These photos were taken Saturday afternoon at the Craft Beer Reclamation Center (AKA my house) where a couple dozen of us gathered to hold a craft beer can exchange to welcome Enzo (Nina and Jason’s new baby) to our craft beer family.

Nina and Jason joined our group a couple years ago when we held one of our exchanges at King Harbor Brewing. Nina came up and asked what it was we were doing, and before we knew it, she had disappeared over to Total Wine. When she returned she had four 4-paks with her and it was pretty obvious that this was something she understood and appreciated. Over the years we were there as they got engaged, married, and became new parents. Enzo was immediately welcomed to the group and he seemed to have a good time yesterday.

If you are new to CraftBeerGuy.com and are unfamiliar with our can exchange, essentially everyone brings two 4-paks, then we do like a fantasy football draw until everyone walks away with a mix of eight different beers. I started this back during the COVID lockdown as a way for people to hang out while enjoying some good beer.

If you think this sounds like fun, you are right. I have never heard anyone suggest that they did not have a good time.

I rarely advertise this event on my site, so if you want to be kept in the loop, the best way is to follow my Facebook page.

Thanks to everyone that came out yesterday, and congratulations to Nina, Jason, and Enzo. Cheers!

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