THE CALM BEFORE THE DRINKING

Beer Swap 2011 is on for this Sunday!!! The game starts at 8:30. We will start rolling out the beer for tasting shortly after kickoff. Anyone who intends to participate who has not yet called in a beer, please do so no later than 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 19. Score sheets and ballots need to be finalized. Any beer called in after 4:00 will be confiscated by me!

So far the following brews have been called in:

1) Stoudt's Oktoberfest;
2) Weyerbacher Autumn Fest;
3) Coney Island - Freaktoberfest;
4) Dundee Oktoberfest;
5) Victory Festbier;
6) Magic Hat- Hex Ourtoberfest;
7) Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest;
8) Brooklyn Oktoberfest;
9) Flying Fish- Oktoberfish;
10) Samuel Adams Oktoberfest;
11) Otter Creek Oktoberfest;
12) Summit Oktoberfest.

THE PICK IS IN

With his selection in the 2011 Beer Swap, John S. Walker selects.......


OKTOBERFEST BEER - MADE IN THE UNITED STATES.



Note: Time to buy this beer may be running out - given that it is seasonal in nature. Get out there and buy your beer and let me know ASAP. Preferably, I request you buy a beer with a high alcohol content. The way the Eagles are playing, we all need it!

A TRADITION LIKE NO OTHER

The crowds of people are anxiously waiting outside the gathering place where the College of Beer Drinkers are voting to select the date for Beer Swap 2011. The final ballots have been burned and white smoke is pluming through the hallowed chimney.

HABEMUS DATUM EL SWAPO!

(We have a date for the Swap).

At 3:42 p.m. this afternoon, the two time reigning champion emailed the following message:

"A tradition like no other 'The Beer Swap'... i vote giants game."

And with that, a majority of the members have voted to sustain the grand tradition of the Beer Swap. This year the Beer Swap will take place on November 20, 2011 during Sunday Night Football.

BEER SWAP LOCKOUT?

WELCOME BACK, NFL!

The return of the NFL Season, brings with it some Beer Swap controversy. The Philadelphia Eagles will play the New York (whatever you do, do not punt to DeSean Jackson) Giants in the New (but still smelly) Meadowlands on November 20, 2011 at 8:20 p.m. As is tradition from the time of the Swap Founding Fathers, the Beer Swap shall "thus teketh place on the date and time aforesaid."

However, there are voices of dissent.

Unnamed sources have advised me that some of unwashed Swap masses believe that the Event is better placed after Thanksgiving and closer to Christmas. Still others complain that the imbibing is better placed in an afternoon game.

I for one believe in tradition and am prepared to lock out any who disagree. (Don't be fooled, although the "bevridges" (sic) will be consumed at my parent's house, I still have a key and will literally lock you out.)

In the interest of negotiation (ala President Barry O and the debt cieling), I am willing to offer a compromise and allow you to have the chance to vote and agree with me.

Your choices are:

1) November 20, 2011 at 8:20 p.m. (Eagles @ Giants); or

2) December 11, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. (Eagles @ Dolphins).

Voting will remain open until midnight on Friday, August 5, 2011. Please email me with your vote.

EAGLES RECORD @ THE BEER SWAP

For those of you asked, the Eagles all time record during the Beer Swap is 4 wins and 2 losses. The results are as follows:



November 20, 2005 Giants 27 Eagles 17

December 17, 2006 Eagles 36 Giants 22

December 9, 2007 Giants 16 Eagles 13

December 7, 2008 Eagles 20 Giants 14

December 13, 2009 Eagles 45 Giants 38

December 19, 2010 Eagles 38 Giants 31 (The Miracle at the New Meadowlands)

MIRACLE AT THE BEER SWAP!

2010 CHAMPION & FINAL SCORING

FINAL SCORING:

1) Troegs Pale Ale: 76.16667
2) River Horse Hop Hazard: 74.65000
3) Sierra Nevada Pale Ale: 67.13333
4) Hop Mountain Pale Ale: 65.31667
5) Steelhead Pale Ale: 64.46667
6) Liberty Ale: 62.78333
7) Doggie Style Pale Ale: 61.63333
8) Stone Pale Ale: 56.76667
9) Sam Adams Pale Ale: 56.33333
10) Yards Pale Ale: 51.56667
11) Pennsylvania Pale Ale: 50.41667