1000 Beer Advocate Beer Reviews...what was yours?

I'm coming up to my 1,000th review as well. I was thinking of doing something I've drunk plenty of times but have never reviewed: Heineken. Why not? Seems fitting.

Another interesting question is how long it took you to get to 1,000 reviews. I don't consider myself a ticker in any way, though I still think four and a half years is pretty quick. That's about 240 a year.

Cheers,
Jeff

 

I'm only at 7xx so give me another 8 months or so

Dope

 

I believe it was May of 2009, Terrapin Rye Squared. I was not a fan.

And like Jeffo, it took me 4 years to get to that point.

 

I'm just about at 700, lost a couple reviews overnight due to the fact u can no longer review the same beer under different serving types.

Merc, let me know when that's going down, I'd love to try some of that rareness...

 

Yeah. Fun stuff. I usually expect at least a 3oz taster to do a proper "review" (ie: not just a score), and there are a few rare beers I've missed out on reviewing. Beat, Isabella, Malvasia Rosso, Rare DOS, Konjaks Stormaktsporter, etc. The context just wasn't right either.

Still, a total of 1,000 reviews in 20 months is impressive (or compulsive). That's a lot of 5oz beers... I've often thought about what makes me different than a true ticker. I think it's that if a friend offered me a beer I scored 4+ or a beer I've never heard of, I'd pick the 4+ whereas the ticker would probably pick the other one. No decision is better than the other, but I think that's where I am at this point.

Jeff

 

I was almost at 700, few away, till 40ish were deleted dubbed as duplicates. I am lazy about reviewing, been doing it since 08.

 

02-07-2012

Left Coast Black Magic Stout

Funny since it hasn't had a review since then even though they had like 4 bottles left for 6 bucks. Since then less than a year later I tacked on almost 500 reviews. Damn I am an alcoholic ticker.

edit: and these are 12oz bottle ticks and 22oz bottle ticks. All done by myself.

 

Valkyrie from Enegren Brewing.

 

Black Albert apparently. Didn't notice I'd surpassed the 1K marker.

 

I consider myself somewhat of a ticker. For my 1000th I just did whatever beer was shoved in front of my face at the moment. For me, it was Tröegs Scratch #73 (Fest Lager). Kinda anti-climactic, however, it's only beer...

 

How the hell does anyone have time to do 1000 solid reviews in anything less than at least 3 years? One beer a day is about 2.7 years. People who are saying 10 months? How? I'm sitting at 218 right now and I've been going for a little less than a year. And I thought I reviewed a lot...

 

I have been to tastings in my area where peeps do about 15-20 ticks per night. Pretty sick, huh?

 

I don't see how you can do 15-20 reviews a night accurately. That's a lot of alcohol and your palette is going to get fucked up.

 

Only at 400 over two years. God damn!!!!!

I guess for a milestone like that I'd have to go back to my roots. Rolling Rock. So classy.

 

I meant to say, "15-20 reviews in a SINGLE night."

 

I still don't see how you can do 15-20 reviews in a single night accurately. I don't think that's really good reviewing... it takes time and attention, not to mention a clean palette, none of which can be easily accomplished after 15 beers (even at lower portion sizes).

 

I agree with you, however, you can take that up with my peeps in the the DC area and some of the top reviewers here on BA.

 

There must be some legendary beer belly's on this thread.

 

I 'had' 1000+ reviews but just noticed that all of my repeats (different versions) have been purged from the system, so I guess I get a second 1000th review! Hurray?

 

I have a really hard time reviewing beer when I'm at a tasting. I've done it, but it's difficult. I much prefer sitting down by myself over a half hour or so after dinner.

 

Utopias 09 was mine

 

just last month i hosted a big imperial stout tasting for my 1000th review. 999 was Bourbon Barrel Dark Lord '12 and 1000 was Brandy Vanilla Dark Lord '11.

i originally intended on doing Blabaer for 1000 but it didnt arrive in time so we had a 2nd tasting of sours like 3 weeks later.

 

Guinness Draught - kinda had to do this one, with my user name.

 

I've done 1 review in two+ years. I'll let you know around the year 4012 if you are still interested.

 

I actually got to 1000 then got knocked down in total #s because of that new policy. I had chosen a 2008 Pannepot Reserva (Riserva?) as my original 1000th review - FWIW, it took me nearly 6 years to get to 1000 - but now I've got about 25 reviews to go before reaching it again. Not sure what "special" beer will be my second #1000. . . .

 

Funny you say that - I've told a few friends recently that I got to 1000 beer reviews (the # has been reduced due to the no-repeats new policy, so I'm now at about 970+), and a number have then asked: "What do you get for that?" To which I invariably reply: "A beer belly" or "20 pounds".....

 

Mine was Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Grand Cru. Decided to go with something from Sierra since they are my "local" brewery. Joined the site in March 2006, hit number 1000 on Dec. 10th 2010.

 

I'm at 1608 now

# 1000 for me was Westy 12

 

Westy is going to be my #900. 1000 will most likely be whatever local 1-off I can get my hands on at the time.

 

This was mine:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/820/4139/?ba=Bitterbill

 

My 1000th may be a 2017 Black Tuesday!

 

Brooklyn Local #1. #1001 was Brooklyn Local #2.

 

For the record, I'm skinny ( American standard) but my unmistakable round beer belly gives me away that I partake in the finest of biers. (Yes I wrote Biers, must be the Achel double in me)

 

I'm like a buck fifty outside of a thousand.

wait, 227. Damnit.