man, what a week. work hard and party hard, I'm getting too old for that... slept 12 hours straight when I got home, luckily I didn't have to work today.
Yeastie Boys, standing ovation! So deserved and a huge inspiration to the rest of us beergeeks to have our own people up there on the stage! Didn't get a chance to meet Sam but Stu and Steve are top, top people.
Richard Emerson (and his team), no one could have earned the champion trophy more, and in respect to his own words I will do my best to knock them down to second next year, as I hope every other brewer in the country will.
And of course all the hardworking members of the brewers guild, going from nothing to this in only a few years is an amazing accomplishment!
And let's not forget Steph and her horde of eager volunteers (Johnny, Martin, James, Dale, Dave and all those I forget the names of, you know who you are!). Awesome work, the event would not have worked without you.
Thanks for all the "mad props" - it was certainly an incredible week.
And in the process, Yeastie Boys now own their first piece of shiny brewing equipment! We'll be installing it over the next month and should be able to increase our batch size by, say, 400mls...