The World Cup is now over, England failed once again and the soaps are back on TV, luckily we still have the posts from World Cup Beer Sweepstake to read through. The level of participation was way greater than we expected and 64 of you signed up, as were the generous donations of prizes from […]
View PostWell I can’t hide the monkey of disappointment riding my back as I write this. To have received a country that has absolutely no chance of winning the tournament and one which is now without doubt the most prolific and innovative brewing nation in the world. Finding an American beer wasn’t going to be a […]
View Post american beer, beer and football, football, football beer, IPA, USA, world cup, world cup beerGary Richardson:- Hello, and welcome once again to the 2010 Beer World Cup Finals, with me Gary Richardson. We have seen some incredible clashes over the last fortnight, and today promises to be more of the same with our featured match, Spain versus Portugal. The team sheets have just been released and as expected Portugal have had to bring […]
View Post beer and football, football, portugal, world cup, world cup beerWhen Mark paired me with Nigerian in the World Cup Beer Sweepstake I immediately knew I could get Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, or at least a version of it that is actually brewed in Nigeria, I also thought I would see what other drinking delights came out of Nigeria so I set about a journey […]
View Post beer and football, Guinness, nigeria, Stout, world cup, world cup beerFor those of you who don’t know, the World Cup Beersweep requires you to find a beer from your drawn country & write about it. If your team wins the World Cup you claim the prize of a year’s supply of beer from mybrewerytap. I was slightly apprehensive when Andy asked me to sign up, […]
View Post american beer, football, football beer, USA, world cup beer, world cup sweepstakeWhen I was first assigned the Netherlands I hadnt a clue what beer was brewed in the country. Five minutes into my search I thought I was going to end up drinking Heineken or Grolsch. A trusty old google search for Dutch breweries led me to this site. At this point I was lost. So […]
View Post beer and football, european beer, world cup, world cup beerHaving previously enjoyed the BeerSwap experience I was all a lather to see that the originators of this marvellous twitter powered beery escapade had come up with another brilliant idea…….World Cup Beer Sweepstake. I drew the plucky Slovakia, therefore no chance of winning the World Cup but I hoped I would be in with a shout of having […]
View PostThis is Mitch’s take on the the World Cup Beer Sweepstake completely unedited and unabridged (well apart from adding a few links here and there) Anybody that knows me knows I don’t do football. I don’t watch it, I don’t show it in my pub, I don’t support a team, and I am unable to […]
View Post beer and football, denmark, football, world cupDrawn: (Sigh) South Korea South Korea. The Internet hub of Asia, where the average man on the street already has a 100 Mbps broadband speed, and will have ten times as much by 2012. Where, it seems, the national past-time is to play multiplayer online games rather than drink beer. According to ‘extensive Google researchâ„¢’ […]
View Post football, word cup, world beerWe managed to get 64 names down to take part in the World Cup Beer Sweepstake so we’ve got two separate competitions running, both with the chance to win free beer. The first 32 names who entered are playing for a year’s subscription to myBrewerytap’s 52 Week Beer Club. The second 32 are playing for […]
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