Well, past the half-year marker actually but still a good point to evaluate what has been drunk this year. To recap, each year I am reducing the amount of beer for both health reasons and to push me to more fully enjoy the beer I do drink.
Let’s do the numbers….
The goal of 175 ounces per week is being met and then some. As of week 29, I am averaging 169.93 ounces per week or 10.62 pints. Since I take two drinking days off a week, it basically boils down to 2 pints a night (or full day for Saturday and Sunday). Right now the average ABV is 6.58% which is 0.01 from the average for 2017. This is the least volatile stat for me even though I am not an ABV watcher in the least.
46.4% of the beers drunk in 2018 fall outside of the IPA, Sour and Barrel-Aged category. So far, Eagle Rock, Sierra Nevada, Smog City and Angel City are in the lead for brewery ticking with favorite beers coming from Smog City – Awkward Teenager and El Segundo’s Hat’s Off IPA plus anything from Finback. I have had beers from 154 different breweries which puts me in the running to have beers from different brewers each day of the year.
One more update to come for Q3 before the full 2018 recap.