Pop the Cap, the grassroots organization that changed the face of beer in NC forever, has come to a close. Sean Wilson, president of Pop The Cap since he was just six-years-old (that’s a joke, obviously, but he has been involved from the start), is moving on to bigger and better things.

Without Sean’s amazing talents in marketing, rational debating, and writing and speaking coherently, you, my friends, would not be drinking Chimay. You would not be sipping Green Flash. And you would have never even heard of The Beast. Highland Brewing Co. would have never made Imperial Gaelic, no Pisgah Solstice, and no French Broad Wee-Heavy-er. Basically, beer people, our currently happy beer lives were made possible through Sean and the other fine folks behind the scenes at Pop The Cap.

The final PTC dinner was held this week at Poole’s Diner in Raleigh.

So, to Sean, cheers! We will miss you and your silly pranks like the e-mails on our tablet in-store, i.e. omg [at] zimarules [cot] com. We thank you and wish you best of luck with your new endeavors—which thankfully will continue to involve your love of both North Carolina and beer (although not necessarily in that order). We’re looking forward to the initiation of the NC Brewers Guild and the unique and crazy concept that is to be Fullsteam Brewery. Go forth in good beer!

[Photo: flickr/Sean Wilson, left]