Haha, no that's Janis Gross. She is an employee of the AHA, and she hands out the awards. I didn't even go to that this year- I went out with some of the HBT folks for dinner and joined up with the others after. It's a nice awards banquet, but for $60 and hours of sitting around, I can do better than that.
@kev211 picked me up and drove me to Stone Liberty Station, and we met up with BSDX and I think Brewbien(?) and another guy that I met at the bar earlier. He was attending the NHC and he approached me at Stone, recognizing me I guess. We had a great time, but I forget his HBT ID.
Anyway, as far as awards banquets go, it's very nice. But unless you are in the running for a medal, it's about 5 hours of boring to me. I usually have some fun tablemates, but I'd still rather go out for a much cheaper dinner and lots of fun. I think it's worth doing once or twice, but lately it's more fun for me to go out with friends and visit local brewpubs and breweries, and catch up with the others later.
Anyway, the recipes are always great in that issue, and it's fun to see old friends (like @Bobby_M who I think I met in 2010) and new friends from this year in the issue. I'm a member of ZEALOTS, and Mark Schoppe won Ninkasi this year, and that was great (I was drinking his beer with him earlier) and last year @AZ_IPA won Ninkasi, and he shares too. It's a great time with some of the greatest people you'll find.
Baltimore 2016!
I called myself one and so that is all that counts. I even walked around the NHC with the big horns that I think started on @mchrispen and ended up on my head. 
