We have completed three months of 2014. That’s one-fourth of the young year. I set a goal in January to drink 360 unique beers in 365 days, take tasting notes, and write something about each of them on this site. I came up with the name A Full Round because it references both meanings of round: a circle of 360°, and a “round” of drinks — like what you’d offer to buy your buddies at the bar if you just got a raise or something. You get it; our readers aren’t dumb.
What you have probably realized, if you’ve been following along, is that I’m failing miserably on the final part of those three tasks. The last beer I wrote about posted March 17 describing a beer I drank on February 25. I assure you, however, that I’m actually doing well on the first two goals. I’ve missed two days so far, both due to a helluva head cold. (It’s not that I was unwilling to have a beer, but what’s the point of taking tasting notes if I can’t taste anything?)
So, in order to catch up and get back on pace, most of my future posts to A Full Round will be more like tasting notes than full reviews. I’m not a gifted writer, and it takes me too long to mold cohesive sentences from notes and scribbles. I may at times be truly inspired by a fantastic — or a fantastically awful — beer to construct a full review. But on a daily basis, A Full Round posts will be short and sweet. Easier for me and a shorter read for you.
I have updated the original A Full Round post with all the different beer that I’ve tasted and noted so far in 2014 (minus four … I’ve lost a sheet of notes). By May 1, I hope to have the backlog completed and be posting daily, as I had originally intended.
If you have read this far, thanks for playing along. And leave a comment with notes on any new beers you’ve tried lately that you want me to review.