Orange County Beer Guide

Help Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by PMR, Jul 13, 2014.

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  1. PMR

    PMR Zealot (507) Mar 31, 2005 California

    Hi--

    The Orange County (California) Beer Guide has disappeared. Was it removed for a particular reason or is it a glitch?

    Thanks,
    Patrick
    The Bruery (located in Orange County)
     
    #1 PMR, Jul 13, 2014
  2. PMR

    PMR Zealot (507) Mar 31, 2005 California

    Ah, nevermind, I see Todd's thread indicating it was removed:

    http://www.beeradvocate.com/communi...ion-to-places-western-ma.192173/#post-2581982

    My (respectful) rebuttal is there are many other Beer Guides that have the same issue as Orange County. The Los Angeles Beer Guide covers Los Angeles County, not City of Los Angeles. LA County is much larger geographically (and practically speaking, more difficult to travel around than Orange County due to traffic). San Diego Beer Guide also covers San Diego County, not the City of San Diego. San Francisco Beer Guide covers 4-5 different counties. Seattle covers multiple cities. The list goes on.

    I think it's important that visitors know the top ranking places in a geographic area-- I know early on we got a lot of traffic through the Beer Guide. Thanks!
     
    #2 PMR, Jul 13, 2014
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  3. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    I was sad to see the Western Massachusetts Beer Guide be removed as well.
    There are a lot of local breweries in the area that would benefit from this guide, as most people outside of Massachusetts thinks the state revolves around just Boston and the surrounding area
    Hopefully the implementation that Todd mentioned is an equivalent (or better) replacement to the current.
     
    #3 markdrinksbeer, Jul 13, 2014
  4. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    It was one of two exceptions on the city pages, and a massive area. We'll be focusing on destination cities based on geo-location and radius going forward.

    And having an exception for two wasn't fair for the dozens of other potential "regions."
     
    #4 Todd, Jul 14, 2014
  5. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    I still don't understand why orange county and western mass couldn't remain until the new implementation (geolocation and radius based) takes place. You mentioned they were an exception, but I don't imagine anyone complained about them being there, and they were helpful, as demonstrated by @PMR and myself.
     
    #5 markdrinksbeer, Jul 14, 2014
  6. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
    STAFF Mod Team Society Pooh-Bah

    Because we don't want them listed anymore (for reasons already stated). It just doesn't make sense to make an exception for two regions, and it's not fair to those who aren't listed because a large regional listing hasn't been created for them.

    Closing this one down.
     
    #6 Todd, Jul 18, 2014
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