Your 2016 Beer Goals

I want to see how far into the year I can go without having the same beer twice.

 

1. Try not to be jealous of other people drinking beers that I currently do not have access to.
2. Try not to be jealous of... oh, right.

 

Run/jog at least as many miles as the number of beers I drink. Effectively this allows me to drink and not feel bad about it (as opposed to trying to stick to a "no more than ___" goal).

 

This is something I'm looking forward to as well. I'm strongly considering buying the Medium BIAC from Brewha. I have the desire to make my own beer as good as the ones I buy off store shelves.

 

Brew more beer! Move from extract to all-grain, build an immersion chiller, and work with yeast starters instead of just dry yeast.

On the drinking side: Visit every brewery in the current state (Missouri), visit breweries in the upcoming states (Kansas, Washington), and go to at least 3 beer festivals!

Can't wait!

 

Start a local beer club with some fellow beer drinkers in Columbus Indiana. It developing well so far.

 

1)Buying less coffee stouts. If you've had one, you've had em all.

2)Stop taking your guys' opinion on beers for sacred. I've been disappointed on way too many beers that have high praise on this site. I just gotta find my own road, I guess.. Because I suck at beer(you guess). Being a follower gets ya only so far.

3) Drinking less, but that won't happen. Fuuuuuuuuuuuck it!

CHEERS!

 

Try to drink or give away most of the oldest beers before buying more.

 

Drink more good local beer.

Drink more known good beer

Drink more less expensive good beer

Stop buying DIPA.... Not a style I like but keep going back and getting burned

Stop buying expensive unknowns...... Started this in December

Don't fall for the hype....... I lose most times

Stop putting beer down to cellar. Most times it's a miss.

Enjoy

 

Keep growing my BA friends through BIFs, Trades, WBAYDN, etc.

Learn to brew all grain. Learn to keg beer. Homebrew more!

Beer shares more often.

Get back to Treehouse and Trillium (especially Canton). Go to another Dinner release.

Visit Vermont without the family to go to Fiddlehead, Hill Farmstead, Lost Nation, and many others.

Continue to buy local (Other Half, Carton, Kane, Rushing Duck, etc.) in growlers!

 

Nothing official, but drink good beer and try not to break the bank. Hopefully, that includes great share sessions with my beer buddies.

 

Drinking alone is not the best thing in the world, i find myself doing it all the time, wife doesnt like to anymore. Good idea to get out and talk beer share your knowledge and learn more.

 

Get away from the IPA trap I'm in if possible and slow down the grocery store beer purchases. Go to the Liquor store more often and also stop getting burned on out of date beer,(happened three times in 2 weeks)got my money back on one 20 bucks

 

Yes ive noticed scores are all over the place unless its a top rated beer. I enjoy Compass rose a lot IPA from Service brewing out of Savannah but it scores low. Cant go by ratings 100% maybe just a tool or guideline.

 

So true!!!! I can relate to that.

 

How is this possible? 2000 unique beers in 365 days...

 

I just made some goals.
1) Take a whole month off from drinking. Probably February.
2) Drink 270 new beers before July (lol when you look at #1)
3) Get a 2016 KBS somehow
4) Homebrew my first batch of beer with some help

 

You can do it! Double up on the weekends.

 

Stop trading and enjoy all the great local beer around me and Chicago's insane distribution

 

Lots of samples, I'm guessing.