10 a day (approximately two flights) is quite easy to do if you live in an area with a high number of breweries making new beers all the time. I could do it easily where I live, which isn’t necessarilly a mecca for beer, if I wanted to limit myself to local beers. Local isn’t always better though, so I drink my share of full sized beers from outside the area. |
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Originally posted by Echon Yes, it may well be necessary to take more than a sip to get a full impression. It could also be argued that you probably need to drink a beer multiple times over a period of time to do that. You may (or may not) get a better impression from drinking a larger quantity multiple times but that doesn’t mean that you cannot get a reasonable impression from a small sample. I never hear anyone argue that you need to drink a whole bottle of whisky to get a valid impression. Or eat a whole plate of food. Or drink a whole bottle of wine. Professional wine buyers may taste hundreds of samples in a day and commit their employers to purchasing large volumes on the basis of that. Often we hear people here asserting that "you" cannot form a valid judgement by drinking a small sample. What they really mean is that they cannot do so & that’s fine. Each to his own. |
Originally posted by Echon |
Originally posted by t0rin0Although I don’t consider myself to be competing for numbers (except regarding place ratings, and even then I’m just competing against myself), I do drink small samples, and I very much enjoy beer. Beers that I enjoy in small samples I revisit for bigger pours (had a very nice pint of a Victory saison last night, for instance). I’ll drink any of my favorite guezes and lambics any day of the week. So, beer enjoyment is a huge part of it for me. |
Originally posted by t0rin0 It does not bother me. It fact, it seems impressive due to the scale of it. It is not something I want to emulate, however, and I am fine with the rate at which I am adding new beers to my profile. |
Originally posted by Echon Honestly, it is impressive. I’ve been rating around 900-1000 per year for the last 7 years, mostly 4ish ounce samples and even that’s a chore. I can’y even imagine the time/effort/money that goes into to sampling 4x that amount. Certainly not something I’m interested in at this point in my life. |
Yeah, I’m not drinking 3000 pints of beer every year. Some beers I do rate off of a full pour or full bottle if I really like it or if that’s the only way to try it, but many are 2-4 ounce samples. I originally started doing that just because I liked trying as many new beers as possible, but then as t0rin0 points out, it sort of becomes a numbers game at times. |
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It’s good that someone brought this phenomenon to our attention. |
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