I lost Martyn's submission of a photo in late November. It's not like I have staff running this thing. Wouldn't that be great? Staff who hits up prize givers all year. Staff to re-size these photos?
Enough daydreaming. Martyn's offering is called "The Traveller's Relief" and was taken at Istanbul Airport on December 23 last year during he calls a nightmare-like 36-hour journey home from the Middle East. I've been chatting about beer on the internet with Martyn for over eight years.
Although I am sure it's not been that long, The Beer Nut of Ireland feels like a fellow traveler of as long a spell. His eight entries are below with titles like "Happy hour at U Slovanské Lipy, Prague" or "Thornbridge Dom at the taps at the Borefts Beer Festival in the Netherlands" or "Yours truly, confounded by a blind tasting in the Bull & Castle, Dublin":
[Notice also the full facial photo. Is that a first?]
A newcomer to the photo contest is Fabio Freire, a Brazilian living in New York who runs Bierboxx.com, a São Paulo based beer web store and bar.. I think. Here are his entries including "A Lunatic Left a Westy Unattended" and "Fermentation Tanks, Plzensky Prazdroj":
That's enough for now. Send in more entries and I will see if I can squeeze a few more prizes out of the industry. Maybe the Portman Group has hoodies. Probably have three arms.