We went to Carolina Cup this year and had a blast. Great weather, tons of beer, and Bojangles fried chicken. Everything a thinking drinking individual needs to have a good time. Plus, I learned a new game, Beer Ball, and it is awesome.

We were parked next to a bunch of guys from Carolina, bad luck, I know, but do not hold it against them cause they were a lot of fun and they are the sole reason I have furthered my drinking game knowledge.. The two outstanding gentleman that happened to be professionals in the sport of Beer Ball where Mr. Brazell and Mr. Culbertson, and let me tell you, they are the true culmination of Thinking Drinking Men.

The game is Beer Ball. I have never heard of it until I saw these guys playing and naturally I had to ask. Within minutes, my cousin and I were taking on Brazell and Culbertson in what is now one of my favorite drinking games. I am going to do my best to describe it. There are two two-man teams, one at each end of the table, and four full beers, one in each corner of the table. The object of the game is for your team to drink their beer’s first. In order to drink, you must hit the opposing teams beer can with the ping pong ball. Once you strike the can with the beer pong ball, you drink as fast as you can until they can track down the ball and place it back on the table.

There are no rules on how the ball gets back to the table. The quickest way, in my experience which is all of two games, is to send one teammate after the ball, while the other waits at the table. Once the ball is found, you throw it to your teammate, assuming you are not to hammered to throw a ping pong ball. That is the beauty of this game, like most drinking games, you can get really drunk, yet stay active, calorie burner, everybody is happy. Also, depending on how thirsty you are, the game could possible never end, leaving you very satisfied. If a beer is getting low, and is knocked off the table by a throw from the opponent, that beer must be replaced with a full beer. Once one teammate finishes their beer, they are not out of the game. They still get to throw, they just do not have to drink.

To wrap it up, Beer Ball is a great drinking game. It requires some skill, it is very active, and you get really drunk. My thanks to Brazell and Culbertson.