OcUK Beers of the World Mk2 Weekly Results - Round K & Voting for 'M'

pingwing said:
Votes on contentious beers

(A) DirtyJester - Guinness Black Lager - Nope, nice beer though way way too tenuous for king.

(B) Ahleckz - Stone Brewing Co. Arrogant ******* Ale - I like the reasoning but the lack of the goblin on the front being kingy at all gives me the feeling its not a king so nope again.

(C) Seabiscuit - Brains Brewery The Rev. James - Nope, reverends aren't kings, they are preachers.

(D) Windle - Caesar Augustus - Not a chance, had my thought about entering that, Though he might have been ceremonially king of Egypt he made his name a emperor of Rome (which is what I thought the tittle of Caesar related to).

(E) robfosters - Thwaites Lancaster Bomber - Nope, without rules we would be like the french, if that was acceptable then a winchester beer could have been fine...

(F) Repta - Robinson's Old Tom - Nope, lacks any royalty at all.
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I'm not far off the reasoning above. The common denominator in William the ******* is William, that's the Kings name. So sorry, nil points all.

Germany is my vote for M.
 
Rules clearly stated that the word king didn't need to be in the name. As long as it made reference to a king then it would count. My beer clearly followed the rules. I appreciate it's all a bit of fun but when you put a fair but of effort and money into your choice, which follows the rules as stated in the thread, it's a bit of a slap in the face.

People withdrew from the last competition because of rule changes midway through the contest. It's happened again.

Moan moan moan.
 
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Ahleckz said:
Rules clearly stated that the word king didn't need to be in the name. As long as it made reference to a king then it would count. My beer clearly followed the rules. I appreciate it's all a bit of fun but when you put a fair but of effort and money into your choice, which follows the rules as stated in the thread, it's a bit of a slap in the face.

People withdrew from the last competition because of rule changes midway through the contest. It's happened again.

Moan moan moan.
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No William Wallace 'Braveheart' final death scene here then, more like a shivering wreck, cloth bag on head and standing in a pee puddle.... :p


Country voting updated...
 
Ah sorry the 4 controversial entries with no points :(:(:( but by my understanding now it leaves just Seabiscuit and windle who have a 3 no 3 yes so oooo interesting times. Come on now Ahleckz stop being controversial and you will get points next week. :p :p :D
Also poor old silent :(:)
 
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Raptor said:
If it had been left at King, no issues, King in the title.
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But where/when did it specifically state it had to have the word king in the name of the beer? So if a beer was named Henry VIII, you wouldn't accept that because it's not called King Henry? And what about this one
http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2012/...named-after-scots-hero-to-launch-at-festival/
It doesn't have king in the name of the beer?
All that was said was that it had to have a king in the name of the beer. I don't think that the rules have been changed, just explained more for this round.

So that's why I asked the question and got the answer in this post
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24299810&postcount=3964

And another question that no one has answered is would Shepherd Neam's Kingfisher Lager be acceptable then as it has king in it's name?
 
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I didn't say the word King, I said king in the title, Henry VIII was a king :)
The rules were 'clarified' to accept a name, who was a king, which yours was, so I voted yes.

I would have voted no to Kingfisher as its a bird.
 
DirtyJester said:
More info on certain rounds... (22/4/13)
K - King = Anything King related for beer name ONLY ie. a Kings name past or present, even King on its own.
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Based on the above....

A) No - surely a chess piece doesn't count? Sorry DJ
B) No - becuase that's not his real name (tough decision)
C) Yes
D) No - He was an Emperor "Roman emperors refused to be considered "kings", instead claiming to be leaders of a republic, however nominal. The first emperor, Augustus, resolutely refused recognition as a monarch "
E) No - that's a 'title' rather than his name?
F) Yes
 
Sorry contentious beer enterers but I have to vote nil points all round.

I was so sure I had a four pointer and I had no idea it was so widely available. Brewery is less than two miles from where I can currently posting from.

Maybe I should have entered my own contentious choice - God Lager. :D
 
Ahleckz said:
Rules clearly stated that the word king didn't need to be in the name. As long as it made reference to a king then it would count. My beer clearly followed the rules. I appreciate it's all a bit of fun but when you put a fair but of effort and money into your choice, which follows the rules as stated in the thread, it's a bit of a slap in the face.

People withdrew from the last competition because of rule changes midway through the contest. It's happened again.

Moan moan moan.
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It's a game, you know, to have some fun and try some new beers. The competition element makes you look for different beers that you might never try.
 
cheechm said:
It's a game, you know, to have some fun and try some new beers. The competition element makes you look for different beers that you might never try.
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Exactly, it's just a bit of fun. I've found & tried beers that I normally wouldn't of have.

For this round I was lucky to find a local brewery that had a King beer. If I hadn't of found it I would have entered 'Bad King John' the popular choice.
 
Morning guys - I wasn't expecting much from my entry this week given I bought it in Sainbury's. :(
Nvm - there's still plenty of time to go in the competition. :)

DirtyJester said:
K - King = Anything King related for beer name ONLY ie. a Kings name past or present, even King on its own.
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Basing my voting on the above:

A) DirtyJester: Tying in the colour with a chess piece is really pushing the boundaries isn't it? No
B) Ahleckz: That's the name (or one of them) that he was known by. Yes
C) Mr Seabiscuit: We've had a King James before haven't we? Yes
D) Windle: He wasn't a King he was an Emperor. No
E) Robfosters: That was his title as opposed to his name? No
F) Repta: Again, there's been a King Tom. Yes

My country vote for the "M" week is for Scotland.
 
Augustus was actually an Imperator....


Full name Imperator Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Divi Filius Augustus

After Augustus established the Roman Empire, the title imperator was generally restricted to the emperor, though in the early years of the empire it would occasionally be granted to a member of his family. As a permanent title, imperator was used as a praenomen by the Roman emperors and was taken on accession.

I'm with Ahleckz on this, the rules said king or a name of a king. There was no context on the name, as I mentioned in my clarification both names of mine relate to kings. Poor show.
 
Squid said:
can i vote all the dodgy get a point, i can see why some are upset :(.

if ($beer =~ m/King/) {
print 'Get points';
}
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It's a Yes they get their points or a No they don't. Only one person, Seabiscuit is capable of getting his points with 1 Yes. Two voters left Squid and Marvt74.

Please make it clear how you are voting.

Country voting updated.
 
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