The Beer List

About a month ago, I went to the Saint Joe's-Penn game at the Palestra with my buddy, Gary R. Butterworth. (By the way, if you're looking for an enlightening read, you may want to check Gary's post on his blog about how former Jeopardy champion, Ken Jennings, measures up against his favorite game show contestant, Wesley "Two Scoops" Berry from the original American Gladiators. Here's the link. For some reason, I remember toasting "Two Scoops" quite a bit during my Bachelor Party.) After the game, we decided to walk back to 30th St. Station and grab a beer at the bar. This bar had some different stuff on tap so I ordered something off the chalkboard in front of me and Butterworth did the same. As the bartender went to get our beers, Butterworth pulls out a pen and piece of paper from his wallet and starts writing something. Intrigued, I asked him what the hell he was doing. He told me he was writing down the name of the beer he had just ordered because he keeps an excel spreadsheet of all of the beers he's had in his lifetime. Just as I started to make fun of him, I stopped. I realized how genius this was. It's essentially a log of debauchery. I love it.

I told you that story because I've decided to blatantly steal Butterworth's idea and keep a tab of all the beers I have tried. I don't know why I didn't think of this first. Every time, I walk into Total Wine off of Naaman's Rd. in Claymont, DE, I always think to myself how great it would be to be a real beer connoisseur. That's pretty yuppie, I know, but it's a dream nonetheless. To be perfectly honest, I know nothing about beer. I only know I like it. So, this might be a good way to expand my horizons a little bit.

As far as my current list goes, it's a little pathetic. Right now, I only have 22 official entries. I know I've had a lot more. However, since I started the list well after my beer drinking career began, I know I'm missing quite a few. I included only those I have had since I stared the list about a month ago. Plus, I went back to Maxim's recent 99 Best Bottles (And Cans) On Earth (January 2009, Hilary Duff) and used it as a guide to add those beers I know I have had.

What's the connection to this blog? Well, most of my beer consumption comes while watching sports, so there you go. Plus, to be quite honest (and a bit pompous), I don't really need a connection. This is my blog.

I invite any who reads (if anyone reads) to suggest something they like. I don't know if anything will trump Yuengling as my personal favorite, but like I said I'm willing to branch out a bit. While I'll keep the master list on an excel spreadsheet, I'll periodically post updates here.

So, here's it goes. The Beer List...

Blue Moon
Coors Light
Corona Extra
Dogfish Head - 90 Minute Imperial IPA
Flying Fish - ESP Amber Ale
Flying Fish - HopFish India Pale Ale
Heineken
Heineken Lite
Magic Hat Number 9
Miller Lite
Natural Light
Newcastle Brown Ale
Olde English
Pilsner Urquell
Rolling Rock
Sam Adams - Boston Lager
Sam Adams - Irish Red
Saranac Irish Red
St. Pauli Girl
Stella Artois
Yuengling Light
Yuengling Traditional Lager