What is your new 2022 go to beverage gonna be?

[Jaybird]

I'm planning on doing the ride on my own in August, going from Buffalo to NYC. I'll be doing it credit card style, with hotels and restaurants, so there is no need to carry all that heavy stuff, just some clothes and bike equipment/tools, and maybe a lightweight computer. I'll probably pack lunch from wherever I get breakfast and that'll be the extent of eating on the road, plus energy bars. That's one of the reasons I'm even considering this ride that it is never far off the beaten path in New York State. I have family in Syracuse and friends up at Lake George. My wife will join me for parts of the ride, maybe joining me in Syracuse, riding to Albany, then both of us driving up to Lake George and getting dropped back in Albany to do the rest of the ride solo again. I have a cousin in the Albany area where she could drop the car and get on Amtrak.

My training today consisted of guacamole, one fish and one chicken taco, and a margarita. Maybe I should rethink my training a bit. I'm a long time cyclist and will be OK. 50 slow miles a day should be a piece of cake, or as any cyclist will tell you, skip the cake, have the pie!

Good for you! How many days on the bike?

Cheers
Jay

 

[madscientist451]

I've been indulging in too much beer and other carbs, its going to be water for me.....when I have a beer I'm going low calorie and low alcohol.

 

[zacster]

Good for you! How many days on the bike?

Cheers
Jay

I'm thinking 8 days on the bike, but it may be 9 or 10. It really depends on my wife joining me and how much she can do in one day. She isn't a cyclist. I'm also getting old (67) and I need to take this into account. When I was even 60 I wouldn't have given it a thought but everything is getting a little harder. Mentally I'm still 25 but physically things are different.

I went to SUNY Buffalo and I've only been back to the city three times since then. I've never had any reason to go back. The very first place I ate there though was the Anchor Bar, where this woman was telling us this story about chicken wings. My parents and I thought she was crazy. That woman was Teresa of Frank & Teresa's and you know what happened. I'm surprised sometimes that people don't know the origin of "Buffalo Wings". They think it has something to do with the animal, not the city. It was also the very last place I ate there, when my wife, kids and I were passing through and we all wanted the famous Buffalo wings. It looked nothing at all like I remembered. What else about Buffalo??? How about Genny Cream Ale? We all hated it. We would go into Canada to get beer at the provincial store where it was cheap with the exchange, usually Molsen Golden and Labatt's Blue. Can't remember the last time I had either. The other big import from Canada that we had was Bachman Turner Overdrive. It was playing constantly in Buffalo but I'd come back to NYC and nobody had heard of them yet. "You ain't seen nothing yet, b..bb.b.baby"

 

[bracconiere]

when I have a beer I'm going low calorie and low alcohol.

low calorie is good, but low alcohol will burn through the batches.....

 

[shoreman]

I’ll be tackling more 2-4% low abv homebrews this year and drinking them.
English, German and Belgian influenced.

so burnt out on any hazy neipa-type thing.

 

[matt_m]

I nailed my last batch of Average Perfect NEIPA. Not sure what February is going to be because it’s probably won’t make it to then.

 

[bobeer]

I'm turning 40 this year so I felt the need to chill out a little on drinking and drink more water and tea. I started growing my own herbs and edible flowers so I can make my own teas. Plan is to add my home grown hops into a tea as well.
As far as brewing goes I'd like to get into traditional styles from different parts of the world and from different time periods. I think it'll be fun to try to research the history of the beer, the water profile, and to source the right ingredients. Keep it all to small batches and have more fun with it.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

I'm turning 40 this year so I felt the need to chill out a little on drinking and drink more water and tea. I started growing my own herbs and edible flowers so I can make my own teas. Plan is to add my home grown hops into a tea as well.
As far as brewing goes I'd like to get into traditional styles from different parts of the world and from different time periods. I think it'll be fun to try to research the history of the beer, the water profile, and to source the right ingredients. Keep it all to small batches and have more fun with it.

Brewing history is something I've been reading a lot on. It's as interesting as beer styles and how they originated. A couple years back I went to a lecture ancient Egypt brewing, where they found beer yeast in a stone vessel. Lots of brewing history books out there to read while sipping on a beer!