Earning My Beer in #9steps

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2010 Champion Marc getting ready for the bout

The cool folks at Mosaic, Edelman and Stella Artois shot me an invite to the Stella Artois World Draughtmasters Championship at 99 Sudbury last night, so off I went to check it out.

Raise Thy Chalice from ye brine

I didn’t make it to the last one so it was due time to see what all the hubub was about with following 9 steps to pouring a beer. It’s quite the ritual and if you’re good enough at it (i.e. a perfectionist) you can enter the competition next year and win yourself some serious bragging rights, some cash and oh, a freakin’ Rolls Royce!

All that for pouring a beer??!? Sign me up! Almost as if by divine providence the Stella crew had a little mini bar set up where one can learn how to pour a Stella by following the 9-step ritual. Check out the video and you will see my first step on the road to becoming the next Draughtmaster! It’s gonna be hard as I will have to beat the flare of Steve (the guy in the bowler hat and Guy Fawkes mask) and Marc, the 2010 Champion who was crowned last night at the event!

I must say there is nothing quite like pouring your own beer from a tap. It just tastes better when you put the work into it. Excuse me while I crack open my home pouring kit – an identical one to those that were given out at the party to attendees – and get practicing.

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s blog. I will be getting back to my roots with a new song for y’all!