So, did everybody have a good time?
We put out 400 self-stick name badges, and used them all. A high percentage of attendees arrive wearing a vendor badge or official ID, so I'm guessing 500 folks for the evening.
Yep, the beer ran out a little after 8. The Beer Fairy and her friends, myself included, have decided between 8 to 9 is just perfect, as it gets everybody on their way home (or onward to SOS) between 9 and 10.
Fine tuning...next year, one less keg of Bell's Two-Hearted (the darker, very hoppy stuff), and two, maybe three more Spotted Cows. The Fixed Gear red ale continues to be popular. As usual, it nailed a few of the unwary (6.8 ABV).
The "cop" who drove into into the party with all the flashing lights was Ron Moring, who apparently "borrowed" a demo vehicle from the Whelan Lighting folks. I'm told he paged Darwin with the loudspeaker, who went for the gag, hook, line, and stinker. I admit I was halfway across the party before I saw "Whelen" on the door.
Jenny Estes did
not get up on a table.
Special thanks to Bill Repucci and crew, who as a public service, selflessly and without regard for personal safety, arrived early and sucked up all the beer foam from the early tap pulls. Don't think you would have wanted to be in a tent with those guys late Monday night
End of report.