Rock Hops Beertography Contest

Hey now! As you may or may not already be aware, myself and the illustrious beer writer extrodinaire John Holl are curating the craft beer list for a beer & music festival called Rock Hops. It's taking place Saturday August 11th in Mercer County Park, NJ and features music by Dark Star Orchestra, Bernie Worrell, Quimby Mountain Band, Citizens Band Radio and Lucid. Doors for this all-day Music Jam open at 1:30pm.


What beers might John and myself have selected you ask? Well, take a look at the list here! But this is a celebration of not just awesome craft beer, but also American music. There's even going to be seminars on the beer/music connection by John Holl and Jeff Cioletti of Beverage World Magazine! 

But what fun would it be if we didn't have a Beertography Contest where you could win VIP tickets? Of course we'll do that! We want to see your beertography combined with what you think represents American music. Be as creative as possible.

Want to enter? Here's what you do:

1. Like Rock Hops on Facebook.
2. Take some awesome beertography that also includes something/someone/somewhere that you think defines American music.
3. Post your photo to Facebook and tag Rock Hops Facebook wall as well as the Beertography Facebook page.

It's that simple! We'll keep the contest open until next Friday July 27th at 4pm EST. From there, we'll pick our favorite as well as a runner up. The winner will receive 2 VIP tickets (a $130 value) to the Rock Hops American Music & Craft Beer Tasting. The Runner up will receive 2 All-Day Rock passes. Details on both are below.


ROCK HOPS CONNOISSEUR VIP PACKAGE
Doors to Rock Hops: 1:30 PM
Connoisseur Pavilion Hours: 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Dark Star Orchestra Doors to venue: 1:30 PM
Access to select rare beer tastings in the Connoisseur Pavilion from from 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Dark Star Orchestra show 
Complimentary tasting glass
Music all Day
Access to VIP Concert viewing area & bar close to stage
Access to VIP restrooms
Access to Seminars & Vendor Village
Food vendors - “Ring of Fire"


ALL DAY ROCK PASS
Doors: 1:30 PM
Music all day
Activities
Great Craft Beer for sale by the cup
Food vendors - “Ring of Fire"
Access to Seminars & Vendor Village
Dark Star Orchestra show

TIME TO VOTE! Memorial Day Weekend Contest FInalists Selected

beers at the Crescent City Brewhouse in NOLA

It's voting time people! I was going to pick my favorite 5 #beertography entries from Memorial Day Weekend but I got so many awesome photos I decided to go with seven. Head on over to our Facebook Page and use the Like button to pick your favorite. You can vote for more than one if you really want to, but try to only pick your absolute favorite!

At 3pm EST on Friday, we'll stop the vote counting and whoever's photo has the most likes will win a nice little prize from my stash.

Twitter #beertography Contests

Last Friday I decided to try something new. Via Twitter I announced a mini #beertography contest to anyone who wanted to participate. Most of us are drinking beers on a Friday evening anyway right? Why not take a photo and have a chance at winning while you're at it? The prize in this mini-contest was a round on me. Yup. Simple but always welcomed, right? You can't argue with a free beer. As long as you have a PayPal account (doesn't everyone these days?) I'll send you a few bucks to cover your next round wherever you buy it.

The winning photo that evening (above) came from Jed all the way from New Zealand! Nice work Jed! His entry was a glass of Rogers beer in the Little Creatures Brewery in Freemantle, Australia. Pretty cool! And quite the drool-inducing photo.

I'll probably do this type of contest again at some point, so keep your eyes peeled and be sure to follow me on twitter. And don't forget to tag your photo with #beertography!

Troegs Beertography Contest Deadline is Tonight!

photo by Mat Trogner

The time is nigh! At 11:59pm EST tonight, the Troegs Beertography Contest will officially close. We've received some great entries, but if you haven't submitted yet you now have just about 12 hours left to do so. So get to it! Here's a recap of the rules and prizes:

Rules:

- All submissions must be emailed to beertography@gmail.com with the subject line Beertography Contest before 11:59pm on Thursday March 1st.

- All photo submissions must somehow feature Troegs in order to be considered. We're looking for a combination of most creative along with best photography here. Please Note: Your photo submission does NOT have to feature Nugget Nectar. It can feature any of the Troegs beers, the brewery, etc.

- You can enter as many photos as you'd like.

