This year's meeting kicked off on Tuesday June 22nd, 2021.
Order of Arrivals:
Tuesday: Steve, Jon
Wednesday: Paul, Chris, Mike, Chad
Thursday: James
Friday: Rich, Tony, Dave, Jim
Saturday: Ed,Dustin
To commemorate the 30th meeting several exciting events took place each day
leading up to the superbowl of drinking by unveiling and drinking of special
Busch cans:
Tuesday 6/22/21 6pm 16oz Tall Boys from the New Tall Boy 8 Pack
Wednesday 6/23/21 7pm 25oz cans from Heidelberg, 8pm Busch Light Corn Cans
Friday 6/25/21 12pm Special Made 30th BBAM Beer cans
from Hoppy Gnome
Friday 6/25/21 7pm Special edition 25oz Daytona 500 Cans
Some of the more memorable events that took place prior to the kick-off:
Thursday 6/24/21 Chad made an ER visit and others made it out on Lake James
Friday 6/25/21 Hoppy Gnome Canning Event, Euchre Tournament
Saturday 6/26/21 Paul Hutchins Memorial 5K in the morning
The 30th BBAM Kickoff started at exactly noon We
began with the typical socials and picture taking beneath the new banner.
At 1:03 we unveiled the Busch Billy Bass to add a new tradition for starting
the meetings.
About 1:15 James was done with lunch preparations so we all filled up on
BLT’s amongst an assortment of other fine foods for lunch.
We then ran the special Alexa routine to start the full members portion of
the Bbam.
Chad the outgoing president gave a speech, which was as good as his
presidency, worthless.
The group then voted on Dave Keener, of Roscoe, IL to become full member
which passed by unanimous vote as required. Dave was given the words of
wisdom which he will cherish and live by for the rest of his natural life.
The nomination for Jim Wielinga, of Cincinnati, as associate was next up on
the docket. Tony spoke on his behalf and Rich was assigned to be his remote
mentor from prison eventually. Jim spoke and answered questions from the
other members. The vote passed by 100%.
Then we listened to the Mike McConnell show where he mentioned our amazing
group.
Chris then led a discussion about the future Busch Brother flag including
our family shield.
The members then voted to approve a new designation for anyone who drinks
30+ beers as the "Super Case Club." Officers were voted on and passed in
spite of their objections.
Beer Dave was voted as a new honorary member. A couple of members (Tex and
Craig) were mentioned in the discussion of vote outs but none of which
passed.
Potential new members for next year were discussed including Beer Dave, Mike
Kramer and Mike Newton and Don Cuney from the local Ft Wayne beer can group.
Next we wanted to pay tribute to those close to the BB or relatives of the
BB that had fallen within the last year or so. Socials and respects were
made on behalf of Hutch, Earl, Gene-mikes mom, Richard- Chris’s dad, and
Ron- Richs dad. All are loved and are truly missed.
A big production was made of the unveilings which culminated with an
energetic reveal of the Bbam souvenir, custom made
and laser engraved wood 30 pack crates.
Other unveiling’s were:
All Bbam cans were of Florida edition Bass cans from
the machine
8 pack of Tall Boys
NASCAR can huggie
4oz can
BCCA article
BBAM coaster
McConnel blog post info
Busch banner in front of window in basement
Finally the full member meeting was adjourned.
The most drawn out game of Euchre eventually commenced and it was agreed
that the tournament will never again have more than 8 players in the future
for efficiency's sake.
Drinking and comradery continued throughout the night with several brothers
being up until 8am including Chad and Jon. Steve was there also but
rejoined the party after taking advantage of the over 40 nap rule and
sleeping from 1:30 to 6:30. Up until around 7am was Mike, Tony and Jim.
Good music was playing and the consumption was great as several brothers
earned the case club and more. These details are to be reviewed in Paul’s
report below.
Thank you to Jon for arriving early and donating the 20 cases of Limited
edition Florida Bass cans.
Thank you to Paul for all his preparation of the reports and stats and
donating all the beer he picked up from Heidelberg.
Thank you to Tim for creating the digital artwork files for the banner,
shirts, and can label.
Thank you to James for being grillmaster as well as donating all the food.
Quotes from the meeting week:
Sometimes it's just better to pay - Chris
I'm fixed and I still want it - Chad
That was two wives ago - Chris
I just wished I'd have fucked her one more time - Mike
When you can't get it, it's a neat treat - anonymous
This has only happened 30 times - anonymous
Brother Paul's report:
Chief Statistician Busch Brothers and
Treasurer of the Busch Fund, money for people.
BBAM30 was another epic
event that will live in Busch Beer drinking lore forever.
While a new Case Club
level was created, the Super Case Club, for those that hit the 30+ beer mark,
someone chose to achieve an even greater glory.
A Busch drinking
phenom, a kid known as Chad, decided to crush all previous records and raise
the bar to unachievable levels. On the date of the glorious 30th BBAM,
Chad broke nearly all the records including winning the elusive Pick Your
Pony. However, he did miss one. A sneak attack was waged by Paul to
hit 24 first. Chad bested this by crushing all historical, and dare I say
future records, by drinking 42 Busch Beers (without leveraging the nap
rule)! This is a feat unachieved in the past 30 years. Only
Andre the Giant could beat this record.
In addition to Chad’s
historical accomplishment, several other Brothers were successful climbing the
Busch Mountain.
Super Case Club
#BBAM30
Chad “Fears No Beer” Monteith 42
Jon “Never Drinking Again” Williams 31 (appeared
to be near death on Sunday)
Jim “New Guy Has Skills” Wielinga 31
Paul “24 Beers. Just
Getting Started” Maurer 30
Case Club #BBAM30
Steve “Back to Back Nap” Mauldin 25
Tony “Not Quite Rocky” Brock 25
Rounding out the field: Chris 18,
Mike 15, Dave 15, Ed 15, Rich 14, James 14, Dustin 9
Total Consumption of 283 Beers across 13 brothers
or 21.8 beers / man with 6 case club wins. 283 beers
is the most consumed since 2000 with 304 beers across 18 current and former
brothers.
Rich won a 6+ hour Euchre tournament. Remember
to look him up on Jpay.
BBAM30 was epic.
Great to see all the brothers and thanks to James
for flying over from mother Russia.
Busch Fund update
Tony did not donate any money again.
Thanks to James for the largest donation and
keeping the memory of Hutch level donations alive, and to Chris, Chad, Dave,
Jon, Ed and others that donated. Fund balance is now $504. Keep donating and
we can get that jet ski to take to Lake James!
Looking forward to seeing you slaps in 2022.
Paul
Chief Statistician Busch Brothers and Treasurer
of the Busch Fund, money for people.