What Exactly Is A 5.0 Beer Rating?

Your segue' between a 9.9 woman to Mike Tyson being a 10 wasn't very good. Now Mike is looking for you for calling him a woman. Just a word of warning, watch your back.

 

I'm closing in on 3,000 beers rated on BA and I've given one beer a 5.0 (BCBS cherry rye). If a beer is so enjoyable that you really cannot find anything its lacking, and its right there with any of beer in that style, than to me it warrants a 5. Everyone rates to their preference, but to me a 5.0 across the board signifies this beer is as good as it gets for your enjoyment of that style.

 

I feel this way too. Which is why when I gave my one and only 5.0 rating, it was more about "I've had enough beers to know what traits are exceptional, and this beer has done that". I almost always find one aspect that is really good but not a 5.0. In all fairness I also have given very few beers a rating under 2.0, for similar reasons (and because I check BA to avoid bad beer).

 

I’m armed and too old to fight fair.

 

I did 4 years in the Marines, and that’s an impossibility, but it also why we didn’t use weapons.

 

I’ve only seen one guy cut by a straight razor, and in Jacksonville NC a guy at the door pulled a gun, both were on the. Court St bars in Jacksonville, other than that all hands, some kicking too. Everyone takes an ass kicking every now and then, but once you escalate to weapons your obligated to win that fight at all costs. Then you both go to jail.

 

Guess you weren't in the same units my marine friends were in. (or my army and AF friends)

Or maybe they just *told* you that so they'd be armed and you'd be out in the breeze!

 

I might agree with that though, the different styles can make it a bit confusing though. It’s just a me thing, but if yiu see me rate anything above 4.5 it’s probably a good buy for anyone, but this is one reason why I really don’t care to rate beers. I killed myself to get a Cherry Rye, and every sip I took it reminded me of an infected Stout I had from Duck Rabbit and it had a sour cherry hit to it. I can’t drink BA Ten Fidy anymore either the last one I had was a repulsive soy bomb.

 

Don’t matter what unit your from military bars are military bars, but there rarely were fights. The MPs walked with the Jacksonville Police, you got in trouble they threw you in the brig and you got office hours. Punishment depended, but loss of rank, reduction of pay for 3 months, restricted to quarters, all the above. Surprisingly everyone mostly behaved themselves. Most fight were beefs settled in the woods at French Creek, no witnesses, no weapons. Now I didn’t hang out in the Cowboy bar, I might guess that would be a different animal though.

Let me add that UCMJ laws are not civilian laws, and it can be a supreme pain in the ass to get felony level charges in the Military. A pool stick is a weapon and you’d be severely fucked if you were arrested. Brig time plus a dishonorable discharge, they didn’t play games.

 

Yep, everyone's palate and experience is different. I run into this with sours often. The sours I like (Russian River styles) are not the sours my local beer friends prefer.

 

I like tart, I don’t like vinegar, I like some light funk, but not catty or horse blanket. Some guys dig that stuff.

 

I don’t find much enjoyment in rating beers so I don’t rate them, but I absolutely use ratings to select what beers I’ll be trying for the first time, which isn’t often. I sort of stick to what I like.

 

And you need to understand the ratings bias for certain styles as well. Ipas and Lagers are rated differently as an example.

 

Just as point of reference for those positing that a perfect beer is a flawless beer:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/perfect

A given beer could done as well as possible, and still not be flawless. It could be worthy of a 5.

 

It’s why I’m lukewarm on rating beers, my style preference is sooooo narrow.

Let me also add the Flower Power of today is not the same animal that it was 10 years ago that was a great beer. Brewer left, not the same beer. Same story imo with Surly beers.

 

I add consistency into account a ton of brewers have recipe and calculations yes but those not doing it autonomously like Allagash and Boston Beer Co show real skill when not using computers.

 

I agree sadly true, Furious gone, Abrasive gone, Flower Power gone, all great beers that couldn’t stand losing their creator. There’s more to it looks like than following a recipe.