March 30th,
2010
Posted by
Doug
under Basement Bar, Contests, Whisky
Another distiller is sponsoring a home bar contest I thought you might be interested in. Grant’s Whisky is a maker of blended scotch whisky, and they are sponsoring a dual contest.
The Grant’s Home Bar Experience offers an anyone can enter sweepstakes. Simply go to the website and enter your particulars. Oh, and be a US resident over 21. The five top prizes here are hardwood bars, with other prizes including 42″ HDTVs and large mirrors for behind your bar.
The second contest, for my fellow Basement Bar owners, is a judged contest. Upload up to three photos of your cool Basement Bar setup for the judging. The winner here wins $10,000 and further, about half that in home theater equipment. I invite you to enter.
Of course, I entered too, so what good is it gonna do you? (click to enlarge)
My!
You are cocky, aren’t you?
Yes. Yes I am. But I’m pretty damn proud of my bar, so the smack-talk will continue!
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- Basement Bar Accessories #10: The NewAir Portable Ice Maker
- Basement Bar Accessories #6: DIY Kegerator
- Basement Bar Accessories: Herbal Assault Part 1
- Basement Bar Design #0: Introduction
- Basement Bar Design #1: Where, What, and Why.
- Basement Bar Design #2: Refrigerators
- Basement Bar Design #3: Ice Supply
- Basement Bar Design #4(a): Essential Glassware
- Basement Bar Design #4(b): Supplemental Glassware
- Basement Bar Design #4(c): Buying Glassware
- Basement Bar Design #5: Water and Washing Up
- Basement Bar Design #6: My Own Basement Bar
- Basement Bar Design #7: Bar Top and Countertop Surfaces
- Basement Bar Design #8(a): Artists
- Basement Bar Design #8(b) More Artists
- Basement Bar Design #8: Artwork
- Basement Bar Design #9: Tiki Bars
- Basement Bar Design Accessories #1: Lit Backbar Walls
- Basement Bar Design Accessories #2: Holiday Glassware Giveaways
- Basement Bar Design Accessories #3: Beer Dispensing from Heineken and Elsewhere
- Basement Bar Design Accessories #4: Branded Beer Taps
- Basement Bar Design Accessories #5: Pure American Ingenuity
- Basement Bar Design Accessories #7: The Man Wall
- Basement Bar Design Accessories #8: The Arkeg
- Basement Bar Design Accessories #9: Global Domination
- Basement Bar Design Accessories: Hidden Lairs
- Basement Bar Design Elsewhere in the Cocktailosphere
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- Basement Bar Design Factoid #3: Irish Pub in a (really big) Box
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March 31st, 2010 at 7:05 am
Thank you so much for letting your readers know about this contest. Even though my bar is not done, I am still gonna give it a shot. Who knows, maybe the fact it is not done, might help the judges.
brian12566(Quote) (Reply)
March 31st, 2010 at 7:15 am
Brian,
I actually thought of you for this. All the careful documentation you’ve done of your process may help you, though how you’ll choose only three pix out of all of them, I don’t know!
Doug(Quote) (Reply)