RULES FOR MEDALS COMPETITION

PREPARE BEFORE 10:30AM

⦁ Have your 2023 Membership Card in hand to present to a Judge.

⦁ A FULL BEER IS REQUIRED. A 1/2 Liter or 1 Liter may be used, but your glass must be FULL at the beginning of the competition. Plastic ‘competition’ cups will be available at the front bar.

If you get a Liter, you drink a Liter. You must drink it all. Participants may not take so much as a sip before the start or they will have to get a fresh beer for the competition. We suggest you put a coaster atop your glass to avoid accidental sips.

COMPETITION WILL COMMENCE OUTSIDE

IN WIEDEMANN'S OUTDOOR STAGE/PARKING LOT AREA

If you are unable to get to the lower level, you can assemble on the outdoor deck. (Rain / Snow or Shine)

⦁ Line up as instructed by the judges. Please face the judges as you consume your beverage. OFFICIAL JUDGES will be evenly dispersed with the crowd.

⦁ Precisely at 10:45am we will sing “EIN PROSIT” and at the end of the song, the competition will commence.

NOW IS THE TIME TO DRINK! - PROST!!

⦁ When your glass is empty, step forward to a JUDGE, who will verify your 2023 Membership Card to receive your medal. Keep your card.

**There are only 125 medals to be awarded**

After you’ve finished your beer, and gotten your medal, please proceed in an orderly fashion past the JUDGES and back inside the restaurant. Once the food buffet is open inside, the JUDGES will come around the room and distribute the ribbons.

NECK RIBBONS ARE EARNED IN THIS EXACT ORDER: Yellow, Black, Red, Tri-Color, MC Logo, White, Blue, White/Blue Stripe, White/Red Stripe, Gold/Black Stripe and finally the Elite Leather Bavarian Flag

Please be considerate of your fellow club members in this tight crowd.

Please Police Your Neighbors to Ensure All Rules Are Followed

As usual, our monthly meeting is on the second Saturday at Wiedemann Brewing – and December is “Medal Month.”  Come share in the excellent German beverages and buffet, the gemütlichkeit, and a little competition!   

The Annual Beer Drinking Medal Competition, starts promptly at 10:45am (so get there early) outside in the Wiedemann Brewing stage/parking area.  It will take place, rain or shine.

You must be present to win. You MUST be a PAID Member of Mustard Club for 2023 to participate and have your membership card to prove it.  You must finish a FULL beer (half liter or larger). First 125 members to do so get a medal.

Remember, for the Medals Competition, you need to have your membership card (that you were issued when you joined / renewed this year). THERE WILL BE NO MEMBERSHIP LIST AT THE MEETING. You MUST have your membership card in order to participate in the competition.

The last chance to purchase a membership for a given calendar year is at the October meeting.

Any size beer that is at least a half liter or larger may be used, but the participant must drink it all — in other words, if you get a Liter, you drink a Liter.  Participants may not take so much as a sip before 10:45, or they will have to get a fresh beer for the competition.

Participants should wear previous years’ medals to the Competition, so you can best determine which neck ribbon you need next.

ORDER OF NECK RIBBONS:

Black, Red, or Gold ribbons will be distributed to any participant who does not already have all three. If you have all three colors, next is the special Tri-Color Ribbon. Should a participant have the tri-color ribbon from a previous year as well, the Händlmaier’s Freunden Cincinnati logo ribbon will then be awarded. If a participant is lucky enough to already have this ribbon as well, (meaning he/she has successfully completed every prior competition), the elite White Ribbon will be awarded, followed by the ultra-elite Blue Ribbon, then the blue-white ribbon, red-white ribbon, and the gold-black ribbon.  After earning all other ribbons, the final ‘ELITE’ can then be achieved; a beautiful white and blue checkered leather, representing the Bavarian flag.

In 2016, in honor of our 10th anniversary, all winning participants were awarded a black bottle opener medal with grey ribbon. In 2020, due to the global pandemic, club members participated virtually and were awarded a medal at a later time in 2021 with an accompanying “2020” red/white/blue ribbon.