How and When Did You Become a BA?

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  1. BrewddhistDrunk

    BrewddhistDrunk Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2013 Iowa

    im sure this thread has been done before but im new to the site so sorry.

    for me it was traveling to europe for the first time last summer and specifically belgium where i enjoyed delirium, leffe, westmalle and others but most of all DUVEL which completely blew my mind. id had some craft brews here in the states before but it was mostly just walking into the liquor store and picking random 6 packs that had interesting names or cool logos and i was usually pretty underwhelmed by them (i had very little palate refinement and was drinking them straight from the bottle of course :wink:). since ive been back ive discovered all of the wonderful beers america has to offer and now i wish that id had more knowledge going into my trip to belgium so i could have sampled much more of their offerings that aren't available here :angry:

    what was your transcendental moment of beer realization and how long ago was it?
     
  2. PatriotsRule

    PatriotsRule Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2012 Massachusetts

    I have been a bad ass since before the creation of the universe. Before that, I was simply a BA. Since forever?
     
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  3. OldhouseRecs

    OldhouseRecs Pundit (980) Aug 3, 2012 North Carolina

    I don't remember when, but I signed up through this website.

    Edit: August 3, 2012
     
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  4. GennyCreamAle

    GennyCreamAle Initiate (0) Feb 25, 2009 New York

    1971. The year I was born.

    edit: How ? C-section
     
  5. Cvescalante

    Cvescalante Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2012 Texas

    Damn, beat me to it
     
  6. BrewddhistDrunk

    BrewddhistDrunk Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2013 Iowa

    your stories are truly incredible and awe-inspiring. i was looking for more along the lines of what beer really changed your outlook but to learn that some of you were born BAs or even existed in the fifth dimension outside of the constraints of time has really humbled me and confirmed my n00b status.
     
  7. Zhiguli

    Zhiguli Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 California

    i wrote it up long yesterday.. noone gave a shit then.. not sure why they would know. interesting that Duvel stuck out the most for you.
     
  8. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
    In Memoriam Pooh-Bah Trader

    Started lurking here to use the reviews and find out what were good beers to buy in '06. Felt confident enough to join the conversation in '09.

    As far as transcendental moments of beer realization, there were quite a few. First Lowenbrau (original recipe),
    first Sam Smith's Nut Brown, first Sierra Nevada Pale, first taste of my own homebrew in '89, first Chimay Blue, first Pliny the Elder, first Cantillon Vigneronne. I am guessing there are more moments to come.
     
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  9. joeebbs

    joeebbs Initiate (0) Apr 29, 2009 Pennsylvania

    I started getting into Craft Beer around early 09. I don't remember how or why I found this website but I believe I signed up to look for good places to get beer in Mass when I was up there for Phish. Signed up in April 09 and have been subscribing to the mag since May 09. So around that time I officially become an advocate.
     
  10. coachdicarlo

    coachdicarlo Aspirant (276) Apr 20, 2012 Missouri

    My story is absolutely identical to yours. Went to Belgium exactly one year ago and took in everything Brussels and Brugge had to offer as well as a trip to Westvleteren. And from that point it was all over...
     
  11. Longstaff

    Longstaff Initiate (0) May 23, 2002 Massachusetts

    I was a lurker for a year or so before joining and when I would come across this site whenever doing searches for homebrew and other beer related stuff. Joined in 2002 in order to get a NERAX update from Jason.
     
  12. dachshunddude86

    dachshunddude86 Initiate (0) Dec 21, 2012 Florida

    I became a BA when I signed up for this site on Dec 20th, 2012

    I believe I used my iPad to do it
     
  13. Beerontwowheels

    Beerontwowheels Initiate (0) Nov 22, 2009 Maryland

    I started dating my now wife in 2007. She lived in an apartment across the river (Wappingers Falls, NY) at the time. The person who lived in that apartment prior had a subscription to the BA magazine. I eventually started reading through these free magazines that were always showing up in her mailbox. I didn't drink a whole lot of beer at the time, but when I did, I stuck mostly to Heineken.

    One beerfest, two beerfests, three beerfests more, I was hooked. I remember splurging on a 4 pack of stuff called Bourbon County, afraid I had paid too much.

    I lurked on here only looking up beers until I finally joined in November 2009.
     
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  14. sjverla

    sjverla Initiate (0) Dec 1, 2008 Massachusetts

    I signed up in college to see how much alcohol was in whatever beer I was drinking.

    I stuck around because it turns out I really fucking like beer.
     
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  15. BrewddhistDrunk

    BrewddhistDrunk Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2013 Iowa

    drinking rochefort in brugge?? sounds fuckin awesome. i was in gent mostly but the guy i was traveling with was from brugge so i heard good things.

    haha nice yeah belgium will do that to you, im extremely jealous you went to westy but its probably best i wasnt really beer conscious yet cuz i probably would have spent 90% of my time searching for beers and visiting breweries.. not that thats a bad thing :grinning:

    thats sweet.. it was pure fate
     
  16. smutty33

    smutty33 Pooh-Bah (2,172) Jun 12, 2009 Connecticut
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    A buddy and fellow BA came over my place in June of 2009.(Tomdee74)
    He says,"You have to get on this website called Beer Adv.,ur gonna love it!"He had told me about it a couple times earlier,after I came up w/a name,he got fed up and signed me up...lol.The rest is history,almost 50 beer trades later.Glad I was intoduced.I got my buddy into craft beer and he got me into BA.Go figure!Thanks goes out to my long time friend.....Tomdee74!

    Cheers BA's!!!
     
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  17. BrewddhistDrunk

    BrewddhistDrunk Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2013 Iowa

    :sunglasses: im feelin the billy dee pic . the colt 4 feezy was my drink of choice it still has a special place in my heart
     
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  18. Oisin

    Oisin Initiate (0) Oct 14, 2005 California

    I got jumped in.

    I was tired of being bullied by the BMC drinkers in my 'hood, so I asked the Alström Brothers to let me join their gang. Since that day I been steady set trippin' BA style 4 life!

    Now the BMC drinkers stay out of my way when I step up to the bar and order a Cantillion Fou' Foune.



     
  19. BrettHead

    BrettHead Initiate (0) Sep 18, 2010 Nebraska

    This isn't my first account, I made one in 07/08 so I could use the in-site search function as I got tired of using google to search beeradvocate. Anyway, forgot the login details for that account in 2010.
     
  20. alamode

    alamode Initiate (0) Mar 25, 2007 Massachusetts

    A beer manager at a store I frequented turned me onto the site sometime in 2007. Suppose I was a bit of a beer-snob at first, but I soon learned my lesson and realized it was about "advocating" craft and not being a dick.
     
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