I'm Not Trying to be a Beer Mile Party Pooper, But...

i dont see how bottle is more of an advantage over a can

anything bud light and above is fine by me

what if they pre-open them and put them on a table before taking off? nbd

451 is legit af

Bottles are legal, and certainly faster. The not opening your own beer seems to be a new spin that I, as an old schooler, can agree with, seems to shave a few seconds off old rules.

Cisk Drinker wrote:

I'm Not Trying to be a Beer Mile Party Pooper

Yes you are.

dwayne johnson wrote:

i dont see how bottle is more of an advantage over a can

anything bud light and above is fine by me

what if they pre-open them and put them on a table before taking off? nbd

451 is legit af

Well, first of all it is much easier to chug out of a bottle. Are you kidding me?

No, Bud Light is not a beer that was ever permitted by Beer Mile rules.

You cannot pre-open. It lets out carbonation that makes the beer easier to chug.

No, No, No.

Yes on your forth point. Even with the *, that is seriously moving. No true Beer Milers would accept that as a record, though.

HELLO!!!??? THE RULES ARE LISTED AND IN PLAIN VIEW FOR ALL

http://www.beermile.com/rules

THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED OVER THE YEARS TO ALLOW CANS, BUT THE OTHER RULES STAND AND WERE OBVIOUSLY NOT FOLLOWED.

MEANT TO WRITE "ALLOW BOTTLES."

8. Beer must be a minimum of 5% alcohol by volume. Hard ciders and lemonades will not suffice. The beer must be a fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malted cereal grains and flavored with hops. For an abbreviated list of valid beers and exceptions, click here.

9. Each beer can must not be opened until the competitor enters the transition zone on each lap.

So I did some research into this and it appears that the only official rule that was broken was #9. It doesn't specifically say that someone else cannot open it for you, but it has to be after you enter the transition zone. That is an important rule and it was blatantly ignored.

Apparently they drank Amsterdam Blonde, which has an ABV of 5%, so they are good with the beer selection.

I don't like the switch to allow bottles, but it does allow for more craft breweries to get involved, which is probably a good thing.

Lastly, there has always been the unspoken rule of holding the bottle over your head. I think it used to be a written rule.

These rules matter.

Plus they are only running 1600 meters.

Millennials do not care about rules. Rules make them feel unsafe. Stop trying to take away the award.

Beer Mile PhD wrote:

So I did some research into this and it appears that the only official rule that was broken was #9. It doesn't specifically say that someone else cannot open it for you, but it has to be after you enter the transition zone. That is an important rule and it was blatantly ignored.

I don't get it. Kent opened each of his own beers once he entered the exchange zone each lap. They weren't opened prior. How was rule #9 broken / ignore?

The Dingo^3 wrote:

Beer Mile PhD wrote:

So I did some research into this and it appears that the only official rule that was broken was #9. It doesn't specifically say that someone else cannot open it for you, but it has to be after you enter the transition zone. That is an important rule and it was blatantly ignored.

I don't get it. Kent opened each of his own beers once he entered the exchange zone each lap. They weren't opened prior. How was rule #9 broken / ignore?

Oh my word, I stand corrected. My research involved just about everything but actually watching the video. Just watched it and he does open his own beers. Guy is legit and the record stands. Clear bottles appear to be emptied, but I still would have preffered to see cans and the bottles turned upside down, but those are not the rules anymore.

I take back my last post and commend Kent on a ridiculous time. I was simply going with the other posts in the thread.

You were commenting on how a beer miler performed against the rules and didn't watch the video?? That's Letsrun.

I sid t go back to view a second time, but I believe the clock started when they were at the beginning of the transition zone so he did do a mile and not 1600m.

The one rule the real diehards would call him on is being through the transition zone before he was finished.

What about the shot glass full of beer at the end? Looks like he didn't quite finish his bottles. The rules don't state there's an allowance built in?

Just give them all a participation medal and be done with it.

Roger Cannister is rolling in his grave!

Due to controversy around James Nielsen running sub 5 for the first time and whether he finished his beers or not, Flotrack, when holding the first Beer Mile championships implement a measuring system instead of the old system of dump the beer over your head. Pretty much all the elites do this now when they run Beer miles as it is a good system to show you run is legit. There is a certain amount (I believe an ounce) of Beer left in each bottle allowed to account for any foam left in the bottle that can't be consumed at the time of the chug. Lewis Kent is for sure the best beer miler out there and when he runs, you can be sure his beer miles are well within the rules.

Beer Mile PhD wrote:

So I did some research into this and it appears that the only official rule that was broken was #9. It doesn't specifically say that someone else cannot open it for you, but it has to be after you enter the transition zone. That is an important rule and it was blatantly ignored.

Apparently they drank Amsterdam Blonde, which has an ABV of 5%, so they are good with the beer selection.

I don't like the switch to allow bottles, but it does allow for more craft breweries to get involved, which is probably a good thing.

Lastly, there has always been the unspoken rule of holding the bottle over your head. I think it used to be a written rule.

These rules matter.

I always thought you had to hold the can over your head as well. Using craft beer could certainly make it more challenging. I couldn't imagine finishing a beer mile with four of these bad boys sloshing around in my belly:

Until they do it with Guiness, it don't mean squat.