OK... maybe a bonanzette. But still, it was a happy surprise to received two emails today. In one, Jared, a brewer at Harpoon Brewery, confirmed that he had swung a selection of beers from that great Boston beer institution. It is a pick-up sorta gift but there is an opportunity to match beer with boy through the generosity of Harpoon and Jared's hard work.
In the second, Patrick Morrison, Circulation and Marketing Manager with All About Beer Magazine, wrote to offer a group of prizes and it looks like we have five full year subscriptions to the magazine. One will be added to the pool of prizes for the Grand Winner but we'll place another four in happy and lucky winners' stockings tonight. So, without further adieu, here are six more prizes in the 2009 Good Beer Blog Yuletide Photographic Challenge Royale:
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Holly Jane of Maryland for the photo "Last Call at the Englischer Garten" in Munich | A Subscription from All About Beer Magazine |
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Brian Parker of Audubon, Pennsylvania for sharing this incredible tattoo with the world. | A Subscription from All About Beer Magazine |
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Ed Gittines of Southbury, Connecticut for having a beer at the greatest place on earth - Fenway Park. | A Subscription from All About Beer Magazine |
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Scott Grenier of Clinton, New York because not one of you has ever considered the lonliness of the hop bine at dawn... or sunset for that matter. | A Subscription from All About Beer Magazine |
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Tim Connelly of Cambridge, Massachusetts because I can't get enough photos of Cantillon. I can get enough of their beer (other than gueze) but not photos of the place. | Selection of Beers from Harpoon |
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Chris Berry of Kanata, Ontario because that baby is freaking me out! | copy of The Beer Book from Stan Hieronymus |
That still leaves four more general prizes plus the Grand Loser and, finally, the Grand Prize Winner for 2009.
Comments
Tim - December 16, 2009 8:44 PM
Hooray, I won beer!
Jeff Alworth - December 16, 2009 9:18 PM
It's still not clear to me how you continue to overlook the dirt pile.
And I have to call a foul on the second baby picture. One is charming. Two? Well.
Jeff Alworth - December 16, 2009 9:19 PM
Oh, and I didn't realize the stadium shot was Fenway. (See, captions DO matter.) New fave for best in show. Partisans should never judge art.
Alan - December 16, 2009 9:40 PM
I didn't want to award it to the second baby but when I looked into his eyes... I was... under his... control...
Remember there are six more prizes to give away. The dirt pile is still alive.
Bill (It's Pub Night) - December 16, 2009 11:32 PM
"Grand Loser" might hurt someone's feelings if someone got that.
Couldn't you change it to something like "Stupidest Entry" or "Biggest, Fattest Loser"?
Alan - December 16, 2009 11:42 PM
I have to think of the net effect on humanity. I was thinking of "Grandest Loser in History" but that would presume that the future will not have greater losers.
And as I am big and fat I can't find fault with either characteristic.
Knut Albert Solem - December 17, 2009 2:45 AM
You ruled out food pictures this year, may I suggest you do the same with babies in the future?
Alan - December 17, 2009 8:04 AM
This anti-baby backlash thing is a bit disturbing, Knut. Being a foster parent I admit that I am used to having 12 in diapers clutching at my knees at any given time but isn't there a little bit of irony of an anti-baby movement at, you know, Christmas?
The Beer Nut - December 17, 2009 8:58 AM
Hello? Matthew 2:16! It's the very height of Christmas tradition.
Alan - December 17, 2009 8:59 AM
Point.
Tim - December 20, 2009 4:36 PM
Two cases of Harpoon beer were just delivered through the snow to my kitchen and are now waiting to be attacked after my last final exam of the semester tomorrow. Thank you to Alan and Jared.
Alan - December 20, 2009 10:06 PM
Good to hear they were won by such a deserving soul.