FSSB #3 Beerneuring
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December 30, 2015 at 10:50 pm #917710
sjclaeys
ParticipantDo 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!
December 31, 2015 at 12:27 am #1043681JonRobot
Participantoh. 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.
December 31, 2015 at 12:45 am #1043683lordofthemark
ParticipantPoints 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.
December 31, 2015 at 2:00 am #1043690dkel
ParticipantLooking forward to playing but not competing. For a change. :p
December 31, 2015 at 2:16 am #1043691jwetzel
ParticipantI am going to win everything by winning this.
December 31, 2015 at 2:42 am #1043692vvill
Participant@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.
December 31, 2015 at 3:10 am #1043698dkel
Participant@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!).
December 31, 2015 at 3:14 am #1043699dkel
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!
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December 31, 2015 at 3:19 am #1043700cvcalhoun
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!
December 31, 2015 at 3:33 am #1043702sjclaeys
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.
December 31, 2015 at 3:39 am #1043705sjclaeys
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.
December 31, 2015 at 4:47 am #1043710kwarkentien
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!
December 31, 2015 at 1:00 pm #1043716Bruno Moore
Participant@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.
December 31, 2015 at 2:05 pm #1043717lordofthemark
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.
December 31, 2015 at 2:06 pm #1043718lordofthemark
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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