We have been visiting breweries for 6 months straight now which puts us at the halfway point! We have been to a total of 274 breweries across 30 states which means that we should be able to easily visit at least 500 total breweries across all 48 contiguous US states by the end of the year…

Below you will find our total stats for the months of

January + February + March + April + May + June:

Unique brews responsibly tasted: 2,532 (+576 from last month)

Breweries visited: 274 total: 187 official & 87 bonus (+65)

States visited: 30 & DC (+4) – Border Photos



[Deep Ellum Bar in Boston, MA]

Starting mileage: 75,416

Ending mileage: 91,766

Total miles driven: 16,350 (+2,668)

Highest price paid for gas: $3.83 (OH)

Lowest price paid for gas: $3.23 (AR)



[Rhode Island Pride]

Nights stayed in a hotel: 12 (+3)

Nights slept in Van: 18 (+4)

Nights camped: 10 (+1)

* All other nights stayed on someone’s couch/ bed/ floor



[Our new Hop Hats, which you can purchase here!]

Rounds of disc golf played: 1 (+0)

Number of times we have gone back home to Dallas, TX: 1 (+0)

Times either of us have shaved or got a haircut: 2 haircuts each (+0); no shave

CD’s acquired: 6 (+1)

Times asked if brothers/ twins: 58 (+12)

Items left behind: 6 (2 shampoo + 2 soap left in bathrooms, 1 towel, 1 pair of socks flew out the window) (+0)

Times there was a snow/ ice storm: 5 (Atlanta, GA; Greensboro, NC; DC; Milton, DE; Granby, CT) (+0)



[Plymouth Rock]

Money stolen by broken parking meters: 8 quarters, 1 nickel ($2.05) (+$0.25)

Times pulled over then let go: 1 (+0)

Parking tickets acquired: 1 – Providence, RI because there is apparently no overnight parking anywhere in that city (+1)

Unfortunate mishaps with Homer the minivan: 3 (Mirror clipped in Lancaster, PA; driver-side spray painted in Pittsburgh, PA; Nail in tire in Dallas, TX) (+0)



[Niagara Falls]

Hits on website: 90,797 (+8,432)

Facebook Likes: 1,780 (+96)

Twitter followers: 1,431 (+159)

Instagram followers: 710 (+149)

Untapped friends: 266 (+17)

And here are all the friends we stayed with during the month of June!



[Jaime in Davenport, IA]



[Joe & Cheyenne in Champaign, IL]



[Audrey in Indianapolis, IN]



[Tara & Ryan in Indianapolis, IN]



[Our friends from Dallas, Eppa and Maggie, and our new friend Alex in Cincinnati, OH]



[Clayton in Dayton, OH]



[Bret in Columbus, OH – Michael’s brother-in-law’s nephew]



[Jonathan in Jamestown, NY]



[Jessica, Phil, and Krystle near Buffalo, NY]

–Picture coming soon–

[Grace & Samii in Syracuse, NY]



[Belinda in Greenfield, MA]



[Polina in Providence, RI]



[August & Vanessa in Providence, RI]