Announcing the 2010 BlogAboutBeer.com Mother of All Beer Blogging Contests
It’s been awhile since I’ve run any sort of giveaway here on the blog and I’m in the giving mood. Plus it coincides nicely with the recent redesign of the site, being a new year, etc. etc. I’ll go over how to win and the fine print and all that momentarily but first the good stuff, what you can win. There are eight prizes in all, here they are:
What you can win:
(1) A $50 gift certificate to the Cataqua Pub at Redhook Ale Brewery in Portsmouth, NH, two tickets for a Redhook Brewery tour & tasting and a Redhook skateboard (please don’t drink and skate!).
(2) A Jubelale gift pack from Deschutes Brewery in Bend, OR. The gift pack includes Jubelale ornament, Jubelale long-sleeve T-shirt, Jubelale pint glass and a Jubelale poster signed by the artist.
(3) A Magic Hat gift pack from Magic Hat Brewing Co. in Burlington, VT. This pack includes a mini tin-tacker sign that reads “Drink Me”, a Magic Hat t-shirt, a bottle opener and a key chain.
(4) A Growler Kit from Kegworks.com, which includes glass growler, an insulator jacket and growler filler (a $44 value).
(5) An Allagash Brewing Co. t-shirt (Portland, ME) and a pint glass and poster from NorthernBrewer.com.
(6) A Shipyard Brewing Co. t-shirt (Portland, ME) and a pint glass and poster from NorthernBrewer.com.
(7) A Seadog Brewing Co. t-shirt (South Portland, Topsham & Bangor, ME) a pint glass and poster from NorthernBrewer.com.
(8) A t-shirt of your choice from beer clothing headquarters craftbeerclothing.com.
Alright, now here’s how to win these wonderful prizes. Like last time, each prize will be awarded to a random winner drawn from the radomizer at random.org but the more you participate, the more “points” you can earn, and each “point” is another entry into the contest (i.e. the more “points” you earn, the greater your chance of winning something).
How to earn points:
- Blog about this contest on your own blog with a link back to BlogAboutBeer.com (make sure your blog entry leaves a trackback on this post; if it doesn’t, please leave a link to your post in a comment) – 5 points
- Follow @livingstonmedia on Twitter and tweet about the contest with the following Tweet:
Just entered to win a bunch of #craftbeer schwag from BlogAboutBeer.com. To enter, simply follow @livingstonmedia and RT http://bit.ly/7TVtIC
(Tweet MUST be in this format and you must also be following me so I know you’ve entered) – 2 points
- “Stumble” this contest post using StumbleUpon (if you “stumble” the post, let me know in a comment) – 1 point
- Share the contest on Facebook (if you “share” the post, let me know in a comment) – 1 point
- Share the contest on any of your other favorite networking sites or forums (Digg, Reddit, Myspace, etc. If you share the contest anywhere, please specify in a comment) – 1 point
- Comment on THIS post (which you’ll have to do letting me know you stumbled, dug, etc. etc. so really it’s like a free point)- 1 point
- Subscribe to BlogAboutBeer.com Subscribe to blogaboutbeer.com by Email (by clicking the link) – 3 points
- Here’s my favorite part: Write a guest post for BlogAboutBeer.com. I’ll accept nearly all of the decent guest posts and they’ll appear here on BAB over the coming weeks (complete with a link back to your own blog or website, if you have one/would like the link). – 5 points (PLUS: a bonus of 5 points for best guest post).
The Fine Print:
You can only win one prize (one prize per person, per household). Once you’ve won a prize, your name and all remaining points will be removed from the rest of the contest. All directions in the “how to earn points” section must be followed. If they aren’t, your entry will be void. The contest ends at 10pm EST on Thursday, January 21st, 2010. That night I will email all winning parties; if a response is not received by 5pm (EST) on Monday January 25th, your winning point will be forfeit and the prize will go to the next winning name in line. If you have won an article of clothing in your prize pack, please include your shirt size in your response email. Important: in order to win the Redhook gift certificate, you must be willing and able to provide your own transportation to and from the Redhook Ale Brewery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. If you cannot do this or choose not to, please indicate that along with your entries. If you are awarded the “Redhook Package” and are unable to get to & from Portsmouth, you will automatically win the Jubelale gift pack from Deschutes and the “Redhook Package” will go to the next winner in line. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask them by filling out the form on the BAB contact page. If you represent a brewery or beer-related company and would like to include prizes to be part of this contest, please email me ASAP and I will add them to the contest. Thanks for playing, thanks for reading and good luck!
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Awesome contest! I’m tweeting about it right now.
-Lost
Just Facebooked it and tweeted it. Not sure if Facebook is considered a verb but it works.
-Will-
I tweeted and stumbled! (http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/sandraproulx/) Love me some Magic Hat schwag!
I have been reading your blog for the last 4 or 5 months, great job, keep it up. Oh yeah, and make sure I win some free stuff! Cheers!
Tweet Tweet. Cool free stuff Luke, I’m hoping Christmas comes again for me.
Ok, Luke. I just stumbled this, and signed up for your e-mail updates. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll write a guest blog too.
Just put ‘er up on facebook & tweeted. I’ll stumble it when I get to a browser that actually uses stumble (like, at home, where stupid IT policies don’t block it.) And you’ll definitely be getting a guest blog as I write about my experience losing my homebrew cherry! Coming soon…
Alrighty, just stumbled this and tweeted about it. Also signed up for your lovely email updates. Since I don’t think you want any guest posts from a guy with a fridge full of Natty Light, that’s all for me.
Alright I Tweeted, Facebook, Digg, Stumbleupon, & Subscribe to the E-Mail.
Be happy to write something up as a guest blogger, or do a video.
I subscribed to the email and facebooked ya. Oh and I would enjoy a well laid out post about why on earth one would go through life only drinking Natty Light.
Man you are making it easy to enter! Just posted it on my site (http://nighthops.com/miscellaneous/win-beer-stuff/), started my email subscription, following you on twitter (tweet soon to follow), and will likely be sending a guest post your way!
Unfortunately, I would not be able to get myself to Portsmouth
Tweet, email subscription, blog post: http://www.sevenpack.net/?p=3498, Delicious bookmark (first one!): http://delicious.com/sevenpack, and this comment. Might be able to write up a guest post too.
Hey Luke, I Tweeted, Stumbled, Facebooked, added to Delicious, and subscribed to your email.
Unfortunately I won’t be able to get my ass to the Redhook Brewery.
CHEERS!
not sure if my blog post tracked back, but here’s a link
http://mainebeeradventures.blogspot.com/2010/01/way-behind.html
also stumbled it, facebooked it and tweeted it the contest
I’ve tweeted, subscribed to the site, posted it on Facebook… and now have commented on said post!
This is great.