August 29, 2011
COMPLETED!
Yesterday I finally completed something I’ve been working on pretty regularly for almost 3 years: I drank my 200th different beer. I started this thing to do in March 2009 and drank a LOT of beers I’ll never drink again. As someone who doesn’t even like beer, this was all the more the challenge. However, I do have to say, I have found a few I’ll gladly drink again. And the best part? I can finally be the type of girl to grab a Solo cup of beer with everyone else, rather than be that high maintenance girl who is swilling hard liquor…or just settle for water.
Now technically we don’t have our name in the Ring of Honor…yet. Our “Plate Party” will be Sunday, November 6th at which time we’ll have $200 to use for our bar tab and our plates will be “unveiled.” We’ve chosen Sunday because North Carolina drafts are $3 and $200 will go far at that price! If you happen to find yourself in the Raleigh area that day, feel free to stop by!
My 200 beers are below, in reverse order (my latest beers are at the top of the list and the earliest beers are at the bottom). I foolishly didn’t keep a diary or some record of which beers I liked and which I didn’t, but by and large I enjoyed most stouts and porters, as well as many fruit beers, lambics, ciders, and wheat beers. I found I didn’t like IPAs, barleywines, or kolsch.
Sweetwater 420
Ska Mexican Lager (CAN)
Ska Special ESB (CAN)
Wychwood Hobgoblin (BTL)
Duck Rabbit Doppelbock
Wells Banana Bread (BTL)
Amstel Light (BTL)
Fosters Oil Can (CAN)
Asahi (BTL)
Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale (CAN)
Oskar Blues Mama’s Little Yella Pils (CAN)
Unibroue Ephemere Cassis
Lhasa Beer
Bass Ale
Bells Amber (BTL)
JK Scrumpys Apple Cider (BTL)
Carib Lager (BTL)
Sierra Nevada Summerfest
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Yuengling Lager
Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat (BTL)
Schneider Edel-Weiss (BTL)
Pyramid Apricot (BTL)
Foothills Pilot Mountain Pale Ale
Sam Adams Summer
Fullsteam Carver Sweet Potato Lager
Bells Kalamazoo Stout(CASK)
Belhaven Scottish Stout (BTL)
North Coast Old Rasputin NITRO
Crispin Hard Apple Cider
Anderson Valley Summer Solstice (CAN)
Duck Rabbit Milk Stout (BTL)
Avery White Rascal (CAN)
Brooklyn Brown (BTL)
Lost Coast Downtown Brown (BTL)
Blanche De Bruxelles
Duck Rabbit Rabid Duck
Duck Rabbit Porter (BTL)
Orginal Sin Hard Cider
RJ Rockers Son of a Peach (BTL)
Lost Coast Rasberry Brown (BTL)
Lindemans Cassis (BTL)
North Coast Blue Star Wheat (BTL)
New Belgium Fat Tire
Southern Tier Hop Sun
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis (BTL)
Lindemans Peche (BTL)
Raspberries N’ Cream
Half and Half
Snake Bite
Lime N’ Lager
Lava Lamp
Cream of Wheat
Black Velvet
Foothills Red Ale
Aviator Saison De Aviator Royale
Fullsteam Southern Lager
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
Green Flash Double Stout (BTL)
Duck Rabbit Brown Ale (CASK)
Black n Tan
Aviator King Rat Stout
Duck Rabbit Amber Ale (BTL)
Roth Raleigh Red
Flying Dog In Heat Wheat (BTL)
Old Speckled Hen
Lost Coast Great White
Brooklyn Lager
Blue Moon
Oskar Blues Mama’s Little Yella Pils
Tecate (BTL)
Red Stripe (BTL)
Spaten Optimator (BTL)
Oskar Blues Old Chub (CAN)
Warsteiner Dunkel (BTL)
Anchor Porter
Dos Equis Amber
Sweetwater Festive Ale
Rogue 21
Ska Nefarious Ten Pin Porter (BTL)
Terrapin Moo Hoo Milk Stout
Rogue Shakespeare Stout (BTL)
Founders Dirty Bastard
Sam Adams Winter Lager
Big Boss Aces and Ates
Sierra Nevada Celebration
Lindemans Kriek (BTL)
Bells Oarsman
Foothills Hoppyum IPA
Lonerider Grave Robber
Negra Modelo
Eel River Acai Berry Wheat (BTL)
Cottonwood Pumpkin Ale
Heavy Seas Marzen
Abita Purple Haze
Sam Adams Oktoberfest
Fullsteam Workingman’s Lunch
Chocolate Truffle
Duck Rabbit Marzen
Carolina Oktoberfest
Woodchuck Amber
Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter (CASK)
Foothills Barrel Aged Total Eclipse Stout
Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Mother Earth Endless River Kolsch
Foothills Hurricane Hefe
Fullsteam Summer Basil Farmhouse
Bullpen Pale Ale
Carolina Pale Ale
Carolina Summer Ale
Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale (BTL)
JW Dundees Honey Brown
Big Boss Blanco Diablo
Carolina Strawberry Ale
Big Boss Bad Penny Brown
Sam Adams Imperial White (BTL)
Smuttynose Robust Porter (BTL)
Floris Pomme (BTL)
Xingu Brazillian Black (BTL)
