Ratings Anomaly?

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  1. Casterbridge

    Casterbridge Savant (1,055) Mar 26, 2010 Connecticut

    I'm not sure this is the place to post this, but I'll try it anyway. I was looking up Ommegang's Idyll Days Pilsner, which has a score of 78. Yet the average is 4.27. Granted, there are only six ratings. Has anyone run across a similar situation? Thanks.
    https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/42/468732/
     
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  2. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    Yeah that’s weird. Based on the scores I’d expect that beer to have a score of 85 (based strictly on a percentage score out of 5.0). Maybe the score is weighted somehow? I generally just look at the review scorings out of 5.0 so not sure how that correlates to the score out of 100.
     
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  3. DIM

    DIM Grand Pooh-Bah (4,788) Sep 28, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    Also, why is it listed as a euro pale lager?
     
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    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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  5. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Irrelevant to the thread, but the brewer lists it as a "Belgian-style pilsner" and Belgium is in Europe and a Pilsner is a lager. Whoever added it probably thought "European Pale Lager" was the best fit, and they're not necessarily wrong.
     
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  6. DIM

    DIM Grand Pooh-Bah (4,788) Sep 28, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    Makes sense. I saw the word pilsner in the name, didn't know anything else about it. Thanks.
     
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    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    Yeah the Ommegang beer is similar to Allagash’s Trupenny which uses a Belgian saison yeast. I found both delicious by the way. That hybrid works really well.
     
    #7 bubseymour, Jun 1, 2020
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