This is a guest post from my good friend Max, half of our “Advisory Panel”.

Recently Al asked me recount an event for the Hop Talk readers that happened when we last got together for our annual Octoberfest. As a parent there are times your child may say or do something that makes your heart just burst with pride. This was one of my moments.

It was early Saturday morning and, as tradition dictates, we were opening our Guinness Stouts (which we have coined our “breakfast beer”) as we stood in the kitchen discussing our plans for the day. As we began to pour, my wife called to my three-year-old son who was playing in another room. “Nicholas! Do you want to see the cascade?” Conversation ceased as the cry of “oh boy the cascade!” coincided with the crashing sound of whatever toy my son had in his hand as it hit the floor. This was closely followed by him appearing in a full-out sprint, rounding the corner and jumping up onto the stool at the breakfast bar to lock eyes on the four simultaneous cascades. I’m not sure whose smile was bigger; his from enjoyment or mine from pride.

(Just in case you’re not familiar with the term “cascade”, here’s an illustration)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X30NAc8khc