The leaves are changing
and the days are growing
shorter, soon I will be
bitching about the cold and
snow but, in the meantime,
enjoy what is left of the
memory of summer. If you
have not heard, this rag
won Second Place for
small chapter newsletter
award from the
"Mothership", the BCCA. Please, please, sit down and stop clapping, I got business to talk about!
This award was announced at Canvention in Milwaukee (more on that party later) and was
accepted on behalf of the chapter by the esteemed Tom T. It is my view that, this is no small feat
as we compete against many other chapters and is quite an honor. So, please contribute an article
or two next time and let’s see if we can get first place next year!!!
Now, onto Canvention and some random thoughts. This was our 16th Canvention, our first
was 1991 in Santa Clara, CA. Canvention is always a grand time to renew old friendships and
make new, drink beer and swap stories, I mean BS. Our son Charles came with this time, a
motivating factor for him was Wisconsin law, which states anyone under 21 can drink legally in bars
with their parents. Yes, he had a good time; in
fact he helped drag the old man back to his
room one night. Here are some numbers;
Miller Caves on the tour
there were over 1000 attendees and about
700 tables of breweriana. Wow!! Canvention is
a whirlwind of activity, like a rock overturned to
reveal a disturbed ant hill, if you will. Among
the many activities, one of my favorites is the
Rusty Bunch dump, which consists of dumping
out thousands of rusty/unwanted beer cans
into a pile and people jump in to dig and elbow
each other for their treasures.
Need to give a shout out to Joe
Germino, (he is from Na’ Jersey and attended
Stubiefest a few years ago) he donated 12 full
bottles of skanky old beer for the antique beer
tasting coming in December. I have examined
Miller tap room
these specimens and they look worthy and
quite tasty. Well.... maybe not. Seen a beer
can (Apache beer cone top ) that was priced at
28 grand, first time I have ever seen that can
in person, I passed on buying it. There was
other more affordable stuff to choose from, like
a Pabst tray for 30 bucks that I bought. We
attended Micro night, which brought a large
head the next morning. Canvention is an
experience you will never forget and this one
was a great time as usual.
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