10 Years on BA

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  1. Pegasus

    Pegasus Pooh-Bah (2,308) Mar 20, 2002 Texas
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    Congratulations on ten years and thank you for your contributions to this community. Your posting caused me to consult my BeerAdvocate account, as I did not know how long I have been a member. To my astonishment... eighteen years. How time does fly. Enjoy your anniversary, with all good wishes for many to come. I will lift a glass to you. Cheers!

    -Pegasus
     
    #21 Pegasus, Jun 21, 2020
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  2. socon67

    socon67 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,895) Jun 18, 2010 New York
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    I've had a really diverse experience with craft beer. Back in 2010 I was a craft beer buyer for a supermarket (in addition to an IT position... long story). I was also a beer judge for the NYIBC. What I remember fondly about craft beer in 2010 was the excitement of expanded distribution. At that time NY didn't get Founders, Bells, Goose Island. Cigar City was testing the waters and having fresh Jai-Alai was a reason to get excited. Beer events and releases were celebrated as a mini-Christmas with people flocking to venues. Styles like NEIPA's were non-existant and it was more about the brewery than the beer. My first really high rating was Avery Mephistopheles, and that is the beer that actually got me onto the big ABV stouts.
     
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  3. socon67

    socon67 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,895) Jun 18, 2010 New York
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    Today's celebration
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    #23 socon67, Jun 21, 2020
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  4. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
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    Yada Yada was an enjoyable beer, sorry to hear that Barrage has closed.
     
    #24 dbrauneis, Jun 21, 2020
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  5. sulldaddy

    sulldaddy Grand Pooh-Bah (5,716) Apr 6, 2003 Connecticut
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    3 years till the 20 year party! See you there! Lets throw back something extra tasty. Thanks for the realizations Ive made from your post!!
     
    #25 sulldaddy, Jun 21, 2020
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  6. jkrich

    jkrich Pooh-Bah (1,878) Nov 1, 2001 Florida
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    In October 2021, I will celebrate 20 years with BeerAdvocate; while not as busy on the site as a lot of other BAs, the site has been a fount of knowledge. It is amazing to consider all of the changes in the world of beer over the years.
     
    #26 jkrich, Jun 22, 2020
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  7. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    It’s great to be part of this wonderful community of like minded craft beer pals. I’ll be at my 10 year anniversary this Thanksgiving 2020. Sam Smith RIS will be on the menu for sure this year (my first BA review). 2010, I was really exploring Mostly wide and regional districts stuff from my store that sells singles. Buying Locals were not really a thing in 2010 unless you had a 64 oz growler.
     
    #27 bubseymour, Jun 22, 2020
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  8. socon67

    socon67 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,895) Jun 18, 2010 New York
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    Congrats on the upcoming milestone. On Long Island in 2010, there were maybe five or so craft breweries (at least five that were on my radar. If more I didn't even know about them). So the concept of local was niche, and I was more concerned with what I couldn't get. The Beers of Fame are still a list a go to, and I recall seeing breweries like Russian River and Founders and going "maybe someday". The industry changed alot since then.
     
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  9. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    Hah, good point...I remember about 2-3 weeks after I joined BA, I printed off the list of the top 250 beers and walked into my local store and said "which of these in the top 20 or so do you have available"? You can imagine how that went over. I'm sure that is just a right of passage by most noobs to craft beer.
     
    #29 bubseymour, Jun 22, 2020
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  10. ithacabaron

    ithacabaron Savant (1,169) Jul 16, 2003 California

    Congratulations from another old timer (17 years?!). The community here is what makes this place what it is.
     
    #30 ithacabaron, Jun 23, 2020
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  11. smutty33

    smutty33 Pooh-Bah (2,172) Jun 12, 2009 Connecticut
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    Celebrating 10 years myself here on BA!
    Gotta thank @Tomdee74 for giving me a heads up.

    Cheers to good beer!
     
    #31 smutty33, Jun 25, 2020
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  12. thesherrybomber

    thesherrybomber Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2017 California

    That's longer than any site I've been on (of course, most of those sites are long dead)

    Out of beer, so I'll have a dram for you
     
    #32 thesherrybomber, Jun 25, 2020
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  13. jrnyc

    jrnyc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,012) Mar 21, 2010 New York
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    Damn, my 10 year was in March! The beer that launched my craft beer obsession was Green Flash West Coast IPA!!
     
    #33 jrnyc, Jun 25, 2020
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  14. smutty33

    smutty33 Pooh-Bah (2,172) Jun 12, 2009 Connecticut
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    It's actually 11 years......lol....my bad.
     
    #34 smutty33, Jun 26, 2020
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  15. JrGtr

    JrGtr Pooh-Bah (1,775) Apr 13, 2006 Massachusetts
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    I'm just past 14 years on here...yikes -
    but I was a beer geek for a solid 10 years before that.
    I think I was on and off this site before actually registering for it - I know I'd been to a bunch of their fests starting early 2ks.
     
    #35 JrGtr, Jun 26, 2020
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  16. Treyliff

    Treyliff Grand Pooh-Bah (5,025) Aug 10, 2010 West Virginia
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    I'm coming up on 10 years in August, myself. Cheers!
     
    #36 Treyliff, Jun 27, 2020
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  17. SawDog505

    SawDog505 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,922) Apr 9, 2010 New Hampshire
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    I hit 10 years back on April 9 and my passion is as strong ever. Pliny The Younger is still the beer I still have yet to try and was number one in the world on BA. Sculpin was the number single IPA did not exist in NH. Now we have it and we never find fresh, basically a shelf turd. Besides Oskar Blues craft beer did not exist in cans. Now at my part time job selling beer, we have 2 doors with craft bottles as cans have taken over the industry and that is a great thing. We had Sierra Nevada, Victory, Rogue, Stone, Sam Adams, Sebago, and locally pretty much Smuttynose to choose from. Now locally I could literally just drink them and be happy as a pig in shit. Congrats on 10 glorious years and who knows what will happen the next 10. Cheers
     
    #37 SawDog505, Jun 27, 2020
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  18. socon67

    socon67 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,895) Jun 18, 2010 New York
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    I was able to try PtY at an event at Minks in Philly about 5 years ago. I find it a bit too hot and prefer the PtE, but that's really just preference. Craft beer has come a long way, but I can say that back in 1995 I had a Sam Adams Triple Bock. That beer and Samiclaus were my early experiences of extreme beers.
     
    #38 socon67, Jun 27, 2020
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  19. lastmango

    lastmango Maven (1,487) Dec 11, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Congratulations and thank you for helping Ba be successful!!!
     
    #39 lastmango, Jun 27, 2020
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  20. Smakawhat

    Smakawhat Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,191) Mar 18, 2008 Maryland
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    Salud! And to 10 more!
     
    #40 Smakawhat, Jun 28, 2020
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