I will inundate you for a bit here. The prizes and entries do flow in and I have to get them out of the inbox and into the... hmm... what would Protz call it... the information super highways. Plenty to do. No time to doddle bothering with that sort of thing. First, here is the updated prize giver list:
♦ New Grand Teton Brewing of Idaho, a much welcomed newcomer to the contest.
♦ New All About Beer magazine, a great supporter of this here thing.
♦ New Narragansett Brewing, home of, yes, my favorite porter and another much welcomed newcomer to the contest.
♦ Roland and Russell, Ontario fine beer, spirits and wine importer.
♦ TAPS The Beer Magazine, one of our finest supporters year after year.
♦ Ron Pattinson, author and YouTube phenom.
♦ Creemore Springs Brewery - whose prizes I covet. Are they the most generous?
♦ Maximiliano Bahnson, author of Prague: A Pisshead's Pub Guide and a guy I want to have a beer with.
♦ David Selden, 33 books the guide to taking your own drinking life seriously.
There will be more. There are two major publishers considering their options. Yes, there are. OK, go on. Go about your business.
Entries! Bart Riccardi of Tampa Bay, Florida, who name provides an alarmingly good opportunity to roll ones r's has given us these entries:
And way up there is what I like to call a strategic move. It appears that John Lewington of England is sending in a photo a day at a time to coax me into highlighting his entries. The bastard. If they were not so good I would not buy it. Not at all. He tells us it's not "strictly a beer photo but if you close your eyes, you can almost smell the fumes of real London ale and vinegar, we put put on our chips here in England, emanating from the doorway of this wonderful pub." That is just cheating. Because you can. You can smell that smell. Cheater pant John.
Green sign? Is it for running towards when you really have to pee or run under if you are a CAMRA organizer and see a keg or bottle of beer? Not sure.