Prizes:

People's Choice - Troegs will choose their ten favorite photos and upload them to Facebook. The photo with the most likes wins the Nugget Nectar Prize Pack.

Brewer's Choice - Troegs will select their favorite photo and I will send the winner a Troegs glass, magnet and keychain.

Best in Beertography - I will pick my favorite submission and send them a Troegs t-shirt.

Any questions? Feel free to email me. Good luck!

Troegs Contest Update - Triple the Prizes!

I hope everyone has been taking photos of some awesome Troegs beer! We've already received quite a few submissions, but if you've been putting it off I just want to remind you that you only have another week to get your entries in. I also wanted to make an exciting announcement and clarify a few things.

So as you have seen, this contest will be in the hands of the Facebook fans of Troegs as the winner will be determined by the most Likes received. However, I have decided to donate TWO more prizes for TWO additional winners bringing the grand total to three. Here's how it's going to work:

People's Choice - This is what we already outlined, Troegs will choose their ten favorite photos and the one with the most likes wins the Nugget Nectar Prize Pack.

Brewer's Choice - Troegs will select their favorite photo and I will send the winner a Troegs glass, magnet and keychain.

Best in Beertography - I will pick my favorite submission and send them a Troegs t-shirt.

Ok, now to clarify a few lingering questions:

• You must email your submissions to beertography@gmail.com to be considered. 
• You can enter as many photos as you'd like.
• The photo needs to feature Troegs in some way in order to be considered. In the original post I said it needed to feature Troegs Brewery which may have been confusing. We accept any entries involving Troegs beer, the brewery, logo, etc. 

Got it? Now there are three ways to win, so go get your camera now and get to taking some Troegs Beertography! Go on, get!

Troegs Beertography Contest

I'm proud to announce the next official Beertography Contest featuring Troegs Brewery from Hershey, PA! To coincide with the release of the immensely popular Nugget Nectar this coming Tuesday February 21st, the fine folks at Troegs have graciously agreed to sponsor the latest in our series of beer photo contests.

If you've seen our other contests, then you already know exactly how this works. Get out there and take some beertography of Troegs great beers and send the photos my way. The brewery will then select their top ten favorite entries, post them to their Facebook page and the public will decide the winner via the Like button. The photo that gets the most Likes on Facebook will receive an NNPP or a Nugget Nectar Prize Pack! We will accept entries for this contest from today, Thursday February 16th until 11:59pm on Thursday March 1st.

fresh Nugget Nectar coming off the bottling line!

So at this point you're probably salivating over getting your hands/tastebuds on some Nugget Nectar. The brewery itself will be releasing this fantastic brew on Tuesday February 21st, and I'll be paying them a visit! Why don't you come down as well? Some of you may even have Monday off due to President's Day, so why not take Tuesday and make a four-day weekend out of it?

The brewery's General Store, Tasting Room and Self-Guided Tours will be operating on their normal schedule (11am-7pm) on Tuesday and you'll be able to score Nugget Nectar straight from the source and even get a bite to eat. I know I'll be doing just that.

Troegs is located at:
200 East Hersheypark Dr.
Hershey, PA 17033
(717) 534-1297 x102

Rules:

1. All submissions must be emailed to beertography@gmail.com with the subject line Beertography Contest before 11:59pm on Thursday March 1st.
2. All photo submissions must somehow feature Troegs Brewery in order to be considered. We're looking for a combination of most creative along with best photography here.
3. Winner will be determined by Likes on Troegs's Facebook Page.

Please Note: Your photo submission does NOT have to feature Nugget Nectar. It can feature any of the Troegs beers, although if you're anything like me you'll be purchasing some NN within the next 2 weeks anyway!

Any questions? Feel free to email me. Good luck!

Happy New Year - Tapped Craft Beer Contest Roundup

Happy 2012! I hope everyone's holidays were excellent and beer-filled. In case you missed it, Charlie Scudder came home with the Whole Foods prize pack after a heated back-and-forth on Christmas Eve and a grand total of over 1000 votes! Congrats to Charlie. Also, Emily & Matt at Tapped Craft Beer Events have decided to award Brian Altschul, the VERY close runner-up with at $25 Whole Foods gift card. So awesome. Congrats to Brian as well, and thanks to everyone else who entered! Since we got quite a few awesome entries, I thought I'd post a few more today for all to see.

