MovemBEER update

G'Day Beer Lovers, I hope your attempts to raise awareness and funds for Men's Health initiatives is going as well as your no-Mo Growing is.

For those who don't know, MovemBEER is Beer Blokes very own fun and fuzz-friendly way to raise money for a good cause without having to subject your face to moustache-based attrocities that leave you looking like you've just joined (or recently escaped from) a religious cult. You know exactly what I mean.

Drink good beer instead. Make sure the beer has 'MO' soemwhere within in and pledge to donate the value of those beers to a Men's Health charity like Beyond Blue or Prostate Cancer Foundation or directly to a mate who is doing the real Movember.

Here are some of the beers that I have managed to squeeze into the frame;

MOntieth's Single Source MOuntain Goat Steam Ale MOrnington Pale Ale

all pretty obvious so far, huh?

What about these;

Victoria Pale Lager (this is not so much a beer I would be drawn to but it is certainly a Marketing Oddity)

McLaren Vale Vale Ale (a nicely balanced easy drinking ale with a nice hop character. They have been criticised for contract brewing despite promising to soon Make their Own)

and finally, and most obscurely ....

Kooinda Valhalla Golden Ale. You ready? Here goes. The Kooinda boys named their brewery Kooinda to sum up the origins of the company where four mates got together on weekends to brew beer in the backyard. Kooinda is an Aboriginal word meaning 'Happy Place'. The Aborigines presumably gave us this word because they had no further use for it. Same with the word for 'Let's Get Together and Have Fun' - MOomba!

I never said you had to be politically correct, did I?!

So you see, you can drink just about any beer and make it fit the criteria for MovemBEER. Send your best efforts to me and the best one, as judged by me, will win a signed copy of The Critics Choice - Australia's Best Beers.

Get drinkin'!

Cheers,
Prof Pilsner

One ‘mo’ excuse to have a beer

A year after the official Movember movement began and lots of blokes started growing moustaches and raising money for men’s health, Beer Blokes offered an alternative. MovemBEER was born.

As we are no doubt aware, some blokes just look plain dodgy when they don a Crumb Catcher and get out in public. From Adolf Hitler to Ivan Milat and Tom Selleck some men just shouldn’t wear a Soup Strainer beneath their nose.

MovemBEER has been offering a suitable and non kiddy-scaring alternative to growing selective facial hair. Don’t panic, you can still raise money for the official Movember or you can donate directly to Beyond Blue or any other charitable research foundation you choose. It’s just so simple.

“How do I do MovemBEER, Prof?!”

I’m glad you asked. You like to drink good beer, don’t you, that’s why you’re here?

“Sure do, Prof!”

Good. MovemBEER is all about drinking good beer.

“Surely there’s a catch?!”

Ooh! You’re good. Yes, there is a catch but it’s a small one. The beer has to fit the theme.

“Wha-a-a-a-a-HT!” That sounds difficult.

It’s not, silly. Just drink beers that have ‘MO’ in them somewhere or somehow. For example; MOosehead, MOretti Pilsner or MOuntain Goat. If you think a little laterally you can also include more obscure titles like any of Red Hill’s beers because they are brewed on the MOrnington Peninsula or any of Mornington Peninsula Brewery beers because, well, it starts with ‘MO’.

In years past I have managed to squeeze just about every beer I have downed into the ‘MO’ framework. Some are easy, some you need to look at by squinting your eyes and tilting your head while emitting a low hmmmmm – but you can do it.

Whatever you spend on these beers you agree to donate to either of the following;

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia

Beyond Blue

A mate who is doing the ‘other’ Movember

For those looking to raise money and awareness without letting loose on the street many blokes who look as though they should be treading a well-worn path in a maximum security exercise yard, “Give That They May NOT Grow”.

If you are struggling to think of beers to fit the Modus Operandi (get it? M.O.??! Heh!?!) here are some links to the last four years of Beer Blokes MovemBEER posts to inspire you.

http://beerblokes.blogspot.com/2007/11/movembeer.html

http://beerblokes.blogspot.com/2008/11/mo-vembeer-results-from-last-year.html

http://beerblokes.blogspot.com/2009/10/movem-beer-09.html

http://beerblokes.blogspot.com/2010/11/time-to-get-mo-ving.html

Time to get MO-ving

Just when you thought October – The Month of Beer – was over, along comes November – The Next Month of Beer – and it all just keeps happening again.

Tuesday night sees Beer Blokes at Young & Jacksons for the Bridge Road Brewers beer degustation after catching up with Chris Mc Beer and The Crafty Pint for pre-dinner refreshers. We’ll be in Chloe’s Bar upstairs if anyone else has the inkling to join the festivities.

Friday will see the curtain drawn on what might possibly be (up till now) Melbourne’s only regularly held Beer Dinners at The Courthouse restaurant in Berwick. After 6 years and goodness knows how many dinners (at least 8 just this year!) the restaurant has been sold and Prof Pilsner will take his Beer Dinner Show on the road in the near future.

In the meantime, if you’re in Berwick this week, pop in cos the new owners don’t want any of our beer stock and I sure as heck can’t drink it all on me own!

And lastly, this month sees the third or fourth year (I don’t know!?) of the very well known and much loved fundraising venture – MovemBEER. That’s right, it’s on again – Beer Bloke s very own shameless rip-off of that other reasonably popular charity event – Movember.

For those new to this site, here’s how it all works. For too long now blokes who look really seriously dodgy when they grow a Mo for Movember (Jeff Kennett, Shane Warne, Aunt Bunny, Ivan Milat, Hitler, Tom Selleck) have made it hard for the movement to gain credibility.

Beer Blokes came up with the concept of MovemBEER for these people. Not Milat, he’s a shit Bloke and not welcome here. For all the others, just buy and drink beers that have the ‘MO’ somewhere in them. Be as adventurous and as tenuous as you like – it’s all about supporting Men’s Health initiatives.

See here and here and maybe even here for previous year’s efforts at Beer Blokes and you’ll see it’s pretty easy.

Whatever you choose to drink, just pledge to donate a similar amount to the official Movember movement or make a direct donation to a Men’s Health service of your choice. The TAB or the Pub do not count.

Drink that they may not Mo.

Cheers
Prof Pilsner

MoVem-Beer 09

Welcome to the first of MoVem-Beer and the third year of Beer Bloke’s own take on Movember. This is the month in which Blokes and Blokettes can rustle up some funds for prostate cancer research and men’s depression by NOT growing a mo but by drinking beer instead.

Let’s face it, some blokes look like they could have been born with a mo ...



While others look either daggy, dodgy or downright dangerous ...







And Blokettes, I haven't forgotten about you! You can join in by growing a Beer Mo! E-Mail your pics to us at profpilsner@beerblokes.com.au and I'll post them for a readers vote of the best. I'm sure I can even scam up a prize for the winner.


If you don’t look good in a mo but want to support Movemeber (now in its sixth year) just get on board by drinking beers with ‘MO’ in them and donate the cash equivalent of your purchases to either Beyond Blue or Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. Too easy!

I know of some good beer blokes who will be participating in the mo-growing event this year and I’ll check with them to see if it’s OK to post updates and sponsorship details on my blog. We may even run a competition to see whose looks the ‘Best’.

Movember, Beyond Blue and Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia are the causes to support.

Cheers
Prof 'No Mo' Pilsner