I have been working on something new. For the last 2 years, this has been brewing and I’m finally ready to talk about it publicly beyond just friends. It’s important that we spend time on something before taking on a role of the storyteller. I’m not an expert in anything but I try to reserve opinions for things that I’ve spent a significant time of research and real-life experience. It’s time to do this with beer. Today, I’m announcing Adam’s Beer Blog.
I’ve never been a fan of Budweiser or Coors or Miller. At the very least, I drank Newcastle, Guinness and Stella Artois when I was becoming aware of beer. For the first 6 months, I drank those brands and then had Heineken at times when those beers weren’t available. Then, I moved to California and started going to bars that carried other beverages. Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head were the first craft beers that I enjoyed. I still enjoy Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Dogfish Head 60 Minute and prefer them over almost every beer. I drank craft beer from age 21 to 23 but then, in August of 2010, at age 23 (going on 24), I I wanted to celebrate at a bar and saw a Sierra Nevada beer but it wasn’t pale ale. It was 30th Anniversary Stout and it was $20. I was excited and ordered it. It was my first corked beer and the first beer large enough to share with a friend. Things had changed and I started trying bigger beers.
For the last year and a half, I’ve explored the beer world. In May of last year, I went to Belgium and had beer that changed everything. “Wait, Europeans have great beer too!??!” and I started exploring Belgian beers.
It has been one year since my last Belgium trip and I’m going back again this May. I’ve had over 400 unique beers in the last year and 250 in the last 3 months. In January, I began reviewing beer online via RateBeer and planning road trips around buying beer. I’ve traded beer with 40 people since February 1st and have 300 beers in my temperature controlled cellar.
It’s time to go all-in.
Starting last week, I launched a sub-blog to this one. It shares this design minus a few tweaks and has its own RSS feed. Adam’s Beer Blog is live and I’d like to share the purpose of the blog and the format for content.
I’ll post when I feel like posting and will be the only author. Here’s what you can expect as far as content:
- Beer Reviews. I’ll review cheap beers to pricey ones. Some beers I review will only be bottled 500 times and others will be bottled in the millions.
- Beer Videos. I’ll share videos of me drinking beer and wine and events that I attend. I’ll also produce short videos while traveling if the travel involves beer
- Beer Opinions. I’ll post my thoughts on beer trends, styles and other miscellaneous beer related news
- Beer News. If an event is worth talking about or a beer release is worth knowing about, I’ll talk about it.
- Beer Photos. I’ll take photos and post them. If you like my photography, expect some nice photos posted there
That’s the basic premise of this new blog. I’d be honored if you could check it out and add the blog to your news reader. This has been a project brewing in my mind for years and I’m happy to bring it to life.
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