31 Jul 2012
Bailey’s By the Numbers
Over the course of the past five years, we’ve gone through precisely “one helluva lotta” beer. How much exactly is that? Let’s let the numbers tell the story:
Total Number of Kegs: 3,234
Total Number of Kegs (First 17 Months): 453
Total Number of Kegs (Last 7 Months): 663
The Most Kegs We’ve Gone Through in One Month: 125 (July 2012)
The Least Kegs We’ve Gone Through in One Month: 5 (August 2007)
Favorite Brewery: Cascade (121 Kegs)
Runners-Up: Lompoc (93), Oakshire (79), Hopworks & Lagunitas (74), Double Mountain (71), Fort George (65), Ninkasi (64)
(Notice that aside from Lagunitas, these are all Oregon breweries)
Number of states we’ve tapped beer from: 17
(Oregon, California, Alaska, Maine, Colorado, Montana, Washington, Missouri, New York, Delaware, Utah, Idaho, Maryland, Illinois, Michigan, Hawaii, Pennsylvania)
Total IPAs: 539
Total Imperial IPAs: 319
Total Stouts: 138
Total Imperial Stouts: 123
Total Barleywines: 74
Least Represented Styles: Braggot (3), Oyster Stout (3), Small Beer (3), Weizenbock/Doppelweizen (2 each), Wheatwine (2), Malt Liquor (2), Gratzer (2), and Eisbock (1)
The Longest We’ve Ever Had a Beer on Tap: Pike Old Bawdy (76 days)
The Shortest We’ve Ever Had a Beer on Tap: Russian River Pliny the Younger (28 minutes) (1/6th bbl), Gigantic/Three Floyds Axes of Evil (7 hours) (firkin), and Hopworks IPX (8 hours) (1/2 bbl)
About how many beers do us poor bartenders pour on an average night in 2012: Over 450
About how many beers did us poor bartenders (or actually, just Geoff) pour on an average night in 2007: Over 100
How many kegs kicked on an average night in 2007? 1
How many kegs kick on an average night in 2012? 4.5
What was our slowest month sales-wise? August 2007
What was our busiest month sales-wise? July 2012

Great numbers. Who the hell did all the counting?
Paul
August 10th, 2012 at 9:47 ampermalink