James Heavener

Peter Kennedy

Richard Mitchell

Chet Desai

BeerUnion

Kristen Trzeciakowski

Rodney McPhail

Thanks again to our partners Tapped Craft Beer Events and Whole Foods. Keep an eye out for more Beertography Contest in the future!

Don't forget, if you would like to have your photos featured on the site, please email them to beertography@gmail.com. Or if you're on the go, you can tag your tweet with #beertography and/or mention me @beertography.

Top Ten Selected, it's Time to Vote! - Holiday Beertography Contest

Our good friends over at Tapped Craft Beer Events have selected their top 10 photos of the many submissions. Head on over to their Facebook page now to view and vote. Voting is easy, just click Like on the photo of your choice. The winner will received a $100 Whole Foods gift card, Whole Foods On Tap t-shirt and koozie!

Top Ten Entrants (in alphabetical order):

• G-LO, aka BoozeDancing
• Brian Altschul
• Charles Scudder
• Chet Desai
• Edgar Cruz, CraftBrewsCT
• Jeff Quinn
• Jessica Oh
• Stephen Lyford
• Stephen V.
• Tom Bricker

You can like as many photos in the album as you want. The winner will be the photo with the most likes at 11:59pm on Saturday, December 24th. GO VOTE NOW!

Thanks again to our awesome sponsor, Whole Foods On Tap located in the Columbus Circle Whole Foods. Yes, it's a bar inside a Whole Foods and yes it's all craft beer. It's amazing. Also thanks to Tapped Craft Beer Events' Emily and Matt for being awesome partners in this fun endeavor!

Holiday Beertography Contest Update - Win a $100 Whole Foods Gift Card

Do you want to win a $100 Whole Foods gift card, t-shirt and koozie? The answer is yes, yes you do. We've teamed up with Tapped Craft Beer Events and Whole Foods On Tap Columbus Circle for the next official Beertography Contest! If you've been following our Beertography of the Day series, then you already have an idea of what we're looking for. The only difference here is that all of the entries must be holiday-themed in order to be eligible to win.

First, a little about our partners in this endeavor! Founded by Emily & Matt Garland, Tapped Craft Beer Events is the first and only firm in New York City devoted primarily to craft beer tastings for corporate and private events. Which means they're just what your dull, ho-hum Holiday office party needs.

Our insanely generous sponsor, Whole Foods On Tap is located within the Whole Foods at Columbus Circle in Manhattan. Yes, it is a full bar with amazing eats WITHIN a Whole Foods. If you're from the area you have to go check it out. Thank you very much WF On Tap for donating the awesome prizes!

Alright, so how does this work? Well, let me tell you. Emily & Matt will select their top ten favorite entries, post them to their Facebook page and the public will decide the winner via the Like button. The photo that gets the most Likes on Facebook will receive the $100 Whole Foods gift card (and t-shirt & koozie) that they can use at any Whole Foods location in the U.S., including the new Whole Foods On Tap in-house bar at the NYC Columbus Circle location (which we highly recommend)!

We will accept entries for this contest starting RIGHT NOW until THIS Sunday December 18th at 11:59pm EST.

Photo Courtesy of Brew York, New York

So what are you waiting for? Get those cameras out and take some beertography!

Rules:

1. All submissions must be emailed to beertography@gmail.com with the subject line Beertography Contest before 11:59pm on Sunday December 18th.
2. All photo submissions must somehow feature a holiday theme (or a holiday seasonal beer) in order to be considered. We're looking for a combination of most creative along with best photography here.
3. Winner will be determined by Likes on Tapped Craft Beer's Facebook Page.

Any questions? Feel free to email or comment below. Good luck!

Brooklyn Brewery Monster Ale

Even though our Brooklyn Brewery Beertography Contest has come and gone, I got so many great entries that I wanted to share a few. Today's is from Rodney McPhail and features the 2010 Brooklyn Brewery Monster Ale. The 2011 version of Monster should just be hitting stores now so be on the look out and pick up a whole case or nine to cellar for future drinking. Thanks to Rodney for the great submission.

If you would like to have your photos featured on the site, please email them to beertography@gmail.com. Or if you're on the go, you can tag your tweet with #beertography and/or mention me @beertography.

