The 2005 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 (soon-to-come) pictures on our website at: http://www.mnbrewers.com/mashout SET YOUR CALENDAR! Next year's Mash-Out will be held on Jan 19-21, 2006! 2005 Upper Mississippi Mash-Out: By The Numbers 1 Keg Zum Uerige Sticke Alt for Volunteers 1 "Eis-Anything" Stained Glass Stein Awarded 1 Number of Tiara/Sceptres wielded by Volunteers 2 Best of Show "Mash-Out Chalices" awarded 2 Number of Brewer of the Year Contests represented 3 Characters in the Shortest Beer Name 3.5 Average Beers entered per Brewer 4 th Year of the Upper Mississippi Mash-Out 4 Judging Days 4 Different Beer Cakes at the Beer Dinner 5 States Represented by Judges 6 Courses Served at the Beer Dinner by Chef Manfred Krug 6 Foolish Organizers Tasting Mead leftovers at 3am Saturday 7 Entry Stickers applied per Entry 8 Judging Sessions 9 Best of Show Judges 10 Kegs of "Volunteer" Beer 19 States represented by Contest Entries 22 Mini-BOS Flights 23 Most Beers Entered by One Entrant 24 "New Entrant" Entries 25 Dollar Charge for the Beer Dinner 26 "Eis-Anything" Entries 31 Contest Categories 35 Loaves of Cubed Bread 35 Brew Clubs Represented by Contest Entries 37 BJCP-Trained Judges 47 Characters in the Longest Beer Name 62 Sponsors 68 Flights 80 Volunteers 93 Medals awarded 114 Beer Dinners served 148 Brewers Entered 170 Percent Increase in Entries Over 2004 177 Mini-BOS beers 195 Entries from Outside Minnesota 205 Judge Slots 317 Entries from Minnesota 361 Days until the 2006 Upper Mississippi Mash-Out: 1/21/2006 500 Dollars worth of Door Prizes to Awards guests 512 Beers Entered 600 Pints of Summit Beer consumed 800 Dollars worth of Prizes in Volunteer drawings 1510 Bottles in the Cellar 1792 Scoresheets written 2635 Dollars worth of Prizes to Winners 3445 Plastic glasses 3584 Bottle Stickers -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .