My Year in Beer So Far

I started this blog on March 16 of this year.  It's been three months since I had the DAB Dortmunder that kicked off this little project, so I decided to compile some figgers and see how much ground I've covered to date.

Here's an overview of the beer styles I've had since I started keeping track of these things back in March:

I didn't keep track of how many of each particular beer I had, only each unique beer I tried.  So if I had, say,  four Yuengling Bocks, it only counted once under the Bock category.

It'll be interesting to see how these numbers change over the next nine months.  I'm betting the hoppier beers and the wheat beers will go up more quickly over the next three months or so, then the maltier beers and the darker beers will start climbing again.

So far, I'm somewhat surprised that I've had more IPAs that anything else, since they aren't exactly my favorite style (though I am beginning to enjoy them more).  In fact, the graph above is a little misleading, since several of the beers classified as Specialty Beers are really IPA variants, like Rye IPA, Black IPA, Red IPA, etc.  I was hoping to have at least one beer in each category by now, but I'm only missing three, so I guess that's not too bad.  One of the things this project has pointed out for me so far is that I hadn't been getting much variety.  But there's nothing better than trying something new, even if it's just another variation of your favorite beverage.

Cheers!