Do you add new beers to BA?

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  1. socon67

    socon67 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,895) Jun 18, 2010 New York
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    Just got back from a trip to Baltimore with some friends where we do our annual baseball & beer trip. I noticed that I'm adding more beers to the BA database than I recall, and that anything I'm adding has long been added on Untapped.

    So it got me thinking; do people tend to add new beers when they find they are not listed? And, is what I'm seeing more of an issue of so many new craft options coming to market, less people tracking what they drink on BA, an anomaly based on drinking more limited release beers?
     
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  2. Junior

    Junior Pooh-Bah (1,883) May 23, 2015 Michigan
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    If I have a new beer and it isn't listed here, I add it.
     
  3. basaywhat

    basaywhat Grand Pooh-Bah (3,021) May 20, 2013 Illinois
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    I always add it if I find it is not listed.
     
  4. tone77

    tone77 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,359) May 20, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    On those rare cases when a beer is not on here, I will add it.
     
  5. Sweatshirt

    Sweatshirt Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2014 New Hampshire

  6. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    I always add a new beer if its not listed.
     
  7. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    I don't look up beers on BA before or after ordering, so I don't have a clue if it is listed or not. However, I do add and rate the beers that I drank at a new brewery when I add the brewery to the database just to fully complete the Places addition.
     
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  8. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    Beers (and places) ain't gonna add themselves.
     
  9. AllOfTheCats

    AllOfTheCats Pundit (850) Mar 27, 2018 Wisconsin
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    Not here, but always on Untappd, because I usually rate on there real-time when I'm out at the brewery or drinking a beer at home. I usually rate on this site after-the-fact to check off the top 250.
     
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  10. Jaycase

    Jaycase Grand Pooh-Bah (3,858) Jan 13, 2007 Illinois
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    Looking at my stats, I've added 70 beers. So, yes, I've added some but probably fewer than a lot of other BAs. They all help though.
     
  11. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    I add them all the time, and upload pictures too.
     
  12. HorseheadsHophead

    HorseheadsHophead Grand Pooh-Bah (3,732) Sep 15, 2014 Colorado
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    Yes, I've added quite a few, especially from local breweries.
     
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  13. neenerzig

    neenerzig Pooh-Bah (2,885) Feb 15, 2006 Ohio
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    Yes indeed, especially beers from my local breweries in Cleveland.

    Eric
     
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  14. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    I live in an area with a bunch of breweries. There is always a "new" beer on tap somewhere. I don't add all of those beers, but will if I'm doing a review, and the beer hasn't been added here.

    Shrug .
     
  15. socon67

    socon67 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,895) Jun 18, 2010 New York
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    And I'm wondering if this more common. Folks who use Untappd to track what they drink and BA for the other resources. I'm noticing I'm adding beers more frequently than in previous years.
     
  16. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
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    I think also with the much larger number of breweries and the constantly rotating one-off brews, there are also a lot more beers being produced and thus needing to be added.
     
  17. LifesAnesthesia

    LifesAnesthesia Pooh-Bah (1,602) Dec 17, 2014 Virginia
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    Yeah, if it's not listed, I add it. Why not?
     
  18. tobelerone

    tobelerone Grand Pooh-Bah (4,220) Dec 1, 2010 New Jersey
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    Yes, 175 so far. Probably should be more like 200 but I've been a little more lax in recent years.
     
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  19. Harrison8

    Harrison8 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,285) Dec 6, 2015 Missouri
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    I've noticed some of the beers I've added over the years still only have a review from me, despite multiple releases, mean while the same beer on Untappd has a few dozen to several hundred check-ins. I think that's telling of the BA user database vs. Untappd and would explain why so many beers get added to Untappd before they get added here.

    Otherwise, I think @dbrauneis hit the nail on the head. We're up to 7k breweries in the USA, and as @JackHorzempa (I think) pointed out the other day - Tired Hands has upwards of 400 beers listed on this site. Not all breweries are producing that much 'variety', but it certainly adds to the madness of having every beer produced within the BA database when there are thousands of breweries producing one-offs and collaborations.
     
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  20. cbcrunch

    cbcrunch Grand Pooh-Bah (4,783) Jan 21, 2012 Wyoming
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    I'm adding beers and places all the time. Usually I take pictures to remind and remember.
    So far over 300 beers added.
     
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