Does price effect your rating?

Price makes no difference as do other ratings I tell it like I drink it. I also don't rate beers from just a tasting if I can't have a bottle or can I don't rate the beer.

 

You would be a rare person indeed that knows price, brewery, and beer reputation and not have that have an effect on your sense of taste.

 

I only factor it into "overall" and even then it is only one factor.

 

Well the most 2 expensive bottles I ever bought were 2 750 ml bottles of Drie Founteinen Scharbeekse Kriek, maybe in 2011 or 12 (I'd have to check my review date) but that's as close as I can pin it down because once I decided to make the purchase I didn't even keep the record of what I paid. If I don't think something is worth the price I don't pay it. Once I do decide... So if I had to guess I'd go for about $35 a bottle, but... My only regret in that particular case is that I didn't buy at least two more bottles because that is a beer that helps one understand there is a difference between those cherries and other varieties and that the Scharbeekse "just works" in a Kriek in a way some others don't.

I could tell you that in the general Philly area, when they are available, the Russian River -ation beers are going to cost about $18 for the 375ml cork and cage, if you can find them, but they are also often available on tap at a few places once in a while but how much a glass would cost, no idea. Despite having had them on tap more than once. But those beers don't have an atypical price.

As for your speculations about the effect of price, sure there's evidence of such biases. However, there's also some interesting evidence that the key to avoiding them is recognizing that they exist and knowing how to reduce or eliminate their effects.

 

Nope, I very much try for it not to.

Interesting question though. IMO, it definitely should not. However, if it were, I can see it much more reflected in a lower rating rather than a higher. Disappointment seems to me to be a stronger factor.

 

Saw some one say it before, no it doesn't affect my rating but It most definitely affects whether I buy it again.

 

Does not affect my "rating" as in the numerical score but it most definitely will be mentioned in my "review."

 

Not at all but I don't buy any high end stuff. If I decide to purchase then it's within my price range and not factored into the rating.

 

To a certain extent and somewhat inadvertently, I would say that yes it does impact my rating.

When I pay a lot for a beer I have high expectations for that beer. If it doesn't live up to my expectations then I will be disappointed and more than likely that will show up in my rating. If I buy a beer that is dirt cheep then my expectations are low. If it is good then I will be more happy with it and more than likely that will again show up in my rating.

 

I really don't understand why price would affect rating of a beer?

Listen, I may be really freaking bitter if a 30$ BA stout was mediocre- but I don't rate it even lower bc of the price. Should I start all bruery beers at a 4.5 and go down from there ? That doesn't make sense to me.

Also, people who disdainfully rate whales as garbage just bc they want to sound like they're "over it"
C'mon people

 

The price plays no part in the overall rating for me. I may mention the price in the overall section of my review, but the overall score isn't influenced by the price. For example, I may have written about the price of Lord Hobo's "BOOM Sauce" in my overall as I didn't feel as if the final product was worth the price that I paid for it.

 

Price wouldn't affect a rating, but it might influence heavily if I buy that beer again. I love Heady it's my highest rated beer or at least tied, I wouldn't pay $10 a can for it, but it would still be the best beer I've rated.

 

Well said, recognition of them is key. It's the main reason why the folks who answer this question so quickly with "Of course not!" make me raise an eyebrow.

 

Nope. Only awesomeness and shittyness.

 

Same here, the perfect opportunity to address that concern. I think of it as the "overall experience", and price may certainly influence that.

 

But it does. Probably not intentionally for the vast majority of people, but if you buy a sixer for like $4 and it turns out to be pretty decent you are going to be pleasantly surprised and tend to rate it higher than if it had cost $20, in which case "pretty decent" would be a disappointment and lead to a lower rating. That's just human nature.

 

A Higher price should in theory have better taste..... where not talking shoes we are however talking BEER Nike can charge what evers for a shoe because of the name...... not the case so much, so much in craft beer industry. If you are charging 17.99 for a 6 pack of say... hopslam it sure as friggen helles better be worth it! There better be nothing even close to it for half the price. Just my feeling on it.

 

Price has no place in rating a beer.

 

Look, Smell, Taste, and Feel are all based on the merits of the beer. As for the Overall grade, I'll admit that value can often be a determining factor if I'm deciding between two scores.

 

Rating no, buying yes.