I've completed BeerAdvocate's Top 250 Beer List!

249..... I’ve been trying to sell my kidney for 2 years ISO: ANN. At this point I’m going to need to get extremely lucky at a festival. Congrats to finishing the list, I’ve been at it since 2014

 

SR-71, VBA and Kaggen will be the bane of my existence...

 

Congrats on doing the impossible.... I'm at 22. Go figure as I've hit 168 on the Beers of Fame. You'd think the two are similar. But as an old malthead, this disparity is more understandable. Being old, I prefer ABV under Imperial ; as a malthead, fewer hops. I'm too old and too stodgy to chase the Top Rated. But congratulations on following your bliss. It is all a matter of focus on your goals. You prove that. And in my boring ways, so have I.

 

7. I don’t look for beers on the list, so I’m not even close to being a slacker!

 

Not near that. I feel happy to have tried what I have. That is awesome, more than a little envious!

 

Good for you, man. I'm only at 40!

 

Congrats on 250, that is quite an accomplishment...

About two years ago made it a goal to try the top 100 (figured more manageable than 250). Currently at 69, with 2 more in the fridge.

 

Last year when I won the TG Assassin lottery I got VB Assassin. When I reviewed it I realized it was listed as retired. I suggested to the moderators this beer isn’t retired.
The next day it was on the top 250, it’s currently around 73.
Just to give everyone an idea what a fluid fickle bitch this list is.

 

Quite the moving target. I was much closer 10 years ago to completing this. Bravo.

 

That's really cool. I don't do much trading and no hunting but managed 48.

 

57 for me, racked them up pretty easily without trying by living in Mass for the last couple years. Unless I seriously step up on the trading I don't foresee much progress past where I'm at right now

 

I’m around 140-150 most of the time. 7 or the top 10 top. I will say, one trip with the right groups to DLD knocked out like 50-60 in 2 days. Living in CA helps because a bunch of local stuff makes the list. Don’t think I’ll ever seriously try to finish it, but who knows, I’ve been pretty lucky to try the stuff I have already.


Cheers, Seth, glad you finally completed it. I was rooting for you!

 

13 ... probably won't get to 14 for some time

 

Ya I fluctuate between like 198-202, funny considering I haven’t ticked a new one in over 6 months!

 

Ya know! Another fun collection would be the top rated beer of EACH style.

@Dicers : How many of them have you ratted? I have 17.

I never really thought about this, but there are a bunch of fun collections to broaden one’s diversity of beer.

 

Yes to this. I use this new feature quite a lot in my beer buying.

 

That is truly impressive. Congratulations!
I've had more than I've reviewed, mostly because when I had them I didn't trust my review abilities, so I'll need to see if I can get some of those I didn't review again. If I do that, I may make it to 15 or 17 from the list.
I don't even hold a candle to the slacker crowd apparently.

 

The 2019 was, I believe, the batch that saw Bliss BA Maple Syrup and Founders part ways - demands from one side or the other? Don't know. But while the 2019 is good, IMO, it's not quite as good as prior years. May need to do a side by side to confirm this, but they made *so* much of it, something had to be different.

Cheers!

 

I have reviewed 77. I have probably had around 30+ more. These are beers I had at shares or festivals where it wasn't enough to review or during a period I didn't review (I worked for part-time for a brewer and didn't review beers at that time). While I'm committed to reviewing beers, I am not at all seeking them out. A lot of these beers are limited release and in styles that I don't seek out even locally (e.g. imperial stouts), so it doesn't appeal to me to try and chase them through trades.

 

Sorry about that one. I am the one who pointed out it had been re-released to the moderators. I agree with your take that the re-release doesn't deserve to be on the list.

 

It's definitely a fun list. I forget when I completed it but I think it was around 2017? And it hasnt been hard staying at 250 since then... hasn't changed much. Occasionally I have to go and get a new beer but they are generally ones I want to get anyway. They used to change the algorithm and completely throw the list off so I am glad that stopped.

 

Well done!

I'm at 9, but I saw at least one on there real quick I hadn't reviewed yet. So I'll say 10

Which isn't too bad considering I don't trade or travel for beer really. So I've had 10 just by visiting my local grocery stores!

 

116, with a few on hand that I’ve yet to open. Cheers!

 

Sadly, I've only had 13. I thought I was a drinker of good beer, guess I was wrong Oh well, 237 to go!!

 

I had the most recent version of Coconut Resolute, it was pretty bad. Probably one of the worst coconut beers I've had.

On another note, I feel like BA should just get rid of retiring beers or maybe make a "Top Retired Beer" list or at least specify the criteria for what is considered "retired". So many beers deserve to be on the Top 250 but aren't even on the list, like BBT. I also feel like many BAers want to try the top "retired" beers too, I see no reason why BCBS Vanilla, Coffee, or Barleywine shouldn't be on the Top 250 list.

Maybe I'm just salty cause I've ticked 237, but they keep randomly retiring former Top 250 beers that I had to trade for (BCBS Coffee, Vanilla, Barleywine, BBA GNVP, Pugachev Royale, VSOJ, OH 3rd, OH 4th, Triple Shot).

 

I was surprised to find I'd had over 70, even though I never have tried. I just like good beer and that list sure has 'em. Congrats on a remarkable achievement!

-Which beer was the biggest surprise to find you liked it much more than expected?
-Which beer was the biggest letdown?
-Were any beers undrinkable due to age, storage, other reason(s)?
-Would you do it again knowing what you know now?

 

@Todd Any chance we can get a Top Retired Beer list?

 

Currently at 49 ... still no Tree House

 

I've had exactly 10% (unfortunately that still keeps me in the lowest vote category).
I've drank a lot of good beer, but chasing this list is just not something I would do. That being said, I respect any of you that attempt it and special congrats to the OP.

 

In the 50s. Beer trading is expensive. And a few years ago, I realized that I could drink phenomenal beers that are readily available to me in my state and through my travels. It's nice to come across a Top 250 "whale" but I stopped hunting a long time ago.

 

My count is 7 so far, not a whole lot considering, however, this ia definitely a beer geek goal right here. Congrats on finishing the list!

 

This is seemingly impossible to me. So many of these are ‘one and done’ unless you have an ultra fantastic trading program, I don’t see it. Take Hill from VT. They sell out of everything and never brew the same thing twice. I can’t even keep up with Vitamin Sea and they are 2 minutes away from my house. My head is spinning.

 

Only 31.