Kulmbacher Festbier
Ommegang Hennepin
Dogfish Head Palo Santo (BTL)
Sam Adams Double Bock (BTL)
Anchor Steam (BTL)
Allagash White
Samuel Smith Imperial Stout (BTL)
New Holland Dragons Milk
Founders Centennial IPA (BTL)
Red Oak
Duck Rabbit Brown Ale (BTL)
Left Hand Milk Stout
Rogue Chocolate Stout (BTL)
Pyramid Apricot
Guinness Draught
Samuel Smith Taddy Porter (BTL)
Magic Hat #9
Smithwicks Ale
Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout
Mad River Steelhead Scotch Porter (BTL)
Lion Stout (BTL)
North Coast Old #38 (BTL)
Pete’s Strawberry Blonde (BTL)
Founders Porter (BTL)
Aviator HotRod Red
Lonerider Shotgun Betty
Flying Dog Tire Bite
New Belgium 1554
Carolina Winter Porter
Woodchuck Pear Cider
Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout (BTL)
Woodchuck Granny Smith (BTL)
Lindemans Framboise
Big Boss Angry Angel
Duck Rabbit Baltic Porter
Foothills People’s Porter
Lonerider Sweet Josie
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter (BTL)
Ipswitch Oatmeal Stout (BTL)
Leinenkugels Berry Weiss (BTL)
Battlefield Bock
Duck Rabbit Wee Heavy
Hummingbird Water
Flying Dog Road Dog (BTL)
North Coast Old Rasputin (BTL)
Flying Dog Gonzo Imp. Porter (BTL)
Avery Out of Bounds Stout (BTL)
Great Divide St Bridget’s Porter (BTL)
Fullers London Porter (BTL)
Brooklyn Brown
Victory Donnybrook Stout
Youngs Double Chocolate Stout
Murphys Irish Stout
Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout (BTL)
Highland Oatmeal Porter (BTL)
Anchor Liberty Ale (BTL)
Lagunitas IPA (BTL)
Sea Dog Raspberry Wheat (BTL)
Holy Mackerel Mack in Black (BTL)
Ska Porter (BTL)
Highland Black Mocha Stout (BTL)
Sam Adams Imperial Stout (BTL)
Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat
Sam Adams Honey Porter (BTL)
Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout (BTL)
Lost Coast 8-Ball Stout (BTL)
Duck Rabbit Milk Stout
Sam Adams Black Lager (BTL)
St Pauli Girl Lager (BTL)
RedHook ESB
Sam Adams Light (BTL)
Highland Gaelic
Sam Adams Boston Lager
Sam Adams Cream Stout (BTL)
Wolf White Wolf Golden Ale
Becks (BTL)
Rogue Dead Guy
Gordon Biersch Blonde Bock
Sam Adams Cherry Wheat (BTL)
Spaten Franziskaner Hefe-Weiss
Foothills Seeing Double IPA
Wow! That’s a long list!
That’s a lot of darn beer!! Not sure I could complete that one. But, if it was drink 200 different kinds of red wine it would be easy. As a matter of fact, I would have check it off already
Hey, drinking 200 different red wines should warrant some kind of party!
Look at you! You drank all that beer and managed to lose weight and not get a beer belly as a souvenir!
I know! Believe me, I’m sure it slowed me down and now that I’m done with it, I’m looking to really get serious about these last 5 pounds or so.
Wow, check out all the different beers! I don’t think I’ve tried half of those on the list. That’s what I get for being more of a wine drinker. You should definitely feel proud of yourself though. Three years and all those beers drank. That’s really cool.
Thanks! To look at the list now…geez, it IS a lot of beer!
I approve of your list of beers, especially the New Belgium and Avery varieties! If you want darn good beer, Colorado is the place to be.
On a side note though, do those parentheses “(CAN)” mean you drank it from a can? Because I a bit appalled that you would drink White Rascal, the best Avery beer, from a can. Seriously. Come to the CO and get that on tap!
Hells yeah! At the end I started making a point to try to drink all the beers that came in cans but I’m still missing a few.
Now this is one I think I want to try.
Yes! This is the best! I’m a beer loving lush, and very jealous of this accomplishment!!! You’re awesome.
That’s quite an accomplishment! I don’t like beer either, but I don’t think I can pull this off. Have fun at the plate party!
Oh don’t worry! There will definitely be a post after the plate party!
Congrats! This puts my little ol’ 55 beer Pub Passport to shame!
Jessica = 200+. Phil = 3 and counting. LOL. You’re an inspiration.
Slow and steady wins the race. My plate party is November 6th so feel free to come and get 3 more beers towards your plate on me!
Jessica,
Thats a great accomplisment for anyone. I have had most of the beers on your list. I like trying different beers both domestic and foriegn. In the last 26 months i have tried 403. Keep up the good work.
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