Name that Beer is a style based club activity that challenges participant's tasting skills and style knowledge.  Participants are asked to taste various beer samples and determine the style (and the actual beer).  There are a couple of variations of this event.  One is suited more for large groups, the other works well with small groups.

Large Group Name that Beer

• Stewards prepare the beer in a back room and then pour beer for the group from unmarked pitchers.
• All participants taste the beer and make their own notes about the beer.  Participants should note the following aspects of the beer:
  • Is it an ale or a lager? (1 point if right)
  • What is the category? (1 point if right)
  • What is the subcategory? (1 point if right)
  • Name that beer!  (2 points if right)
• After everyone has had a chance to write down their answers, get a volunteer (or - pre-arrange your volunteers) to tell the group their assessment of the beer.  Experienced judges & brewers are usually good choices.  Then - the group can discuss as appropriate.  Everyone should score their own cards.
• Move on to the next beer and repeat.  Six beers is a practical maximum for a large group.
• Participants add up their scores - with the highest scores winning bragging rights!  As a bonus - give any extra unopened bottles from the event to the top few winners!

Small Group Name That Beer

For small groups - this can be run like many similar wine events.

• Select 10 beers for the event.  Label each beer 1 through 10
• Prepare a sheet with numbers for beer samples and letters for the beer names.  Make sure to mix up the beer names so they don't match the numbers!  Make copies for everyone.
• A steward pours the numbered beers for the participants.  All beers are poured, and the participant tries to match up the beer with the appropriate name.
• The person with the most correct wins bragging rights.  As a bonus - give any extra unopened bottles from the event to the top few winners!

• Evil Variation:  have 15 names for the 10 possible beers - so not all names will be used.  Make sure that some of the options are in the same category/subcategory to make things more difficult.

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