//Mike Behrendt
MGBrew@comcast.net

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...
	well, I have others.   Groucho Marx 

The 2008 Upper Mississippi Mash-Out is history!  The organizing committee would like to thank our sponsors, our volunteers, our entrants and our guests for helping make this year's Mash-Out such a HUGE success!  You can check out the results and pictures on our website at:

 

http://www.mnbrewers.com/mashout

 

SET YOUR CALENDAR!  Next year's Mash-Out will be held on Jan 23-24, 2009!

 

2008 Upper Mississippi Mash-Out: By The Numbers

   1 "Eis-Anything" Stained Glass Stein Awarded
   3 Best of Show "Mash-Out Chalices" awarded
   3 Characters in the Shortest Beer Name
   3 Number of Champion Brewer qualifier contests
 3.3 Average Beers entered per Brewer
   4 BJCP Master Judges and above
   4 Judging Days
   4 Volunteer meals served
   5 Most flights in a single category
   7 Entry Stickers applied per Entry
   7 th Year of the Upper Mississippi Mash-Out
   9 Best of Show Judges
  10 BJCP National Judges
  10 Judging Sessions
  10 Least entries per category
  11 States and Provinces Represented by Volunteers
  12 "Eis-Anything" Entries
  14 Courses Served at the Beer Dinner by Chefs Manfred Krug and Jerry Pelton
  20 Kegs of "Volunteer" Beer
  23 Most B! eers En tered by One Entrant
  26 Most entries per club outside of MN (PHC)
  26 T-shirts
  27 "New Entrant" Entries
  30 Dollar Charge for the Beer Dinner
  32 States represented by Contest Entries
  38 Mini-BOS Flights
  42 Sponsors
  45 Most enrtries per category
  46 Contest Categories
  50 Characters in the Longest Beer Name
  79 BJCP-Trained Judges
  95 Flights
  97 Brew Clubs Represented by Contest Entries
 100 Banquet Attendees
 129 Volunteers
 141 Medals awarded
 192 Most entries per club (SPHBC)
 228 Mini-BOS beers
 236 Commemorative Glasses
 243 Brewers Entered
 285 Judge Slots
 364 Days until the 2006 Upper Mississippi Mash-Out: 1/24/2006
 403 Entries from Minnesota
 405 Entries from Outside Minnesota
 808 Total Entries
1616 Beer Bottles in the Cellar
2424 Scoresheet! s writt en
3731 Plastic glasses
5656 Bottle Stickers