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Title: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: admin on September 11, 2013, 10:39:46 PM
This has been give to us for review courtesy of HomeBrewWest, so I'm going to raffle it off to some lucky brewer.

Only conditions for entry are that you have written a decent review (of anything) or article before, either as a post or preferably as an article that has been on the front page, and that you'll write a review of this kit.

The kit is this one (http://www.homebrewwest.ie/brewers-choice-ultimate-czech-pilsner-3071-p.asp), worth 30 squids.

Put your name down if you want to be included in the raffle, to take place at the next Liffey Brewers meet.

EDIT: This vid is for the old kit. The new kit is an improvement, and needs nothing.
Youtube vid here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzgFJA-Uwcg).

EDIT: Review a beer (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/board,45.0.html) in the next two weeks to be eligible!
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: delzep on September 11, 2013, 10:52:39 PM
Open to full members only?
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: irish_goat on September 11, 2013, 11:00:00 PM
1. Tube
2. Irish_Goat
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: DrowningManatee on September 12, 2013, 03:00:09 AM
1. Tube
2. Irish Goat
3. DrowningManatee

NB/ i wrote an article for one o the Galway meets a few months ago,

great offer :)
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: LordEoin on September 13, 2013, 04:51:18 PM
Quote from: delzep on September 11, 2013, 10:52:39 PM
Open to full members only?
Yes. Only full members are allowed access to the beer review section.

As you don't need any experience reviewing beer to brew a kit, I think that it's a silly requirement for this raffle.
It seems more like a plug to generate beer reviews for the front page, which I think would be done more effectively by opening the beer review section to the public as it was originally intended.

Restricting this raffle to paid members with an interest in reviewing commercial beers will simply reduce the interest in the raffle.
I don't think that's fair to HomeBrewWest (http://www.homebrewwest.ie/index.asp) who have very generously sponsored this prize.

Finally, if a non-member won this kit, chances are that they'd end up paying membership anyway.
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: delzep on September 13, 2013, 10:16:39 PM
On the other hand a non-member winner could just feck off with the kit and we'd never hear from them again if they wanted
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: mr hoppy on September 13, 2013, 11:08:40 PM
TBH I thought yez were angling to get Lord Eoin to review it with the restriction. Him being the kit king and all.
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: Garry on September 13, 2013, 11:14:28 PM
Quote from: mr happy on September 13, 2013, 11:08:40 PM
TBH I thought yez were angling to get Lord Eoin to review it with the restriction. Him being the kit king and all.
G'wan lordeoin, put your name down :P
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: LordEoin on September 13, 2013, 11:35:45 PM
@ delzep :
i'd say it's unlikely that anyone who'd be eligible (even without the beer review) would tuck tail and run for the sake of €30. anyway, i'm sure those people would be weeded out of the hat when deciding whether the article they wrote was 'decent' or not.

@ tube:
as far as I can see, at the moment there are 4 conditions to entering this raffle which is excessive for establishing whether a potential winner entrant can write stuff or not.
1 - Must you have written a decent review (of anything) or article before, either as a post or preferably as an article that has been on the front page.
2 - Winner must write a review of this kit.
3 - Must be an existing full member
4 - Must write a beer review in the members' only area.

My objection isn't so much that it's only open to NHC member. It's a reasonable members' perk.
But making it a requirement that they review a commercial beer makes no sense.
This is a homebrewing forum. This is a raffle for a homebrewing ingredient kit.
It has nothing to do with reviewing a commercial beer to the guidelines of the publishing team.

@garry, mr happy:
lol
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: delzep on September 13, 2013, 11:38:02 PM
Hows about as a compromise, the winner brews it and brings it to a meet...he then compiles mini reviews (2 or 3 sentences) from a range of people at the meet and uses this as the feedback?
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: LordEoin on September 13, 2013, 11:42:25 PM
Quote from: Il Tubo on September 11, 2013, 10:39:46 PM
EDIT: Review a beer (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/board,45.0.html) in the next two weeks to be eligible!
How about we just remove this part. it suggests that you must write a beer review in the members' only section to be eligible
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: Garry on September 13, 2013, 11:43:35 PM
The condition for entry is that you have written a GOOD review OR article in the past. If not, and you want in, write a good beer review now. I don't think you need to worry here eoin, a few of your threads are stickies O0
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: mr hoppy on September 13, 2013, 11:46:20 PM
Quote from: LordEoin on September 13, 2013, 11:35:45 PM
@garry, mr happy:
lol

C'mon dude. Put yer name down!
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: LordEoin on September 23, 2013, 10:39:04 AM
Sure I might aswell

1. Tube
2. Irish Goat
3. DrowningManatee
4. LordEoin
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: LordEoin on September 26, 2013, 11:23:51 PM
Rightio, cheers. I'd be happy to.
But if any of you really want to do it you're more than welcome :)
I already have a review up of this range's IPA and it would be nice to see how someone else gets on with the 3kg DME

ps, Garry - where the hell did you find that smiley?? O0
It's hideous and I love it! ;D
Title: Re: Raffle for Brewer's Choice Ultimate Czech Pilsner
Post by: Garry on September 27, 2013, 12:50:15 AM
Quote from: LordEoin on September 26, 2013, 11:23:51 PM

ps, Garry - where the hell did you find that smiley?? O0
It's hideous and I love it! ;D

:-X C:-)