I'm joining Sam in JanuQuenchy. Anyone else?

If you send me a few cases I’m in. If not, no.

I’m in in the exercise and eating better piece.

Enjoy

 

Not into JanuQuenchy, but will be observing Dryuary (for various reasons; health and finance being chief amongst them) and very much not looking forward to it. Got some good stuff waiting for me on 2/1/2019, though.

 

No hate, but, this blatant marketing scam ensures that, if, I happen to see a DH beer over the next month, I will pointedly avoid it.

 

Honestly, SeaQuench doesn’t sound like something I’d like to drink for a full day, much less a full month.

I’m planning to go dry between the college football championship and the super bowl. We’ll see how that goes.

 

SeaQuench? I think that would mess up your palate not reset it.

 

Definitely not a scam, just marketing. Nothing wrong with that.

 

A: we don't see much DH stuff up here in the wilderness to start with, so, not really any kind of boycott at all.

B: I've been a longtime DH fan, dating back to before I moved out here in 2000

C: Encouraging your site users to drink at least 1, specific, beer a day, for one of longest (and, traditionally the slowest month of the year, sales wise) months of the year isn't a marketing ploy? C'mon homes.

No hate. I love DH, and I love BA. But, ......

 

Marketing scam? An interesting take. I guess this means you’ll also be pointedly avoiding participating on this site over the next month.

 

What is your view? If I (or anyone) were to suggest the same deal, but with a different beer, would it be welcomed with the same open arms?

Perhaps my use of the word "scam" was ill advised. Shrug. Nonetheless, given that a certain brewery started a thing, and the governing body of this website doesn't suggest we participate, but rather strongly implies that we should buy a particular beer, once a day, for a month, doesn't strike you as at least as a bit of a conflict?

I suggest that BA use this as a launch pad, and chooses a beer every month for us. Nothing could go wrong there, right?

 

My take? Already implied. But if it bothers you so much, boycott both for the month of January.

 

Again, boycott is not my term. Also, that particular beer is only available occasionally in my neck of the woods (maybe Sam should kick some distributor in the ass, and have them do a better job of repping his beers) and I'm a fan of DH beers going back to the mid 90s when I still lived back east.

But, since this was a brewery driven concept, and nobody can blame them for trying to drive sales, it does seem a conflict that our favorite site is now "suggesting" we each buy 31 of the same beer. Leading into a fest. Shrug, such is our modern world.

Maybe I'm the one that's off center, and seeing a conflict of interest where none exists.

Perhaps we can run a monthly contest for nominating the "Official BA Beer of the Month"?

 

Whether you used the term “boycott” or not, the definition of the term includes “voluntary and intentional abstention” and that is what you said you planned on doing.

Personally I see the OP simply as saying, “Here’s what I, as a person, am going to do and why. Anybody else?”

As for beer of the month, it sort of already exists, just not monthly, when folks on this site get together and organize an “online tasting” of a particular beer discussed in a particular thread on a particular Saturday.

 

SeaQuench has been marketed as a "healthy" beer due to the lower ABV and having sea salt in it to help avoid dehydration. Marketing ploy aside (which I can't fault any business for) it's a good way to get people to give up beer without really giving up beer so this may be easier for many. If you drink higher ABV beers every day and commit to this routine you would see a difference.

 

Haha... "Drinking at least one sampsquinch per day."

I cant tell if this is serious or not. I will be giving up beer myself for a bit. My liver and wallet need a break. Plus i'm getting fat. If you are going to do it, go big man. Don't be afraid to go dry outright for a couple weeks. If I feel like I need a drink, it will be red wine for me. to each his own I guess. cheers and happy new year!

 

@Todd I will most certainly be partaking in a reset for the month of January!

It will not consist solely of SeaQuench, but there will be some mixed in.

The reset, for me, will come down to scaling back my weekly consumption (when it has worked for me in the past, I've limited myself to a set number of drinks Friday - Sunday), based off my current holiday consumption, and pairing that with cleaning up my daily nutrition.

Cheers to starting 2019 off right!