{"id":709,"date":"2014-08-01T20:25:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T20:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beer-syndicate.com\/blog\/?p=709"},"modified":"2017-01-19T18:25:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T18:25:58","slug":"beer-syndicate-wants-you-to-polish-your-keg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersyndicate.com\/blog\/beer-syndicate-wants-you-to-polish-your-keg\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Syndicate Wants You… To Polish Your Keg!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two words: Shiny. Keg.\u00a0 Don\u2019t have one?\u00a0 Well then today could be your lucky day.\u00a0 Hold that thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

If I had to tell you just one thing I\u2019ve noticed that homebrewers have in common when it comes to beer, it\u2019s this: We share.\u00a0 We share our homebrew, our time, our money, our hard work, our knowledge and our passion.\u00a0 We do it because no matter how simple it sounds, we believe that if everyone drank great beer, people\u2019s lives would be enriched and the world would be a better place- or at least a happier one.<\/span><\/p>\n

This little idea is why I co-founded and started writing brewing tutorials for BeerSyndicate five years ago.\u00a0 One of the first tutorials I put together was about how to polish a keg<\/span><\/a><\/span>, clearly not strictly fundamental to brewing per se, but you gotta admit, there\u2019s something pretty darn sweet about a shiny, blinged out keg.\u00a0 So I wrote it up, put it out there, and moved on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last month I got an email from the Social Media Manager at Ali Industries, a company that among other things manufactures Gator polishing discs, the kind I mentioned in my keg polishing tutorial<\/span><\/a><\/span> way back when.\u00a0 He said he was trying to solve the mystery of why his company started getting calls on their surface conditioning and buffering discs, and that he tracked the source down to my keg polishing tutorial which apparently google has ranked as # 1 on the subject (cross that one off the bucket list).\u00a0\u00a0 He wanted to thank me for the positive mentions, even though I never expected anything for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

I simply told him that \u201cGator makes good products, and I like the company, so I wanted to give people my honest opinion.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad if that\u2019s generated some business for you- that\u2019s how it should be.<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Marketing Manager offered to send us\u00a0some additional polishing products free of charge, and then I thought about you, my fellow homebrewers— now officially 1,000,000+ strong; and that’s just in U.S.!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s really kind of you to offer some of your products.\u00a0 Right now I don\u2019t personally have any polishing projects going on, but I had an idea that might be something- tell me what you think…<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I know quite a few homebrewers locally and online.\u00a0 What if instead of giving me products, we could offer some to the homebrewers who want to polish their own kegs?<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I waited.\u00a0 And then I heard back from Gator.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is something we can definitely do<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember when I said I liked Ali Industries as a company?\u00a0<\/em> Well now I really like them.\u00a0 And you should too.\u00a0 Not just because they make quality products, which they do.\u00a0\u00a0 And not just because they\u2019re a family business that manufactures Gator products right here in the good ol’ U. S. of A. (Fairborn, Ohio), where they employ about 240 Americans who help to make their products available at Lowe\u2019s and thousands of hardware stores across the U.S. and Canada including ACE, Do-It Best Stores, True Value to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thing I really like about Ali Industries?<\/em> They get the spirit of the homebrewer.\u00a0 The spirit of sharing.\u00a0 And<\/em> they like shiny kegs.<\/span><\/p>\n

With that, the good fellas at BeerSyndicate and Ali Industries are reaching out to the homebrewing community to help you turn that dingy old keg into a bright and shiny new one.<\/span><\/p>\n

What do we got?\u00a0<\/em> A combo pack of Gator polishing products for 10 lucky winners.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How do you get it?<\/em> \u00a0Just enter to win<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Simple.\u00a0 And guess what?\u00a0 If only 10 people enter to win, you have a 1 in 1 chance of winning. Lucky you. \u00a0[Contest ends 8\/31\/14]<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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One last thing: PLEASE<\/strong><\/span> show YOUR\u00a0homebrewing spirit and HELP US<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0spread the word! \u00a0Share <\/strong>this link with your homebrew club, facebook friends, online forum, or that guy who’s on the fence about picking up the brewing kettle for the first time— you guys\u00a0might just be the next ones with\u00a0the shiniest kettles in town.<\/span><\/p>\n

Almost forgot— this isn\u2019t the last contest BeerSyndicate has in the pipe, so friend us on facebook<\/span><\/a><\/span>, follow us on twitter<\/span><\/a><\/span>, or just check back in from time to time- you\u2019ll be glad you did.<\/span><\/p>\n

Big things are a comin\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheers and good luck!<\/span><\/p>\n

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