You Can Run...

This fine bearded fellow tried to escape me! haha 

He didn't give me his name once I caught up with him outside Tavern on the Green 

but did give good face I think you'll agree...

You can run fellas, but you cannot hide from the beardy blogger ;) 

Godly Bearding

This is Jay from Manchester

During Liverpool Sound City weekend I found myself with rich pickings regards great beards! 

While watching local band Amsterdam play in the Anglican Cathedral I met this gentleman who upped the general bearded goodness with a rather plush plum velvet blazer... extra style points mister! 

Guest Beard

Welcome to the inaugural Guest Beard! 

This is Louis Barabbas as taken by my friend Karyn 

He has quite the rockandroll beard going on... 

his band The Bedlam Six are regular festival favourites in Liverpool 

if you see a beard that you think should feature on my beard blog please pap it and message me asap!

See more of Karyn's fabulous portrait photography here :)

Hello Sailor

It's been a bit thin on decent beards of late in my wanderings... 

I was a bit worried that I wasn't going to see another beard worthy of note ever again!!! 

My friends tell me this is because I have been spoilt by Beerdfest haha that my threshold for beards and tashes that merit blogging has made for slimmer pickings... 

this is not an unreasonable hypothesis! 

So imagine my relief at bumping into Aaron here in the Cavern Pub last week... originally from Stoke but a Liverpool boy now, he has only been growing this splendid beard and tash effort for a few months - showing great beardy promise for the next Beerdfest Aaron ;) 

make sure you sign up! 

xo

Love At First Sight

This is Will and he has a mighty beard... as you can see! 

I wanted him to enter my Beerdfest but he had to work a late shift and was a no show...

His loss, I reckon he coulda been a contender!!! haha 

He promises to come next year to try and take the title from Jim, 

which should make for a interesting challenge! 

I am a little bit in love with this beard... sorry Will ;) 

Cheeky Tash

I papped this cheeky tashed fella in Liverpool on North John Street just before Beerdfest 

and begged him to participate!! 

alas he was only doing 'Movember' and was shaving it off in a blaze of glory on Nov 30th 

- so pretty lucky to have snapped him! 

What a work of art! 

I take umbridge with Movember.. yes you read correctly - I used the word umbridge! haha 

(2013 is a year for fancy words #fact) 

What peeves me is all these guys grow great tashes... and then 'the rules' state they must shave them off on Nov 30th?? Why??? I cannot get behind that! 

Sure have an optional shaving off party or two but don't 'enforce' tash removal - they are a thing of effort and beauty gone in a second of an electric razor... it's just not right... 

just as a puppy is not just for Christmas I feel a great tash is not just for Movemeber... 

ah well, at least we can enjoy this one forever frozen in time, 

caught before the clean shave on Nov 28th haha...

Winning Beard

Here they are - my bearded finalists (L-R Drew, Nick, Sam, me, Ian and winner Jim)

Thanks so much to everyone who helped Beerdfest become not only a reality but a storming success with many request for Beerdfest 2013!!!

When I first decided it would be fun to have Liverpool's first Beard and Moustache Contest I had no idea over 100 people would join me! Incredible! and frickn MARVELLOUS!

The world is a nicer place because of Beerdfest... see a local Bay TV report on the evening here

And stay tuned for Beerdfest related events thru the rest of this year - happy new year beard lovers - it's going to be EPIC! ;)