Brooklyn Brewery Beertography Contest Winner

Congratulations to the winner of our Brooklyn Brewery Beertography Contest Robert Rizzolo! His awesome photo of a Pumpkin salivating over Brooklyn Oktoberfest got over 200 Likes on Facebook.

That wraps up this contest but fear not, we will be having more in the future. Cheers!

Brooklyn Brewery Beertography Contest Top Ten!

The kind folks at The Brooklyn Brewery have selected their favorite 10 photos of those that were entered into the contest, so now it's time for you to get to their Facebook page and click "Like" on the photo you want to win! So head over to the album on Facebook and get that clickin' finger ready! You've got until 3pm EST on Friday 11/18.

Brooklyn Brewery Beertography Contest

It's that time again! I'm proud to announce the next official Beertography Contest! If you've been following our Beertography of the Day series, then you already have an idea of what we're looking for. The twist here is that all of the entries must feature Brooklyn Brewery in order to be eligible. The brewery will select their top ten favorite entries, post them to their Facebook page and the public will decide the winner via the infamous Like button.

The photo that gets the most Likes on Facebook will receive a pack of Brooklyn Brewery swag! We will accept entries for this contest from today, Monday October 31st until 11:59pm on Sunday November 13th.

Happy Halloween! Who can guess what "device" is accompanying the Post Road?

So what are you waiting for? Get those cameras out and take some beertography of Brooklyn beers, the brewery's awesome Happy Hour (Fridays 6pm-11pm) or something else Brooklyn Brewery related!

Rules:

1. All submissions must be emailed to beertography@gmail.com with the subject line Beertography Contest before 11:59pm on Sunday November 13th.
2. All photo submissions must somehow feature Brooklyn Brewery in order to be considered. We're looking for a combination of most creative along with best photography here.
3. Winner will be determined by Likes on Brooklyn Brewery's Facebook Page.

Any questions? Feel free to email or comment below. Good luck!

New Jersey Craft Beertography

We've joined forces with Mike of NewJerseyCraftBeer.com to bring you some New Jersey-centric Beertography! Head on over to NJCB and check out what's going on with our New Jersey Craft Beertography promotion. You could even win some prizes!

Mike of NJCB and John of Beertography

And the Winner is...

A big congratulations to Giancarlo Annese & Sarah Tobol from BeerUnion! They swooped in mere minutes before the deadline with a great smattering of Founders Beertography. The entry above was selected as the winner for its ability to make you thirsty AND haunt your dreams at the same time. I also really enjoyed their photo below, mainly because I recognize the color of the neck labels of Founders and therefore know this is a pretty darn impressive group shot.



Thanks to Founders for the prize pack donation and Special Thanks to all those who submitted entries. Keep your eyes peeled for the next beertography contest coming later this Summer! And if you have a brewery you'd like to suggest as the focus of the next contest, let me know!

In the meantime you may have noticed that there hasn't been a Beertography of the Week. This will be remedied early next week and all submissions of the past few weeks will be considered. Also, I'm happy to announce that beertography now has a Facebook Page that you can like if you feel like doing so. Also if you like the Facebook page, you'll be able to upload your beertography at any time! So lets review the options for beertographizing:

- via email at beertography@gmail.com
- via twitter, just use the #beertography tag & mention me if possible
- via facebook, upload directly to the page

Beertography Contest featuring Founders Brewing Company

Exciting news to start summer! We're having our first Official Beertography Contest! If you've been following our Beertography of the Week series, then you already know exactly what we're looking for. The twist here is that all of the entries must feature Founders Brewing Co. in order to be eligible. The winning selected entry will receive a Founders Brewing Prize Pack of brewery gear! We will accept entries for this contest from today, Monday June 6th until 11:59pm on Sunday June 19th and the winner will be announced by Wednesday June 22nd.

What are you waiting for? You should have already taken some Founders beertography by now! Check out these great examples straight from Founders' website!

Rules:

All submissions must be emailed to beertography@gmail.com with the subject line Beertography Contest before 11:59pm on Sunday June 19th.
All photo submissions must somehow feature Founders in order to be considered.
We're looking for a combination of most creative along with best photography here.
Winner will be announced on or before Wednesday June 22nd.
While I'd love to accept worldwide entries, the prize pack is only available to US residents.
Please also be sure to share your photo with Founders directly by uploading your submission to their Flickr page!

Any questions? Feel free to email or comment below. Good luck!