Share a cold beer and good times with friends at a beer party.
Gathering together with friends to enjoy a refreshing drink is always an enjoyable way to spend an evening. If you want to engage in this much loved activity, but desire a party with a little more pizazz, consider organizing a well-planned, beer-themed party. Does this Spark an idea?
Beer Tasting Party
Wine lovers shouldn't get to have all of the alcohol-sampling fun. When planning your next party, consider throwing a beer tasting party. For this party, you need only a variety of beers, clear cups and a beer tasting score sheet (see Resources). After selecting your beers, create a beer menu on which your beers are organized from lightest to heaviest. As you move through the menu, pour 1/3 of a glass of each beer for each guest. Allow the guests to sample the beer, and note their opinion of the body, taste and drinkability on the score sheet. Designate one party guest as the score tabulator, and ask this guest to add up the scores given to each beer to determine which was the favorite of the guests.
Beer Pong Tournament
Beer pong is a popular game in which players practice their athletic skill while enjoying some tasty brew. To play beer pong, you need a standard ping pong table, or long folding table, two ping pong balls, beer and 22 plastic cups. Set ten cups in a triangular pattern on each end of the table, placing four in the back row, three in the second, two in the third and one centered in the final. Fill each cup 1/3 of the way full of beer. Fill the remaining two cups with water, and set them off to the side of the triangles. These cups will be used to wash balls that hit the ground during game play. To play, create two 2-member teams. To begin, one team gets both balls. They must attempt to shoot from their end of the table and sink the ball into one of the beer-filled cups on the other end. For every cup they successfully land a ball in, the opposing team must drink it The team that forces their opponents to empty all of their cups first, wins.
When playing beer pong at your party, turn it into an event by creating tournament brackets and allowing the winners to continually advance until the best two teams are ultimately pitted against one another in the ultimate battle for beer pong bragging rights.
Beer Bottle Dress Up
Allow your party guests to become acquainted with their beer bottles by creating theme costumes for their brewskis. Before your party, create a list of different dress themes. Your list should include distinctive fashion statements, like hula dancer, disco queen, flower child and '80s punk rock. Write each of the items on your list onto an index card, fold the cards and place them in a basket. Gather together construction paper, fabric, trim, tape and glue, and place these supplies in a decoration station in the kitchen or on a table in the yard. Wash out and save empty beer bottles in the weeks leading up to your event.
When guests arrive, allow them to draw cards from the basket, present them with empty bottles, and ask them to use the supplies to create a costume for their beer. Place all of the costumed bottles in a central location so that all guests can check them out. As guests circulate and drink beer from undressed bottles, allow them to vote on their favorite beer costume. Reward the winner with a special beer themed prize, like a crown crafted out of an empty cardboard beer case.
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