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about ratebeer
 ateBeer is widely recognized as the most accurate and *most-visited source for beer information. RateBeer is an independent world site for craft beer enthusiasts and is dedicated to serving the entire craft beer community through beer education, promotion and outreach.
RateBeer was founded in May 2000 by Bill Buchanan as a forum for beer lovers to come together and share their opinions of beer and breweries. Established and maintained by dedicated volunteers, RateBeer has become the premier resource for consumer-driven beer ratings, features on beer culture and industry events, weekly beer-related editorials, and an internationally recognized, semi-annual RateBeer Best competition. The community now has thousands of members from more than 60 countries who have rated tens of thousands of beers from around the world. Our mission is to provide independent, unbiased, consumer-driven information about beer and breweries and to enhance the image and worldwide appreciation of beer.
 * RateBeer is #1 among beer Web sites in total reach and verifies this and other claims with industry standard, third parties (65 per million web surfers - Apr 2004. Verified by Alexa.com*)
RateBeer also leads all other beer, wine and food Web sites by total traffic rank (12,803rd overall - Apr 2004*)
RateBeer serves the craft beer community around the world by maintaining the most accurate and comprehensive collection of information on beer.
Beer ratings (over 1,042,000 - Jan 2007)
Beers (over 59,000 - Jan 2007)
Brewers (over 7,300 - Jan 2007)
People
 Executive Director: Joseph Tucker (Message)
Email:
Editor-In-Chief: Josh Oakes (Message)
Database Administrator: Richard Cave (Message)
Volunteer Senior Data Administrators: Aaron Goldschmidt (Message), Eric Holmes (Message), Ernest Crvich (Message)
Our Mission
RateBeer is an independent community of beer enthusiasts dedicated
to the pursuit and appreciation of good beer. Our mission is to continue to
serve the craft beer community as the premier resource for unbiased,
consumer-driven information about beer and breweries worldwide and to
enhance the image and worldwide appreciation of beer by:
- Providing a forum for beer enthusiasts to
share their opinions of the beers they are drinking, discuss beer
and brewing, and discover new beers and breweries;
- Encouraging our
members to support and promote their favorite brewers and the restaurants
and retailers that sell their favorite beers;
- Conducting targeted
outreach to brewers, restaurants, and retailers; and
- Conducting targeted
public relations efforts to enhance the image of the site and of the
beer industry. Our goal is to be an independent, self-sustaining organization
without accepting direct advertising revenue from breweries. We will derive
our income from our memberships and other services and from non-restrictive,
non-commercial contributions, grants, and fees.
Licensing
The RateBeer licensing program was established to protect the
organization?s ownership interest in its trademarks and to generate
royalty fees to support the organization?s development and services.
Any product bearing the name, logos, trademarks, or having and implied
association with RateBeer must be licensed with the RateBeer Licensing
Program.
Licensing is subject to the following requirements:
RateBeer name
and trademark: May appear in color and style as they appear on RateBeer.com,
or in black and white.
RateBeer Best name and trademark: May appear
in color and style as they appear on RateBeer.com, or in black and
white. Must be accompanied by season and date (e.g. Summer 2003).
May be accompanied by beer and/or brewery ranking as it appears in
the corresponding RateBeer Best competition.
Ratings: Percentiles
of individual beers and rankings of beers and breweries may be used,
but must be used in conjunction with the RateBeer name and/or trademark
and the posted date of the rankings. This can be given as month/day/year
or month/year.
Fair Use
User Ratings:
RateBeer retains the rights of publisher for all user ratings.
RateBeer does not endorse content found in the ratings. RateBeer
reserves all rights to editorial content, aggregate ratings, percentiles,
rankings, and all other information, content, processes, displays, and
lists. No part of this content may be reproduced in any manner, except as
brief quotations in articles or reviews, without written permission.
For written permission contact .
RateBeer name and trademark:
The RateBeer name, trademark, and URL may be used without
restriction for journalistic purposes. Use of the RateBeer name or
trademark for commercial or promotional purposes is subject to the
terms of the RateBeer Licensing Program. For information, contact
licensing@ratebeer.com.
Contributions
RateBeer
is an independent, consumer-driven Web site. We strive to remain unbiased
in our ratings and editorial content, and in order to remain so, we
accept no advertising revenue from breweries. We rely solely on revenue
from our memberships and other services and from non-restrictive contributions,
grants, and fees. The site is owned exclusively by Joe Tucker and managed
by him and volunteers. Revenue generated by the Web site is
largely re-invested in the Web site and in public relations efforts to promote
and enhance the image of beer and the beer industry,
as a whole. Contributions to RateBeer by people who support our efforts
to make beer tasting a legitimate and respected pursuit are kindly appreciated.
Correspondence
Phone: (302) "I SO BEER" - (302) 476-2337
Skype: ratebeer
RateBeer
attn: Joseph Tucker
1421 Wood Rd
Fulton, CA 95439
United States of America
More Info
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