Hoptobefest after thoughts

[NASH]

Good times! Great to see everyone out, good beers, food and peeps



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[CartoonCod]

Great party, great food, and great beer, thanks alot!

[BobbyOK]

Another great Hoptoberfest. Thanks Rob and Shelley for hosting again. Thanks everybody who made/brought food - all fantastic. I get as excited about the food for this party as I do for the beer every year. And the beer - best year yet. There was not a single homebrew there that I wouldn't buy if I could get it commercially. Special mention to BBrianBoogie's Orval inspired Belgian Ale - that was fantastic!

[Graham.C]

Special mention to BBrianBoogie's Orval inspired Belgian Ale - that was fantastic!

+1. That was an excellent beer.

[Maritimer]

It was my first event and I was very impressed. Amazing food and beer all night!
Sorry I didn't make it in to pick up my canopy Rob. I can swing past and grab it anytime this week, or on the weekend if thats better for you.

[akr71]

Special mention to BBrianBoogie's Orval inspired Belgian Ale - that was fantastic!

+1. That was an excellent beer.

Sorry I missed it.

Other standouts: the Bacon Porter and the Pineapple IPA - all the beer was excellent, but these 2 stand out in my memory because I tasted nothing else like them. I don't even like pineapple and I went back and topped up my glass.

[XmonikerX]

Thanks for Hosting Mr.X, had a great time even with the rain. Food was great, beer was great. met a bunch of brewnosers i hadn't before. good times.

[Gavin]

Another great Hoptoberfest. Thanks Rob and Shelley for hosting again. Thanks everybody who made/brought food - all fantastic. I get as excited about the food for this party as I do for the beer every year. And the beer - best year yet. There was not a single homebrew there that I wouldn't buy if I could get it commercially. Special mention to BBrianBoogie's Orval inspired Belgian Ale - that was fantastic!

yeah, that belgian ale was damn tasty. only problem is that it took 2 years to get that good, if i brewed something that tasty i wouldn't want to have to wait that long.

[TimG]

Lets see those pictures! I remember (vaguely..) seeing cameras around, post up some pictures folks.

[know1]

Thanks X, good times!

Here's a few random pics. I don't think I have the settings on my little p&s camera figured out plus I don;t think the smoke and rain helped either but oh well.

[mr x]

Sweet. I'll get some of mine up later this week.

[TimG]

Cool! Captures the big crowd we had, nice.

[Jayme]

Well I think my hang over may have finally worn off... haha. Thanks for hosting! A great time indeed.

[Earl]

Thanks Rob and Shelly for hosting. As a relative newcomer this was a GREAT introduction to the group. It is nice to meet so many people who take such pride in their beer and their food and so much attention to detail. Grinding the lamb meat to make the lamb burgers...now that is serious about quality! I have never tasted so many great beers in one place. You guys put the Seaport Beer Fest to shame. The Maine Beers I brought were not much a hit when put along side your brews.

Looking forward to getting out to more events and partnering with CartoonCod to make a brew. Maybe I will catch the bug and convert some space to making my own brew by next Hoptoberfest.

Cheers.
Earl

[Graham.C]

Thanks Rob and Shelly for hosting. As a relative newcomer this was a GREAT introduction to the group. It is nice to meet so many people who take such pride in their beer and their food and so much attention to detail. Grinding the lamb meat to make the lamb burgers...now that is serious about quality! I have never tasted so many great beers in one place. You guys put the Seaport Beer Fest to shame. The Maine Beers I brought were not much a hit when put along side your brews.

Looking forward to getting out to more events and partnering with CartoonCod to make a brew. Maybe I will catch the bug and convert some space to making my own brew by next Hoptoberfest.

Cheers.
Earl

awesome. Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself and are already debating brewing!

[BBrianBoogie]

It was nice to meet you Earl, glad you had a good time.

[Jimmy]

So do we have any pictures from the event?

[mr x]

Yes, I have pics, but i'm in NG until the weekend.

Sent from my Nexus S

[Jimmy]

Pretty sweet event setup I came across on reddit. That tap wall is sick!

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[XmonikerX]

That tap wall is awesome.

[bluenose]

Tap wall is definitely awesome... I especially like how they're high enough that you can easily get your mouth under the spout

[Graham.C]

Tap wall is definitely awesome... I especially like how they're high enough that you can easily get your mouth under the spout

[GAM]

Tap wall is definitely awesome... I especially like how they're high enough that you can easily get your mouth under the spout

Barney cut his gums up preaty bad though.

Sandy

[Graham.C]

Here are some blurry out of focus iphone shots from the party.

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[akr71]

Tap wall is definitely awesome... I especially like how they're high enough that you can easily get your mouth under the spout

Surely, X's neighbor won't mind us drilling holes in the fence and storing 10+ kegs and co2 in their yard...