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2015 #MNCleanPint Campaign

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If you went to a restaurant and your food was served to you on a dirty plate, would you eat it? Whether you know it or not, you are being served beer in dirty glassware all the time. Well, maybe not actually dirty, but not as clean as it should be.

Introducing the concept of “beer clean.” A beer clean glass is one that is totally free of any residual cleaning products, oils, food residue, and lipstick; anything that will impact on the quality of the beer poured into it. Water will sheet on the inside of a beer clean glass instead of forming droplets. The sides of a beer clean glass will be free of bubbles when filled with beer. Where bubbles cling, there is soil. A beer clean glass will allow the formation of a firm and fluffy head and result in rings of “Belgian lace” with each sip of beer.

Unfortunately, many establishments don’t clean their glassware properly. Detergents and oils destroy beer foam and leave nucleation points for CO2 that will cause beer to lose its fizz more quickly.

This common problem was the inspiration for the MNCleanPint campaign. The idea is to reward those places that serve beer in a properly cleaned glass. For all off this month, if you drink a beer that leaves that lovely lace down the side of the glass take a picture of it, tweet it out with the hashtag #MNCleanPint. Be sure to mention where you are. The bar or restaurant that gets the most mentions wins the title of “Cleanest Pint in Minnesota.”

There are plenty of prizes for those who tweet as well, such as Cicerone training and tests, a $100 bar tab, and a home kegerator kit. These will be awarded during a celebration at the winning establishment! We will also be giving away beer glassware and all kinds of other prizes throughout the month so post frequently.

This year’s kickoff event happens tonight from 4 to 6 pm at Northbound Smokehouse Brewpub, last year’s winner. There will be lots of prizes and other free stuff. Be there!

The MNCleanPint campaign is hosted by J.J. Taylor Distributing Company of MN, Inc. in partnership with the Cicerone Certification Program, Micromatic, The Better Beer Society, MNBeer.com, Minnesota Beer Activists, and A Perfect Pint.

MN Clean Pint Makes its Return

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Clean glassware is essential for proper beer service, and I’m not talking about that filmy, smeary glass they served your water in at the Bug Tussle Diner. I’m talking about “beer clean” glassware. That means a glass that is totally free of grease, soap, and all other residue and detritus. This is a glass that will sheet water the way the old Cascade dishwasher soap commercials used to boast about. Only a beer clean glass will give you that nice fluffy head of foam when you pour and pretty lacing as you drink down.

MN Clean Pint is an effort to reward bars and restaurants that serve your beer in a properly cleaned glass. It’s an opportunity for you to recognize establishments that make the extra effort and give them the chance to win the coveted title of “Cleanest Pint in MN.”

To participate all you need do is photograph that laced-up, beer-clean glass wherever you may be enjoying a frosty one. Post the photo on Twitter during the month of February using the tag #MNCleanpint, identifying what fine watering hole has met the test. By doing so you also register yourself to win prizes including a $100 bar tab, online Cicerone™ training, glassware, a kegerator kit, and much much more.

MN Clean Pint is sponsored by JJ Taylor, A Perfect Pint, The Better Beer Society, The Cicerone Certification Program, MNBeer, and Micromatic. Go here to find out more.

Now get out there and fight for your right to clean glassware!

#MNCleanPint

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Sick of being served beers with no head? Missing that delicate lace down the side of the glass as you drink? Well now you can do something about it.

A Twitter movement is underway that seeks to recognize bars who treat their beer right by pouring it into “beer-clean” glassware. A beer-clean glass is one that is residue free; no soap scum, no grease, no bright pink lip prints. It’s a glass that will provide for good foam and nice lacing. It’s the glass that your beer deserves. Heck, you’re paying enough for it; they ought to at least put it in a clean glass.

Whenever you find yourself enjoying a nice beer in a properly prepared glass, just tweet your location and a picture of that perfectly-laced empty using #MNCleanPint. Let others know which Twin Cities bars are doing right by their beer. By doing so you also enter yourself to win some great prizes.

Here’s more from the #MNCleanPint website:

We are searching for the cleanest pints in Minnesota and we need your help!
We want to recognize those quality bars that are serving up quality beer in “beer clean” glasses!
When you are done enjoying your tasty beverage just tweet a picture of your empty beer glass with all that beautiful lacing, telling us where you are drinking and use #MNCleanPint!
Contest runs from Feb 1st -28th! Submit as many photos as you want, at as many bars as you want!  When it’s all said and done, the votes will be tallied, and a winner will be chosen!  There will be an official announcement on MNBeer.com as well as a party at the winning bar to celebrate!
But WAIT! There’s more!  Every time you tweet a photo you are automatically entered* to win tons of great prizes including: An assorted glassware collection, a kegerator conversion kit, a $100 bar tab**, and lots more!!
PLUS there will be prizes (3) for the most creative photos of the empty glass!
Sponsored by JJ Taylor of Minnesota, MNBeer.com, Cicerone.org, MicroMatic, A Perfect Pint, & Boelter.
Must be 21+ to win (and to drink in bars…duh!)
*All submissions for the bar that wins will be entered for the grand prizes.
** Bar tab is ONLY valid the night of the celebration party, at the winning bar. Tab must be split by 3 or more people. No change will be given, and no carry over for any unused portion of the tab.