I had a great time with Doc for the 10 minutes or so we drank at the Trappist before the awards.
I've found all of them friendly - but I did not want to bother them at NHC Oakland as most were working pretty hard.
Tasty was doing the cellar master thing and Chad was helping him.
I went up to the hospitality suite one night with a box of beer to meet them "after hours", but only Beevo was there - I guess I screwed up and showed up the wrong party night.
A part time BNer John Foster took me under his wing and kept me out until 3-4am? at the Toronado the night before NHC Oakland and he should be added to the list above. Missed the bus tour by 30 minutes (we were coming over from BART) but had a good time at BNA4.
I got to meet Justin, Chad, Tasty, Beevo, Palmer, Push and even Sam at the So Cal Homebrewer's Festival this year and they were all incredibly nice. I don't think any of them had a clue who I was, but that didn't matter. They were all friendly and talkative when I met them.
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Jamil Zainasheff has a walk in cooler. Pamela Anderson has a walk in cooter.
Seriously, though, everyone's easy to talk to. Except Beevo. I get all bashful and tongue tied when she's around. As Bub wrote on his chest at BNA5: I He{nipple}art Beevo. (You had to be there.)