Beers of the World 5 - Round H

[Bickaxe]

Hi everyone,

Rules: Beers of the World - Mk 5 *** RULES AND SIGNUP HERE ***

H - Holiday - A reference to a public holiday – Xmas, Easter, etc..

Leaderboard

*Charlie Bravo 57
Weringo 49
Ahleckz 47
Russinating 47
*Touch 45
Executive Beef 44
Mike the Native 44
Sonea Fifer 44
Repta 42
Bickaxe 41
Martynt74 40
Lysander 38
Feek 6


*Jester played


Entries



I hope this round was as interesting as people thought it would be.

@Lysander & @Repta entered beers with far too tenuous a connection so I couldn't give you anything.
@Charlie Bravo played a well timed Jester for maximum points, well done (even if you didn't like the beer)
Special mention to @touch for being clever with his entry and also to @Martynt74 as my independent Catholic adjudicator wanted to give you an extra point for your beer. But she's not running this, I am, so no extra point.


Next round: I - Ireland - Made in Ireland (26th June)

Bonus Points - 1pt for Most Total Check Ins

 

[Martynt74]

Woohoo. Out of last place (@Feek doesn’t count)

Took a 40 minute each way journey and ringing round a few beer shops asking for ideas to finally find something.

 

[Bickaxe]

My Entry was delicious. BrewYork are one of my favourite breweries, pretty much everything they do is really good.




And here's something for @Feek
Its about time I tipped it as I've not touched it for a while

 

[Russinating]

Thanks for accepting mine @Bickaxe ! I'm sure my question makes sense now... I couldn't actually believe we were only 1 of like 3 other countries not to celebrate an independence day.

Anyway, glad I didn't have to settle for a Christmas beer from the cellar.

This week's is paired with the aptly titled and coloured Yesterday's Gone by Loyle Carner.

 

[Feek]

Oh man.

Christmas gin - sloe gin - You even gave me a big hint that even you'd got a bottle of Christmas gin. Surely when I said I would be submitting gin that you guessed it would be sloe gin.

I was wrong though, it wasn’t sloe gin that you had.

 

[touch]

I couldn't find any specific holiday related beers so went for a plain old bank holiday:

I couldn't actually believe we were only 1 of like 3 other countries not to celebrate an independence day.

That's because most independence days are for people celebrating getting away from us!

 

[Russinating]

Nice every @touch. And I know, but still!

 

[Charlie Bravo]

This weeks entry cost me £13 and tasted like Liquorice allsorts. I didn't like it at all, so downed it because of the cost
I was worried about playing my jester, but glad I did.

 

[Ahleckz]

I had huge problems finding anything, none of my beer shops sold anything appropriate. I was actually going to drive to St Andrews to get a St Andrew Brewery beer but my hangover put shot to that idea.

Found this in a Mexican specialty food shop of all places at 3pm yesterday. Yet to open it.

Congrats to all who managed to get an entry, a very tough round!!

 

[Repta]

Aww I though DIY Dad was good, considering the day and everything. Even came in a Father's Day Gift Box! http://imgur.com/a/DVpOFjc

 

[Martynt74]

Out of interest. How come 3 bonus points for @Charlie Bravo?

I get one for the highest rating and one for your mates not having it but what’s the other for?

 

[touch]

It was 2 points for highest rated.

 

[Lysander]

Dammit, I was really hoping I would squeeze through with mine. Fair enough though, I was surprised that my local beer shop had no beer that referenced even Christmas, but no, they didn't.

 

[Ahleckz]

Not sure why some bonus points are awarded as one, and some two?

 

[Russinating]

Just seen next week's bonus point. That's evil given the category. Who's going to risk it . I mean you'll probably neutralise it anyway given the bonus for @Bickaxe's friends non-checkins.

 

[Sonea Fifer]

This one was my entry for Round H:



Playing it fairly safe with a Christmas related one - nice one @touch for thinking outside the box

Mine is still in the fridge awaiting the 15:00 Italy / Wales kick off

Some interesting beers posted this week and it's good to see the first Jester played as well.

 

[Executive Beef]

Mine was lovely, nice spiced flavour but probably would have appetite a bit more in Winter. Found it tucked on a shelf on its own, bit of luck.

 

[Executive Beef]

My Entry was delicious. BrewYork are one of my favourite breweries, pretty much everything they do is really good.

Now that’s a nice beer. I went down to a local shop that usually has a good selection of BrewYork beers specifically to see if they had Fairytale, sadly (although luckily for my score) they didn’t.

 

[Bickaxe]

Aww I though DIY Dad was good, considering the day and everything. Even came in a Father's Day Gift Box! http://imgur.com/a/DVpOFjc

Is not a public holiday though.

Not sure why some bonus points are awarded as one, and some two?

Its a coin flip, heads is 1, tails is 2.

Just seen next week's bonus point. That's evil given the category. Who's going to risk it . I mean you'll probably neutralise it anyway given the bonus for @Bickaxe's friends non-checkins.

I'm tempted just to mess with you all.

 

[Repta]

Is not a public holiday though.

That's fair, hadn't even realised that!