On Wednesday the 12th of May the OpenBeer VII event took place at James Joyce Pub in Monastiraki for a second, unexpected time! Why unexpected? Well, the original plan was to have our pints at Ploughman’s Pub, but they didn’t open up on time! Yes, you read that right, they didn’t open up on time!

One day before OpenBeer VII, we called the Ploughman’s Pub and confirmed our arrival clearly stating the time we would be there and also providing a link to the page that described the event. How much clearer could we be than that! The next day we found out that we were talking to a brick wall! As more and more OpenBeer fans arrived, we decided at 21:00 to go to the second best choice from the Poll, which was James Joyce Pub! We went and had a blast!

The service at the place was great, thanks for that Louise! The beers were exceptional and the sausages great!

ATHENS VOICE

This time we had a representative of the Athens Voice newspaper covering the event! That was exiting! So if you want to read about the OpenBeer event in the paper, just get your self a copy of the Athens Voice on Thursday. Cheers Lena!

BEER.gr

Our friends from www.beer.gr where also there, evaluating the beer consumption No, no, they where there drinking! I saw them! Thanks for your support guys!

Special thanks!

I would like to say a special Thanks! to Alice Corovessi who appeared at the event with a broken leg! Yes people, Alice is such a fan of the event that she disregarded the cast on her leg and came to James Joyce to enjoy beer with the rest of us! Cheers Alice!!

Athens OpenBeer VII video

Photos from Alexia Machairas on Flickr

Until next time friends,
Cheers & Beers!

The voting period is over and the results are final! The Athens OpenBeer VII Event, based on your votes, is going to take place at the Ploughman’s Pub on the 12th of May 2010!

Ploughman’s is located at 7 Alikarnassou & 60 Lenorman just oposite the Metaxourgeio Metro station (Αλικαρνασσού 7 & Λένορμαν 60, πλησίον στάσης μετρό Μεταξουργείο).

We will start gathering from 20:00-20:30 and onwards. If you want to RSVP on FaceBook click here.

Keep in mind that the FREE Beer offers as linked to the place that the event is held. This means that since Ploughman’s Pub hasn’t made any offers, there is NO FREE BEER this time.

Thanks!

Ploughman’s Pub on the 12th of May anytime after 20:00

Athens OpenBeer VII

Map to Ploughman's Pub

See you all there!

Cheers & Beers!!!

OpenBeer VII

Dear Beer Loving Friends,

The venue suggesting time is here and I have created a Poll with all your ideas! As with other suggestions not included in the past, so was München at Melissia not added to the list of selections because of its location. The closest public transport is 2.5 Km away, unless you take into count buses which are a nightmare. It is important that we are close to public transport (Metro or Train).
View This Poll

I would like to remind you all of the offers from Craft and James Joyce Pub:

1. After the OpenBeer III event, Craft offered us each a Free Beer!
2. After the OpenBeer IV event, the James Joyce Pub, offered free finger food!

The Poll will stay active until Midnight of the 5th of May 2010. After that it will lock and the results will be published here and on our FaceBook Event page.

Cheers & Beers!

Just before I wrote this post on Saturday I had just had a couple of pints of Murphy’s Irish Stout and felt inspired to start organizing the OpenBeer VII Event! Isn’t it just grand how Beer can motivate us when we least expect it!

Make your suggestions for the Athens OpenBeer VII venues in the comments!

When will the Athens OpenBeer VII take place?

This time I decided to organize it a bit more in advance. I guess it is the Irish Stout that’s to blame for that. So, the next event will take place on the 12th of May 2010! It is a Wednesday. Before every OpenBeer event we first of all make venue suggestions! So here we go!

For all you that don’t know the drill…

This is how it goes!

In the comments area below, or on our FaceBook fan page you can make suggestions of possible venues to host the next OpenBeer. The suggestions that you all make will be processed and compiled into a Poll. This Poll will be posted here within a new blog post that usually has the word VOTE in the title. We each get to post once in that Poll and one venue is selected. The venue that is selected automatically is announced here and on our FaceBook fan page.

The selected venue is the next OpenBeer host.

You can post suggestions until the 29th of April 2010 at Midnight! At oo:01 on the 30th, the comments on this page will close. Then, the poll will be created and will remain active until the 5th of May 2010 at Midnight! On the 6th of May I will post the place and time of the OpenBeer VII event!

The place you can suggest must:

1. Be in Athens.
2. Be at close proximity to public transport for easy access (Max 500m).
3. Be “friendly” towards our friends with special needs, so not many stairs or no stairs is even better.
4. Be open from 19:00 onwards.
5. Serve Beer! Lot’s of it!!

Looking forwards to your suggestions Beer Loving Friends!

Offers from previous venues

Below are 2 offers from the OpenBeer III and IV venues. I am posting them in case you feel like revisiting.

1. After the OpenBeer III event, Craft offered us each a Free Beer!
   
2. After the OpenBeer IV event, the James Joyce Pub, offered free finger food!

Both offers are great and we thank the managers for them. If we take you up on your offers we will let you know guys!

Cheers & Beers!