Road to Beer Bowl IX!
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:48

It's been a busy offseason, but it's time to get things lit up for another season of Beer Bowl!!

The past few months have seen a few beer related things happen, despite the quiet nature on the site.  In July, the Captains gathered together to discuss the 2011 season and have the annual draft.

We had a few noteable highlights come out:

  • Beer Bowl IX will again be conducted in January 2012 - looking at 1/28/12 (mark your calendars!)Heavy Seas Loose Cannon - 1st overall selection
  • Beer Bowl IX will feature a bracket of 16 beers, rather than 24
  • The Rathskeller Division was going on a temporary hiatus - rumors have it that Steve and Becky have moved to Albequerque to pursue mime careers.
  • The Watering Hole was combining with the Pub Division
  • A group of up-start free agent judges formally created a new division called the Bung Hole (look it up - it's beer related!)
  • New rules were created to eliminate all seasonal beers from competition
  • We planned seasonal beer events to celebrate those seasonal beers
  • The top 16 beers from last year formed a "Champions Exempt Pool" which Captains will have a window to select a single beer for their Divisions during a window in October.

Our goals for Beer Bowl IX: Bigger & Better!  We're going to speed things up a bit by cutting the number of beers, but still leaving it to you, OUR JUDGES, to decide what beers are represented at the event!

So how about some draft results?  Heavy Seas had the distinction of claiming the top two spots with Loose Cannon going first overall to the Bung Hole and Gold going to the Pub.  All draft results can be viewed - here!

Southern Tier Hop Sun Ale - Summer Fest winner!

 

 

What else happened this summer?  We ended up having the First Annual Beer Bowl Summer Beer Fest! Roughly 25 judges gathered and sampled almost 20 different Summer Seasonals, and through an informal vote we crowned Southern Tier Hop Sun Ale as the best Summer Beer, narrowly edging 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermellon Wheat.

 

 

What's next?  Beer Bowl's 2011 season starts September 1st!  Dust off your site login or register, and join the fun on the road to Beer Bowl IX!  Pour the ratings in!!