Congrats to our photo contest winners!

Wow...the number of amazing photos we received for our photo contest this year was staggering! You all celebrated like nobody's business, and now we have the photos to prove it!

It was extremely hard to choose the winners, and if we had more funds (we're looking at you, beer companies...) we'd give you all prizes. Didn't win? You can still get your very own International Beer Day shirt (in ladies and guys cuts) at our store.

Without further adieu, the winners!

1st Place: We (including the dog)

2nd Place: Celebracion Con Los Amigos

3rd Place: B&Q boozers

Winners, you'll be receiving your prizes in the mail as soon as we can get them to you! To everyone who entered and celebrated IBD: thank you. You're our heroes.

Happy International Hangover Day 2012

August 6, 2012

7:13am

Good morning and welcome to International Hangover Day: the after party of International Beer Day! Who, me? No I'm fine. Really. ...a little sleepy, but I actually feel pretty good considering! Hey sometimes you just lucky I guess! Anyway I'm actually on my way to the bathroom, then I'll probably lay down little bit more. I'll see you later, we've got a great day ahead of us!

12:42pm
AAAAAHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......whhhhyyyyyyyyyyyy?????? Ahhhh, what di I do last nighht? I thik my brainis about t expode! I feeel lik a desert with an oasis for a bladder. I don't evn wan to get up to pee, its not wort hit! I'm jst
gonna do it right here in my bed! What? I'm not in my bed? How dd I get into the Free Masons lodge again? That's it, I'm never goignto be the mayor if internatal hangover dyad agin! I'm serius! Ireally men it thus time! What? Sure,
ok yah, but I REALLY men it thus time!!
Oh Sure, bein the mayor of Interracial hanover day had its momens int he past: sweatpants, cold piza, late mornig Goldn Grls reruins . Butt now look a mee. I'm curled up in a fetal psition wearing a backwards Lilith Fair tshirt and trying to use a fitted sheett as ablanket. That's it ,form now on its a hole knew me. Know more wasted days staring into uneatn chickn tenders wondering aboot the meaningles f life. GOne are the day s of cold, hard porcelin pillows, caked in remnants f the nightbefore. In the past are th- oh jeeze! hold on a sec!

HUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!

...whoa nelly!.........Hey Remmber Nelly from Junor High? Man, Iwonder what sh's up to this days...........?

2:25pm
...Oh yeahh, she's workign downtown at the jewelry storee< i forgot.
Ok, this Lilith Fair tshirt IS x-tra large ,but I spose i shold pput on some pants anywy. Afterall, todays the start of the new me. Pants eveyday for this man now! Imay once have benn the mayor of interrational hangovers day ,but now ,I'm just an norml everyday guy. If I had pants to put on, I'd put them on one legg at a tim, just lik you.

Oh boy, hol don a sec.

Today is International Beer Day!!!

The day is finally upon us -- it's International Beer Day and that means it's time to go out and celebrate beer!  By celebrating you're joining a community of hundreds of thousands of men and women around the globe, all rejoicing in the deliciousness that is beer. Ready to celebrate? Here's what to do:

Tell the World!

Help make sure everyone in the world knows about International Beer Day by telling your friends on facebook and tweeting with the hashtag #IntlBeerDay.  Heck, we'll make it even easier than that, you can just click one of the buttons below:

Find Your Nearest Celebration

You and your friends are going to need somewhere to go out and drink beer, luckily there are 353 Official International Beer Day Events taking place all over the world!  You can find your nearest event using our Map of IBD Celebrations:

And don't worry if there isn't an official celebration nearby, all you really need to celebrate International Beer Day is good beer and good friends -- just grab your pals, grab some brews and go start your own celebration at your favorite local pub.

Give Your Friends the Gift of Beer

One of our favorite International Beer Day traditions is giving the gift of beer! There's nothing quite like being handed a surprise beer and hearing, "I bring you the gift of beer" -- Pick up a six-pack and give each bottle out as a gift, we guarantee you'll make someone's day.

We've also made some silly digital beers that you can send to your friends on facebook, just copy the url below the beer of your choice and post it on your friend's wall. Fair warning: friends who receive digital beers will almost certainly insist that you buy them a real beer later.

http://www.internationalbeerday.com/celebrate/gift-of-beer-dark/

http://www.internationalbeerday.com/celebrate/gift-of-beer-light/

http://www.internationalbeerday.com/celebrate/gift-of-beer-red/

You can learn even more about how to celebrate here.
Cheers, and Happy International Beer Day!

Happy International Beer Day!!!May all the world unite today in celebration of beer #IntlBeerDay #beertastic

— Int'l Beer Day (@IntlBeerDay) August 5, 2012

International Beer Day 2012 Has Begun!

