Default sorting for brewery beer listings has changed

Would it be possible to adjust sorting settings for each individual? For instance, when I select show reviews only it remembers that choice practically until I log out. You've managed to code it as such that when I check that box it hides all those hads. Is it possible to do that for sorting? In a profile or account setting, could automatically be set to default to ratings but some of us who like things alphabetically and constantly add, buy, and review new beers can keep things fixed A-Z?

 

Well I'll cross my fingers that it rolls out eventually. Can you at least make it so if I sort by name, click on a beer, and then hit the back button that it remembers I'd just sorted by name? It's a pain in the ass/frustrating while at a liquor store or brewery and having to keep resorting as I go back and forth checking out beers.

 

Good to know. Damn.

 

I appreciate the change as I usually am looking at beers that are in a brewery's top 10.

 

Yeah, a lot of people are on your wavelength and that's fine. Me, I'll take that easy step and click on the name to get what I want.

 

Oh, good. It's not just me. FWIW, I'm really in favor of alphabetical ordering. Recently looked up a couple beers, and it was frustrating as all shit to have to read every beers name, as opposed to, well, following the alphabet.

 

Not a fan of the change, please go back to defaulting by beer name/alphabetically.

I know I can click name and it will sort in the order I prefer but when I select a beer, then go back to the brewery page, it goes back to the default sorting by ratings, then I need to re-sort the beer again.

This sorting makes sense for a style listing as there are significantly more beers under a specific style than under a specific brewery.

 

Sorting by ratings is much more useful and intuitive.

If I’m deciding whether to visit a brewery, I can easily see how their most popular offerings are scored when sorted by ratings. I may not know the names of their beers in this interest, so this saves a step and puts the most pertinent data up top.

By name is pretty useless...the first few beers usually have little to no activity. You either have to scroll way down to find something (generally a beer you already have purchased or know about), or you can sort by ratings. If you are looking for a specific beer...just search for it!! No reason to go to the brewery landing page and scroll.

 

When I'm at the store, and there are several new to me beers from a brewery, the simplest thing is to go to the brewery page, and look at the names.

I never look at the scores, so sorting by rating is valueless to me.

 

Simply click "Name " and you are good to go. So no FOMO for you.

 

I don’t think there is an obvious good solution here.

Newer breweries with beers that all have almost no ratings won’t have a good “most likely looking for” beer sorting and just seem random.

For breweries that are expanding to new areas, having their “more popular” beers nearer the top seems like it’d make things easier. Assuming they aren’t releasing 12 new beers a week.

At the very least, an interesting experiment at this point.

 

Not like we're voting or anything, but I find the new default sort very annoying. I usually go to the brewery page to find a beer by name. Yes, a click fixes it but still - annoying. I'll forget about the change and start scrolling down before remembering it's not alphabetized, then have to scroll back up to sort. Add a beer is an option, but then you lose other information such as ABV and style.

 

I have to agree I am also a fan of the older alphabetic listing. I look for the beers by name and not by popularity. I've been finding the new way of ranking more a hinderance than a help in that process.

Sláinte.

 

I dislike the change. Does a dictionary start with "the" "and" and "a" because they're the most popular words used in the English language? Most lists are listed in alphabetical or numerical order - this has been working well for BA for years, why change it? Your rationale is justified and solid, but in the interest of helping people by putting what you think they want right in front of them, I'm betting you're making it more confusing and difficult for both them and everyone else. Sure, it's easy to click on "name" every time, but it's a pain in the ass and if you're on this site every day, multiple times a day like I am and many other people are, the frustration really adds up. Just my .02 cents. Thanks.