Beer Resolutions for 2008
2007 was a great beer year for me. I tried a ridiculous number of beers, took beer-centric trips to San Diego, Portland, New Orleans, Las Vegas and the Bay Area, attended several beer festivals (including my first Oregon Brewers Festival) and met some cool beer people both locally and up and down the West Coast. All the things I've done have substantially increased my beer IQ, but I still have a long way to go. Bearing that in mind, here are my Beer Resolutions for 2008:
- Buy homebrew supplies and brew my own beer
- Take several beer trips, including ones to the East Coast, Bend (OR), Portland (for another OBF), Denver (GABF) and either Victoria or Vancouver
- Write about beer 3-4 times a week
- Attend as many of the local beer festivals and events as possible and continue to make friends in the local beer community
- Try at least 200 beers I've never had
- Give podcasting another go with a new, revitalized format
- Pay more attention to less hoppy styles of beer
- Take steps toward being able to leave my current job and make a living doing something beer-related
- Take list-making and documenting to new OCD heights by keeping track of every beer I drink (see how long that lasts)