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 Beers Entered 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 Scoresheets written 3731 Plastic glasses 5656 Bottle Stickers