Heady Topper #1 on BA

Talk Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by joeebbs, Jan 8, 2013.

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  1. youbrewidrink

    youbrewidrink Initiate (0) Apr 9, 2009 Vermont
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    WTF, you mean that I am not on Rate Beer.

    Way to go Mr Kimmich!!!!!!
     
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  2. benjaminahudson

    benjaminahudson Initiate (0) Sep 29, 2012 North Carolina

    I was surprised to see you have 75 hads with 51 of them being reviews.
     
  3. beerjerk666

    beerjerk666 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,081) Aug 22, 2010 Florida
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    Shit, I better go today! :wink:
     
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  4. Scalzo

    Scalzo Zealot (654) Feb 27, 2012 Illinois
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    ZOMBIE DUST HAS MOVED UP TO #7
     
  5. afrokaze

    afrokaze Pooh-Bah (1,933) Jun 12, 2009 Oregon
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    Funny you mention that, I accidentally deleted a bunch of them a while ago. I was trying to use them to track my tasting notes for a while but it was easier to just use Untappd. I write reviews pretty sparingly but I don't care about how it affects the score, I like reading reviews. FWIW I don't like the new combined scores, the full reviews should have .25 increments now so there's parity between reviews and hads :grinning:
     
  6. celfan

    celfan Savant (1,048) Jul 4, 2004 Vermont
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    I'm surprised that people actually waste their time counting how many of their local beers are in the list

    Vermont has 9 beers in the top 51
     
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  7. jacksback

    jacksback Initiate (0) Jul 20, 2011 Massachusetts

    nothing suprises me anymore.
     
  8. MusicaleMike

    MusicaleMike Savant (1,220) Mar 17, 2008 Pennsylvania

    Anyone else just go through all their Hads and delete them? I used that just for thoughtless tracking, and I am assuming that I wasn't the only one....those Top Beers now mean less than they ever did before.
     
  9. FEUO

    FEUO Initiate (0) Jul 24, 2012 Canada (ON)

    No life matters.
     
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  10. BigCheese

    BigCheese Initiate (0) Jul 4, 2009 Massachusetts

    The rankings are only a small part of BA. Its not a "beer ranking website", rather its a forum for discussions regarding all things beer related while also allowing users to review, rate, and track beers. They also include rankings and lists based on review scores. There's a lot to BA besides Top Beers List.
     
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  11. JulianC

    JulianC Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2012 Illinois

    Great beer, but no way #7... geez really guys?
     
  12. BeerThursdays

    BeerThursdays Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2010 Delaware
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    I just went through and dropped a bunch of my 5 hads down a bit. Knowing now that hads effect the overall score of the beer, I can't see giving something like Heady or Zombie Dust a 5. Great beers, but are they on the same level as Rare and Younger? Not IMHO.
     
  13. xnicknj

    xnicknj Initiate (0) May 25, 2009 Pennsylvania

    my hads have been a mess since they were initially integrated with only whole number scores. i ended up giving a bunch of things 5s instead of 4s bc that was the only option, but now i really need to go through and change them bc everything has been lumped together.
     
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  14. ShogoKawada

    ShogoKawada Initiate (0) May 31, 2009 Pennsylvania

    Heady Ain't No Alpine.
     
  15. Scalzo

    Scalzo Zealot (654) Feb 27, 2012 Illinois
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    Agreed, and im a huge fan of the beer. I buy at least a case every month.

    There has to be more than 6 beers that deserve to be rated higher than Zombie lol
     
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  16. mixed_master7

    mixed_master7 Initiate (0) May 16, 2012 Florida

    The way I see it, is if any brewery were to brew a beer that they didn't want the consumer to drink until years down the line...They would just hold onto it with their own aging program until they felt it was satisfactory enough. Don't get me wrong, Westy I'm sure is good fresh as well, and improves over time(never sought after it), but to compare your example of old Heady in which a majority of people here would have enough sense not to tick it, and obviously The Alchemist wouldn't sell old heady, seems to be a bit of an unfair comparison...

    ...But I totally understand what you're trying to say.
     
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  17. SawDog505

    SawDog505 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,666) Apr 9, 2010 New Hampshire
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    Only a blind man or woman could give Heady a perfect score. Amazing beer, but not perfect to look at.
     
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  18. kscaldef

    kscaldef Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2010 Oregon

    Even ignoring the price & rarity, if I had unlimited supplies of those beers, I'd drink a lot more HT and ZD than Rare. So, I'm personally comfortable with them being more highly rated.
     
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  19. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,254) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    "Drink from the can." :wink:
     
  20. EyePeeAyBryan

    EyePeeAyBryan Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2011 Arizona
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    I think my quick rating of my "hads" is still an accurate rating of what I think overall of the beer...but I do also agree now that it means less. I'm still not going to let someone tell me what the world's best beer is, that's all a personal preference anyways (as we all know).

    When I see a beer on the shelf that I've never had or seen, the first thing I do is bust out my cell phone and check BA. I go through and read the actual reviews to see what people are writing but the score is generally a good guideline.
     
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