Beer Burnout

I am always seeking new beers to try but its a never ending process with lots out there.

 

I enjoyed the article.

I've felt a little burnout lately, but have found by focusing away from the trendy NEIPA/Hazy/Juicy IPA/Whatever you want to call them, looking for beers I know I enjoy or in more traditional styles, and having full pours(over half pours) at my local beer bar, I've been a happier beer drinker.

 

I think we all hit that spot, I generally just switch over to red wine or enjoy a cocktail. There’s always ebbs and flows.

 

Rarely if ever experience the beer burnout, like others above, it’s more a style burnout. This helps:

At least once a year I take a full month off from alcohol. Damn does that beer taste good when you come back.

I enjoy drinking and making cocktails and good whiskey, so those rotate in and out for days or weekends or weeks at a time.

I get away from the hot styles du jour and explore something new or return to some old favorites. I don’t drink a lot of Belgian beer anymore so once in a rare while a Trappist kick (or whatnot) can be amazing.

 

Rhone wines and Guinness cures what ales you.

 

Or as I believe:
Ales cure what ales you.

 

Tips from an old fart that's never burned out on beer after 40 years:
- Always return to what you like
- Never allow others to define what you like
- Never be afraid to explore
- The "Style of the month" changes with time
- Ticking is a contest and not about appreciating beer
- FOMO is not your friend
- Be appreciative what you have.
- Remember: this is a marathon and not sprint, moderation keeps you in the game

 

Sameness of anything leads to a rut, kinda amazing that marriages last forever, but that’s a comfortable sameness.

 

Bouncing off some of these points, I think it's good to get out of the ticking game as much as possible and return to old reliables. You would think it might have the opposite effect but it doesn't, at least in my case. I know what I'm getting into and I know I'll enjoy it. Ticking can be a crapshoot. I've gone through phases where I think I'm burned out, but in reality I just don't care much for the new beers I'm trying.

 

I havent been enjoying Ale as much as i could as I am losing weight and have already lost 18 pounds. Depends how hungry i am. Sometimes it seems like I am never hungry so I can afford to drink my calories and other days Im near insatiable. Im have not given up hope that I can drink The amount of Ale I want and be the weight I want but it is eaiser with Wine or Gin.

 

Are there any studies showing that ales are more filling than spirits? I've always thought the food that comes with a nice session, or an inactive lifestyle played more a part (those sometimes go together).

 

Wine and Spirits are the two things that burn me out on beer.

Wine because barring a couple select things, I don't personally think beer pairs with food. It's just too much, the beer is a meal in itself. The history of wine and the mystique, I also like. I love cooking, and other than having a brew whilst chopping or cooking, once it's time to sit down, it's wine all the way for me. Beer gets points for cost though, even if you are paying $30/750 of beer, which I don't but just for example, that merely gets you an entry level Napa Cab/ Burgundy/ Champagne, to say nothing of the world class examples from those regions.

Spirits because you can spread it out over days/weeks/months. Let's say I buy a $80 bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail, I can spread that out over 12-25 small pours, easily. There was a mothers day sale at my state ABC and I bought 3 kinds of Ardbeg and a Lagavulin 8, i have been taking pours of all, almost nightly, and still have more than half of all 4 bottles except the Ardbeg 10 which I nearly drained last night. Anyways, if I'm reading a book and take let's say 4x 1.5oz pours of scotch from when I get home to when I get ready for bed, I can have 4 different, amazing things. Beer, you can save a high abv beer maybe 48hrs, max, with a wine stopper, and it's just not practical to have 8 open bottles in the fridge.

 

Is beer burnout anything like a bleach burnout? What color is the smoke?

 

Stick to the classic styles, if done right, you will never get burned out on them. To many beers with exotic ingredients can burn you out.

 

I haven't had too many of them, but I am burned out by the juicy/hazy IPA beers. I just don't enjoy them much anymore. The flavor profiles have become very similar to each of them. On the other hand, a good pilsner, I'll never get tired of.