24 Bottles of Beer on the Wall

An advent calendar is used to count down the days from December 1st to 24th. I recall as a child waking up early each of those days looking forward to punching open that day's spot on the calendar and enjoying the chocolate surprise. 24 pieces of chocolate in 24 days. 2-4 days. Something else also comes in a quantities of 24...

A group of homebrewers at the Southern Ontario Brewers club realized that a case of assorted beer is a natural advent calendar. So they put the call out to get 24 people to each brew a batch of beer, exchange it and everyone gets their own advent calendar. This past winter I had a tasty treat waiting for me at home after work each day from December 1st to 24th. This was an amazing event and we are already looking forward to participating next year.

In honour of this event I present: 24 Bottles of Beer (you know the tune, so please feel free to sing along).

Twenty-four bottles of beer on the wall, twenty-four bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, twenty-three bottles of beer on the wall.

Twenty-three bottles of beer on the wall, twenty-three bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, twenty-two bottles of beer on the wall.

Twenty-two bottles of beer on the wall, twenty-two bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, twenty-one bottles of beer on the wall.

Twenty-one bottles of beer on the wall, twenty-one bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, twenty bottles of beer on the wall.

Nineteen bottles of beer on the wall, twenty bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, nineteen bottles of beer on the wall.

Nineteen bottles of beer on the wall, nineteen bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, eighteen bottles of beer on the wall.

Eighteen bottles of beer on the wall, eighteen bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, seventeen bottles of beer on the wall.

Seventeen bottles of beer on the wall, seventeen bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, sixteen bottles of beer on the wall.

Sixteen bottles of beer on the wall, sixteen bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, fifteen bottles of beer on the wall.

Fifteen bottles of beer on the wall, fifteen bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, fourteen bottles of beer on the wall.

Fourteen bottles of beer on the wall, fourteen bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, thirteen bottles of beer on the wall.

Thirteen bottles of beer on the wall, thirteen bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, twelve bottles of beer on the wall.

Twelve bottles of beer on the wall, twelve bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, eleven bottles of beer on the wall.

Eleven bottles of beer on the wall, eleven bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, ten bottles of beer on the wall.

Ten bottles of beer on the wall, ten bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, nine bottles of beer on the wall.

Nine bottles of beer on the wall, nine bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, eight bottles of beer on the wall.

Eight bottles of beer on the wall, eight bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, seven bottles of beer on the wall.

Seven bottles of beer on the wall, seven bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, six bottles of beer on the wall.

Six bottles of beer on the wall, six bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, five bottles of beer on the wall.

Five bottles of beer on the wall, five bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, four bottles of beer on the wall.

Four bottles of beer on the wall, four bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, three bottles of beer on the wall.

Three bottles of beer on the wall, three bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, two bottles of beer on the wall.

Two bottles of beer on the wall, two bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, one bottles of beer on the wall.

One bottles of beer on the wall, one bottles of beer.

Take one down, pass it around, no more bottles of beer on the wall.