What is the highest rated beer?

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  1. williamjbauer

    williamjbauer Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2012 Colorado

    So among beers active or retired what are the highest rated average you have seen currently? Let us pick beers with atleast 50 reviews to exclude some of the outliers. Feel free to comment on other helpful constraints.

    I got the following:
    Kbbs 4.86
    Mornin delight 4.8
    Bcbs rare 4.79

    Would love folks to chime in. Eventually I would like to compile a list of the top overall 100 beers both retired and active since the bros are interested in that and some of us are.
     
    #1 williamjbauer, Sep 28, 2013
  2. mindfuldave

    mindfuldave Savant (1,089) Mar 22, 2011 New Jersey

    Armand 4 Lente - 4.76
    KH -4.7
    DDVDL-4.73
    Apple Brandy Huna- 4.71
    M- 4.72
    Veritas 005- 4.75
     
    #2 mindfuldave, Sep 28, 2013
  3. williamjbauer

    williamjbauer Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2012 Colorado

    Are not* interested
     
    #3 williamjbauer, Sep 28, 2013
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  4. mrcraft

    mrcraft Grand Pooh-Bah (3,396) Dec 15, 2012 California
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    Here's a suggestion. You can use something like Wayback Machine (http://web.archive.org) to get snapshots in time of BA's beer ratings. I'm not sure when they started to actually rank beers with numerical values we see today, but I was able to access a BA page from 2001. Just by randomly checking other snapshots, I did see rankings in 2005 when Westy #12 was #1 with a score of 4.60.

    This will give trends and overall rankings over time because the actual scores/formulas to calculate those scores may have changed since inception.
     
    #4 mrcraft, Sep 28, 2013
  5. rather

    rather Initiate (0) May 31, 2013 California

    #5 rather, Sep 28, 2013
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  6. mrcraft

    mrcraft Grand Pooh-Bah (3,396) Dec 15, 2012 California
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    #6 mrcraft, Sep 28, 2013
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  7. RBassSFHOPit2ME

    RBassSFHOPit2ME Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2009 California

    Look at you avatar. Is this this a joke?

    In all seriousness, the highest rated beer on BA looks like shit, and is very, VERY good. But by no means belongs there. Just like...my...opinion MEEEAN!
     
    #7 RBassSFHOPit2ME, Sep 28, 2013
  8. Danny1217

    Danny1217 Initiate (0) Jul 15, 2011 Florida

    J Wakefield's pfdf berliner has a 4.84. It's "retired" and is listed under CCB since it was a pilot batch.
     
    #8 Danny1217, Sep 28, 2013
  9. GodlessWatermelon

    GodlessWatermelon Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2012 Maryland

    I had my first Heady Topper the other day. It was really, really good. But #1 rated beer? I don't know about that.
     
    #9 GodlessWatermelon, Sep 28, 2013
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  10. marquis

    marquis Pooh-Bah (2,313) Nov 20, 2005 England
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    It really is a non-issue. It's a choice of non representative beers made by a non representative group of people.
     
    #10 marquis, Sep 28, 2013
  11. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
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    One can ask what is the highest rated beer from the sample at hand and it is still a meaningful question for that sample of beers and that group of people.
     
    #11 drtth, Sep 28, 2013
  12. williamjbauer

    williamjbauer Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2012 Colorado

    I am American. I don't give a flying fuck what beers people of this world like among a sample of the world. I care about what awesome beers from America(and Belgium), people from America make (intentionally facetious given the gent's response:wink: ).
     
    #12 williamjbauer, Sep 28, 2013
  13. Flibber

    Flibber Initiate (0) Jul 27, 2013 England

    Some super rare IPA or Sake-barrel-aged 20% imperial stout, I'd imagine.
     
    #13 Flibber, Sep 28, 2013
  14. DNofBN

    DNofBN Initiate (0) May 27, 2009 Illinois

    #14 DNofBN, Sep 28, 2013
  15. jmw

    jmw Initiate (0) Feb 4, 2009 North Carolina

    You've embarrassed me.
     
    #15 jmw, Sep 29, 2013
  16. mquartuccio87

    mquartuccio87 Initiate (0) Jun 10, 2013 New York

    kbs is top in my book
     
    #16 mquartuccio87, Sep 29, 2013
  17. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    No, really, you don't like Heady? Thanks for letting us know, there might be someone who joined ten minutes ago who wasn't aware:wink: Although you seem to be weakening in your dismissal of its popular appeal. Two "very's", one actually capitalized. Wooaaaaahhhhh.

    Seriously though, I understand that there are some folks for whom the look of a beer highly affects the flavors perceived. I don't know anyone like that, and I am sure glad I am not like that, but I know it's true.

    Out of curiousity is it just for IIPA, or does your bent prevent you from liking whole style ranges like Hefe's and Wild Ales?
     
    #17 cavedave, Sep 29, 2013
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  18. williamjbauer

    williamjbauer Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2012 Colorado

    Just hope you recognize the obviously thick sarcasm
     
    #18 williamjbauer, Sep 29, 2013
  19. Thehuntmaster

    Thehuntmaster Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2009 South Africa

    DDVDL?
     
    #19 Thehuntmaster, Sep 29, 2013
  20. bramsdell

    bramsdell Initiate (0) May 27, 2011 North Carolina


    Double doodee vanilla dark lord. Duh.
     
    #20 bramsdell, Sep 29, 2013
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