How many different beers have you had?

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  1. zotzot

    zotzot Grand Pooh-Bah (5,352) Feb 22, 2015 Vermont
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    Impressive number
    I think flights count. I think that is adequate to comprehend the beer
     
  2. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    I have 90% of mine on display in the basement, so like you I see mine and have memories.
     
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  3. moodenba

    moodenba Pooh-Bah (2,502) Feb 2, 2015 New York
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    Not too many considering 55 years of tasting. We started keeping track in '72 or so by putting the empties on shelves, but we all eventually moved away. I probably had over 400 by 1977 (including about 75 homebrews).
     
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  4. Treyliff

    Treyliff Grand Pooh-Bah (5,025) Aug 10, 2010 West Virginia
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    I've reviewed 4374, but I'm tried well over 5000.
     
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  5. Treyliff

    Treyliff Grand Pooh-Bah (5,025) Aug 10, 2010 West Virginia
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    I imagine that tracking down 300 different beers in the 70's was a tall task!
     
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  6. moodenba

    moodenba Pooh-Bah (2,502) Feb 2, 2015 New York
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    We were at a Univ. with students from all over. We had friends bringing back stuff from all over.
     
  7. TheEpeeist

    TheEpeeist Maven (1,434) Nov 5, 2008 Virginia
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    about 5450 rated. only 1732 in last 10 years.
     
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  8. blueshawk69

    blueshawk69 Pooh-Bah (1,711) Jul 16, 2022 Kansas
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    Over 10,000 on "Dumcrapped" (but I joined in February 2017) so probably well over 20,000 in my lifetime.

    As I stated a while ago, it's gonna take me years to transfer all of my ratings & reviews from 'Dumcrapped' over to BA along with reviewing current brews so upon further thought, It might actually be closer to 25,000 individual, distinctive beers I've had in my lifetime.

    But hey, when you kids get to be six or seven decades into beer drinking, you'll be there too!
     
  9. TheIPAHunter

    TheIPAHunter Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,026) Aug 12, 2007 California
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    Take my rated/reviewed number & multiply it by 4, minimum. I have never cared about ticking, but there are times I wish I would have kept track for my own use. Cheers!!!
     
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  10. rocdoc1

    rocdoc1 Maven (1,265) Jan 13, 2006 New Mexico
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    How many beers have I tried? Thousands. I drank my dad's beer as a young teenager. I went to El Salvador as an exchange student and drank quite a few different beers there. I married a French woman and we've traveled through Europe for the past 45 years drinking every local beer I could find. I'm in France now and drinking at least one new beer every few days. I homebrewed for 33 years.
    How many beers did I review? Pretty much zero.
     
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  11. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    But we still like having you around anyways. :slight_smile:
     
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  12. beergoot

    beergoot Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,310) Oct 11, 2010 Colorado
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    ...more than my BA stats :grin:...

    ...current BA stats are shy of 6K, but throw in teen and young adult days in Ohio, military travels (especially in Germany) plus craft brews prior to joining BA, I'm sure I could add at least another 100-150 different beers...
     
  13. Gkruszewski

    Gkruszewski Grand Pooh-Bah (5,859) Nov 1, 2013 New York
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    11k plus over 35 years
     
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  14. jjamadorphd

    jjamadorphd Pooh-Bah (2,496) Jul 21, 2012 Florida
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    My BA stats say I have tried 1,797 beers since August 2012. Even though it's there to look at I really haven't noticed or acknowledged it - damn, near 2,000 - I am frankly surprised...
     
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  15. zotzot

    zotzot Grand Pooh-Bah (5,352) Feb 22, 2015 Vermont
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    I also joined to track the beers I drank and slowly go pulled on more
    My memory is pretty bad
     
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  16. zotzot

    zotzot Grand Pooh-Bah (5,352) Feb 22, 2015 Vermont
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    I don’t know why flights don’t count;
     
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  17. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    Because you don't really get to know a beer from a flight pour. It's the inverse of shotgunning a beer.
     
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  18. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    4725 ratings/reviews. In my hey day (guessing 2014-2019 timeframe) I was averaging 30-45 beer reviews a month. Now I’m well under 10 per month due to many factors.
     
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  19. Frothingslosh

    Frothingslosh Aspirant (287) Nov 22, 2009 Pennsylvania

    I think a flight pour is more than sufficient to get a handle on 95+% of the beers in the world. But to each their own.
     
  20. 2beerdogs

    2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
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