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Date: 29 Nov 2006 07:13:09
From: Ryan Case
Subject: a good night
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Last night our local club had its Christmas party at the Hop Union.
The Hop Union has a tap room upstairs which usually has three good beers
on tap. Last night was something from Rogue, Sierra Nevada's Celebration
Ale, and something from the big three. So two good beers on tap.
Down the hall from the tap room is the old warehouse which now has three
pool tables, a ping-pong table, and a large tv and couches in it.
It was an all around good time with lots of home brew, food, and cigars.
About two hours into it, Ralph (the place is owned and operated by Ralph
and Ralph) took us all downstairs to the front warehouse. He took us
into a smaller room within the warehouse filled with foil vacuum packs
of about 10oz each and let us grab and choose whatever we wanted. He was
even apologetic that he didn't have a better variety on hand because it
was early in his processing season and said many many times to just stop
back by in January if we found there was something we needed and didn't
have.
I personally walked away with a pound or more each of Cascade, Saaz,
Amarillo, Chinook, Fuggles, and Hallertau.
It is very cool to have someone like Ralph in the industry that is so
supportive of the hobbyists.
Ryan
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Date: 29 Nov 2006 08:08:00
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Subject: Re: a good night
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Thats a great place. The Yakamania celebration in the summer is a
blast....lots of great beer and food. Lats time I went, we were going
to pitch a tent on the grass by the warehouses, but it was a thousand
degrees so Ralph let my wife and I sleep in the game room. Fun times.
Ryan Case wrote:
> Last night our local club had its Christmas party at the Hop Union.
>
> The Hop Union has a tap room upstairs which usually has three good beers
> on tap. Last night was something from Rogue, Sierra Nevada's Celebration
> Ale, and something from the big three. So two good beers on tap.
>
> Down the hall from the tap room is the old warehouse which now has three
> pool tables, a ping-pong table, and a large tv and couches in it.
>
> It was an all around good time with lots of home brew, food, and cigars.
>
> About two hours into it, Ralph (the place is owned and operated by Ralph
> and Ralph) took us all downstairs to the front warehouse. He took us
> into a smaller room within the warehouse filled with foil vacuum packs
> of about 10oz each and let us grab and choose whatever we wanted. He was
> even apologetic that he didn't have a better variety on hand because it
> was early in his processing season and said many many times to just stop
> back by in January if we found there was something we needed and didn't
> have.
>
> I personally walked away with a pound or more each of Cascade, Saaz,
> Amarillo, Chinook, Fuggles, and Hallertau.
>
> It is very cool to have someone like Ralph in the industry that is so
> supportive of the hobbyists.
>
> Ryan
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Date: 29 Nov 2006 08:19:13
From: Ryan Case
Subject: Re: a good night
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harvestwind_73@yahoo.com wrote:
> Thats a great place. The Yakamania celebration in the summer is a
> blast....lots of great beer and food. Lats time I went, we were going
> to pitch a tent on the grass by the warehouses, but it was a thousand
> degrees so Ralph let my wife and I sleep in the game room. Fun times.
>
So did you two sign the walls while you were up there?
Can't beat Ralph.
Ryan
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Date: 29 Nov 2006 12:57:56
From:
Subject: Re: a good night
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Of course,
I forgot what we wrote exactly. But we were all pretty wasted. Fun
times! And the ride back to Portland over Mt. Rainer was pretty
awesome. Great scenery.
Ryan Case wrote:
> harvestwind_73@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Thats a great place. The Yakamania celebration in the summer is a
> > blast....lots of great beer and food. Lats time I went, we were going
> > to pitch a tent on the grass by the warehouses, but it was a thousand
> > degrees so Ralph let my wife and I sleep in the game room. Fun times.
> >
> So did you two sign the walls while you were up there?
>
> Can't beat Ralph.
>
> Ryan
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