Beer Challenge Results

All right, ladies and gentlemen!

I know it has been a long wait, but your Humble Commissioner just finished building 18 houses in 2 weeks and has been a little busy. I apologize for my tardiness, but, here are your results!

The winner of the 51 Beer Challenge is Michael Geier, with 52 points! He drank 35 beers total.

In second place is Tim Geier, with 41 points and 31 beers.

Third place is a tie between Randy Gillespie and Kristin Branch, with 38 points each. Randy drank 29 beers and Kristin drank 28.

The prize for most non-unique beers goes to Randy Gillespie, with 22.

The spreadsheet with points can be seen here.

The spreadsheet listing all beers can be seen here.

A few notes -- Rose Edwards reported her beers after the midnight deadline, so they have been listed but not counted for points. Also, I tried to catch any misreported brewing states, but was not necessarily entirely thorough. Any complaints can be sent to your commissioner.

Photos have been uploaded to a Picasa account and (mostly) tagged by location, so you can look at a Google map with pictures of your beers in the state in which they were brewed. Those are available here.

Thanks again for your patience. I hope you all had fun exploring the world of American brewing, and that you will enjoy seeing what your fellow participants drank as well!

-Your Humble Commissioner

Beer Challenge -- 3 hours, 29 minutes remaining!

Greetings, beer drinkers!

We are SO CLOSE to the end of the 51 Beer Challenge! It's an exciting final day, with entries coming in like crazy. I just wanted to warn you all that your results will not be available precisely at midnight -- your humble Commissioner will need some time to calculate final point scores. Stay tuned for the final tally!

Always,

Commish

Beer Challenge, T minus 17.8 Days to finish!

Good morning, drinkers!

We are approaching the end of the contest, and only one person has more than half of the states completed! That's AJ, who remains our frontrunner with 27 beers. Tim is close(ish) behind with 23, but is gaining fast.

Honorable mentions at this point can be extended to Kristin, Randy, Bridget, Michael, and Peter, who are all solid at 13-18 beers apiece.

There are still several states with not a single beer reported.

Keep drinking, guys!

-Your Humble Commissioner

Beer Challenge, Day ... 48?

Greetings!

After a small hiatus, your Commissioner has the following updates to report:

-Many states have not had a single beer reported from them: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, DC, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Tennessee. Looks like whoever takes a trip through the southeast this Spring is going to take the competition!

-Adam Fisher, Bridget Ray, Eric Bal, and Molly Dausch have yet to report any beers in this competition.

-Of the rest of you, AJ is still holding strong in the lead with 22 beers. He's followed closely by Tim and Michael, who each have 18; Kristen has 13; Peter and Randy each have 12; then we have Kurt with 7, Dan with 6, Joel and Justin with 3, and Tania bringing up the rear with one solitary beer.

We're at the halfway point here, folks -- you're going to have to step it up if you hope to complete the challenge!

As always,
Your Humble Commissioner

(By the way -- your Commissioner is not Tim Geier. I promise.)

Beer Challenge, Day 20

Dearest Drinkers,

It's been a packed 5 days! We've had our first duplication of beers, our first state origin confusion, and our first beer rejection! Your commissioner has been busy researching. I also have updated the beer entry form to require entries to list the brewing company as well as the beer name, which should make things a little clearer all around.

This week saw a major upset in the game -- AJ reported 17 beers, making him the leader by far in this competition at this point! What will happen next? All I can say is...keep drinking!

Yours Always,
Your Humble Commissioner

Beer Challenge, Day 15

Greetings,

We're going into another weekend! That means time for you to keep building on your work, to start it, or to catch up with our frontrunners!

Here's our current breakdown:
Our current leader is Kurt, who has seven beers.
He's followed closely by Peter with six.

The rest:
5 - Michael
4 - Tim
3 - Joel, Justin, Kristin
1 - Tania

Adam, AJ, Bridget, Dan, Eric, and Molly have not submitted any beers yet.

Get to it!

-Your Commissioner

Beer Challenge, Day 8

Salutations, Drinkers!

Your Humble Commissioner has been on vacation and unexpectedly without internet, so updates might not have been as swift as you hoped for the past few days. However, all is back to normal and should be complete and updated now!

