Can you make a "don't want" list?

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  1. HoodviewBrew

    HoodviewBrew Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2016 Texas

    I really like the "Want list" feature that allows me to read up on beers ahead of time to mark the ones that sound like I'd enjoy so I can buy them when I see them at the store. But I've found that there are just as many beers that look appealing on the shelf but when I read about them sound like beers I would not like (or all of BeerAdvocate doesn't like). Would there be a way to make a "Don't Want List" to track those beers we've researched but have no interest in?
     
    #1 HoodviewBrew, May 7, 2017
  2. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    I could be wrong here, but I thought want/got were for trading, not for personal tracking. For trading, not putting it on your want list would imply not want.
     
    #2 bbtkd, May 7, 2017
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  3. Wiffler27

    Wiffler27 Pooh-Bah (2,092) Aug 16, 2009 South Carolina
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    Personally, I only use the "Gots" section and I use it to track what beer I physically have on hand. but i don't count my cellared beers
     
    #3 Wiffler27, May 7, 2017
  4. Scott17Taylor

    Scott17Taylor Initiate (0) Oct 28, 2013 Iowa
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    It's impossible to mark everything you want. I actually like the idea of a do not want list, I have a nut allergy and I've been extrad a stout with some kind of nuts on 2 boxes. Only one on this site. It'd be nice to let them know that those particular bottles should be sent to someone who would appreciate them more.
     
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  5. NeroFiddled

    NeroFiddled Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,276) Jul 8, 2002 Pennsylvania
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    I'd never thought to use the want list in that way, that's a great idea! There are dozens of beers I've had in the past that I've never rated and I never think to buy them because I know them already but I probably should (i.e. Rochefort 6, Delerium Tremens, La Chouffe, Ch'ti, etc.).

    A "not want" list would be helpful as well; and I also had problems when I was trading because people would send me beers I'd already sampled.

    If it's not too difficult I think it'd be a great update.
     
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  6. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Wants and gots were not created solely with trading in mind. It's primary purpose is to simply track the beers that a user wants or currently has on hand.
     
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  7. Harrison8

    Harrison8 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,285) Dec 6, 2015 Missouri
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    Not having a beer on their wants list would work as implying they don't want it if everyone kept an immaculate, and updated "wants" list and didn't just include whales and such.

    A "do not want" list would be a nice addition. Then someone could at least keep a list of beers they've tried a sip of and just loathed, or just otherwise have no interest in drinking.
     
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