My $0.02 On Adding a Beer on This Site

I've added a few beers to the site and never saw the prompt for adding the commercial description. Where does that pop up in the process?

 

Avoiding duplication is key. Before adding a beer, I bring up the place page for the brewery, click on all so it includes discontinued beers. Then I check the list for the brew, checking several possible name variations. If I still can't spot it, I do a text search on the page for the most unique words in the name. Only then do I conclude that I can proceed with adding it.

 

There is rarely a reason for the brewery name to be in the beer name. Exceptions might be where they're making a play off the brewery name or if the brewery shows the brewery name as part of the beer name but don't on their other beers. Don't trust anyone other than the brewery on the name - independent taprooms, liquor stores, and postings by individuals often get names wrong. You also can't just go off the label because there is often additional wording on the label that the brewery does not intend to be part of the name. If you can't find out what the brewery intended for the name, take your best stab at it and it can be changed later.

 

regarding collabs: is it really necessary to put both (or all) breweries collaborating in the beer name? my thought is in order to keep the name short, that the beer should be listed under the brewery in which it is being released at (although i know sometimes both or all breweries will release the beer) and then put in the notes/description that it is a collab.

 

I absolutely agree! When I'm trying to add a new beer to a brewery's list, adding the brewery's name to the beer name just clutters the nomenclature with an unnecessary redundancy. Be accurate, but apply the KISS principle.

 

This. So many times this. Folks, we already clicked on the brewery name, we know what brewery we're looking at, we don't need to see the breweries name 150 times while trying to find the beer we have.

As far as collabs, they should probably be listed under the brewery where the actual brewing was done, as that brewery is legally responsible for the beer (paying the taxes, getting label approval, etc.).

 

It's easier than that. When you go to add a beer, a list pops up, both current and retired beers. How hard is it to scroll through the list to make sure that the beer you want to add is unique??

 

That gets you the whole list but you can't assume that the person who added it before you got the name right. Many times I've found that the name was in there but incorrect. Then I just submit a name correction - based on what the brewer calls it.

 

You and I, and I reckon a few others here would probably notice that right off the bat.
And submit a change request.