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15:59:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5476,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24149818875&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104151617\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24149818875&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-21 02:57:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 15:59:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 15:59:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><em>If you\u2019re curious, here are the <a href=\"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/1-year-in-beer-ticks-travel-trades-and-homebrew\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2012<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/2-years-in-beer-evolution-of-the-hobby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2013<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/year-in-review-and-2015-plans-in-beer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2014<\/a> Years in Review<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;RateBeer Summer Magnum Tasting - New England&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/19416048754\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"RateBeer Summer Magnum Tasting - New England\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3745\/19416048754_e76ef3923e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Overview of my 2015 Goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to Akkurat in Stockholm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Complete my 3 Fonteinen ratings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Visit Champagne and Burgundy<\/li>\n<li>Continue buying Hill Farmstead and Bruery beer along with Lambic<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trade Less or trade at the same rate as last year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Move more beer off-site for long term storage<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make this blog more mainstream with less uber-beer-geek content<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>An unspoken goal was to drink less and lose some weight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How did I do? Well, everything above worked out except the 3 items in bold. I still haven\u2019t rated 3 Fonteinen Malvasia but a bottle will be opened in 3 weeks so I will rate that beer just a few weeks too late to meet my goal. Then, I\u2019m only missing the draft 3F beers that were available once and never again like Schaerbeekse\u00a0Kriekenlambiek. I feel like I traded less but my UPS bill seems to disagree with that. I did buy a lot of Bruery beers this year so maybe the Bruery boxes were just more frequent and thus increased my UPS spending. I also have an inflated UPS bill due to the buying and selling of some aftermarket car parts so perhaps trading was a flat-line but with my trading moving off RateBeer and onto Reddit and direct emails with past traders, it would take hours to determine the actual count of trades compared to previous years.<\/p>\n<p>I fully failed at making this blog more mainstream. Most of it was laziness where it was the end of a\u00a0week and I just decided to post photos along with some lazy notes on some of the beers I tasted. I did next to zero posts on travel, beer guides or opinion pieces. I could have done better at that but I don\u2019t really force myself to write and since I\u2019m not selling ads, there\u2019s no requirement to publish anything at all. My lack of investment in this blog has led to a flat-line in visitors from 2014. That\u2019s not a bad thing but it does show that there is a lot of room for improvement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read More Below&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beer Reviews, 2015:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I started this year with a goal of not putting up huge numbers but I lucked out in January when I found a once a month tasting group with 4 other RateBeer members. There are now 6-7 of us that meet once every 4 weeks and that\u2019s been our deal for an entire 12 months. What\u2019s great about this is I can rate 10-20 beers a month (roughly one per day) and still get 40-50 new ticks in a single day with this group. Heck, I could take an entire month off drinking and still have 50 beers rated that month. It\u2019s a really good thing because I\u2019m not drinking much during the week anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a summary according to RateBeer of my 2015:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23521614124\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"584\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1696\/23521614124_1d93cf5e21_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026and here\u2019s my RateBeer All-Time stats according to their script monkeys:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23523031333\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"261\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1633\/23523031333_7e6498dcbd_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My average rating given stayed the same and I was <strong>25 beers short of beating my 2014\u00a0\u2018most in a year\u2019 score of 1128 beers rated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I created a chart\u00a0that showcases my top 10 beer styles after one year in beer (2012-2013) and comparing these style counts to 2014 and 2015:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23521611664\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"519\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5639\/23521611664_729bd9d77e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Initially, I was heavy on the Double IPA, Strong Ales and I had a lot of unblended Lambic in 2012 and 2013 \u00a0and then Stouts, Saisons, Sours and Lambic Fruit came on strong in 2014 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a\u00a0total all-time view of my top styles (by rating count, not by score) so this is a mix of styles that are both accessible and preferred. Just because there are thousands of Brown Ales doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019ll willingly buy a bottle:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24067214201\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"561\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1558\/24067214201_7ef4a2db05_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the raw counts of my favorite beer-styles by year:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Beer Styles Count&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24150241855\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Beer Styles Count\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"545\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1640\/24150241855_37e883e8cc_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My most-rated brewery is no-surprise Hill Farmstead. Mikkeller is easy because getting their beers is very simple and I\u2019ve been to their Copenhagen beer festival as well as visiting their bars in San Francisco and Copenhagen (3x) over the past few years. Bruery is high due to my Hoarders Society Membership and De Struise is high due to the number of Belgian beer festivals I\u2019ve attended for which the Struise &#8211; trailer\u00a0is a permanent installation. No surprises on this list.