Will be held at Home Sponsor's Bar, Brewpub, or Restaurant between March 1st and March 11th, 2008:

• Each participating Bar, Brewpub, or Restaurant in the Philadelphia Metro and Suburban areas must be registered to Sponsor a Qualifying Preliminary Round. Sponsor Registration Form
• Each Sponsor will hold a Qualifying Preliminary Round between Saturday, March 1st and Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 at their own location. See Event Calendar
• This Preliminary Round can be a "Quizzo Night" using beer trivia questions from the Philly Beer Geek List, or can be a competition designed by the bar, brewpub, or restaurant. It should be Philly beer-centric, but can include a combination of performance of beer skills, including trivia, beer jingles, telling classic bar jokes, or other feats of a beery nature.
• All Winners from the Qualifying Preliminary Rounds must be available to participate at the Finals at Johnny Brenda's on Thursday night, March 13th, 2008.
• Each participating Bar, Brewpub, or Restaurant will send its Winner to the Finals Competition at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia for the Championship Rounds on Thursday night, March 13th, 2008.
• All Winners of Qualifying Preliminary Rounds will compete in First Round at the Finals Competition.
• Judges will select 3 Finalists from Early Rounds to compete in the Final Round to capture the prestigious Philly Beer Geek 2008 title.

Eligibility: Contestants must be 21 years of age of older to participate. Contestants must win a Qualifying Preliminary Round at a sponsoring Beer Bar, Brewpub or Restaurant in order to be eligible for the Finals Competition.
Ineligible:

• Sponsors and organizers of Philly Beer Week or of the Philly Beer Geek Finals Competition;
• Principal owners and head brewers at breweries, brewpubs or restaurants;
• Principal owners at licensed beer retail outlets;
• Principal owners of beer importer companies;
• Principal owners of homebrew supply stores;
• Principal owners of beer distributorships.