Test Your Beer Knowledge with Sip & Spin: The Craft Beer Game
Do you consider yourself a knowledgeable beer drinker? Do you think you can taste the difference between a Stout and a Porter? What about the difference between a Brown Ale and a Lager? If so, then Sip & Spin might be the game for you.
We invited a few of our Stein Club Members to the Brauhaus Craft Bier Room, inside Das Festhaus, to give it a spin (and they were obviously fantastic). How do you think your beer knowledge compares? Find out during your own game of Sip & Spin.
Objective
Correctly guess the most styles of beers during a blindfolded taste test for the ultimate win.
![Beer flight available for purchase at Brauhaus Craft Bier Room at Busch Gardens Williamsburg](/williamsburg/-/media/migrated-media/busch-gardens-williamsburg/blogs/2018/sip-and-spin/sample-sized-beer.jpg)
What You Need
• 2 or more teams with an even number of players (ages 21 & older)
• 1 lazy Susan or a table that can be easily moved
• 8 sample glasses or cups
• Variety of beer
• Blindfolds (1 for each player)
![What's your team name? Can you think of a clever pun?](/williamsburg/-/media/migrated-media/busch-gardens-williamsburg/blogs/2018/sip-and-spin/team-names-beer-puns.jpg)
Set-up
• 2 teams sit directly across from each other
• Each team chooses a name for themselves (Beer-related puns are always preferred)
• Label each sample glass with a beer type and fill it halfway with that beer. Place the beers on the table, evenly spaced.
How to Play
![Sip & Spin Beer Game: Team A chooses opponent from Team B](/williamsburg/-/media/migrated-media/busch-gardens-williamsburg/blogs/2018/sip-and-spin/beer-game-step-1.jpg)
Step 1: Player on Team A chooses a player on Team B to taste
![Sip & Spin Beer Game: Player B puts on blindfold before tasting beer](/williamsburg/-/media/migrated-media/busch-gardens-williamsburg/blogs/2018/sip-and-spin/beer-game-step-2.jpg?version=1_201808243425)
Step 2: Player on Team B puts on blindfold
![Sip & Spin Beer Game: Team A spins table of beers to choose beer for Player B to taste](/williamsburg/-/media/migrated-media/busch-gardens-williamsburg/blogs/2018/sip-and-spin/beer-game-step-3.jpg?version=1_201808243419)
Step 3: Player on Team A rotates the table to choose a beer for the blindfolded player on Team B
![Sip & Spin Beer Game: Blindfolded opponent tastes beer and guesses its style](/williamsburg/-/media/migrated-media/busch-gardens-williamsburg/blogs/2018/sip-and-spin/beer-game-step-4.jpg)
Step 4: Player on Team B tastes the beer and makes a guess on its style. Each correct guess = 1 point.
![Sip & Spin Beer Game: Team B chooses opponent from Team A](/williamsburg/-/media/migrated-media/busch-gardens-williamsburg/blogs/2018/sip-and-spin/beer-game-step-5.jpg)
Step 5: Player on Team B now chooses a player on Team A to guess. Repeat steps 2 – 5 with Team A now tasting.
![Sip & Spin Beer Game: Tally up the final score](/williamsburg/-/media/migrated-media/busch-gardens-williamsburg/blogs/2018/sip-and-spin/beer-game-step-6.jpg?version=1_201808243419)
Step 6: Once all players have tasted, tally up the points from both teams
• Team with the most points is Winner
• In the event of a tie, we go to a Sip Off tiebreaker
• If playing with more than 2 teams, play elimination rounds until the last two winning teams progress to the final round.
![Sip and Spin: craft beer blindfold taste test game](/williamsburg/-/media/migrated-media/busch-gardens-williamsburg/blogs/2018/sip-and-spin/blindfold-beer-taste-test.jpg)
Tiebreaker: The Sip Off
• One elected player from each team takes a sip of the same beer at the same time
• First one to correctly guess wins the point needed to win the round
• In the event of another tie, repeat the Sip Off process until a winner is determined.
![Toast to the end of summer at Busch Gardens beer festival in Williamsburg, VA](/williamsburg/-/media/migrated-media/busch-gardens-williamsburg/blogs/2018/sip-and-spin/virginia-beer-festival.jpg?version=1_201808245616)
Good luck! And remember; please drink responsibly when playing Sip & Spin. Strengthen your knowledge of beer at Busch Gardens Bier Fest, where you can sample more than 100 beers during Virginia Craft Beer Appreciation Month.
Sip & Spin is a craft beer appreciation game, not a drinking contest. Please drink responsibly. The legal age for buying and consuming alcohol is 21 years old. Therefore, you must be 21 or older to play Sip & Spin.