Beer Olympics

Beer Olympics is a tournament made up of several drinking games, with teams competing for points and medals. It easily fills an afternoon and works from eight people upwards.

Preparation

1. Form teams: three to six teams of two to five players. Each team picks a country or a colour, ideally with matching outfits.
2. Choose a referee: ideally someone who stays sober – for example whoever is driving later.
3. Pick the events: five to seven games played one after another.
4. Put up a scoreboard: a big sheet of paper or a board where every event is recorded.

Proven events

• Beer Pong as a knockout bracket.
• Flip Cup as a whole-team relay.
• Quarters: bounce coins into a glass and count hits in two minutes.
• Rage Cage or Flunkyball for the whole group.
• Dizzy Bat: spin ten times around a bat, then run to the target.
• Kings Cup as a quieter event to catch your breath.

Scoring

In each event the last-placed team gets one point, the second-last two, and so on up to the winner. The team with the most points at the end takes gold. A medal ceremony with homemade medals is part of it.

Variations

• Skill Olympics: every event without alcohol, just cups and balls.
• Individual scoring: everyone plays for themselves and points are added up.
• Bracket: every event as a knockout, ideal with lots of teams.

Tips

Give every team drinks of the same strength and use small cups. Plan food and water breaks between events – good Beer Olympics are a marathon.