Year 2012 in Drinks – Quarter 1 Preview
As some of you know, Adam and I are taking on a personal project to record all of the alcoholic drinks we have this year. My initial reasoning was that collecting this kind of data would help us curb our drinking (the usual “Drink less this year” resolution) – I was thinking the observer effect could cause us to change our behavior. It’s only been a few months so far, so I’m not sure if it’s working or whether it’s just making us drink a greater variety of beers. Hopefully we’ll see.
Currently the reporting side of this is in progress, but thought I’d throw in an update anyway. Here’s a preview of our working notes.
Year 2012, Quarter 1
From January 1st, 2012 to March 31st, 2012
| Crystal
Total Number of Drinks Consumed: 151 Top 10 Breweries:
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Adam
Total Number of Drinks Consumed: 201 Top 10 Breweries:
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Both of Us
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We primary drink beer. Adam didn’t have a single glass of wine this quarter (I had 11). There was a scattering of whiskey and soju and the like, but not much of it. Beer’s our go-to.
It raises a few questions for us: Where’s our beer coming from? How local do we drink? This year, thanks to the revival of Washington DC brewing, we’ve been drinking a lot of DC Brau and Chocolate City. It’s available everywhere we hang out.
Breweries (mapped quickly in Google Fusion Tables):
Here’s a zoom into the United States:
Drinking plenty of local(ish) beers!
Also interesting: The United States recommended maximum intake of alcoholic beverages is about 1 drink/day for women and 2 drinks/day for men, and according to Wikipedia that differs between countries. Among the countries that have a higher recommended maximum than the U.S.: Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and the U.K., Denmark, Ireland.
That’s it for now. More data and observations to follow in a later post.
I don’t typically read entire blog entries when I skim through wordpress, but I have to say that I am really intrigued by this endeavor, and your love for mapping information. I once recorded everything I consumed for 1 week. It was pretty shocking.
Geographic Designer
19 Apr 12 at 10:29 am
Thank you for your comment! Tracking everything consumed must have given you a lot to think about. I like to take on similar projects – when I was taking a class about the politics of consumption I cut all non-essential expenses for a month. It’s eye-opening to see how much you spend, eat, drink, etc. Did you ever write or post about your experience? I’d be curious to hear/read more about it.
My inspiration for this project is Nicholas Felton’s Annual Reports about his life: http://feltron.com/
We’re working on making this more visual, so I hope you continue to follow along!
Crystal Bae
19 Apr 12 at 10:36 am
I think this is one of the coolest and most amazing projects I have ever seen. I’m so excited to see what the final graphics look like – it’s going to be super impressive.
Peety Draws
24 Apr 12 at 8:48 am
Thanks! It’s taking longer than we thought to work on the visuals… but thought I’d give an update at this point. Glad you like it!
Crystal Bae
24 Apr 12 at 8:57 am
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