Kurt is ahead with 5 states, followed by Peter with 4. It's a tight race! Keep sending in those beers. And trust me, you will want to send in pictures too!

Always,

the Commish

Beer Challenge, Day 2

We have our first beer! At 7:57pm on March 12th, Tim reported his first beer (Ohio). Not to be outdone, Kurt followed quickly with a California brew.

Who will be next?

Enter your beer reports here:

-Your Humble Commissioner

Beer Challenge, Day 1

The beer challenge began just 13 hours ago!

As you begin to drink your beers, you can record your entry on the form found here:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dDZWT3Bkckx3c3RUYTczSjY0VFpwQmc6MA

The Beer Challenge Score Card can be found here:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqaVKhJII7rGdGE5d0tHNDd3bXRWMVNFVFBOdlU3ZUE&hl=en

Use it to keep track of which beers you've sent in, which ones you need, and how you're doing against the other competitors.

As always, if you have any further questions, email fiftyonebeers@gmail.com. Also, remind your friends and family to send an email to get in on the action. Registration is still open, but the longer they wait, the more disadvantaged they are!

Always,

Your Humble Commissioner

Rules are set

After much deliberation here are the Rules.

If after reading all of this email you are interested please email fiftyonebeers@gmail.com your intentions to join and send a check for $5.10 to
Tim Geier
401 N Clifton Ave
Wichita, KS 67208

Entry Fee: $5.10 (ten cents for every state and the District of Columbia)
Greatest Drinker (winner) receives 65% of the Pot
2nd Greatest Drinker receives 20% of the Pot
3rd Greatest Drinker receives 7.5% of the Pot
Person who drinks the most non unique beers receives 7.5% of the Pot

The Terms:

1: One beer from each state what state is listed on the label is what state the beer is from. For instance Budweiser is brewed in New Jersey, but it counts for Missouri.
2: Beer can be bottled, canned, or kegged
3: Only beer counts. Cider, Zima, Hard Lemonade, and the such don't count.
4: Brewpubs count
5: The main company counts not the subtype... For Wisconsin as an example if 4 contestants each drink Miller light, Miller Genuine Draft, Miller High Life, & Miller Dry Lite Ice (Joel) each only counts for 1 point.
6: Commissioner will make final decision. The commissioner is a non partial 3rd party.
7: Large companies such as Annheiser Busch/inbev or Miller Coors are above brand they are just too large to keep track and their ever growing holdings:
8: Rolling Rock counts for Jersey
9: 50 States and the District of Colombia
10: The contest begins at 12:01 AM on Friday March 12 and Ends at 11:59 PM June 12, 2010 Times are Central
11: Once you enter a state, the state is complete and no other entries for that state will be accepted.

Scoring:
Unique beers worth 2 points (any beer not drank by another contestant)
Double beers worth 1 point (any beer drank by another contestant)

Uploading information
Email your information to fiftyonebeers@gmail.com
We are on the honor system. There have been some technologically challenged people commenting on the ability to upload information.
If you are able to upload photos it will be fun to see what everybody has drank over the challenge. We will upload them to a photosharing service.

Updating information:
The commissioner will update 2 spreadsheets weekly on google docs. One spreadsheet will show states but keep brands anonymous. The other spreadsheet the commissioner will keep track of states and brands.

Scores will be updated weekly on the blog 51beers.blogspot.com

The Challenge

The gauntlet is thrown down... Drink 51 beers in 4 months.

Sounds easy enough. Here is the twist. To count your beer in our list it has to originate from all 51 states including Washington DC. Hence 51 beers!

To enter send me a check for $5.10, by March 12.

The Rules:
1: One beer from each state
what state is listed on the label is what state the beer is from. For instance Budweiser is brewed in New Jersey, but it counts for Missouri.
2: Beer can be bottled, canned, or kegged
3: Only beer counts. Cider, Zima, Hard Lemonade, and the such don't count.
4: Brewpubs count

Scoring:
Unique beers worth 2 points (any beer not drank by another contestant)
Double beers worth 1 point (any beer drank by another contestant)

Entry of Beers:
We are on the honor system.
Email fiftyonebeers@gmail.com your states an beers drank.
The commissioner will keep track of all scoring and update the blog as much as possible.

If you want to enter we can debate the final rules. All the rules will be set by March 11, 2010.

Bottoms Up!