Sam Adams Long Shot..... Whatcha got?

[Spunkmeyer]

OK, now I'm getting worried/pissed; my LongShot account now says I have no entries. It changed today... before it showed my entry number and status as "pending."

Do people who have had their entries received still see account information for them?

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

I've got the same no entry info when I log in and check too. Maybe a glitch in the system?

 

[Spunkmeyer]

I've got the same no entry info when I log in and check too. Maybe a glitch in the system?

I tried adding a new entry (thinking I could get another there in time if needed) and it threw up a database error message. So, maybe they're doing some behind-the-scenes work that's making nothing show up right now, and which explains why the db wasn't updated earlier.

At least I hope that's what it is!

 

[Burgs]

Haha, so UPS would technically tell you that you can't ship beer through their service - however, once a year, all these "yeast samples" pour in to Sam Adams from a thousand different residential addresses. That's kinda funny to me. Don't they even have TV commercials for this competition?

 

[CenturyStanding]

Haha, so UPS would technically tell you that you can't ship beer through their service - however, once a year, all these "yeast samples" pour in to Sam Adams from a thousand different residential addresses. That's kinda funny to me. Don't they even have TV commercials for this competition?

Haha, yeah. It depends, though. It isn't that UPS can't ship beer. But, sometimes they just won't, because you know, clearly people would send homebrews cross country to get minors wasted or whatever. They ask questions less if it's going to a commercial address.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Even funnier is the fact that SA is in MA, one of the more a$$ backwards states for shipping alcohol too, for wine at least. There's an aggregate volume limit, but it's a consumer limit, not a producer limit. So though I may be able to sell and ship you wine, if my package put you over the limit because you've ordered 10 times from someone else I'm the one that's in trouble. But I have no way of knowing you ordered 10 times from someone else. On top of that UPS and FedEx refuse to deliver to the state.

 

[Spunkmeyer]

I've got the same no entry info when I log in and check too. Maybe a glitch in the system?

Brian,

Can you check your account again and see if it's there now?

Thanks!

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Still nothing.

 

[Spunkmeyer]

Still nothing.

Thanks for checking. I asked because the ability to add a new entry was back online, so I was thinking maybe they deleted my entry because they lost my box or something and didn't want to admit it.

So, I'm glad to know that I'm at least in good company not having an entry show up in their system!

 

[CenturyStanding]

All of my entries are missing too. I'm sure it's a simple glitch. A few weeks ago my account was missing for 24 hours or so and eventually it all came back online.

If you can dig up the confirmation e-mails, they should have your entries numbers and everything, should there actually be an issue.

 

[Sedge]

I went to bottle up my entries last night and overnight them today....one beer not clear, then laziness kicked in...not entering. Oh well I'll make up for it by brewing twice this weekend and loading up on comps this summer. There's always next year!

Good Luck everyone who entered.

 

[rmchair]

You realize you are signing away your rights forever? Fifty years from now they could make a really crappy beer, name it after you, and plaster your face on all the labels.
Just something to think about.

 

[madbare]

I just checked my account and everything is showing up.

 

[CenturyStanding]

You realize you are signing away your rights forever? Fifty years from now they could make a really crappy beer, name it after you, and plaster your face on all the labels.
Just something to think about.

Yes. If you enter the contest you give them the right to use your name and likeness. Which means, in the off chance that you become wildly successful, they could very much use those rights to name a beer after you, without your permission and with no royalties.

That being said, they'd really need a reason to do something to tarnish ones likeness. I'd be more concerned about the one-time royalty. If you're beer is really killer, they could make it year-round and you get nothing for it.

That being said, the fine print isn't in there to destroy the homebrewer, it's in there to protect them from potential suits in the future. I think it's cool that they're giving homebrewers the opportunity to gain some exposure. I think there's good intention at the core of it.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

I just checked my account and everything is showing up.

As is mine. Says entry status is Pending though. Not sure if that's because I sent it to CA and not MA, but the info is there.

 

[Spunkmeyer]

As is mine. Says entry status is Pending though. Not sure if that's because I sent it to CA and not MA, but the info is there.

Same here. Still says pending on mine, and I sent it to MA. Maybe they're just getting info logged in extremely slow. That's my hope anyway; almost impossible to get a replacement batch there if there's any problem.

 

[CenturyStanding]

So, I sent three submissions for this competition, all of which were in the same box. Two of them were "confirmed" on Friday morning and their status was updated on website. The third still says "pending". How is that possible? I shipped them together...

 

[SourHopHead]

So, I sent three submissions for this competition, all of which were in the same box. Two of them were "confirmed" on Friday morning and their status was updated on website. The third still says "pending". How is that possible? I shipped them together...

Maybe something happened to the bottles during shipping? I'm sure it will get updated for you. I packed my second box and felt the bottles moving in the styrofoam bottle carrier and I opened it up and repacked it right before I left for UPS.

 

[CenturyStanding]

Maybe something happened to the bottles during shipping? I'm sure it will get updated for you. I packed my second box and felt the bottles moving in the styrofoam bottle carrier and I opened it up and repacked it right before I left for UPS.

Nevermind. They just confirmed my submission a few minutes ago. Weird. I pack three entries together, and one gets validated a week and a half later than the others, haha. Oh well.

 

[babalu87]

Oh snap...I totally skipped over the part of needing to hold on to 3 extra bottles. EEK...I better bottle some more and hope I still have enough. Not that I plan on actually progressing in the competition.

I got the call today, one of 9 finalists.

Was told I need
SIX BOTTLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll need to call back Thursday and verify.
Its still in the keg but there cant be much left in it.

 

[chrislehr]

I got the call today, one of 9 finalists.

Was told I need
SIX BOTTLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll need to call back Thursday and verify.
Its still in the keg but there cant be much left in it.

Congrats! Which beer was winning?

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Congrats Babalu87! Nice work.

 

[babalu87]

Thanks
Its an Imperial Black Ale.
Base beer is a BIG IPA but its not a Cascadian by any means.
Brown malt, lots of Carafa and Roasted barley. Think more along the lines of a Porter-ish grain bill with a face full of hops.

 

[SourHopHead]

Hear anything else? I knew I didn't have a chance.

 

[bosox]

That's great! And hey, I have season tickets to the Patriots for the 2010 season, so I'll have to taste your beer and tell you about it if you get picked!

 

[babalu87]

1 of 9 but not one of the 4 going to Denver

 

[malnutriton]

How do you know you are not one of the 4 finalists going to Denver?

 

[mykafone]

So what you're telling me is that since I haven't heard anything I can kiss my dreams of winning the longshot goodbye?

 

[babalu87]

I'd say if you havent heard anything your much better off that I am

 

[robtotten]

I would end up watching Full Metal jacket and freaking out... Again.

Tricky... magic mushroom Cream Ale.... disgusting, but inevitably i would end up loving it.