Posted by: Stonecipher
Dec. 2, 2013
This may be for my own personal amusement only, but the geek in me can't help it. I am a political junky as well as a beer nerd and this stat will combine both, but hopefully it'll be somewhat practical - Electoral Votes for Distribution.
I'll let Wikipedia field your questions about what an Electoral Vote (EV) is, but in our case here at 20 Beers in 20 Nights, they can be used as a very imperfect (and highly flawed), rough estimate of what percentage of the U.S. gets distribution for a particular beer. Basically, in every Presidential Election each state is assigned a number of Electoral Votes (based on their population, sort of). So with 538 total EVs, the closer to that number in our "Electoral Votes for Distribution" category, the closer the U.S. is to access for everyone for that particular brewery/beer.
In the past I tried to list every individual state each beer was distributed, but that's pretty time consuming. This method will allow me a slightly quicker and more efficient way to estimate how many U.S. consumers have direct access to this beer.
Also, in some cases, a brewery will only provide limited distribution to a certain state. In these cases I'll have two numbers for the category. The first will be for the number for full distribution states, then in parenthesis I'll have the total number including those states that only have limited distribution.
Hopefully this makes sense. If not, you can skip it, I'm indulging myself here.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Welcome to 20 Beers in 20 Nights
Posted by: Stonecipher
Nov. 11, 2010
Welcome to 20 Beers in 20 Nights. I love beer, I love to write and of course, I love to write about beer. So that is what I will do here at 20 Beers in 20 Nights - review 20 beers on 20 different nights.
To be clear, I will not be doing this in 20 consecutive nights, just 20 random nights over the course of the next few months. If all goes well, and I am still having fun, I will continue with a new project on the blog here, but I may end up wrapping it all up after I have done my 20 reviews.
Which 20 beers will I be reviewing? Well, since the Double or Imperial India Pale Ale (DIPA) is currently my favorite style, I will be reviewing the Top 20 most reviewed DIPAs on Beer Advocate. I am located just outside on Chicago, IL, so most of these beers will be obtainable, but I may need some help from the beer community out there with getting my hands on a couple of them. I am completely willing to make a trade, or to post a link to your site, whatever. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
For those of you too lazy to go sign up at beeradvcate.com and check out the list, here it is:
1. 90 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head
2. Stone Ruination - Stone Brewing
3. Bell's Hopslam - Bell's Brewery
4. Pliny the Elder - Russian River (Will need some help finding this one for sure)
5. Hop Wallup - Victory
6. 120 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head
7. Maharaja - Avery Brewing
8. Dreadnaught IPA - Three Floyds
9. Hercules Double IPA - Great Divide
10. Hop Stoopid - Lagunitas
11. Burton Baton - Dogfish Head
12. Double Simcoe IPA - Weyerbacher Brewing
13. Maximus - Lagunitas
14. Gordon Ale - Oskar Blues
15. Unearthly - Southern Tier
16. Founders Devil Dancer - Founders
17. YuleSmith (Summer) - AleSmith
18. Double Dog Double Pale Ale - Flying Dog
19. Hopsickle Imperial IPA - Moylan's Brewery
20. Founder's Double Trouble - Founders
So, without further ado, check out Review #1 and please comment. I would love feedback on the reviews, thoughts on beer and general beer related conversation and humor. Let's have some fun while I blow off the hundreds of things I should be doing instead!
Nov. 11, 2010
Welcome to 20 Beers in 20 Nights. I love beer, I love to write and of course, I love to write about beer. So that is what I will do here at 20 Beers in 20 Nights - review 20 beers on 20 different nights.
To be clear, I will not be doing this in 20 consecutive nights, just 20 random nights over the course of the next few months. If all goes well, and I am still having fun, I will continue with a new project on the blog here, but I may end up wrapping it all up after I have done my 20 reviews.
Which 20 beers will I be reviewing? Well, since the Double or Imperial India Pale Ale (DIPA) is currently my favorite style, I will be reviewing the Top 20 most reviewed DIPAs on Beer Advocate. I am located just outside on Chicago, IL, so most of these beers will be obtainable, but I may need some help from the beer community out there with getting my hands on a couple of them. I am completely willing to make a trade, or to post a link to your site, whatever. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
For those of you too lazy to go sign up at beeradvcate.com and check out the list, here it is:
1. 90 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head
2. Stone Ruination - Stone Brewing
3. Bell's Hopslam - Bell's Brewery
4. Pliny the Elder - Russian River (Will need some help finding this one for sure)
5. Hop Wallup - Victory
6. 120 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head
7. Maharaja - Avery Brewing
8. Dreadnaught IPA - Three Floyds
9. Hercules Double IPA - Great Divide
10. Hop Stoopid - Lagunitas
11. Burton Baton - Dogfish Head
12. Double Simcoe IPA - Weyerbacher Brewing
13. Maximus - Lagunitas
14. Gordon Ale - Oskar Blues
15. Unearthly - Southern Tier
16. Founders Devil Dancer - Founders
17. YuleSmith (Summer) - AleSmith
18. Double Dog Double Pale Ale - Flying Dog
19. Hopsickle Imperial IPA - Moylan's Brewery
20. Founder's Double Trouble - Founders
So, without further ado, check out Review #1 and please comment. I would love feedback on the reviews, thoughts on beer and general beer related conversation and humor. Let's have some fun while I blow off the hundreds of things I should be doing instead!
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