Finally. It's been eight days since the last update for A Good Beer Blog's Yule Photo Contest 2007 held in concert with merry Father Stonchmas over in London, England. This unending cold in the house has bounced and bounced leaving little time for anything but sneezes and little energy but for naps.

We received entries from seven people (making 20 entrants shown here in the gallery plus the 22 at Stonch's) all with some wonderful stories. Jason Smith in Minnesota has sent a shot of the last of this year's hops clinging to the vine, Dawn Hamilton has added some photos from her six-month hike of the Appalachian Trail, Stan Hieronymus has some great photos of a tavern in New Mexico, Ed Carson has a picture of the bar at Monk's in Phillie, Troy Butch in Toronto has added photos from a trip to Creemore Springs and Eric Delia of Virginia has a sot of beer with bread. Again, not to pre-judge, you should also check out the set from Andrew Dremeaux of New York, one of which is above. Some great photos of some top beer spots in Belgium. You can check the updated UK entries over at Stonch's gallery.

So, just over a week to go. Send more photos and I will beat the bushes for more prizes.