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23782008709\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"424\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5754\/23782008709_a93baa1e01_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What was surprising was my top rated breweries by average score given:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24041744592\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"403\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5749\/24041744592_0ec309611e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love De Dolle beers so this is cool to see I\u2019ve rated them so high. Two ciders and 1 meadery are on this list. 3 Fonteinen is my favorite Lambic blender so I\u2019m happy it scores far ahead of Cantillon. My love of Imperial Stouts shows through as Alesmith, Cycle, Jackie O\u2019s and Fifty\/Fifty make the list.<\/p>\n<p>Below is my top states of all time for which I\u2019ve rated beers from. California beats out Vermont because I\u2019ve been to the state a dozen times since I joined RateBeer in 2012 and did nothing but rate beer. Pair that with Bruery Hoarders and California having more breweries than any other state and it\u2019s no surprise they beat out Vermont.I never ever knowingly buy New Hampshire beer so no surprise my home state is so low. I leave my house and cross the border into Vermont every day. The state also just doesn\u2019t have great beer. Before 2015 and the launch of Schilling Beer Company in Littleton, NH was lower than New York in total beers rated.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23854177510\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"425\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5694\/23854177510_3254921e4f_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>USA for obvious reasons is dominating my highest country rated with no surprises seeing Belgium, Denmark and then Canada. Having only rated 14 German beers is probably the only crime here.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23854177650\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"433\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1644\/23854177650_a59be8127c_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a visual view to how I am doing in exploring the world:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23854177090\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"296\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1689\/23854177090_5f5d48cc2e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I threw together a few additional data points for you:<\/p>\n<p>Here is the total count of beers rated, 2012-2015 divided out by month. The value here is debatable but it is interesting to see in my biggest average month of August where I usually rate 125 beers at least, the stats are evenly distributed whereas my months are really hard to find a trend. From this data, I could determine I\u2019ll have a pretty good indication of how many beers I\u2019ll be rating in February, April, June, August and December but the rest of the months will be a toss-up.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24067213841\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"589\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1508\/24067213841_4a6162a872_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Untappd unfortunately is not a reliable source and I have only myself to blame. I check into beers on Untappd at tastings and at home. If I\u2019m going to a beer festival or brewery, I don\u2019t use Untappd. Taking notes on 15 brew-pub red &amp; brown ales and then checking into 15 red and brown ales and spamming the 400 people that follow me would just be a waste of everyone\u2019s time. So Untappd has more raw-checkins than RateBeer reviews because if I drink Hill Farmstead Arthur 50\u00a0times, that\u2019s only 1 RateBeer review so I use it to track how many times I\u2019ve had my favorite beer but it does look like 2014 was by far my biggest year for drinking and 2015 is lower than 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing we can really gather from this is to quantify the actualization of my goals of drinking less in 2015 and even though I kept my RateBeer count up with monthly tastings, my total times I opened a beer is down significantly from 2014 to 2015. I was drinking less cellar-beers on a monthly basis. It does mean that my cellar has grown significantly this year to which I\u2019ll have to simply buy less beer next year to match the amount of beers I\u2019m now drinking.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23854178030\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"582\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1663\/23854178030_e5ac210faf_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is my Untappd \u201clast 365 days\u201d scores. My Unique Beers scores is MUCH higher than last year because of the beer tastings and less weekday drinking. Note, the unique beers are 345 short than my RateBeer total because I don\u2019t check-in to Brewpub beers.<\/p>\n<p>I average 4 beers a day at 71 unique venues, 11 of each were brand new.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24067216251\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"476\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5729\/24067216251_5565ea601f_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s dive in to those top-beers:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24067585791\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"304\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5714\/24067585791_0094b1284b_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d say that I have been drinking pretty damn well. Lots of local but this screenshot is not surprising and it\u2019s basically in line with my stats from last year.