March 21, 2012 
SUPER COMPLETED!
I officially completed this goal back in August; that was when I actually drank my 200th beer (<— click on this link to see the entire list of 200 beers I drank). However, since the goal is “Getting my name in the Ring of Honor” I guess I couldn’t count this as completely completed until I actually got my plate unveiled (for information about the “rules” of getting in the Ring of Honor, click here).
This past Sunday was my long awaited plate party. For spending upwards of $2,500 on beer, food, and tips, Flying Saucer will host your “unveiling” with a $100 bar tab on them. And by holding it on Sunday, we could take advantage of the NC beer special ($3 NC drafts), meaning the $100 goes further!
I could tell you all about it but this is probably a story best told through photographs…
Plate Party!
My plate right before the "unveiling" (with the red arrow)
My "quote" is "Yep...Tastes Like Beer" because those are the words I uttered most during my 3 year challenge
Bar tab!
People keep asking me if I plan on doing another plate and the answer is an emphatic “NO!” I’m really glad I did it because it did help me understand and appreciate beer; I actually now voluntarily drink beer even when I’m not getting credit for it. But to do 200 beers again just doesn’t appeal to me.
I still have other beer goals that I’m working on – I’m trying to visit all of the breweries in North Carolina and I’m working on the top beers on the GQ list.
So what beer/drinking goals do you have? Anyone have a goal to STOP drinking?
Congratulations!! You are making excellent progress on the list!
Well done Jess! I’m considering trying my first beer.
I definitely recommend it! There are some good ones out there
Wow! That’s a lot of beer! and a lot of bathroom breaks! Congrats on an awesome achievement! You can’t even get me to sip a beer, never mind drink 200 of them!
That’s the thing! I didn’t like beer when I first began. It probably took until about my 75th before I could kinda enjoy it!
Way to go! You’ve kept at it and now you’ve finally passed the final mark. I think you can now call yourself a beer connoisseur. There are a lot of beers on the list that I haven’t tried yet. I should catch up.
Oh, yeah…I’m definitely a beer snob. I have to laugh at myself sometimes b/c I’ll start talking about it just like people talk about wine!
This is so freaking cool. I remember the video you made a while ago where you mentioned you were starting this! It seems like forever ago now!
I wish there was a place near me where I could do a beer challenge. I’d be so in. I do still have a month where I want to try to drink a different beer everyday, but I don’t know if I will ever achieve that. Haha!
Doesn’t it seem like forever ago! We’ve been blogging for a while! I think drinking a different beer every day for a month would be pretty cool (although some days I just really am not in the mood!)
Very cool and congrats! That’s a lot of beer. Did you make a list of your Top 10?
I would have loved to have been at that party.
I don’t know if I have a firm top 10 but some that I like are: Young’s Double Chocolate Stout, Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout, Duck Rabbit Milk Stout, Sam Adams Cream Stout, Leinenkugels Berry Weiss, Lindemans Framboise, Woodchuck Granny Smith, and New Belgium 1554 to name a few.