My Barrel (bucket) List...

Was thinking about what I really want to do, related to brewing, beer, etc. so thought I would put together a barrel list...

1. Tour Belgium a few times, skip the commercial breweries and head toward the few real monastic breweries. Bonus: spend a week helping.
2. Attend Octoberfest. Been to Munich, just never at the right time.
3. Brew with a "Real Ale" brewer in Sheffield England. I have a really good shot at this one. Prime a pin or three.
4. Start my own brewery, maybe a retirement hobby. Yeah I know everyone wants to do this.
5. Win "Best of Show" at an AHA sanctioned competition.
6. Meet and have a beer drink with:
   1. Vinnie and Natalie Cilurzo
   2. Jamil Zainasheff
   3. John Palmer
   4. Stan Hieronymous
   5. Ken Grossman
   6. Aaron Franklin - BBQ master extraordinaire, but a huge beer fan!
   7. Peter Jackson and Christopher Tolkien - seriously
   8. ... this list will grow of course...
7. Brew styles that are out of my comfort range
   1. Pilsener
   2. Dunkleweisen
   3. "Proper" Belgian Strong Dark and Golden
   4. Steam Beer / Cali Common
   5. Bocks/Helles
   6. True "Real Ale" in a pin on a proper beer engine. No sparkler.
   7. Crush my own apples and make real cider
   8. A proper, period representative Mead
   9. Get a barrel or three - start a wild yeast beer series (props to Michael Tonsmeire)
8. Build a decent scale cold room for lagering and aging

So some of this is quite possible, others probably not. It's good to dream though - yeah?