Saturday, 31 December 2022

Beer Goals 2022 - Result

My beer goals for 2022 were as follows (with inline comments):
  • Get from 198 to 202 Ratebeer countries       [Goal achieved 2022-12-31]
    • ✅ Again, thanks to two trades managed to get to exactly 202. Climbed up the list from joint 10th to 9th.
  • Get from 296 to 308 Ratebeer regions       [Goal achieved 2022-09-24]
    • ✅ Managed to get to 311 regions, so 15 new ones.
  • Rate a beer from the last missing style
    • ❌ No luck this year either.
  • Reduce styles I have tried less than 5 beers from 7 to 4       [Goal achieved 2022-07-23]
    • ✅ Managed to get 3 new styles to 5.
  • Reduce styles I have tried less than 10 beers from 26 to 18      [Current status: 22]
    • ❌ Only managed to get 4 new styles to 10.
  • Get from 1514 to 1575 breweries      [Goal achieved 2022-07-20]
    •  ✅ Did much better than expected, reached 1641 breweries. Tried 127 new breweries this year, compared to 72 last year. Helped by more travelling compared to 2021.
  • Get from 859 to 1050 Swiss ratings        [Goal achieved 2022-09-24]
    • ✅ Did much better and ended the year on 1126, so 267 new ones.
  • Get from 261 to 300 Swiss breweries      [Goal achieved 2022-09-10]
    • ✅ Did pretty well, reached 309 Swiss breweries, so 48 new ones this year.
Some Swiss regions related goals:
  • Rate a beer from the last missing canton (Appenzell Ausserrhoden)      [Goal achieved 2022-03-04]
    • ✅ Visited the only brewery in the canton and tried both their beers on tap.
  • Reduce cantons I have tried less than 10 beers from 9 to 2      [Current status: 4]
    • ❌ This was harder than expected, only managed to get 5 more cantons to 10 beers.
  • Increase cantons I am in the top-8 raters of beers from 16 to 24      [Goal achieved 2022-12-19]
    • ✅ Managed to reach this goal and retain it, and at exactly 24/26 cantons in the top-8 raters of beers.
  • Increase cantons I am in the top-4 raters of breweries from 20 to 24      [Goal achieved 2022-03-18]
    • ✅ Managed to reach this goal and retain it, and at exactly 24/26 cantons in the top-4 raters of breweries.
  • Get from 176 to 200 Fribourg ratings       [Goal achieved 2022-08-27]
    • ✅ Helped by the return of the Fribourg Beer Festival, reached 211 Fribourg ratings, so 35 new ones.
Pretty happy with reaching 10 out of 13 of my 2022 goals!

Also, here’s the breakdown per canton:

CountCanton
38St. Gallen
35Fribourg
34Bern
23Basel-Landschaft
22Zürich
20Appenzell Innerrhoden
13Basel-Stadt
13Solothurn
11Ticino
10Schwyz
10Vaud
8Jura
6Thurgau
6Valais
5Glarus
5Graubünden
2Appenzell Ausserrhoden
2Nidwalden
2Schaffhausen
2Zug
0Aargau
0Genève
0Luzern
0Neuchâtel
0Obwalden
0Uri

Six cantons I didn’t try any beers from in 2022...

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