Shenanigans were aplenty at Hopfest

Well now, wasn’t that just a fun way to spend a Saturday? The seventh annual Hopfest went down at Isleta Casino, with a lot of beer choices (seriously, a lot) to sort through. For all four original Crew members, plus at least two from the Bullpen, and our assorted friends, we’re pretty sure we collectively tried about half the beers. The sample glasses seemed a little bigger this year, so things got kinda … fuzzy … toward the end. Luckily, Brandon’s awesome lovely super girlfriend Taylor was able to drive us home (while adding to her ever-lengthening list of beers owed to her after the baby arrives next year). Hopefully everyone else got home safely, be it via a designated driver, the RailRunner, a taxi, or just by staying overnight at Isleta.

So long after our annual post-Hopfest noshing at Two Fools, I sat down with my heavily marked-up event program and got down to the business of adding a

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