Look 4.5

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by gustogasmic, Mar 22, 2012.

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  1. Pahn

    Pahn Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2009 New York

    real shocker that the OP of a thread such as this only posted once in it.
     
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  2. cosmicevan

    cosmicevan Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2009 New York
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    a picture is worth a thousand words, that review showed what...32 words? laziness and summarization comes at a cost. with 32 words, i'm sure i can give a description of many things that could fit awesomeness just as easily as it could fit swag. what's your point here?
     
  3. ledzeppelin4

    ledzeppelin4 Initiate (0) May 18, 2011 Illinois

    That Bud actually looks pretty good in that glass.
     
  4. nesarebad

    nesarebad Pooh-Bah (1,868) Feb 4, 2012 Massachusetts
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    Drive-by...
     
  5. poopinmybutt

    poopinmybutt Zealot (643) May 25, 2005 Nebraska

    yeah i was thinking the same thing

    it looks nice
     
  6. nesarebad

    nesarebad Pooh-Bah (1,868) Feb 4, 2012 Massachusetts
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    For sure, no one would accuse AB of not making a clean looking beer...
     
  7. will1256

    will1256 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2010 Minnesota

    It's probably ok that we're not all Cicerones. We all have to start somewhere...
     
  8. nesarebad

    nesarebad Pooh-Bah (1,868) Feb 4, 2012 Massachusetts
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    Eh, no one is reviewing the reviews anyway so who really cares?
     
  9. poopinmybutt

    poopinmybutt Zealot (643) May 25, 2005 Nebraska

    i love the ba reviews and it's a super valuable resource.

    but if we are going to nitpick here's my complaint: people being too stingy with their ratings, as if "the perfect beer" is just some sorta myth. 3+ paragraphs about how great a beer is and then the rating is like 4.1. it's ok to think that a beer is perfect...and it's ok to think of 20 or so other beers as perfect.
     
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  10. nesarebad

    nesarebad Pooh-Bah (1,868) Feb 4, 2012 Massachusetts
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    On the flip side, though, is a 4.1 review for a highly rated beer going to hurt the consensus that a beer is world class? Also, I would like to say that Charlie looks rather 'stressed' in you avatar. Fiber?
     
  11. poopinmybutt

    poopinmybutt Zealot (643) May 25, 2005 Nebraska

    it's not just a username, it's a way of life
     
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  12. Khazadum

    Khazadum Initiate (0) Apr 29, 2010 Illinois

    I can't even think of 5 beers that have nothing to improve on. It is not okay to lower our standards for beer, especially with so many contenders entering the market.
     
  13. nesarebad

    nesarebad Pooh-Bah (1,868) Feb 4, 2012 Massachusetts
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    I think we can all relate to that...
     
  14. LaneMeyer

    LaneMeyer Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2011 California

    How dare someone on here post a review that isn't up to your standards. Don't worry, I'll BM you all my reviews for editing and final approval before I post them.
     
  15. NoLeafClover44

    NoLeafClover44 Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2011 Delaware

    Damn, I hope nobody finds something so offensive in one of my reviews that they scrutinize it on the forums. I didn't realize the reviews were peer reviewed journals open for discussion. This post has to be my least favorite one I have ever read and totally goes against the spirit of the site as a whole.
     
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  16. nesarebad

    nesarebad Pooh-Bah (1,868) Feb 4, 2012 Massachusetts
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    Yeah, I really agree there, this is not the Lancet...
     
  17. Vav

    Vav Savant (1,049) Jul 27, 2008 Illinois

    One of my favorite games is to read reviews here and then guess the score given.
     
  18. nesarebad

    nesarebad Pooh-Bah (1,868) Feb 4, 2012 Massachusetts
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    One of my favorite games is to read the score given and then guess the review.
     
  19. gustogasmic

    gustogasmic Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2012 Michigan

    Correct.
     
  20. gustogasmic

    gustogasmic Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2012 Michigan

    Didn't mean to cause THAT kind of stir; just to make a point about the toughness of putting a number and adjectives to the look of a beer, when it can end up as a perfect description of something entirely different, as someone who loves to try to write descriptive reviews. I started this thread to gauge the way BAs would opinionate on such a thing
    I do not mean to set up a Lancet, sheesh.
     
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