FSSB #3 Beerneuring

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  • #917710
    sjclaeys
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    Do you like to bike? Do you like beer? If so, this side bet is for you. The rules are simple:

    1. Ride your bike to a brewery or brewpub. I estimate that there are over 40 breweries or brewpubs that can be reached by bike from DC, over 10 of them are in DC.
    2. Acquire a beer brewed at that location.
    3. Take a picture of the beer.
    4. Taste the beer.
    5. Post on this thread the picture of the beer, the location, and a comment about the beer. It can be anything from “tastes mostly like beer” to “the hop aroma contained grapefruit pith and apricot that was matched by a good malt backbone, which added a hint of graham cracker”.
    6. Whomever posts entries from the most number of breweries or brewpubs by the end of Freezing Saddles wins!
    7. The winner will receive a bottle of beer that reflects the nature of the competition. If only a few participate and the winner had 3 entries, then you will get a good bottle but nothing super special. If the competition is heated and the winner has 30 entries, then I will do my best to get something special.

    A few further clarifications:

    1. BE SAFE! No riding while under the influence. If you rode your bike to the brewery but find that you need to get a ride or take Metro home, the entry still counts.
    2. You can go to more than one brewery on a ride, but see above.
    3. The beer must be made at that location. Having a 3 Stars at the local bar does not count. Nothing at the Capital City in DC counts because it is all made in Shirlington.
    4. Some brewpubs have more than one location. A trip to each location counts.
    5. Keep in mind that this competition is to visit the most number of breweries and brewpubs. Once you visit and have a beer at a brewery or brewpub, then you cannot post another entry for that brewery or brewpub, even if you go back later and try a different beer.
    6. It is not required, but try to go on at least one brewery tour. Fun, educational and you usually get to sample beer.

    Let me know if you have any questions and HAVE FUN!

    #1043681
    JonRobot
    Participant

    oh. this is a thing i will put extra effort into. it combines two of my favorite things!

    as a question, does a place like Gordon Biersch count? i know they brew beer at each of their locations, but i’m not sure that a brewery-restaurant is the same thing as a brewery proper.

    #1043683
    lordofthemark
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    Points of clarification

    I presume home brewing does not count. The beer must be commercially available. But beer sold at a special event does count , IE if New District does another event before opening officially, that could count.

    #1043690
    dkel
    Participant

    Looking forward to playing but not competing. For a change. :p

    #1043691
    jwetzel
    Participant

    I am going to win everything by winning this.

    #1043692
    vvill
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    @JonRobot 130618 wrote:

    as a question, does a place like Gordon Biersch count? i know they brew beer at each of their locations, but i’m not sure that a brewery-restaurant is the same thing as a brewery proper.

    Based on what I recall from last year, yes, each GB location counts.

    #1043698
    dkel
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    @vvill 130629 wrote:

    Based on what I recall from last year, yes, each GB location counts.

    This. I know I used two of them last year, but never made it to the third (that was my backup in case Bruno threatened to edge me out!).

    #1043699
    dkel
    Participant

    @jwetzel 130628 wrote:

    I am going to win everything by winning this.

    Trust me: if you want to win everything, focus on riding, not on beer. (If you want to win just this, you can focus on both, but particularly the beer! :D)

    #1043700
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    @jwetzel 130628 wrote:

    I am going to win everything by winning this.

    I suspect that if you overindulge in order to win the Beerneuring challenge, you are less likely to win anything else!

    #1043702
    sjclaeys
    Participant

    @JonRobot 130618 wrote:

    oh. this is a thing i will put extra effort into. it combines two of my favorite things!

    as a question, does a place like Gordon Biersch count? i know they brew beer at each of their locations, but i’m not sure that a brewery-restaurant is the same thing as a brewery proper.

    Yes, Gordon Biersch counts if you drink a beer that is brewed at that location.

    #1043705
    sjclaeys
    Participant

    @lordofthemark 130620 wrote:

    Points of clarification

    I presume home brewing does not count. The beer must be commercially available. But beer sold at a special event does count , IE if New District does another event before opening officially, that could count.

    I’m willing to count home brew consumed at the location of where it was brewed so as to support the art of home brewing. However, I am also willing to admit that one of the scariest things that you can hear from a home brewer is, “Here, try this and let me know what you think!” The example of New District would count also.

    #1043710
    kwarkentien
    Participant

    @sjclaeys 130639 wrote:

    Yes, Gordon Borsch counts if you drink a beer that is brewed at that location.

    Gordon Borsch! If you spelled it “Borscht” it would be just perfect!

    #1043716
    Bruno Moore
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    @dkel 130635 wrote:

    This. I know I used two of them last year, but never made it to the third (that was my backup in case Bruno threatened to edge me out!).

    Heck, you can even use District Chophouse in Chinatown a block away from GB, so long as you bike between the two.

    I’m not competing this year. Last year was just…just…too much beer. Waaaay too much beer.

    And I still got beat.

    #1043717
    lordofthemark
    Participant

    @sjclaeys 130639 wrote:

    Yes, Gordon Biersch counts if you drink a beer that is brewed at that location.

    Are all the beers sold at any GB brewed at that location? None trucked in from other GB’s? And Sweetwater – I have not been, they are (or were?) owned by the Georgia brewery of the same name, but somewhere I read that they brew some beers on premises? I assume all beers at Dogfishhead alehouse in Seven Corners come from Delaware, and at Heavy Seas in Rosslyn come from Maryland.

    #1043718
    lordofthemark
    Participant

    @kwarkentien 130647 wrote:

    Gordon Borsch! If you spelled it “Borscht” it would be just perfect!

    Please don’t give the more adventurous craft brewers any ideas.

    Edit: Never mind, too late.

    http://www.thelocalbeet.com/2009/08/10/2610/

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