<\/p>\n<p>Here are my raw Untappd Check-IN numbers for you data nerds<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Untappd Counts&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24150241715\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Untappd Counts\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"595\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5659\/24150241715_057c0024f3_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before we move on to Trading, Blogging and 2016 Goals, let\u2019s look at my top rated beers during 2015 in some of my favorite styles:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Rated Beers in 2015 (All Styles):<\/strong> <a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24149820195\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"508\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5669\/24149820195_fd750656e8_z.jpg\" ><\/a> <strong>Top Rated Imperial Stouts (2015):<\/strong> <a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23854179500\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"560\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1704\/23854179500_6ae771434a_z.jpg\" ><\/a> <strong>Top Rated Saisons (2015):<\/strong> <a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24041746842\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"582\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1450\/24041746842_7546e603e2_z.jpg\" ><\/a> <strong>Top Rated Sour\/Wild Ales (2015):<\/strong> <a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24149819665\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"563\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1527\/24149819665_dd4e3bee70_z.jpg\" ><\/a> <strong>Top Rated IPA (India Pale Ale) (2015):<\/strong> <a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23782010479\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"567\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5649\/23782010479_b9d017c446_z.jpg\" ><\/a> <strong>Top Rated Lambic Style-Fruit (2015):<\/strong> <a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24041746322\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"568\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5799\/24041746322_d1a1199fb7_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beer Trading in 2015:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what I spent in UPS in 2015:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24041744962\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"446\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1656\/24041744962_fca8040f60_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t tell the full story. The total spent was $1,840 but I also dealt in the car-parts trading market for my new car and I bought Bourbon, Mead, Cider and Beer from various reserve society\u2019s and clubs and stores throughout the year so think of this at 80% alcohol and 20% other hobbies and among the 80% beer ($1440), 50% of that was shipping things I bought, not traded.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I won\u2019t rationalize this as okay for a total in 2015. No matter what I shipped, the total shipping cost was way too high for me and greatly exceeded my goals of under $100 a month in spending which was only achieved 4 out of 12 months. A total failure in my eyes. Here are previous UPS shipping years:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2012 &#8211; $2,100 &#8211; $175 a month<\/li>\n<li>2013 &#8211; $1,655\u00a0&#8211; $138 a month<\/li>\n<li>2014 &#8211; 1,120\u00a0&#8211; $93 a month<\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; $1,840\u00a0&#8211; $153 a month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yes, shipping rates did go up but I clearly went over what I should have spent and without beer trading, this blog probably wouldn\u2019t exist but I\u2019d have $6,700 USD in my pocked today if I wasn\u2019t trading beer. That\u2019s real money\u2026significant money. Down payment on a car money\u20262 maxed out MacBook Pros money or a Canon 5D Mark II w\/ 3 L-Glass lenses.<\/p>\n<p>My point is, beer-trading is the single biggest impact\u00a0on my beer budget. Yeah, I can look at my top-rated breweries and notice that only 2 in the top 10 are local to me. The rest require I fly somewhere or trade to get them. So I either deal with this necessary expense in my drinking budget or I stop trading. I\u2019m leaning toward the latter.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have exact trading counts due to the 5 different places that my beer trades take place these days. What I do know is that I continue to spend way too much on trading.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beer Cellar (a rough update):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looking at my spreadsheets, this year I moved 250 bottles off-site to a very nice and cool, dark rock cellar about 25 miles north. I have another 400 bottles that need to move there this year. My \u201crot box\u201d has exceeded 600 bottles mostly because of the lower amount of beers consumed on average. I\u2019m always drinking new things (new rates) because of our healthy tasting group but I\u2019m not drinking the 150 bottles of Hill Saisons I have stored up or 50 bottles of Mead, 60 Bruery beers, 40 bottles of Bourbon or 400 bottles of Lambic. Luckily, everything I have has a 2 year remaining shelf life and most of the bottles are good for another 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>The only \u2018drink now\u2019 beers are the 60 I have set aside to bring to this year\u2019s tastings and the 80 Hill Farmstead Saisons I should consume over the next 18 months. Everything else has at least a 2 year shelf life for sure. The kegs and cases of 2015 BCS are good for 5 years, etc.<\/p>\n<p>I think the priority is moving all of my Lambic off-site this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blogging Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of my goals last year was making my blog more main-stream. As indicated at the start of this post, I completely failed at that and it shows in the stats:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23523031823\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"304\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1570\/23523031823_7f384764f3_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My visitors dropped and page views flat-lined.