Beer nerds

[BreezyBrew]

Most aren't even that into beer.

Losers

 

[camilagss]

I'm on untappd for the badges.

*no, but seriously*

I don't think that spending 30 seconds checking-in to a beer on untappd and then leaving the phone alone to enjoy the friends and the beer itself constitutes being a "beer nerd", a "know it all".

Moderation is key I believe.

 

[BigJack]

Then we have the untappd and ratebeer folks. People who order a flight and immediately get out their phone or notebook. To each their own, but when I go to a bar I'd like to drink a ****ing beer, not work on a homework assignment. I've never written a beer review in my life or picked a beer because it got good reviews from some random stranger on the internet. In fact, I find the entire beer review thing to be inherently flawed. Heavier styles will almost always receive higher ratings. Some of you might be saying "I use untappd to keep track for myself!" Ha, I doubt that's the only reason, but fine. Others might be saying "Well I get enjoyment out of it" and think I'm a dick and need to lighten up. Fair enough. I just felt like getting this off my chest. I am very nice to my customers but it can be tough bartending so many hours. Sometimes I do it for 12 hours straight.

If you take beer too seriously, it would seem to me that it gets less fun. I can certainly tell you that it gets less fun for the people around you.

I'm one of those guys. I use untapped. In the past, I used to keep a beer review blog. (I'm lazy and untapped is fun and simple- so I've migrated there.)

If you aren't aware, untapped has a check-in feature. Every time I post about a beer, the bar I'm drinking in gets free publicity. In fact, I use that location function to see what other customers at that bar enjoyed. It helps me choose where to drink and what to try.

Look, I don't hold it against you if you aren't into beer reviewing. That's fine with me. I get that the vast majority of drinkers- even the majority of serious beer lovers- aren't into beer blogging. Enjoy beer you way. I won't say a word about it.

Just let me enjoy beer my way without complaining about guys like me. Part of the reason we do it is to let others know where to find the good beer. In other words, we're trying to help you make more money.

 

[BigJack]

Not really.

Most of my customers are nice, normal people. Most aren't even that into beer.

So people who post their beer choices aren't normal?

Do you realize what an ****** that makes you sound like????!!!!!

 

[rexbanner]

I get that the vast majority of drinkers- even the majority of serious beer lovers- aren't into beer blogging.

So people who post their beer choices aren't normal?

Do you realize what an ****** that makes you sound like????!!!!!

Contradicted yourself a bit there

You are right, though.

 

[BigJack]

Contradicted yourself a bit there

You are right, though.

Being in the minority isn't the same as being abnormal.

 

[CrystalShip]

I have talked to many brewery owners/brewers who are not big fans of ratebeer. It seems coincidental that the ones that don't like it are the ones who have mediocre ratings. Beeradvocate magazine did a great article a couple months back about brewers needing to grow thicker skin when it comes to less flattering reviews. With the explosive growth of craft breweries, these ratings websites are going to make or break many businesses.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Being in the minority isn't the same as being abnormal.

I'll 2nd that!

 

[rexbanner]

With the explosive growth of craft breweries, these ratings websites are going to make or break many businesses.

Actually, not really.

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/devils-backbone-vienna-lager/95540/

Number one selling beer in my state last summer, over BMC.

It's a very nice beer, but being a nice, easy-drinking lager the beer snob crowd will never give it a lot of love. But still, it sells like crazy.

From the outside looking in, it might seem like internet beer reviewers have a lot of power, but most people do not look up beers on the internet when buying them. If ratebeer really carried so much power, no one would make session ales, and everything would be an imperial barrel-aged whatever.

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

Yeah ratebeer and such are fine sites but they don't affect sales negatively too much JMO. Lots of other things do.

 

[CrystalShip]

Actually, not really.

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/devils-backbone-vienna-lager/95540/

Number one selling beer in my state last summer, over BMC.

It's a very nice beer, but being a nice, easy-drinking lager the beer snob crowd will never give it a lot of love. But still, it sells like crazy.

From the outside looking in, it might seem like internet beer reviewers have a lot of power, but most people do not look up beers on the internet when buying them. If ratebeer really carried so much power, no one would make session ales, and everything would be an imperial barrel-aged whatever.

I wasn't talking about sales of individual beers as much as an entire company. I know that when I am out of town and want to grab a beer, I use the ratebeer places app to find a local brewery to visit. If there is more than one, guess which one I go and spend money at?

 

[rexbanner]

I wasn't talking about sales of individual beers as much as an entire company. I know that when I am out of town and want to grab a beer, I use the ratebeer places app to find a local brewery to visit. If there is more than one, guess which one I go and spend money at?

The one with the lower rating?

 

[BigJack]

Yeah ratebeer and such are fine sites but they don't affect sales negatively too much JMO. Lots of other things do.

I agree with you. Granted, there are some jackwagons on the review sites and UnTapped who seem determined to find flaws in every beer they drink That said, most reviewers I come across seem to treat a beer as innocent until proven guilty. If a certain beer, brewery, or beer bar gets a ton of bad reviews, there is probably a reason for it.

 

[CrystalShip]

The one with the lower rating?

Not likely.


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[CrystalShip]

. If a certain beer, brewery, or beer bar gets a ton of bad reviews, there is probably a reason for it.

Agreed, and if a certain brewery consistently gets mediocre reviews...they are probably a mediocre brewery.


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