Huzzah to the courageous Asgardians who braved the weather forecast and joined us for the opening raid of our 2018/2019 season! Fortunately, there was very little rain and we were able to enjoy great competition as well as the 40 gallons of homebrewed beer and cider provided by the Brew Crew (lead by Peter the High Technomancer)! You may notice from the pictures the tap wall now includes 8 taps of brew as well as 1 water tap named “Amy’s Good Decisions”.
This was the first event for our new “Odin Chef” competition. PJ provided bacon pancakes for breakfast and brought food truck style to this festival. He set up two windows and cooked up made to order plates like venison stir-fry, smoked chicken burritos, hot dogs and brats. Attendees have been sent a scoring survey and I can say it will be tough to beat his strong showing. Should PJ win the Odin Chef competition, he and his sous chefs will receive prizes next Aegir’s Ball.
This year, 5 teams competed including our neighbors Adrian and Kelly who presented me the Roman Dirk of Friendship 2 years ago. Thors Hammered (James, Joel, and Ryan) lead the field by 1 point going into group play, but The Beards (Josh K. Josh H. and Adam) overtook them by a point going into the playoffs. After the semi-finals, it was Thors Hammered vs. The Beards competing for the championship.
With the point advantage, The Beards chose beer pong and sent Adam and Klein to the table. Thors Hammered was down a James after he was bedly wounded by one too many ciders. Ryan and Joel were drunk, but still ready to fight to the end. What followed was an epic duel. As drunk as he was, Ryan was sinking shots like a champ, even fighting back from defeat once with multiple redemption shots. In the end, The Beard’s won the day to join Into the Freja (Jenn, Trisha, and Golden) as Beer Fest Champions.
This was my second and possibly final Beer Fest to raid lead. I hope to enjoy Beer Fests solely as a competitor and Captain next year and I’d be happy to help the next Beer Fest RL anyway I can. Thanks to everyone who participated and I’ll see you at Aegir’s Ball!
Together We Are Tanks,
Captain ATs
Hip hip!