How and When Did You Become a BA?

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

 

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

Edit: August 3, 2012

 

1971. The year I was born.

edit: How ? C-section

 

Damn, beat me to it

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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...

 

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.

 

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

I believe I used my iPad to do it

 

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.

 

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.

 

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!!!

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.