Question about Style-groups

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Message kraddel beers 10779 º places 386 º 05:54 Mon 9/19/2016 So, I just found this on the site : http://www.ratebeer.com/beerstyles I like seeing new things, and I love that, after years on RB, I still find new stuff. however, this raises questions. i think it’s good to have a line in the syles, but the groups don’t seem very balanced. Some are organized by country ( Belgian Style , american-style ) Whilst others seem to be organized by taste description ( sour beers ) Shouldn’t we pick one ( either taste, or origin ) or both ? for instance, lambic and it’s relatives are pure Belgian. Yet no Belgian style in this system. Or we can also categorize hoppy beers as ’ bitter beers’ and stuff like abbey dubbel as ’ sweet beers’ . Just seems nice to have some consistency
Message CH-303 P beers 4548 º places 137 º 06:25 Mon 9/19/2016 Originally posted by kraddel So, I just found this on the site : http://www.ratebeer.com/beerstyles If anyone are as sad as me and wonders what the seven "missing" styles are (the beer styles page lists 70 of the 77 beer styles), they are: Fruit Beer Low Alcohol Sahti/Gotlandsdricke/Koduõlu Smoked Specialty Grain Spice/Herb/Vegetable Traditional Ale I assume they were deemed to not fit into the listed style groups...
Message rennat42 P beers 5357 º places 205 º 07:32 Mon 9/19/2016 My favorite part is that we have a "Non-Beer" category on RateBEER.com
Message StefanSD beers 2449 º places 57 º 08:11 Mon 9/19/2016 I also had not seen this page previously. Veeeery interesting.

Message Travlr beers 33850 º places 4573 º 08:30 Mon 9/19/2016 Originally posted by HuskerTan My favorite part is that we have a "Non-Beer" category on RateBEER.com how else would you rate non-beers?
Message kraddel beers 10779 º places 386 º 12:09 Mon 9/19/2016 SO i’d propose to order them in first place by Fermentation, subbed by speciallity, subbed by the actual style . Far from complete, but something like : Low fermentation (as it is now ) High fermentation --Abbey-styles ---- double ---- triple ---- quad -- Hoppy beers ---- IPA/DIPA ---- BIPA ---- SIPA -- grain-forward ---- Barleywine ---- specialty malts -- additions ----- fruit beer ----- spice/herb/vegetable and so on
Message 3fourths P beers 9492 º places 1576 º 12:39 Mon 9/19/2016 We have an OTHER group for things like Fruit, Spice, Smoked, etc. Only it wasn’t being published because of some page errors.
Message Travlr beers 33850 º places 4573 º 12:42 Mon 9/19/2016 OP’s spelling has improved greatly. Your mom and I are proud of you, Dylan!

Message CH-303 P beers 4548 º places 137 º 12:52 Mon 9/19/2016 Originally posted by 3fourths We have an OTHER group for things like Fruit, Spice, Smoked, etc. Only it wasn’t being published because of some page errors. Great! If the Haves List sorting/ordering issue could be sorted (pun intended) soon, it would make me even happier...
Message kraddel beers 10779 º places 386 º 13:30 Mon 9/19/2016 Originally posted by Travlr OP’s spelling has improved greatly. Your mom and I are proud of you, Dylan! i’m happy you are, dad !
Message after4ever P admin beers 8025 º places 322 º 13:54 Mon 9/19/2016 This is a cool page. There are a million things that would be cool to add to it--graphical charts behind the lists, noting where most examples fall in terms of color, bitterness, ABV, etc. There are dozens of posters out there explaining this stuff, too; probably too many different ways to skin the cat to seriously consider trying to pick one way of showcasing styles here.