Roll out the barrel
Thursday, June 25th, 2009When we think of Central European sport, we think beer-barrel rolling. At the 13th annual World Barrel Rolling competition, held Tuesday in the tiny West Bohemian town of Chodova Plana, teams from six countries maneuvered 100-pound barrels down a 600-meter, four-turn track in as little as 2 1/2 minutes, using nothing more than sticks and their often beer-soaked wits. Herein we offer Reuters’ video account of the event, in part because it’s good fun but also as a shout-out to one of our favorite small Czech breweries, Chodovar, the excellent family-run outfit that hosts the event (not to mention the country’s first beer spa).
