NW bottle share/gathering

In one fell swoop, family duty conflict and related transportation issue. Unless we get a flood of attendees at the last minute, please keep me on the list though, as I will try to make it for the latter half of the event.

 

Say it ain't so, my good man.

What about taking your giant seahorse via the lakes and ship canal? Or shooting yourself, daredevil-style, from the Eastside to Ballard out of an enormous clam gun? We can erect a large pile of grain and hop pellets from among the inventory at the brewery to safely catch you...

Like @cherche says, please do come when you can. We're probably going to need someone still in possession of their senses to help guide us towards the exit at 3:00 and onto the UBG afterwards anyway.

 

Pretty sure I live about ten feet away from you, so if you can wriggle out of the family thing, you can catch a ride with me.

 

Message sent!

 

In a strange twist of fate I'm both sick and trapped in El Paso. Friggin heatwave!

 

If we'd gotten our act together sooner, and people were willing to shell out the few extra bucks, it might have been nice to spring for a couple of these to ferry our sorry asses over to the UBG at 3:00 tomorrow.



Not only would it have been a relatively safe and amusing means of transport, it also would have announced, in no uncertain terms, that that shit show was about to become a real fucking party.

While I'm at it, and since I'm probably going to be too shy to say this in person in front of everyone, I do have one special request for tomorrow...It's that we start off by cracking the Spring Elixir, and give @Texwild, @John_M, and @cherche the first tastes, while their palates are still fresh, and they can really appreciate it. And then we pour the rest out in honor of the regrettably absent @beertunes. Paying such tribute to our distinguished host, moderator, organizer, and fearless forum leader seems to me the very least we can do. It's probably what that bottle deserves, too...

 

This encourages punctuality.

 

And a rollicking good time...

I was picturing maybe Tex or John in the captain's seat, with a megaphone, belting out who-knows-what, with us following along, as we made our way down Leary. Or Terry*, if he were with us.

*(He probably wouldn't need the megaphone.)

 

Checkin in last minute! I'm still down but will be without guest if that opens up space for anyone. Will have a handful of bottles, and more then happy to chip in for pizza. Would love to have a tour around the place as well!

Oh and more then happy to come early/stay late if setup/cleanup is needed

 

Don't you dare waste a drop of that Elixir! I bet it's gonna be better than you think.

 

Oh, I'm gonna sample some of your share, don't you worry. Just trying, as always, to (pretend to) be polite.

 

That's correct. Right along Leary.

 

If anyone is heading up from the capitol hill / central district area send me a PM. I'm hoping to catch a ride up to Ballard

 

On ferry. Plan on expressing to Ballard and walking to brewery. Should not be too hard

 

I expect regular updates of the hijinx.

 

Going to be about a 1230 arrival. Don't wait up

 

So far my bus is 12 minutes late... I'll probably be closer to that as well.

 

Eagerly awaiting seeing all your checkins from here in Marrakech. Have fun everyone!