Posts Tagged: Contests
Thinking About The Yuletide Photo Contest 2011
Posted by on Thursday, October 27, 2011 in - 2 comments
Next week is November. Baseball will be over and somewhere it is snowing already. Somewhere like Albany, NY judging from Craig's Facebook post just now. Photo contest time. This will be the sixth annual photo contest. The winner in 2006 received this response in the comments: • Sorry, perhaps … read more »
Hot... So Hot... That It's Haaaawt... Hotness... Hot...
Posted by on Thursday, July 21, 2011 in - 3 comments
Once, when traveling, I heard a couple speaking about the heat. They were from the southern US and, commenting on the heat, one said to the other "my Lawd, it's hawtah than haaahm." We were not quite sure whether than meant it was hotter than back home or hotter than a ham right out of the oven …
I Really Should Declare A Beer Drinker Of The Year
Posted by on Monday, July 18, 2011 in - 9 comments
I know it is tedious and self-serving for an organization to announce something like this but maybe it's time for there to be an annual A Good Beer Blog beer drinker of the year. Consider this announcement by the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group: • Michelin starred chef Sriram Aylur of …
One Shed And Two Stitches
Posted by on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 in - 5 comments
I am thrilled to tell you that Craig took on the challenge of the "Beer In The Shed 2011" Festival. Craig gets the tie for his post "Fourth of July Eve Eve and a shed (Okay, it's a garage)". You know, I once held a contest and no one entered. Not that the other contest was worse or anything but …
Announcing The "Beer In The Shed 2011" Festival!
Posted by on Sunday, June 26, 2011 in - 2 comments
I haven't thought this out at all so bear with me. See, I read about this event in the UK called "Beer in the Boat Shed" and thought that it was actually about having a beer in a shed. Turns out that "shed" means different things in different contexts: • Over 1,000 people turned up to this …
The Photo Contest Presents Are In The Mail!
Posted by on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 in - 5 comments
I did it. Finally. After the entries are in, after the judging and the awards, after the indulgence of the season, after the travel, after the laying around doing nothing layered in tinsel, after going back to work and looking out the window and asking myself what the heck all that was about … read more »
Beer News: "It's Not My Country But..." Edition
Posted by on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 in - 5 comments
I am a lazy beer blogger. An intensely lazy one. I have not yet sent out the four prize packages that I am duty bound to mail to winners in Ontario, Norway, Costa Rica and the Czech Republic. Sure there were Christmas parties needing attending and holiday travel and also a cold that won't go away …
Ontario: Mocha Porter, Lake of Bays Brewing, Muskoka
Posted by on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 in - 4 comments
Ahhh, it's like the moment when Santa stuffs the last stocking and hangs it by the final fireplace with care. All the emails have been sent connecting contest gift givers with contest winners. Now, it's Miller time - or, in my case, mocha porter time. • I am being especially lazy about my … read more »
Yule 2010 Grand Cham-peen Plus All Others Named
Posted by on Monday, December 13, 2010 in - 11 comments
This is the day we award the championship. The top example of 2010's supreme master class in beer photography. And all in Santa's name. And the Yule log. I was going to play this out but I understand I have to get a tree, buy a family's worth of presents, locate the frozen joints of half a dozen …
The First Seven Photo Contest 2010 Prizes Announced
Posted by on Sunday, December 12, 2010 in - 2 comments
Here we go. The first wave of awards for the photo contest winners. Winner has a number of meanings as you will see. Some prizes go to the best art. Some for other reasons. Included in tonights awards are the four category winners as well as the three Canada-only prizes. And please bear with me as …
