"Overrated" Beers

I agree. I'm quite happy to read someone talk about a beer. But giving it a numerical rating? I don't think a beer can be summed up in that way.

 

Maybe somehow show a running rating in the form of a graph per yearly or monthly... whatever IT can brew up (no pun intended).

 

I would chalk that up to inexperienced palates who are freshly blown away by flavor and others opinion.
I have yet to rate a 5 and am not sure it, for myself, is even possible....when is anything "perfect"? I may have a "great" recollection of an ice cold Bud in a can on a smoldering hot day, but it does not glean a 5. It is the reviews and thought to the categories that give one a complete experience other than blindly rating 5. I've had the KBS but yet to review it, but would stick it at a little over 4. I have not had Pliny, but have had Zombie Dust and still looked at the ratings and just shook my head.....a single hop beer rated this high????

Experience is the gift of living.

 

I couldn't agree with you more. I can say that I am guilty of being overwhelmed by flavors I never knew beer to have. I will also say that in my short time with craft beer, my palate is evolving quickly and my scores are lowing accordingly. Unfortunately, I see no way of getting around an untrained palate except to spend some time reading the reviews.