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Beer Me! - Draft Style Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 2/3/2009
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

It really upset me when
"Beer Me!" GCZQ40 by Team Bullis
got archived due to those darn muggles.
I really enjoyed reading the cache page.
If you never did please visit it now and enjoy a tall Draft as you do.


So to relive the excitement of the original cache I have recreated it, but just a little different (of course) but not better.

9-14 won

THE CONTAINER
My first intention was to find a miniture KEG that unscrewed and the only ones I found were those new Bear Barrels (too expensive). Then I tried to find a drink cooler that looked like a KEG and had no luck. Then I tried to find anything that resembled a KEG and failed. So the container might be on the boring side but there is room for coins and small trackers.

HOW I CAME UP WITH THIS PUZZLE
During our troop meetings (No we were not drinking beer) my sister would bring her Eight grade students work and sit at one of the tables and correct them (No not the students - their work). Well every now and then she would have neat ways for me to create puzzles. This is an aftermath of one of those times. So blame her.
I also always wanted to do a cache with KEG in it, Son My inittials are KEG. I thought it was neat as he was growing up but now he is in college. He really likes his initials, Now I'm thinking I did a bad thing.

THE STORY and/or PUZZLE
When I was about 10 years old in 1970 my father use to take us to many clubs in the area since he belonged to all of them. Elks, Moose, Lions, Alpine, Knights of Columbus, etc, etc,...No not to drink, but at their Christmas parties when we got Presents. Sometimes we saw Santa 3 or 4 times in one afternoon. I thought it was weird that he didn't know me and kept giving me presents but I was NOT going to say anything.

On December 1st 1970 when we were there (now remember this was about... Errr, lets just say over 30 years ago) the bar would still be open and my father would buy draft beers for some of the men that came in. For some reason I still remember some of their names. I thought it was really strange when my father would ask when thier birthdays were. I guess he wanted to say "Happy Birthday" but I never did figure that part out. Depending on the mans birthday seemed to determine if my dad bought them a draft beer.

Here are some of the names that I remember that my father bought a huda beer for and for some strange reason I still remember their birthdays. (Go figure, I can remember that but I have no idea where I put my extra batteries for the GPSr????).


  • Douglas Dimplestone 09-10-1947
  • Mark Mayweather 07-21-1946
  • Steve Scissorhands 05-24-1948 .
  • Scott Seaturtle 12-14-1946
  • Dick Donotfind 12-09-1947
  • Marty Mugglefactor 04-24-1945
  • Samuel Snowshoe 05-03-1946 .
  • Sydney Sasparilla 12-14-1947


But for some reason he did not buy a beer for these guys, wish I knew what they did wrong to cause my father not to buy them a beer. I guess I will never know.
  • Ryan Razorback 03-21-1946
  • Tom Tumbleweed 01-27-1948
  • Patrick Puckerbrush 09-09-1948
  • Bobby Braindead 04-23-1949
  • Larry Losealot 12-02-1947
  • Steve Switchback 03-22-1945
  • Wally Wallbanger 08-25-1947
  • Stewart Sasparilla 08-25-1947


DO NOT

Please DO NOT post anything in your logs about how to solve the puzzle or any information regarding your search to solve.
Also please don't describe the hiding area, we don't want anyone trying to use Brute Force (c) to find the cache, now do we?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg zvtug uryc vs lbh nfx bar bs gubfr thlf jul zl Qnq obhtug gurz n qensg orre. Lbh arire xabj vg zvtug or vzcbegnag.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)