Throughout the conference, a hospitality suite was staffed in two-hour
shifts by volunteer homebrew clubs, each of them putting on a selection
of beer and snacks for their peers' enjoyment. The North State Brewers
Cooperative staffed the last shift Saturday night following the awards
banquet; the diehard beer geeks hung around until 5am, selflessly making
sure no one would be troubled with carrying all that heavy beer home. This
impressive public service was not without risk, however, as at least one
documented case of "human dominoes" points out.