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re: Who here has been to World of Beer?
Posted on 10/16/14 at 12:19 pm to mouton
Posted on 10/16/14 at 12:19 pm to mouton
I think you should find plenty of good beers to drink there. Try to figure out what styles you like and then start experimenting.
I would disagree with what a lot of people are saying about the ratings sites. I would start with beers that get good reviews when trying a new style. The ratings aren't always accurate, but if a beer has 1000 reveiews and rates a 92, then it is probably a good beer for that style. This helps you avoid a scenario where you taste a beer and decide that the style is not for you, when, in fact, you just tried a poor example of that style.
The problem that some on this board (including me) have with places with so many taps is that they go for quanitity over quality, and, because they have so many taps, the beers aren't as fresh as they could be.
For me, the sweet spot on number of taps is about 15 - 25 rotating. Enough that you can have a good variety, but not so many that you get kegs hanging around for months.
I would disagree with what a lot of people are saying about the ratings sites. I would start with beers that get good reviews when trying a new style. The ratings aren't always accurate, but if a beer has 1000 reveiews and rates a 92, then it is probably a good beer for that style. This helps you avoid a scenario where you taste a beer and decide that the style is not for you, when, in fact, you just tried a poor example of that style.
The problem that some on this board (including me) have with places with so many taps is that they go for quanitity over quality, and, because they have so many taps, the beers aren't as fresh as they could be.
For me, the sweet spot on number of taps is about 15 - 25 rotating. Enough that you can have a good variety, but not so many that you get kegs hanging around for months.
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 12:50 pm to Jax-Tiger
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I would disagree with what a lot of people are saying about the ratings sites. I would start with beers that get good reviews when trying a new style. The ratings aren't always accurate, but if a beer has 1000 reveiews and rates a 92, then it is probably a good beer for that style.
This is true. Definitely use the sites. Absolutely. I guess I just meant.. if you look something up, and you see 76%, you think "well 76% is still pretty high". But on those sites, it's rare to find anything lower than 70%.. at least with most anything I've ever looked up personally. So you're dealing with a window of 70%-100% rather than 0%-100% a lot of times.
Abita Amber has a 79%; Jockamo has 76% (out of 1450 votes). But poor OP would likely hate IPAs if he tried Jockamo as a representation of the style.
I use the rating sites when in the store, but I rarely go ahead with anything below the 80s. That's just me personally.
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