Beer Tasting Milestone

That does include going to bottle shares and store tastings, so a lot of 2-4 oz pours. Definitely not 1500 full beers do the dome! Maybe it will slow down, the first 1000 came in about a year. Let's just say I'm an optimist.

 

Congrats on your milestone. That Tasmanian is a very solid beer to have for it that's for sure. One of my favorites.

It may sound like a lot but 100 beers really isn't a lot, at least it wasn't for me. And this is back in the day before I got into craft beer, since drinking macro swill 20 years ago with the occasional "craft" mixing in. Download the untappd app and you'll be amazed at how many different beers you've had over the years without even trying.

 

Number 100 last night with Delirium Nocturnum--I knew the milestone beer would be a little underwhelming given my current situation. Decent beer, although it is inferior to Chimay Blue. I would prefer Tremens to it also.

 

Good news! I heard from a Schlafly rep, and he told me that TIPA is going to be a 6 month beer in the future. I hear September through February now. Two more months!

 

I try to grab something I feel is worthy in my collection at the time for every 100th beer. The one Stone was super fresh at that milestone so I went with it. My earliest reviews(3-4 years ago) had a few that I consider a main stay in my cellar now with multiple year verticals now. It's been a gradual journey.

#100 - Jolly Pumpkin La Roja
#200 - Founders KBS
#300 - Dark Horse Plead The Fifth
#400 - The Bruery Autumn Maple 2010
#500 - Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic 2007
#600 - Russian River Supplication Batch 006
#700 - JW Lees Harvest Ale 2002
#800 - Schlafly Reserve BBA Imperial Stout 2008
#900 - HaandBryggeriet Odin's Tipple
#1000 - 3 Fonteinen Oude Gueuze 2009
#1100 - Goose Island Madame Rose 2010
#1200 - The Bruery Marron Acidifie
#1300 - Founders Curmudgeons Better Half
#1400 - Deschutes The Abyss 2011
#1500 - Logsdon Farmhouse Seizoen Bretta
#1600 - Boulevard Rye-On-Rye 2013
#1700 - Stone Enjoy By 9.13.13 IPA
#1800 - Three Floyd's/Mikkeller Risgoop
#1900 - Jester King Atrial Rubicite Batch 2
#2000 - Firestone Walker Sucaba 2013
#2100 - Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout 2013
#2200 - Hoppin' Frog Barrel Aged DORIS The Destroyer
#2300 - Driftwood Old Cellar Dweller 2011
#2400 - Victory Dark Intrigue 2011
#2500 - Lost Abbey Serpents Stout 2013
#2600 - Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2010
#2700 - Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Bigfoot 2013

 

I passed up a couple of less than exciting but would have been new to me choices at a local taphouse to hit #500 with a local collaboration - Street Cred from Triple Crossing/The Answer Brewpub. It was a solid beer, and it felt good going with an up-and-coming local brewery for the milestone.

 

Schlafly TIPA is a great beer! Good choice... I remember when I was keeping track of Beer Karma back in the early days, I was approaching one of the benchmarks and I wanted to make the beer that I drank to put me past it something special. I didn't realize that you got Karma for things other than reviews... What pushed me over the edge to the next benchmark? Tecate.... I had to laugh....

 

Tasmania is a great beer, but if you can get your hands on Schlafly's American IPA(AIPA) please do so. It is in my opinion, better than Tasmania.

 

Did he die? If so, I missed it...

 

Ha nah...but I'm sure any day now.

 

Congrats on the 100th review.

A real significant one for me was hitting 1,000 reviews. I had a Goose Island "Bourbon County Brand Barleywine Ale", which was delicious. I thought at the time I might ease up on reviewing each new beer but that didn't happen as I'm now at 1,297. There have been some extraordinary beers along the way. It's a fun hobby.