HBT at NHC

[the_bird]

So, is Charlie as... uh... "odd" as the rumors suggest?

 

[RichBrewer]

OK, here's another picture from last night. That's Charlie Papazian and me, and on the right is Charlie's wife, Sandra. There is a funny story behind Charlie's pose for my camera.

I asked Yooper to take my picture with Charlie. I had been talking to him for a few minutes and when I turned around, Lorena and Sandy were laughing their asses off. I asked her what was going on and apparently when Yooper took the photo, she became captivated with Charlie's body. It appeared to Sandy that Yooper was looking at Charlie's crotch! Yooper noticed that Sandy was looking at her strangely and realized what she was doing. Well, the story goes that Charlie had an interesting belt buckle on and it caught Yooper's attention. She explained this to Sandy and that's when I noticed them laughing. The photo was taken as they teased Charlie about Yooper staring at his crotch. We all laughed so hard!
A classic HBT moment!

 

[Bearcat Brewmeister]

I may get out of work at a reasonable time today. Anyone at conference have plans to meet for dinner?

 

[Yuri_Rage]

You're going out to San francisco next year?

I'm going to make a huge effort to be there!

I was going to go to Denver last year, but I had made plans over a year prior to go to an event in Alaska during the SAME week. So, I thought I'd go to Cinci this year. TERRIBLE timing again!!! So, here's to hoping for next year!

 

[Brewsmith]

I was waiting to hear where it was going to be next year. I figured out here somewhere. I'm so in! :rockin: A six hour drive away. Do we need to set up a HBT 2009 NHC thread already? I'll bring beer, even my small kegerator if possible. I've even got some family in Oakland, so I might be able to bring the family have them not be bored out of their minds...

I can't wait.

 

[Yooper]

A couple of new photos were added to the photobucket account, from Jim Koch's address, last night's dinner and club night, and lunch today. We got to visit with OllllllO until approx 4 AM when some of us weenies went to bed. The first seminar didn't start until 9, though, so that left plenty of time to sleep. (the seminars have been first rate, too- it's really been a wonderful conference)

Some of my favorite photos:
Jim Koch answering questions:

Ray Daniels trying my IPA:

Bearcat Brewmeister explaining where to get good beer:

 

[Yooper]

Yet more photos:

Left to right: Richbrewer, Mrs. Ohiobrewtus, Bearcat Brewmeister, Ohiobrewtus, mrFebtober, Brewwench, Edwort, OlllllO and Mrs. Olllllllo

Lunch today at the Hofbrauhaus

Ohiobrewtus saying "hello" to Biermuncher


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.

 

[Bobby_M]

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.

 

[BierMuncher]

Ohiobrewtus saying "hello" to Biermuncher

Right back atchya bro...

 

[Yooper]

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.

 

[EdWort]

What am I? Chipped Beef and Old Milwaukee?

 

[Yooper]

What am I? Chipped Beef and Old Milwaukee?

I said "short" description, I think. That's not you either!

Edwort is funny and intelligent- and very easy to be around.

(And every one of the ones I mentioned and the ones I didn't are much more than all that, of course. That's just what stuck me!)

 

[EdWort]

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.

I would agree with all your "short" observations.

What a great bunch of people! I have not seen so many geeks in one room since a Microsoft TechEd party.

I'm working on my pictures. I hope to have them up later today after I travel up to visit family.

 

[EdWort]

Ok, here's a few pics before I hit the road this morning.

This is how over 90% of the people viewed Yoopy at around 1 AM on Club night.

Darn auto focus.

Here's our Wonderful custom hand made club sign for Club night shown by BrewWench.

Ohiobrewtus & BrewWench with Yoopy in the back and just a tinge of Clayof2day on the right.

MrFebtober and ChrisK by our beautiful custom hand made HBT club sign.

Club night was a hoot! The soft pretzels were a hit and ollllo's SWMBO (Brenda) was cranking them out in the end after folks found out there were HOT soft pretzels with mustard at the HBT table.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Wow, HBT totally needs a flag/banner/something....
It was great fun watching the video Friday night! Thanks again to olllllo for setting that up and for all at the NHC for manning the table and entertaining all that weren't able to attend.

 

[BrewWench]

LOL. Edwort: BrewinMama = BrewWench in all your pics

BrewinMama is OhioBrewtus' wife, and BrewWench (me) is MrFebtober's wife. I have the "Julie" name tag on.

 

[olllllo]

Just got home.

I'll post some more pics later tonite.

 

[BrewWench]

What am I? Chipped Beef and Old Milwaukee?

You and me both, Edwort!

 

[the_bird]

You and me both, Edwort!

Those of us watching "The OlllllllllllO Show" won't forget you!

(we didn't skeeve you out too much, did we?)

 

[BlindLemonLars]

What am I? Chipped Beef and Old Milwaukee?

Well, you know...if you can't say something nice...

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Here are some of the photos that we were able to get:

My wife and I with Jim Koch

Dinner Friday at a Japanese steakhouse
That's RichBrewer at the top, then Clayof2day and EdWort followed by my SWMBO, olllllo and Yoop.

The massive pile of kegs (I heard it was over 600) waiting for people to pick them up for Club Night

MrFebtober, RichBrewer and olllllo

 

[ohiobrewtus]

EdWort and his kickass German hat

Charlie Papazian

Here's PseudoChef on club night

Me 'chugging' beer from a randal that these guys say they actually got from DFH.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Bearcat Brewmeister, MrFebtober, me, EdWort and BrewWench

My swmbo and PseudoChef

Bearcat Brewmeister, MrFebtober, me and EdWort

This is our super-duper high tech club signage

 

[ohiobrewtus]

The Busty Wenches of club night (one of those should look familiar)

Lunch at the Hofbrauhaus on Saturday

L to R that's me, my swmbo (brewingmama), Yoop, RichBrewer, PseudoChef and EdWort. MrFebtober, BrewWench, Clayof2day and ChrisK also showed up shortly after.

mmmmmmmmmmm, German sausage

Brew system at the Hofbrauhaus

 

[olllllo]

Pouring beer in ChrisK's glassware.

Some of the 1000 brewers in attendance. The most assembled in one place over 8000 years of brewing history according to Jim Koch.

Photoshopping opportunity?

Some of the more elaborate booths.

 

[Evan!]

me = sad little panda. hate you guys. goin home.

 

[olllllo]

Bearcat joins the gang

More booths

 

[olllllo]

More booths

The BN

OK...crowded

Casting from the floor of the hospitality room.

 

[olllllo]

Do you want some Grapes of Wrath, Justin???

Why, yes! Yes, I Do!

 

[olllllo]

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

The guy with his back to both photos (Bloomington) is robnog.