I am going to go 31 days without beer...

[wmcc75]

My wife and I are doing another whole 30, so I'm in the boat with you. I will say the lack of beer has not been a big deal except for the other day when we were hanging with friends and everyone else was drinking and I had fizzy water. Worse than lack of beer is lack of carbs.

 

[Murphys_Law]

I've scanned through this thread and it strongly motivated me to go without beer, as well...until 5:00 pm today!

Good luck and hang in there. I've gone "dry" for extended periods a few times, if nothing else just to prove to myself that I could. I am sure my liver was grateful!

 

[BarrelAgedForrest]

If it's any consulation my misses is currently having to go 9 months with out beer... So I have a closet of aging beers that we both enjoy together for after those 9 months and I keep it limited to a few a week so I don't feel to bad... I'd say relax have a homebrew but you shouldn't do that you would just be cheating your self =p

 

[chris0879]

In the same boat with my beer loving bride, she is out of commission until July. She keeps telling me she can't drink and I can why would I do this to myself?

 

[Senormac]

Hang on Az. Goalie.... REFOCUS !! You are just about halfway there !!

 

[sky4meplease]

Hang on Az. Goalie.... REFOCUS !! You are just about halfway there !!

He is a goalie he will be fine.

 

[stella_tigre]

Halfway through the month!

I won't say we've gone cold turkey, but since I went on a low carb diet this month (we're going to Floriday soon!) HWMO gets to at least somewhat come along for the ride. So trying to make all carbs count - not eating much bread, potatoes, etc - and limit to one beer with dinner, if at all. Maybe a mixed drink if we're out, or a little wine.

Have to admit we had a bit too much over the holidays, so trying to let my poor old liver recover. Even got the dust off the Nordic Track and the yoga mat....

Rooting for you AZGoalie!

 

[CavA3R4]

I'm doing it to lose weight and hopefully LOSE GOUT
I can hardly wait to have a trappist ale!!

 

[ArizonaGoalie]

DAYS 10-15 OF 31....

Spent the last several days traveling, speaking, and conducting a 3-day workshop. Events and travel are some of the toughest times for me when it comes to drinking. If the event goes well, you want a nice brew after. If the event sucked, you feel like you need one.

Being on the road is also one of my favorite ways to try new brews. Seems like every city and town now has a collection of small breweries, some of which have amazing beer.

However, NOT this time. Avoided it altogether. I didn't want to. I saw several taps in hotels, restaurants, and airports I wanted to partake it. Somehow, I'm still on the wagon. On to day 16....hump day.

 

[ArizonaGoalie]

DAYS 10-15 OF 31....

Spent the last several days traveling, speaking, and conducting a 3-day workshop. Events and travel are some of the toughest times for me when it comes to drinking. If the event goes well, you want a nice brew after. If the event sucked, you feel like you need one.

Being on the road is also one of my favorite ways to try new brews. Seems like every city and town now has a collection of small breweries, some of which have amazing beer.

However, NOT this time. Avoided it altogether. I didn't want to. I saw several taps in hotels, restaurants, and airports I wanted to partake it. Somehow, I'm still on the wagon. On to day 16....hump day.

PERHAPS the best by-product of this "no drinking January" is that I've hiked 38 miles so far in 2017 and lost about 7lbs and counting.

 

[chris0879]

Whoops caved last night. Oh well. Too good to pass up lord hobo's hobo life on tap. Keep it going!

 

[Homercidal]

Very nearly fell off the wagon this weekend. Sunday is usually regular 2 or more beer day since I have all day and am usually working on projects around house, gaming, or just plain eating well. As it was I didn't feel that great so I almost didn't have anything. But a friend came over and I managed to fit in 1 glass of BBA stout. It was a close one.

Actually brewed a Bo Pils (CZech Premium Pale Lager) on Saturday with a friend's daughter. Sampled a few flavors from the tap and a bottle. Right Brain Naughty Girl Stout with real mint. Not bad. Homebrew IIPA with a touch of Bourbon. (taste), Pale Ale (Taste), Belgian Pale (Taste), Pre-Prohibition Porter (Taste). Brew went very well even though I had US Saaz instead of Czech Saaz. Hit numbers good and it only took 6 hours with long mash and 90 minute boil and cleanup. I blame not drinking much.

 

[wmcc75]

Well it happened. I drank a beer. I went to try and buy some hopslam, they were sold out of cans but had it on tap, so I drank one. I am now back on my not drinking till the end of the month, unless they get another keg of hopslam (or some other equally rare beer) in.

 

[Homercidal]

Well it happened. I drank a beer. I went to try and buy some hopslam, they were sold out of cans but had it on tap, so I drank one. I am now back on my not drinking till the end of the month, unless they get another keg of hopslam (or some other equally rare beer) in.

Too bad. Hard to pass up a rarity like that. Hopslam on tap is better than the can for sure. Stopped in to the local place the other day to have a half-glass before picking up my daughter at dance. Had Oddside Ales' Citra IPA. I tasted and went , WHOA! That's better than I remember! First time I've had it on tap.

Almost broke my own streak last night. While picking up the house and making pizzas for dinner I poured a Hopslam. Sipped on that through dinner. That was about it, though. Only thing on tap is another IIPA and a Belgian. The IIPA was more ABV than I wanted, and the Belgian sucks. (I Actually poured some, and choked down a bit, but I really need to pour that keg down the drain.)

Say, it's been over a week since we heard form Arizona! Wonder how it's going?

 

[smurfjuice]

In a coma ...

 

[sky4meplease]

Curled up in a corner somewhere sucking his thumb.

 

[RevKev]

I've had only Genny Bock beer within the past couple of days. Wasn't feeling tip top so that's about all my body could handle.

Going to a brewery today otherwise I would've fallen onto the wagon.

 

[Honda88]

I went through this before. I was so bad I had shakes and cold sweats at night. Hopefully none of you ever reach that point. I have since learned that I really do need to respect alcohol and the effects it can have on the mind and body. I can do about 44 ounces of beer and if I go past that I know I'm headed toward the land of the wasted. Id say if you are planning on drinking every day you really should only have a couple drinks.

 

[CavA3R4]

I'm in Arizona.
Waiting for my clone recipe on the Orval trappist ale.
sure tasted and smelled good when I bottled it.
got about 3 weeks to go to find out.

 

[xCSx]

Reach for a flavored seltzer instead. You'll forget about the beer.

 

[chris0879]

And the first beer of 2017 was....

 

[Homercidal]

And the first beer of 2017 was....

Toxic?

Or maybe NOT drinking beer is bad for you! =8-O

 

[chris0879]

I'm going to assume that not drinking is bad for you

 

[sky4meplease]

It appears we lost the OP. Oh well that's more beer for the rest of us.

 

[PlexVector]

soooo, is it like in school, if the professor doesn't show in 15 minutes from start of class you can do what you want...what would that be in thread-years? 3 weeks?

 

[brick_haus]

I'm never going try to do what he did!

 

[passedpawn]

 

[BarrelAgedForrest]

I've gotta assume Arizona caved and had one during his month break and he's not wanting to tell us.

 

[z-bob]

I've gotta assume Arizona caved and had one during his month break and he's not wanting to tell us.

Either that, or he died from it

 

[sky4meplease]

Either that, or he died from it

There is a lesson to be learned here folks.