Re-Adjusting Old Beer Scores

the verbal descriptors have changed so you might have reviewed some of these the same, but the numerical values are surprising to you now. Plus, some review categories were completely deleted such as drinkability.

 

Going back to re-rate beers is a good idea, sometimes you like something way more than your original review

 

what magic is gone from Heady Topper? The best DIPA out there IMHO, if any out there are close, they have come close to copying it. You haven't even been on BA for a year and you are re-evaluating your reviews from way back this year?

 

I have adjusted several. Especially IPAs and other pale ales I had a few years ago. I have come to enjoy/appreciate them a lot more recently. I found many others were rated to high after trying other examples within a style as well.

One thing I need to do is make a note in the reviews of a few beers that I find entirely different with some age, like Bell's Expedition and Founder's Old Curmudgeon.

 

Replacing the 'drinkability' tab with 'overall' really screwed up the reviews. Some of my old reviews now have a 4.5 overall (was originally ranked as drinkability) for a beer that I gave 3.5's for every other catagory.

 

I do this all the time. But when I do I usually re-evaluate by comparing rating I gave other beers, and I will ask myself, was X beer really better than Y beer? Then I adjust my ratings accordingly.

 

If I graded a beer and then felt very different after having it again, I'll go back and adjust it. But in that case I'm doing a formal review because I want to know why the second time why I'm giving that score.

 

I've definitely readjusted a few, especially with the new addition of being able to input precise scores. I tend to review high, and it was even higher in the past.

 

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This.

 

I'll take that non-magical Heady Topper off your hands



.... I can see if you had endless supply then maybe it gets boring at some point and I'm not doubting there are some DIPAs that are 5s too (there can be more then one), but I still would love to be able choose it anytime I wanted a DIPA

 

A review is based on how you liked that beer, that day, under those conditions. I've had plenty of beers, that when had another time, I thought were better or worse than the review I gave it. But changing the score on a beer from years ago, isn't an honest reflection on the beer, then, or now.

 

I always revisit my previous rating when trying something for a 2nd or 3rd time or after not having it for a year or more. Now that you can rate to the 1/100 decimal point, it's fun to amend reviews with more accuracy. Slowly but surely working my way through old ratings as I reexamine past favorites

 

I get what you're saying but that's why many BAs keep a journal or separate log with notes from specific tastings. Personally, I use BA more as a way to track everything I've had

EDIT- not to downplay the joy I get from interacting with all you beautiful people and the wealth of information I get from the site as well!

 

I knocked my Backwoods rating down a bit after having Wulver. It was kind of a Sophie's choice.

 

Three beers come to mind that I have significantly adjusted my rating upward:

Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale (hated it at first, came around by the third beer of the six-pack)
North Coast Brother Thelonius (not sure why, but the first one I thought was very uncomplex, found it much more interesting on the second try)
The Bruery Oude Tart (my first real sour; didn't "get it" at first but LOVE it now and totally adore sours. I think it's about time for my next sour fix as a matter of fact...it's been almost 48 hours!!!)

 

I do this as well. I actually enjoy re-reading my own reviews (narcissist?) and seeing if I get the same smells, flavors, etc. I usually note in the review that I have done separate reviews and note the differences (because truthfully, who else is reading it), and indicate if I rated it up or down.

I also used to rate low for the site averages (lots of negative rDev), and over the years I can feel better saying this beer attribute is a 5 (or close to it) compared to other beers, because I now feel I've had a large sample size. I need to adjust those ratings where I was hesitant to start too high and have nowhere to go but down.

 

I stand corrected and you have certainly evolved in that time. I prefer to re-review places rather then beers. Sometimes I haven't been back for seven or eight years, what good is that review, though the best places never change.