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23782010199\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"\"  height=\"\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5704\/23782010199_8a20dcf3e8.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My top-post and only real saving grace were 2 \u2018mainstream\u2019 blog posts so it\u2019s telling that the only reason I flat-lined was a review of Bud Light Lemon-ade-Rita and how to French Press Bourbon County Stout.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23521613074\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"\"  height=\"\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1690\/23521613074_0afb471d05.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google was generous with referrers but my Twitter presence of auto-tweeting new blog post was very positive. When I started tweeting blog posts as they\u2019re published, I did it to satisfy a few people who asked for it. Now that account has quite a few followers and drives a lot of traffic here.<\/p>\n<p>The Beer Groups on Facebook continue to send traffic my way (thanks Nerds).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24149819065\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"365\"  height=\"613\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1708\/24149819065_31b9e90fb1_z.jpg\" ><\/a> <a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24149818985\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"\"  height=\"\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1614\/24149818985_d41509e91d.jpg\" ><\/a> <a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24067214581\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"\"  height=\"\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5824\/24067214581_c333d5f557.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flickr Pro removed their yearly stats but 3.5 million views on my photos is pretty exciting with 4.4 million total views on all of my Flickr pages but that\u2019s since I joined Flickr.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24149818875\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2015 RateBeer Status (For Blog)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"361\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1710\/24149818875_0c617122e9_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>2016 Goals in Beer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get one thing fully clear. I have no issue with how I did 2015 except for what I spent in beer-trading. The styles I rated were my favorite styles and I \u201cscrolled past\u201d styles I didn\u2019t like unless they showed up at tastings.<\/p>\n<p>I had a great year and missed my mark on beating last year\u2019s review total by 25 but I knew going into this year I\u2019d rate less than last year, I didn\u2019t know I\u2019d just barely miss it but without the tasting group in Mass that I drive down for every month, there\u2019s no doubt that I would have rated about 600 beers instead of 1100. If I had not done any beer trading, that figure would have been 400 and if I hadn\u2019t gone to Belgium Twice and to Chicago for Rare-Day, the count would have been only 100 new ratings. Those figures are completely accurate by a few dozen margin of error.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, traveling, trading and spending gas money to go to beer tastings is becoming more difficult as I get more adult financial goals and budget for more expensive acquisitions like houses, cars, camera gear and a new desktop computer since my 2012 iMac is getting long in the tooth.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll keep meeting up with our tasting group, I\u2019ll continue my Bruery membership for one last year and I\u2019ll probably respond to people emailing me with trade-offers if they\u2019re asking for a beer I already have and one I have multiples of. I\u2019ll continue buying shelf-bourbon and 3-4 barrel picks from Four Roses a year and I\u2019ll continue drinking beer (on the weekends). I have another 50 pounds to lose this year and the holidays were not good to me where I went from 250 to 260 from Thanksgiving to Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have a lot of hard-fast goals here. Spend less, lose weight and continue drinking local as much as I can. Very similar to my beer goals in 2015. I love beer and I enjoy the locals that I drink with. I just gotta be an adult and ya know, this year I\u2019ll turn 30.<\/p>\n<p>Big deal, huh? :)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Closing Thoughts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for dropping by my blog this year. Yeah, I know this post is 2500 words and I\u2019m sorry about that. Last year\u2019s review blog post was very short and I assume everyone reading this except my mom skimped every other word. This yearly exercise is for me to look through all of the data I generate and determine changes I can make. If no one reads it, that\u2019s okay with me.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone I drank with, traded with, met, spoke to through email or on Forums. You all made this a great year. Thank you sincerely for your support and guidance. There are a lot of politics in the beer community but if you ignore those and just drink your damn beer, it\u2019s not so bad. It can even be a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re curious, here are the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Years in Review Overview of my 2015 Goals:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T01:57:50Z","apple_news_api_id":"6d069dd7-6cd4-477d-981e-6779b3cfd839","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-12-20T19:38:22Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AbQad12zUR32YHmd5s8_YOQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,188],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-my-thoughts","7":"category-year-in-review","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-22f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1967,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/01\/08\/review-bruery-grey-monday-2013\/","url_meta":{"origin":7827,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Bruery Grey Monday (2013)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I didn\u2019t trade for or try the 2012 version of this. 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