Early in my journey to beer snobbery, I wanted to make sense of the styles and flavours by graphing them. It was originally a poster layout, but static data is redundant by definition...
beers
What was it in?
Cans
Bottles
What type of beer?
Ales
Lagers
Other
What type of IPA?
Core
Hazy
West
Black
breweries
Most reviewed breweries
Shortest beer name
Longest beer name
Rating rationale*
Amazing. You have a sip and by reflex look at the glass in awe. The very best of their style.
Great. One that you go back for straight away, or start looking for places to buy more.
Good. I'd be happy to drink another one, but wouldn't go out of my way for it.
OK, but I'd only have another if there was nothing else available.
Bad. I didn't tip it out, but I'd never drink one again. Anything else would be preferable.
Yuck. This is the simplest, a beer so bad I tipped it out rather than finish it.
Distribution
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*Rating beers is very personal and subjective. There are some hops and styles I struggle with but other people love (looking at you fruited sours!) Those we don't have to agree on and I'll say the review is my preference. Some beers are badly made and that isn't subjective. If it's flat, has hop burn, fizz from secondary fermentation or floaties I'm going to call it out.
My reviews look harsher than they are. I'm a bell curve kind of guy, three stars is where I expect most professional beers to be. Drinkable and well made. I do sometimes round up for small indies...
