See those books up there? Oxford University Press has confirmed two copies of each that enter into the prize pool for all you good little beer photo nerds. To the left is The Oxford Companion To Beer, review here and considered in greater and greater depth here. To the right is The Economics of Beer, reviewed here. Both are important cornerstones of any beer library and get added to an already great set of prizes:
♦ Shipyard Brewing of Portland, Maine who have supported this contest for years.
♦ Roland and Russell, Ontario fine beer, spirits and wine importer who help make this part of Canada as much the beer center that it is becoming.
♦ TAPS The Beer Magazine, one of our finest supporters year after year and strong supporters of the Canadian craft beer movement.
♦ Ron Pattinson, author and YouTube phenom.
♦ Jeff Alworth of Beervana, who is madly researching in Europe for his book The Beer Bible just picked up a Westy glass as well as a bottle of 12 for some lucky beer nerd who gets to choose either the vessel for every or the brew for one day.¹
♦ Adrian Tierney-Jones and CAMRA have offered two copies of Great British Pubs.
♦ Martyn Cornell, the Zythophile himself, has pledged a copy of his book Amber Gold and Black.
♦ 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.
♦ Grand Teton Brewing of Idaho, a much welcomed newcomer to the contest.
♦ All About Beer magazine, a great supporter of this here thing.
♦ Narragansett Brewing, home of, yes, my favorite porter and another much welcomed newcomer to the contest.
I also have a large sized Narragansett porter brown t-shirt that came in the mail today. It's crazy. A cavalcade of prizes. All that is missing are envelopes stuffed with cash. And, just to be clear, I am willing to entertain offers of gift pledges of large envelopes stuffed with cash.