OK, now that we have all marveled at the grumpy man, we have two last announcements. Tonight, we wind up the most part of the remaining prizes - each a glory to behold - while we will finish off in a grand finale with the best of the best announced Tuesday night eastern North American time. Then it will be done...except for the 43 or so emails, each to a prize pledger and a prize winner. How jolly.
But first, just a quick word to acknowledge that many of you have been mailing in to thank Jeff and I for putting this on. But you have to appreciate this is a great gift back to us. Jeff and I have never met and, as we live on two different continents, may well never meet except through these transmissions of typing and, while it is a bit different for him, soon I will enter my sevenths calendar year of pressing keys as I think about beer and, for 98% of it at least, it is a solitary endeavor. Doing this contest for me is a way to not only share the benefit of connecting with so many beery folk but also to validate some of my thoughts about how emotionally connected we are to this beer thing - and what better way to express it than through good photography. So thanks to each and everyone of you from me and Jeff as well as all of you to each other... if that makes any sense.
That being said, without further adieu, here are the next to last prizes... I think #22 to #33... and have I mentioned that this volume of entries and prizes is, you know, insane?
| Patrick Hirlehey Waterdown, Ontario | Subscription one year | All About Beer magazine | |
| Joe Stange Brussels, Belgium [Tie - couldn't decide] | A t-shirt of rare loveliness | Jolly Pumpkin Michigan | |
| James Tien Gravenhurst, Ontario | Two Widmer weizen glasses and a t-shirt | Widmer Brothers Portland, Oregon | |
| Jim Sutherland Houston, Texas | Two Widmer weizen glasses and a t-shirt | Widmer Brothers Portland, Oregon | |
| Mike Contasti-Isaac London, Ontario | Two Widmer weizen glasses and a t-shirt | Widmer Brothers Portland, Oregon | |
| Steven Sage Upland, California | Shipyard travel coffee mug Shipyard aluminum water bottle | Shipyard Brewing Portland, Maine | |
| Don Osborn St. Paul, Minnesota | Shipyard travel coffee mug Shipyard aluminum water bottle | Shipyard Brewing Portland, Maine | |
| Mike Maney Doylestown, Pennsylvania | New Jersey Breweries | Lew Bryson | |
| Red Diamond Portland, Oregon | Good Beer Guide Prague | Evan Rail and CAMRA | |
| Stan Hieronymus Corrales, New Mexico | One cool hat | Lakes of Muskoka Brewery Bracebridge, Ontario | |
| The Beer Nut Dublin, Ireland | One great t-shirt and a couple of Great Lakes glasses | Great Lakes Brewing of Toronto, Ontario | |
| Thomas Cizauskas Falls Church, Virginia, USA [One more prize for the first section of the final group of 23!] | An Obamanator t-shirt | Wynkoop Brewing Co. Denver, Colorado | |
| Dave Selden Portland, Oregon | Hey, he won his prize already! | Let's call this one a tie like Joe Stange from Brussels above. More prizes for others! | |
| Matt Billings Washington DC | Hey, he also won a prize! | Again, a tie. I must be losing it... |






Comments
John Hawbaker - December 23, 2008 12:47 am
The stacked bottles photo is my favorite, but there are a lot of great ones here.
Knut Albert - December 23, 2008 8:42 am
My favourite are the guys pissing at Carlsberg. You could hardly say that in words! Thanks, Beer Nut!
Alan - December 23, 2008 9:13 am
I think I am suffering from something like Stockholm Syndrome as I now think they are all great photos and suspect that I really should have found more gifts to give out. What will I do with my time when I post the last post tonight?
Patrick Hirlehey - December 23, 2008 10:06 am
I second that Beer Nut pissing shot, brilliant! Thanks for a great contest, and for all your hard work Alan, with all the snow and Yule, you were very busy indeed. I suspect you'll find time to relax with a beer tonight.
Joe - December 23, 2008 11:57 am
Nice, I tied with myself!
I took the stacked bottles shot at Slaghmuylder on their open-doors day in August. There is a sort of upstairs area that's like a mini-museum of old Slaghmuylder beer stuff. There were other cool things up there but when I saw the colorful bottles I said, "Oooooooooo." Something like that.