Hey Everyone,
I sure had a blast and I hope everyone who came did also. I was also glad to see a bunch of guys brewing, since that is what Masstoberfest is first and foremost, a party of, for, and by homebrewers.
So knowing full well that I'm going to miss a few folks and apologizing in advance I'll list just the HBT folks who were there. (I'll leave out the names of the Solid Gold Dancers, etc, as a public service.)
So here goes...
Dakota leads off the list since the fool showed up at around 8 and I put his arse to work. (Brewed)
the_bird showed up not long after and got put to work also. (Brewed)
Bulls Beers (A Masstoberfest Original!)
Yeager (Brewed)
SmurfJuice (Brewed)
PaulTheOriginal(Brewed)
Big John
Melana (with spawn)
DayTripper
DaddyMem (with the_wife and spawn, and a couple of members of his brew club and their wives and even more spawn.)
My pal Drunken once again helped out a ton by tending to Bertha when I was otherwise occupied.
Jarrod (SSBC)
Robbnoxious (SSBC)
NHWrecker (A new HBT'er but I think we'll be seeing more of him around here.)
We also had a ton of other non-brewing friends and aquaintences come, including the afore mentioned Solid Gold Dancers (who will NOT be allowed to touch the iPod next year, even if they do overindulge to the point of flashing the crowd again.) There were a bunch of Alices and my collegues from work and a bunch of our dive buddies. We also had assorted spawn of ours popping in and out.
And of course, we had Babalu87, his wife Maureen and both kids. Jeff arrived around 1:30 and stayed till almost 5. He was a little dicey walking on grass but seemed to be having a good time. I was quizzing him about the brewing process and he was giving me back the correct answers.
"So when I put the wort in the brew kettle what do I do next?"
"Boil it."
"And what goes in then?"
"Hops."
We did, as you can see in one of the pictures, give him a beer to try. He took a sip but made a face and said he didn't like it. I'm sure that will come back in time.
So thanks everyone, I'm already looking forward to next year.
(Don't worry, I'll keep practicing my pole dancing skills so I'm in top form for next year.)
PTN