In the past few hours the sun has risen on August 5th in the eastern most countries of the world, and International Beer Day has Begun! We've still got hours to go here in the states, but to all those who are already celebrating:

It's Begun! Happy International Beer Day! Feliz Dia Internacional da Cerveja!Hyvää Kansainvälistä kaljapäivää! ハッピー世界ビールデー！

— Int'l Beer Day (@IntlBeerDay) August 4, 2012

A few of our favorite 2012 IBD celebrations

One of the great joys of being an International Beer Day founder is watching the hundreds of worldwide celebrations filter through our system and onto our map of celebrations. There are many, many amazing bars participating, but I figured I'd highlight a few of my favorite celebrations today.

1) One of the most exciting celebrations I've seen is right here in the Bay Area of California, where IBD HQ is located. An enterprising local bar has decided that one bar isn't enough, and traditional bar-hopping via foot-power isn't sufficient. They've organized an all-day, train-powered trip to six different bars. You can ride safe while still hitting 6 bars in one afternoon - now that's an IBD miracle!

2) Did you know that there is a museum of beer in Portugal? We didn't until they announced that they'll be open for free all day on Sunday teaching people about the history of Portuguese beer, spinning live music, and - of course - serving beer. If that doesn't sound like the best museum trip ever, I don't know what does.

353 Celebrations in 50 Countries, and More?

As of tonight, there are 353 International Beer Day events planned, across 207 cities in 50 countries, with two full days left until August 5th. That's already twice as many countries as last year.

So far there are events planned in: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, France, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, the Philippines, the United States, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, and Venezuela.

That's a staggering set of countries, but it also begs the question ... could it really be that no one in all of China is celebrating International Beer Day? Is it possible that there are no Brew lovers in South Korea, Indonesia or Taiwan? That no one relishes the taste of beer in in Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia? Where are the celebrations in Germany, one of the world's great beer loving nations?

I know, deep down inside, that this simply cannot be so -- there are beer lovers in each of these countries!  So, men and women of the world, if you live in a country where there are no known International Beer Day celebrations, this is your moment! Visit your local bar and tell them why they should celebrate. If they speak English, you can recommend them by email, or bring them our explanation PDF.  If they don't, use your personal charm and the persuasive power of beer, but either way, get your favorite bars signed up to celebrate.

We believe in you, and we believe in a world united in celebration of beer, so let's do this.

International Beer Day on Forbes.com!

This morning we crossed over the mark to hit 300 celebrations worldwide, and as fate would have it, that achievement came alongside another: International Beer was featured on Forbes.com!

You can read the article, 'Celebrate International Beer Day With These Tasty Brews' here.  We're honored, and glad to see the the word of IBD being shouted from the mountaintops.  3 days and counting, let's do this.

Yours in Beer,
~Jesse & Evan

How to celebrate IBD – from the mouths of beer bloggers

One of the best things about this world wide interweb we live on is that we get to learn new things about our favorite topics, instantly. Beer is no exception: there are countless amazing beer bloggers enlightening us to the many varieties of delicious beer out there.

We asked a few of our favorite beer bloggers how they recommend spending International Beer Day....

5 Days Until International Beer Day…

It's just 5 days until International Beer Day 2012, and bars all over the world are prepping their celebrations.  Who's ready for some beertastic celebration?

Let's play a game, it's called: "Retweet this if you're going to celebrate International Beer Day!" #Aug5 internationalbeerday.com

— Int'l Beer Day (@IntlBeerDay) July 26, 2012

The map of celebrations is up and running, our new t-shirt system is just days from completion, Twitter is astir with excited beerlovers, and of course, and of course, beers everywhere are quietly awaiting their fates...

It’s Not Too Late to Invite Your Favorite Bar!

With only 7 days left until International Beer Day, we've put together some 'last ditch effort' materials to help get your favorite bar celebrating.  Below you'll find the most convincing piece of literature ever written by a drunken holiday founder.

Just print out this PDF and deliver it to your neighborhood bar, and (if they're awesome) they'll be so blown away that they'll basically have to celebrate.  Ok, that might be an exaggeration, but we're blaming the beer.  Ah well, good hunting!

Transcript:
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
All beer-serving establishments are invited to participate in International Beer Day by throwing a celebration of Beer on August 5, 2012.

What is this beautiful thing?
We're celebrating beer the only way we know how: by drinking more of it. International Beer Day is a worldwide celebration of the brewers, the barkeeps, and all the boys and girls who've ever touched lip to glass and said 'hell yeah.' From the pubs, the clubs, the breweries and backyards, we're raising our glasses with a simple cheer: 'keep 'em coming.'...