Oceanside Ale Works fishy ratings

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Message Reynolds314 beers 3472 º places 41 º 14:03 Fri 4/10/2015 I just noticed this is now the #1 rated unblended lambic in the world. Most of the ratings are from people with little to their profiles 0-100 ratings. http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/oceanside-ale-works-daliesque/242325/2/1/ A few other beers from this brewery seem to have the same thing going on and most of the ratings from established members of this site seem to be lower then most of the ratings. Maybe something for the admins to look more deeply into. Allthough Joet seemed to love it so maybe theres nothing to this.
Message t0rin0 P beers 102 º places 1528 º 14:06 Fri 4/10/2015 Most shills don’t bother rating 50-100 other beers. And liking a beer more than others isn’t against the rules. That said I think it’s been looked at in the past. Will talk to the other CA admins.
Message WillRunForBeer beers 2859 º places 24 º 14:35 Fri 4/10/2015 I wonder id this is simply a result of the relative difficulty of getting unblended lambics in the US?
Message GT P beers 10001 º places 672 º 14:40 Fri 4/10/2015 My understanding is that the brewery encourages people to rate their beer. So it isn’t spam technically, but I have brought it up with our admin team before. So I’m on the case.

Message Reynolds314 beers 3472 º places 41 º 14:41 Fri 4/10/2015 It could be something like that. Just strange to see a relatively unknown american brewery with the #1 unblended lambic. Seeing Craftshack advertise it as the #1 rated lambic in the world made me go to the site thinking they were selling Iris.
Message ClarkVV P beers 13432 º places 111 º 14:51 Fri 4/10/2015 HOW DARE YOU QUESTION THE BEST LAMBIC THIS WORLD HAS EVER SEEN
Message TheHOFF43 P beers 2045 º places 169 º 14:56 Fri 4/10/2015 Originally posted by GT2 My understanding is that the brewery encourages people to rate their beer. So it isn’t spam technically, but I have brought it up with our admin team before. So I’m on the case.
Message t0rin0 P beers 102 º places 1528 º 14:59 Fri 4/10/2015 Originally posted by GT2 My understanding is that the brewery encourages people to rate their beer. So it isn’t spam technically At the risk of starting up this argument again, this is something I’d like to see all breweries do, even if it means we get a lot of homers rating their local beers. For every 10 or 20 local homers (whose one and done rating doesn’t count anyway) we might get a new active user rating the other local beers and places.

Message Jow P beers 7350 º places 487 º 15:24 Fri 4/10/2015 My rating is real. Its my 6th (out of 7) highest rated Unblended
Message Travlr beers 33913 º places 4595 º 15:29 Fri 4/10/2015 Originally posted by t0rin0 Originally posted by GT2 My understanding is that the brewery encourages people to rate their beer. So it isn’t spam technically At the risk of starting up this argument again, this is something I’d like to see all breweries do, even if it means we get a lot of homers rating their local beers. For every 10 or 20 local homers (whose one and done rating doesn’t count anyway) we might get a new active user rating the other local beers and places. This. Except in Greece.
Message Ernesto987 beers 6082 º places 104 º 15:45 Fri 4/10/2015 "A Barrel Aged "Lambic Style" Sour Blonde." ITS NOT EVEN A LAMBIC! It’s like calling Blue Moon a Wit.