Miscounting states

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  1. Scott17Taylor

    Scott17Taylor Initiate (0) Oct 28, 2013 Iowa
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    Ok, that makes sense it's been about a day since I rated Heineken.
     
  2. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    I finally reconciled my state count. Seems that Landshark Lager (Margaritaville Brewing Co.) does not count for Florida, even though the brewer is listed under Jacksonville. (Before anyone points it out to me, I know it's brewed in St. Louis. At least that's what it says on the bottle, from what I remember.)
     
  3. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Nope. Florida is being counted for you.
     
  4. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
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    Maybe DE is the one not being counted? Have you had anything other than Dogfish Head?
     
  5. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    Yes, from Old Dominion. So my spreadsheet says 39 without FL and my BA state count is at 39 including FL. Could Spoetzl (TX) or Utah Brewers Cooperative (UT) be the source of the problem? I'm really at a loss now.
     
  6. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
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    Doesn't look like they are the source of the miscount. Any idea of which states you only have had beers from a single brewery? They are the likely suspects.
     
  7. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    Yes, but I don't remember having problems with any of them. Here's the list:

    AK - Alaskan Brewing Co.
    AL - Straight to Ale
    DC - DC Brau
    GA - SweetWater
    KY - Alltech's Lexington Brewing and Distilling
    LA - Abita
    ME - Peak Organic
    MS - Lazy Magnolia
    MT - Big Sky
    NE - Zipline
    NH - White Birch
    NJ - Flying Fish
    OK - Prairie
    VT - Long Trail

    Do Kona and/or Maui count for Hawaii? If no to both, then that's the culprit.
     
  8. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
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    None of those jump out to me - I'm pretty sure Maui counts for HI.
     
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  9. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    Thanks for the info. I'll keep working on it, even if it takes fifty beers to figure it out. :grinning:
     
  10. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    I recently rated a beer from Uinta and my BA state count increased by one. Prior to that, the only Utah beers I'd had were from Utah Brewers Cooperative. My BA count now jibes with my spreadsheet, and the universe is restored to order. (Well, except for that breach in the space-time continuum that sucked Sapporo Premium out of the Japanese Rice Lager category and into the American Pale Lager category.)
     
  11. cryptichead

    cryptichead Grand Pooh-Bah (4,857) Jul 3, 2014 Illinois
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    Yeah, the Sapporo Premium transformation jolted my my universe a little, as well. But I'm still off on my state count and it hurts so much.
     
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  12. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    Can you easily figure out from which of your states you've had beers from a single brewery? I keep my beer info in a spreadsheet, so it was pretty easy for me to narrow it down. If you can, post a list of those states and breweries and we might be able to figure it out.

    For me, the real challenge is just beginning. I need 7 more to get to 50, with these remaining: AR, AZ, CT, ND, NM, NV, RI, and WY. This is going to be one hell of a road trip.
     
  13. cryptichead

    cryptichead Grand Pooh-Bah (4,857) Jul 3, 2014 Illinois
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    You're already pretty close to ND and WY :slight_smile:

    I'm still at 28 states. But should be at 29. I had a beer from Uinta and Surly and only one of them ended up being counted. I've tried reconciling my hads with the states and every time I come out one state ahead... One day I'll figure it out, but I've already had a few attempts at it
     
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  14. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
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    The different kingdoms/countries of the UK no longer count separately.
     
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  15. cryptichead

    cryptichead Grand Pooh-Bah (4,857) Jul 3, 2014 Illinois
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    Thanks for the update! This resolves my country discrepancy. But I'm still one off on states - waiting for BA 4.0 for data breakdown, from I understand 4.0 should have some additional detail, right?
     
  16. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Yes. We do plan on rolling out extended user stats.
     
  17. Greywulfken

    Greywulfken Grand Pooh-Bah (5,815) Aug 25, 2010 New York
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    I know that sounds absurd, but the list of countries I've had beer from adds up to 27, and the number on my profile page used to agree with that, but recently the site identifies that I've had beers from 26 countries.

    I double-checked my more obscure countries to make sure their listings hadn't changed, and everything seems to check out. The only thing I can guess is that because we break the USA into States, maybe it isn't being counted as a country anymore?

    I tried some rudimentary searches before posting, but apologies if this has been addressed before.

    Thanks in advance...
     
  18. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Yes. It's counted. But as noted in this thread, the UK counts as one now vs. England, Scotland, Wales, etc.
     
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  19. Greywulfken

    Greywulfken Grand Pooh-Bah (5,815) Aug 25, 2010 New York
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    Thanks for the super-fast reply - admittedly, I never read past the page one post stating that UK countries counted separately, which I now see was rectified here on page two... Thanks again - cheers!
     
  20. mythaeus

    mythaeus Pooh-Bah (2,074) Jul 22, 2013 Pennsylvania
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    Just went to check on my beer consumed and it's showing I have 48 states completed. I went through my list of "had", clicked on every state and I had at least 1 beer from every state + DC. Not a big deal, just thought I'd point this out.

    https://www.beeradvocate.com/user/beers/?ba=mythaeus

    Thanks,
    Al
     
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