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What was the World Cup Beer Sweepstake?
This was a kind of sweepstake organised by the beer geeks behind #beerswap ... if you don’t know what #beerswap is, then that was a beer swapping event brought to you from the beer geeks behind #twissup ... OK?
If you are still reading this (and the objective of this post is to get you to stop reading after the second paragraph) then I can tell you that in #wcbeersweep you get drawn a team from a bloke on YouTube and as if by magic your name appears right at the end of the video (I still don’t know how they work out who is watching and how to show the correct name on the screen at the end, but it’s amazing ... go and have a look)
Once you know what team you have (I got Ghana) then you have to travel to said country and buy the local beer in a local bar or nightclub. Bonus points are awarded if you:
- Go at night
- Find a bar down a dark alley
- Spend the evening sitting in the bar tweeting to other strangers around the World
Then you should take your Pencil and Spoon and make tasting notes about the beer and even log onto Ratebeer (if you have a good internet connection in the Outback) and rate the beer. Just like you usually do at home - right?
Now, the best thing about this draw is that no matter what team you draw, no matter how far you travel around the World and no matter how great a blog post you write you will only win the prize (FREE beer for life from myBrewerytap) if your drawn country WINS the World Cup. Now, please forgive me for being a cynic, but seeing as I drew Ghana I sorta gave up straight away and used the travel money that I had saved over the last few months to nip over to my local pub and grab a few pints of Old Speckled Hen (It’s the best they have on offer).
As I write this post the teams left in the World Cup are Holland, Uruguay, Spain and Germany so anyone drawing any team other than these may as well either:
- Cancel their travel plans
- Get a flight home immediately
To be honest, I’m not 100% happy about entering this draw and to be expected to travel to all the way to Ghana. It’s quite expensive and also a frightening prospect for a single white female to be expected to go to these lengths just to try a local beer. I did however at least perform many hours of extensive research to find out what beers are available in Ghana to help next #wcbeersweep participant who might happen to draw Ghana:
- RateBeer's Guide to the Best Beer in Ghana
- Star - Beer, Lager - Reviews & Comments
- Lager in Ghana is £1.57 GBP
- Beer in Ghana
- Breweries in Ghana
I also 'found' these quotes from confirmed sources:
Star Lager Beer, produced by Guinness Ghana Breweries LTD under licence by Heineken International, is arguably Ghana's most popular alcoholic beverage.
Star Lager Beer has achieved 'icon' status as the national beer of Ghana.
My best find was a very pleasing video where last years #wcbeerswap member that drew Ghana, flew over and documented the year he spent there while reviewing the beer. It’s quite a nice insight into the networking and friends that can be gained from partaking in these type of events ...
PS. If anyone wants to get a Beer from Ghana to me before the World Cup Final on Sunday, I'll happily review it in the comfort of my own caravan.
