16th Annual Holiday Bash!

[Yooper]

Got the computer set up behind the bar. Maybe when olllllo gets here he can get the web cam working.

Oh, I hope so. My very first virtual pary! I'd love to see what you guys are up to!

 

[EdWort]

Got the computer set up behind the bar. Maybe when olllllo gets here he can get the web cam working.

Sweet! My beer & 8 month old Apfelwein went over well last night at the charity event we went to. 5 gallons of Haus Ale floated in 2 hours and the Apfelwein an hour later. There were some folks feeling good last night.

Have fun guys!

 

[olllllo]

Home. Now. Hang. Over.
Picures. Later.

 

[McKBrew]

Thanks Don, Janet, Donald and Michelle for a great time and great beer. A big thank you as well to Donald and Michelle for opening up their home to all of us and providing a place to stay for those of us who had a bit to drink.

I'll post some pics later as well.

 

[Brewtopia]

I want to thank olllllo & Mrs. olllllo, dblvsn and McKBrew for coming out. It was a great time! I look forward to seeing the pictures. I forgot to take any myself.

We ended up kicking 6 kegs and we had 5 kegs with less than a pint or 2 left in them! Not sure how many bottles we ended up opening yet.

Again, thanks guys for taking the time to travel all the way out here for the party. it meant a lot.

Cheers!

 

[Yooper]

Sorry, 'topia, this thread is useless without pics. OllllO and Mck- get cracking!!!!!

It sounds like a great time. I'm so jealous!

 

[McKBrew]

Did anyone ever figure out what happened to dblvsn?

 

[olllllo]

Did anyone ever figure out what happened to dblvsn?

He's fine. We had a miscommunication about the ride back. Imagine that, us being drunk and all.

 

[McKBrew]

Brewtopia Contemplates a 5 year old keg of Jolly Roger from Pacific Maritime Brewing.

olllllo and Andre (originally from Belgium) discuss the characteristics of a good Belgian.

Party Goers in the garage (home of a ton of good bottled beer)

Don listens as Rob (Steven King look-alike?) discusses alternate worlds and how he was pulled back from the edge by Janet.

 

[McKBrew]

Brewtopia opens a 2002 bottle of Leviathan Barleywine.

olllllo gives rates his current beer using a basic rating system

 

[olllllo]

olllllo gives rates his current beer using a basic rating system

Yes. I was very binary at that point. I'm uploading pics to my flickr account as we speak.

 

[McKBrew]

Damn that party was a blast, I enjoyed a ton of great beer, but did it in a way that didn't leave me totally feeling like shxt the next day.

 

[olllllo]

dblvsn and olllllo At the Six Arms - pre-party.

SWMBO & I at Elysian

The Specialty Beer Freezer

Sierra Celebration vertical 00 - 05

 

[olllllo]

They won't miss this one

The Four Horsemen: MckBrew; olllllo; Brewtopia; dblvsn

Mrs Brewtopia's keg was the first to go.

Bragging Rights

 

[olllllo]

We won't discuss these.

dblvsn reaches in for the magnum of 2002 Leviathan. Tom Munuz of Stix is on the right.

Time for a quick post.

The board is starting to look thin.

 

[olllllo]

Guest taps

Tribute to Earl Averill. Brewtopia will have to explain.

Rob came back to life later... see MckBrew's pic. He might have had his out of body experience here.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Ha! We usually hold the party in the Rec room off the lobby of our condo. This year it will be at my brew partners house. He has a big backyard, garage and full basement. I'll haul my bar and kegerator over there and we'll have 8 taps available. (I may borrow a jockey box from Stix or Lazy Boy so that we can properly pour any guest beers).

BT, I LOVE the new avatar. I think you're way to calm though. If it were me that close to all of those bright tanks I'd probably be performing an unspeakable act on them. :rockin:

 

[Brewtopia]

Great pictures guys!
I can't believe that I didn't take one picture myself.

Thanks again for coming out, I had a great time.

Let's do it again next year!

 

[dblvsn]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the hard work and efforts that went into this party. The beers were fantastic. Donald and Michelle for opening up their house. A great time was had by all. After having Brewtopia's swmbo's beer I'm not so sure that Brewtopia is the brains behind the brewing There's 3 big brewing events I have planned for 2008. Homebrewers Conference, GABF, and Brewtopia's Xmas party.