Cavaliers host inaugural beer bust at the Phoenix

The Cavaliers Motorcycle Club's inaugural beer bust on Friday, Oct. 25, at the Phoenix survived tornado watches and heavy rains to be a fun and successful event.

Poncho and William showed up with their friend Michael in tow. George also joined us after seeing our listing in this week's events on the Phoenix web site.

We met many new friends, too, including Tim, who rides a Honda Shadow 1100, and another fellow from Pensacola who rides a Ninja 900 and will be moving to New Orleans after the first of the year.

Many other non-riders who joined our beer bust seemed to enjoy the bike-themed event. I think some of them were kind of getting off on the idea of being around a bunch of bikers.

Even though we only broke even on the cost of the keg, we accomplished the primary goal of promoting the club to new members and having a good time doing it. I know Michael and I enjoyed hosting it.

Many people helped us out with this first beer bust. I learned a great deal about how really nice and helpful people in our community are. Many people went out of their way to help with our first beer bust, and I'm deeply grateful.

Many thanks to Jamie Temple, owner of the Phoenix; Chuck, the Phoenix manager; Kevin and Marty, bartenders at the Phoenix; special thanks to Cowpokes owner Timm Holt for helping us track down a beer tap, giving us cups, and generally helping us figure out how to do the whole thing; thanks to Adam Steg for putting me in contact with Timm Holt; thanks to the Knights d'Orleans who loaned us their beer tap; thanks to the New Orleans Bears for calling and offering their beer tap. And, of course, thanks to everyone who came out and gave us their support.