10/08/2025
🍺 6:45 PM – Test your brawn at the legendary stein holding contest where competitors grip a full 1-liter beer stein with a straight arm, chest-high, and hold on as long as they can.
RULES:
▪️Always grip by the handle. Thumb must rest along the fingers, not atop the handle.
▪️Pinkie may rest outside the handle and touch it, but never the body of the stein.
▪️Hold the stein with its front facing directly away from you, parallel to your extended arm.
▪️Slight back arch okay, but minimal leaning.
▪️Elbow cannot pass behind your ankle; armpit cannot cross forward beyond hips or toes.
▪️No leaning left or right—shoulder line remains mostly parallel with the ground.
▪️Stein must stay directly out front, never to the side. Shoulders should be perpendicular to the holding arm.
▪️Arm with the stein stays parallel to the ground, straight with no elbow bend, and perpendicular to the torso when viewed from the side.
▪️No resting arm on chest or torso.
▪️The off hand must stay at your side—never help with the stein or support your body.
▪️Do not touch other people, objects, or structures during competition.
▪️Remain in your personal zone; only minor movement to adjust form is allowed.
▪️Any spillage—auf Wiedersehen! Disqualification is immediate.
▪️An infraction of any rule will result in a strike being issued by the competition judge. After two strikes, the third strike results in the immediate disqualification of the competitor.
