About – Our Format,

Rules, Fees, & Story

Format

Your Commitment:

Eight-Week Circuit (One Event Per Week)

Your Team:

Up to 8 People

Your Drinks:

One Round of Tasting Per Event (Flight of Four Beers)

Your Points:

4 Points for Guessing the Correct Style

2 Points for Guessing the Correct ABV

Rules

Participants sample each beverage and attempt to determine the style (e.g., stout, ale, red, etc.) and ABV (Alcohol by Volume). It is not required for participants to finish each beverage.
Each league event has a host/official to maintain event integrity and collect materials for our records.
Viewing menus, boards, screens, or websites of the breweries’ drink selection is not allowed. Participants are required to maintain the integrity of the game.
Participants are expected to arrive for check-in 15 minutes prior to the event.
The hosts provide you with scoring sheets.
Each round of tasting is organized by the host and explained to each participant on a number scale based on position (1-4).
After the participants fill in the scoring sheet for the round, the host grades and hold onto the scoring sheets.
If a participant is caught cheating:
1st Offense – Warning & ‘0’ Score for the Event
2nd Offense – Disqualification from the League
After the round, the host calculates scores for the event and announces them to each participant.
The host collects all materials and delivers them to the records keeper for review and archiving.
At the end of eight weeks, we host an end-of-season event where we award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
Standard rules apply unless otherwise specified. Commissioners reserve the right to adjust rules at their discretion for the benefit and competitiveness of the league.

Registration

Registration Fee: $60

Member Event Fee: $15 (Covers Tastings)

Non-Member Event Fee: $25

Please note that the duration between eight-week cycles is based on registration for future events. Contact us today to register.

Our Story

As a husband and wife duo from Denver, CO, we’ve always been social people. However, when the pandemic hit, it put a significant strain on the possibility for social engagements. When restrictions loosened a little, and we could meet with up to eight people, we decided to invite six of our friends to a local brewery for a blind taste test. Long story short: it was so much fun that we decided to have each of our friends pick a new brewery each week on a rotating schedule. We also started wearing fun outfits and sashes adorned with the logos from all the breweries we had visited.

The league quickly grew from just our small group of friends into something much bigger. Locals began seeing us having a great time and were curious to join in on the fun. Some breweries even offered us tours of their facilities. Then, breweries started reaching out to us! They loved what we were doing and wanted even more events—and thus, The League of Extraordinary Drinkers was born.