NBO: Kentucky Derby - Bourbon Barrel Edition

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  1. Houser

    Houser Pooh-Bah (1,736) Sep 10, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    this was run a couple years ago (last year was a fail), and i really enjoyed it. back in college, my friends and i would get together and throw in $10 and draw horses names out of a hat, and if your horse won, it was a great day with the winner taking the pot. with it being derby time again, i am going to try the same thing, but with bourbon (or other) barrel aged beer. the cost of admission is 22 ounces of 90+ rated bourbon barrel aged beer, and you have to ship by 5/21. not yet sure how many horses there will be this year, but its usually a big field, so this will be open on a first come first served basis. please message me your contact info and/or post it here. i will enter all those interested in a random number generator, and the number you get is the horse you will own. the list of horses will be posted here when announced, so if youre 5th on the random generator list, you will have the horse at the 5th starting position. make sense? good. previous years are below as i plan on doing this for all three races.

    2015 Derby - http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/kentucky-derby-bourbon-barrel-edition.287134/

    2015 Preakness - http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/preakness-stakes-bourbon-barrel-edition.288346/

    2015 – Belmont - http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/belmont-stakes-bourbon-barrel-edition.293503/

    2014 Derby - http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/bourbon-barrel-derby.175408/page-2#post-2455187

    payouts if 20 horses: first place will receive 12 boxes, second 4 boxes, and third 1 box. im open to changing the payouts, but this makes the most sense to me.
     
  2. Dave_Treat

    Dave_Treat Pooh-Bah (2,287) Jun 23, 2012 Virginia
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    In.

    Do we wait to list beer until we know winner?

    Maybe a little less disparity between 1st, 2nd, 3rd winners? 11, 6, 3?

    Anyway, thanks for running it.
     
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  3. Houser

    Houser Pooh-Bah (1,736) Sep 10, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    we can do 11, 6, and 3, makes no difference to me. and no, you dont need to put up a beer in advance.
     
  4. johnyb

    johnyb Pooh-Bah (2,336) Aug 11, 2012 Florida
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    Count me in! (Again)
     
  5. Dave_Treat

    Dave_Treat Pooh-Bah (2,287) Jun 23, 2012 Virginia
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    you da man. I see you had the winners not shipping and I counted them in the numbers, so with 20 horses that would be 10, 5, 2. Whatever the group says...

    Just tell me who I'm shipping to.
     
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  6. oldmetalguy

    oldmetalguy Initiate (0) Dec 25, 2015 Pennsylvania

    *raising hand*

    (and in my best Horshack voice imitation)

    ooo! ooo! ooo! ooo!
     
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  7. nshvllbeer

    nshvllbeer Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2012 Tennessee

    Count me in as well. Sending you a PM
     
  8. browniewithnuts

    browniewithnuts Pundit (878) Oct 12, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    I'm in for this. Gives me a reason to get into the Kentucky Derby
     
  9. jpatag66

    jpatag66 Zealot (518) Feb 3, 2015 California
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    I'm in. I love sending bottles out.
     
  10. andreizm

    andreizm Zealot (707) Sep 17, 2008 Washington
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  11. Cdolan04

    Cdolan04 Initiate (0) Mar 10, 2015 Missouri
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    Think I did this last year, I'm in
     
  12. jschott75

    jschott75 Pooh-Bah (1,878) May 19, 2012 Illinois
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    I'll get in.
     
  13. Houser

    Houser Pooh-Bah (1,736) Sep 10, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    so we have nine already committed, and the field is usually in the high teens to 20ish ponies. good start!
     
  14. johnyb

    johnyb Pooh-Bah (2,336) Aug 11, 2012 Florida
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    Blind draw ? Or are we going to draft a horse perhaps after a random draft generator?
     
  15. Dave_Treat

    Dave_Treat Pooh-Bah (2,287) Jun 23, 2012 Virginia
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    random generator is the way we've done it in the past. Get a horse assigned to you, and hope for the best.
     
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  16. Corriecrafts

    Corriecrafts Initiate (0) Nov 11, 2014 Kentucky
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    @Houser I'min if theres enough room

    And if you want the names of the winners let me know. Fyi I usually dont offer free money
     
  17. UtisTheLaw

    UtisTheLaw Pundit (876) Jul 26, 2012 Texas

    Let's do this. I got those BA beers.
     
  18. cal1207

    cal1207 Initiate (0) Oct 29, 2013 California

    Count me in
     
  19. holygrale

    holygrale Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2015 Louisiana

    Im in if you still have room
     
  20. Houser

    Houser Pooh-Bah (1,736) Sep 10, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    we are up to 13 participants.
    exactly what @Dave_Treat said, totally random.
     
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