swankyswede
Well-Known Member
Personally I love BA and the work they do. I just have an issue with people who will drink something because of the rating it got on BA and not because they enjoy it. I know of people who really detest stouts but will actively seek out bottles of Dark Lord and rave about them. Weird.
Here is my favorite BA story. Through BA I traded a gentleman in California 6 Nugget Nectars for two bottles of Pliny. I threw in several homebrews with my Nugget Nectars hoping that I would get some feedback. Well about a week after I sent them out I got home from work to find a FedEx package on my front step with all of my homebrews in it. Included was a note that said, "I don't drink home made stuff."
Ah......snobbery at its finest.
I use BA the same way I use Yelp: someone tells me about a beer, I check out a bunch of reviews - both good and bad - and then I try the beer for myself. If anything, BA has served its purpose just by getting people to talk about beer. Yes, beer snobs abound over there, but that's because it's a site that attracts people who think they know a lot about beer. Maybe I'm biased, but the people here at HBT are a bit more qualified because we know what goes into the bottle beyond what you can learn on the brewery tour.