The story of the 2004 competition
The story of the 2003 competition
The story of the 2002 competition
Previous Winners
How to Enter the 2005 Competition
Are you America's greatest beerdrinker?
Every year, the Wynkoop Brewing Company conducts a national search for that one person who truly deserves the title, The Beerdrinker of the Year.
Someone will win this title on February 26, 2005 at the Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver.
It will be someone who not only enjoys and appreciates beer but knows a great deal about it, how it is made-and its history, legend and lore.
Someone who has a great many fine beerdrinking experiences.
Someone who represents his or her home brewpub very well
How to enter:
Prepare a beer resume detailing key aspects of your beer expertise including your accomplishments involving brewpubs, beer festivals, and beer adventures.
A good beer resume demonstrates the range and depth of the candidate's beeriness.
Send your beer resume to the Wynkoop Brewing Company before December 31, 2004.
A six-pack of rules:
- Your beer resume must not exceed three pages (8 1/2" x 11").
- It must include your personal philosophy of beerdrinking.
- It must include the name of your home brewpub.
- It must include your T-shirt size.
- It must include your name, address, and phone no.
- Do not enter if you are currently employed in the brewing industry.
How the winner is chosen:
A panel of beer experts will evaluate all the beer resumes and narrow the field of candidates to ten finalists.
Copies of the ten finalists' resumes are then sent to an elite jury consisting primarily of the editors of America's major beer publications.
They will select the three final finalists who the Wynkoop will fly to Denver for the National Finals in Denver on February 26, 2005.
(This event begins at noon and is open to the public.)
There, a panel of judges will have a few brews with-and many questions for-the Final Finalists.
Based on the Finalists' answers, the results of a blind tasting, and their skill at beer whispering (yes!) the judges will then select The 2005 Beerdrinker of the Year.
What the winner will win:
- Free beer for life at the Wynkoop Brewing Company.
- $100 worth of beer at the winner's home brewpub.
- Various items of apparel proclaiming the wearer as The 2005 Beerdrinker of the Year.
- The engraving of the winner's name on the very special trophy that is on perpetual display at the Wynkoop.
- Much acclaim.
The deadline for entries: December 31, 2004.
Where to mail your beer resume:
The Beerdrinker of the Year
Wynkoop Brewing Company
1634 Eighteenth Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 297-2700
To enter online, you must create your beer resume (maximum of three pages) in Word and send it as an attachment to jamien@wynkoop.com.
