Plea to beer reviewers

Talk Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by ballardbrewer, Jul 16, 2012.

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  1. ballardbrewer

    ballardbrewer Initiate (0) Feb 21, 2009 Indiana

    Please, please, please try and put the vintage or age info in your beer reviews if it would be applicable. If it is some IPA I wouldn't expect it but if it is something like Bigfoot why would you not include the year of the bottle.

    I am sure there has got to be other people who check on reviews to see how beers they have are aging. Or maybe it is just me. I notice that more people put what type of glass they drank it out. I could care less about the glass, give me the age info. I think this is probably one of my biggest BA pet peeves.
     
    #1 ballardbrewer, Jul 16, 2012
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  2. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    Illl keep on trucking the way I do. (I review like you asked already)

    Cheers!
     
    #2 FosterJM, Jul 16, 2012
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  3. BearsOnAcid

    BearsOnAcid Pooh-Bah (2,239) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts
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    If someone doesn't write the date I just assume the review date is the same as the vintage. But I'm not checking Bigfoot reviews either.
     
    #3 BearsOnAcid, Jul 16, 2012
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  4. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    Why wouldn't it be applicable to all beer reviews, not just cellared ones but especially for those where freshness is considered important by most drinkers? I'd rather know that that the type of glassware used or which trader partner bought the beer originally.
     
    #4 jesskidden, Jul 16, 2012
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  5. otispdriftwood

    otispdriftwood Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2011 Colorado

    A reasonable request, I believe. But to some the glass is as important as the vintage. I presume the age info the OP is requesting is the freshness dating. My plea to beer reviewers is to review to style [and yes, I know this is a plea that has been issued before] not to whether the beer was your personal favorite.
     
    #5 otispdriftwood, Jul 16, 2012
  6. VncentLIFE

    VncentLIFE Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2011 North Carolina

    Well since I never have vintage beers due to lack of a cellar and/or money to buy aged beers, may not be a problem. Now I didnt put that i reviewed a 2012 Dark Lord. Just reviewed away. I assume no date is fresh, unless the flavors in the words of the reviews are wayyyyyy off.
     
    #6 VncentLIFE, Jul 16, 2012
  7. Dope

    Dope Pooh-Bah (2,925) Oct 5, 2010 Massachusetts
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    I've tried to do this myself. I do it for everything. I think it's even more important for IPAs and such. Someone reviewing a year-old Pliny is not going to think it's nearly as nice as a fresh one.

    Dope
     
    #7 Dope, Jul 16, 2012
  8. jmarsh123

    jmarsh123 Initiate (0) Mar 31, 2010 Indiana
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    I generally do this if I am reviewing a vintage. If I'm reviewing a fresh beer then I usually don't mention it. I assume many others do this as well.
     
    #8 jmarsh123, Jul 16, 2012
  9. ShogoKawada

    ShogoKawada Initiate (0) May 31, 2009 Pennsylvania

    NEVER!!!!!!!
     
    #9 ShogoKawada, Jul 16, 2012
  10. cocoapuph

    cocoapuph Pundit (793) Mar 4, 2011 California

    Maybe this feature can be added to the new integrated site? Bottle date or vintage. I would def use it if it was there while filling out the review form.
     
    #10 cocoapuph, Jul 16, 2012
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  11. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    I will do this for beers where I can easily determine dates, but I am not going to go out of my way to decipher special bottle codes or whatnot just to include a date in my reviews.
     
    #11 UCLABrewN84, Jul 17, 2012
  12. dvelcich

    dvelcich Zealot (646) Feb 6, 2008 Illinois
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    Some other things I like to see are bottle size and cost. If you had to trade for it, state that, or maybe even what you traded for it.
     
    #12 dvelcich, Jul 17, 2012
  13. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
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    I would think bottle size is only appropriate for beers that come in multiple form factors (12 oz bottle, bomber, 750 ml, 12 oz can, 24 oz can) and I'm not really sure that I care that much about that... As for price, there is no way that I am going to keep track of what I pay for each and every beer when I might not review them for weeks/months/years later - I don't really care how much someone paid for it.
     
    #13 dbrauneis, Jul 18, 2012
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