Extreme number of ratings

Originally posted by Hippoman

Originally posted by RichTheVillan
A lot of beer review blogs are probably better to read there’s loads of them about and they clearly want you to read them.

Could you (or anyone else) recommend a good one? Preferably one more focused on UK beers.

Originally posted by Hippoman

Originally posted by SarkyNorthener

Originally posted by Hippoman
I’m relatively new to this site and doing my best to keep my head down, drinking and rating beer and chatting to enthusiasts about subjects I find interesting when I can. But I have to say, some reviews from the tick-heavy style raters are as good as worthless to me. I stumbled across this today:

"Cask @ Bricklayer’s Arms, Putney SW15. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity weak citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish."

For me a review like that is pointless as it’s as bland as one can be and offers nothing to help fellow drinkers that a pump clip couldn’t.

It sounds like one of my reviews(except for the spelling mistakes, the missing U), but I haven’t drank in Putney for a good five years. For a lot of people its more a personal record than helping others.

Also the review sounds like a golden ale. It is probably just a bland review on a bland beer. When a beer exites you, the review can follow suit.

Fair enough. For me writing the review in the best way I can and choosing words to convey as much as possible of the beer drinking experience I’ve had is part of the fun. In the above example it seems like "citrus", "weak" and "fruity" were the only attempt at distinctive des cription - what use is referring to beer as tasting like malt/hops? - and those could refer to half the cask beers out there in the UK at the minute.

But, as this thread emphasises, horses for courses and each to their own.

^^^ maybe an 8%er: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/adroit-theory-golden-stout/312895/

Originally posted by harrisoni
I respect how all Raters Rate and just hope they are having even half the fun that I am.