Last year I was inspired by Nick at 365 Days of Beer who drank 365 different beers in a year, and thought it might be interesting to attempt a similar quest.
I also wanted to do something in the spirit of 1000 bars, the inspiring story of a man who went to 1000 bars in one year. I calculated the cost of that adventure, at the absolute minimum, with lousy tips at around 5 grand. Not to mention transportation, rehab and loss of income from not being able to ever work. I, like the bar man, will put off such lofty goals until retirement.
However I do have a project – to seek out as many uncommon beers on tap in and around Chicago as I can in a year. 365 is do-able, but 200 is reasonable at around 2 a week, and more affordable. And it makes it sound less likely that I have a problem.
This project will have the benefit of discovering or trying many of the bars that appreciate and cater to the real beer drinker. While not every bar can hold as many taps as a Hopleaf or Maproom, there are plenty of bars that devote a tap or two to a regional seasonal, or specially imported brew.
And now Chicagoist tells me about a similar idea – 365beer.com, where drinkers can log off beers drank in a big database.
So without anymore delay, here’s 2 beers I’ve had on tap already this year.