around for long stretches.
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