The second annual Mustache Manuary is a month-long mustache growing competition with a concluding celebration at Das Bierhaus on February 12th. Contestants enter their ‘staches to win a variety of prizes, given to a few extraordinary mustaches, as well as to support manly charities.
For every mustache entered, Das Bierhaus will donate $1 to each of our chosen charities: Boy Scouts of VT & the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
Have fun, it’s for a great cause!
Cure cancer. Teach boys to be men.
A brief history of man:
Manuary is a worldwide phenomenon that takes place during the months of January and February. (In the northern hemisphere… Australians, and others in the southern hemisphere, participate in a similar event known as Septembeard)
In the winter weather of the earliest Manuaries, men grew out their facial hair, and encouraged others to do the same, purely for sport. In some parts of the world (Greenland, Siberia, and Vermont) it was an outgrowth of necessity, but it provided the opportunity for individuals everywhere to sculpt unique facial stylings. Gradually this evolved into formal competitions, which pushed the sport to new levels, and culminated in the creation of the World Beard and Moustache Championships
As the envelope was pushed, it met resistance.
In the pursuit of massive moustaches and bigger, better, and bushier beards, men began growing in the off-season. Then, rumors of rampant follicle-enhancing substance use started cropping up. As the growth increased, so did the opposition. Women everywhere united, and began protesting the growth of facial hair. Some went so far as to protest growing facial hair… by growing facial hair. The more waxing appointments that were cancelled, and derogatory terms that were created, (soup strainers, bum fluff, pedo-stache, etc.) the more the prestige of the stache slipped. Eventually, men that valued carnal relations with women (all heterosexual males) were forced to shave daily. This spurned massive technological development in the male-grooming sector, and led Gillette to declare war on Proctor and Gamble. (Mach 12, coming soon…)
Beards and moustaches continued to be grown, but quietly, and on vacations. [NOTE: Exemptions were made for pre-ban sex symbols who were identified by/with their facial hair. e.g. Actors like Tom Selleck, Burt Reynolds, and Ron Jeremy, and performers such as Prince and Tom Jones] As time passed and the stigma of the stache diminished, wearing them gradually became more acceptable. As with everything, history repeats itself, and Manuary -esque competitions are springing up once again. And this time, we’ve learned from our mistakes…
Our competition, and thus your entire moustache growing experience, is now a charitable event. For every mustache entered, Das Bierhaus will donate $1 to each of our chosen charities: Boy Scouts of VT & the Prostate Cancer Foundation (up to $250). Have fun, it’s for a great cause!
Cure cancer. Teach boys to be men.