Poll: relationship between your 50 top rated beers and +/- rDev

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by Orca, Jul 31, 2015.

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What percentage of your 50 top rated beers have a positive rDev?

  1. 90-100%

    58 vote(s)
    53.2%

  2. 80-89%

    22 vote(s)
    20.2%

  3. 70-79%

    5 vote(s)
    4.6%

  4. 60-69%

    11 vote(s)
    10.1%

  5. 50-59%

    5 vote(s)
    4.6%

  6. 40-49%

    1 vote(s)
    0.9%

  7. 30-39%

    1 vote(s)
    0.9%

  8. 20-29%

    4 vote(s)
    3.7%

  9. 10-19%

    1 vote(s)
    0.9%

  10. 0-9%

    1 vote(s)
    0.9%
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  1. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    This poll/thread is probably more for people who have rated/reviewed a pretty large number of beers, but I was curious about this. When I look at my 50 top rated beers (sorting my ratings list by highest rating down), I noticed that I've got a whole bunch of "green plus" beers—meaning that I apparently liked these beers more than the average BA. In fact, if I count the number of +rDev beers on this first page, I find that 45 out of 50 are positive rDevs and 4 more are neutral (0)—meaning that out of my 50 top rated beers, only 1 has a negative rDev (Westvleteren 12).

    This got me wondering. Is this an anomaly? Or is it pretty typical? There's only one way to find out. Please take a moment and count the positive rDevs in your 50 top rated beers, multiple that number by 2, put a % sign after it, and then click on one of the responses in the poll below.

    WARNING: Some math required. Cheers!
     
    #1 Orca, Jul 31, 2015
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  2. do_ob

    do_ob Pooh-Bah (1,655) Feb 12, 2015 Kentucky
    Pooh-Bah

    All but 6 - only 2 of which are -rDev. The remaining 4 are at 0% due to a lack of ratings.
     
    #2 do_ob, Jul 31, 2015
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  3. Tsar_Riga

    Tsar_Riga Grand Pooh-Bah (3,349) Sep 9, 2013 Minnesota
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah

    No negative. A smattering of neutrals.
     
    #3 Tsar_Riga, Jul 31, 2015
  4. brother_rebus

    brother_rebus Pooh-Bah (2,512) Jul 28, 2014 Maine
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    I should have noted- I had 25% @0 rDev. And I typically am a little tougher in ratings.
     
    #4 brother_rebus, Jul 31, 2015
  5. hopnado

    hopnado Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2014 Michigan

    92% I guess I'm too generous and have no business rating beers
     
    #5 hopnado, Jul 31, 2015
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  6. Premo88

    Premo88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,682) Jun 6, 2010 Texas
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah

    6 of 50 are either minus or 0.0%

    (7 of 50 if you count my one +0.2% rDev)
     
    #6 Premo88, Jul 31, 2015
  7. brother_rebus

    brother_rebus Pooh-Bah (2,512) Jul 28, 2014 Maine
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    I do believe these can change on a relatively frequent basis (if your top 50 are popular ones that is)
     
    #7 brother_rebus, Jul 31, 2015
  8. Pantalones

    Pantalones Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2014 Virginia

    I've only reviewed 51 beers so far... so my top 50 beers are currently "everything I've reviewed except Foster's Ale."

    Out of that bunch: 34 positive, 8 negative, and 8 zero rDevs. Maybe one of those 8 zeroes was an actual zero, the rest being "there aren't enough reviews of this one yet" local (and otherwise not-widely-reviewed) beers.

    So... that looks like 68% positive rDev percentages. Was actually expecting that number to be a bit higher, it's probably those "zero due to not enough reviews" zeroes making it a bit lower.
     
    #8 Pantalones, Jul 31, 2015
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  9. StoutSnob40

    StoutSnob40 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,611) Jan 4, 2013 California
    Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Probably would have been a lot different 2 weeks ago..
     
    #9 StoutSnob40, Jul 31, 2015
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  10. flagmantho

    flagmantho Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,674) Feb 19, 2009 Washington
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah

    2,559 reviews. Of the top 50, 47 +rDev, 1 neutral and 2 -rDev. It makes sense when you think about it, especially with a large sample size -- the beers you've rated highly have been more highly rated by you.

    Shit, now I know what STAT 201 was missing fifteen years ago -- drinking beer!
     
    #10 flagmantho, Jul 31, 2015
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  11. mudbug

    mudbug Pooh-Bah (1,762) Mar 27, 2009 Oregon
    Pooh-Bah

    I only rate beers I like, so nearly 100%.That said, I think it's pretty obvious that I'm in the vast majority here, all you need to do is look at the amount of reviews for Pliny the Elder (3000 plus) and compare to Bud Light (1500 or there about) considering PtEs limited distro. Well either I'm right or there are a ton of BA's that never tried Bud Light. (very unlikely)
    So I'd predict that the 90-100 percent positive poll will be the winner.
     
    #11 mudbug, Jul 31, 2015
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  12. russpowell

    russpowell Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,292) May 24, 2005 Arkansas
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    My top 50? 100% above. When I love something I love it... Plus I try not to buy beers I won't at least like...
     
    #12 russpowell, Jul 31, 2015
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  13. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    hovering in the mid 80's drop to mid 70's on top 100. I amuse myself. The beers that I find I get a six'r of to bring home are beers that I have notoriously rated lower than others. Sucks one of my favorite I have an rdev of like -5.5 but it is always in my fridge.
     
    #13 donspublic, Jul 31, 2015
  14. THANAT0PSIS

    THANAT0PSIS Pooh-Bah (2,275) Aug 3, 2010 Wisconsin
    Pooh-Bah

    35 (70%) of mine are positive rDevs. There are 2 (4%) neutrals. That leaves 13 (26%) negative rDev. I have not uploaded all my reviews, so my actual top 50 is far different than what is listed on mine. Still, I'm sort of proud that I seem to be more towards the negative end of the spectrum than most. I thought I overrated things, but apparently I'm somewhat reasonable.
     
    #14 THANAT0PSIS, Jul 31, 2015
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  15. mudbug

    mudbug Pooh-Bah (1,762) Mar 27, 2009 Oregon
    Pooh-Bah

    Not at all, in fact it just shows that you have 50 beers that to you are better than most raters think. And that my friend, is winning!
     
    #15 mudbug, Jul 31, 2015
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  16. the_trystero

    the_trystero Initiate (0) Mar 19, 2013 California

    13 positive, 10 negative, out of a total of 52 ratings so far.

    So 25% positive.
     
    #16 the_trystero, Jul 31, 2015
  17. JimKal

    JimKal Savant (1,213) Jul 31, 2011 North Carolina

    88% positve rDev. Interesting to me was that the negative deviation was quite small but some of my positive rDevs were quite large.
     
    #17 JimKal, Jul 31, 2015
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  18. tmbgnicu

    tmbgnicu Maven (1,280) Mar 15, 2014 Pennsylvania
    Trader

    EVERY.SINGLE.ONE. I'm a happy guy though, so for the most part my grading is pretty easy. I'll turn on you though(watch out Bonczek DIPA).
     
    #18 tmbgnicu, Jul 31, 2015
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  19. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
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    Depends.... Take a look at your bottom 50 too.
     
    #19 drtth, Jul 31, 2015
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  20. JimKal

    JimKal Savant (1,213) Jul 31, 2011 North Carolina

    Boy, that changed things quite a bit. Maybe it all goes to show that, for me at least, that I like what I like a lot and I don't like what I don't like a lot:slight_smile:
     
    #20 JimKal, Jul 31, 2015
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