Comments on: Charlie Papazian, from the ‘beer village’ http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=893 What part of beer don't you understand? Mon, 13 May 2013 13:22:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason Alstrom http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=893&cpage=1#comment-147860 Jason Alstrom Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:28:44 +0000 http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=893#comment-147860 Ha! I knew I saw Mark Silva in Denver this year ... twice actually. Once at Falling Rock where I was given a hockey-style check from him. Thankfully I'm big and from Boston so I only noticed the hit but was unmoved. The second time was during our epic pub crawl that we do every year in Denver ... Mark walked into Great Divide looked at the crowd and walked back out. Both times he looked all business ... ;-) Ha! I knew I saw Mark Silva in Denver this year … twice actually. Once at Falling Rock where I was given a hockey-style check from him. Thankfully I’m big and from Boston so I only noticed the hit but was unmoved. The second time was during our epic pub crawl that we do every year in Denver … Mark walked into Great Divide looked at the crowd and walked back out.

Both times he looked all business … ;-)

]]> By: Chipper Dave http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=893&cpage=1#comment-146790 Chipper Dave Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:00:02 +0000 http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=893#comment-146790 I wonder if Charlie ever thought the GABF would get so big. I can't imagine how big it could become in another 10-20 years. They would need to build a much bigger convention center to hold all of the beer fans! I hope that the GABF doesn't get much bigger (people wise) for a while. It's crowded now and while most people behaved themselves, I don't think it could really add many more people and still allow you to wander around easily. Perhaps they could add another day (Sunday afternoon?). The brewers I talked to seemed a bit concerned that their beer was all disappearing sooner than they expected it to. If they have to end up bringing a lot more beer then it might get a bit too cost prohibitive for them to sign up for next year. Given the economy, such as it is, I think it will be difficult to keep topping the numbers at the GABF each year. I wonder if Charlie ever thought the GABF would get so big. I can’t imagine how big it could become in another 10-20 years. They would need to build a much bigger convention center to hold all of the beer fans!

I hope that the GABF doesn’t get much bigger (people wise) for a while. It’s crowded now and while most people behaved themselves, I don’t think it could really add many more people and still allow you to wander around easily. Perhaps they could add another day (Sunday afternoon?).

The brewers I talked to seemed a bit concerned that their beer was all disappearing sooner than they expected it to. If they have to end up bringing a lot more beer then it might get a bit too cost prohibitive for them to sign up for next year.

Given the economy, such as it is, I think it will be difficult to keep topping the numbers at the GABF each year.

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