I have had some expensive beers before like Utopias, Special Kay, Tactical Nuclear Penguin, and some others that were pass the $50 mark. Plus I’ve had a lot of beers costing between $20-30. Maybe too myself I thought it wasn’t worth the money, but I never reflected in my rates (I don’t rate too much). |
Originally posted by biggsbowler It affects my overall rating. If the taste of the beer doesn’t live up to the asking price, I knock a few points off. |
I personally do my best not to take the value of a beer when rating. I figure you chose to pay X amount for a beer so at that point it is a sunk cost and price therefore price should not enter the equation. |
The cost of beer certainly influences the rate at which i drink them! But no...i try not to worry about those things. I drink what I like as best I can. |
Even though I don’t rate beer the cost wouldn’t influence my rate if I did. However it would influence whether or not I buy the beer again. Regardless of price the beer is what it is. |
No. |
Originally posted by DalzAle I could see lowering the overall rating, but taste, aroma, and color don’t determine the cost of the beer, which I’ve notice in some of rants on the Bolt Cutter rates. I’ve had bad cheap and expensive beers. I don’t think I would rate everything about a Miller High Life (The champagne of beers) less than a Miller Lite because it costs more to drink. Ive gotten burned on $20 bottles. I don’t remember tasting them and thinking to myself this doesn’t taste like a $20 beer. Maybe pissed at myself for spending $20, but oh well, I just won’t buy it again. That is life for a raging alcoholic. |
The cost if very high or very low might get a mention in the write up, so to that extent it does influence my ratings. Does it affect scores? No. |
Originally posted by StefanSD This. Besides, I don’t even know what "$450 worth of beer" tastes like. |
Could go up or down. Up because you spent so much and want to rationalize that money spent with a review saying you enjoyed it. Down because you spent a lot and it sucked. I think it depends on who bought it. If I did, probably will be biased up. Of someone else did, I’d be biased down to warn others not to pay the stupid price for it. |
Echoing what has been said thusfar, it can go either way, really. In my ratings, I tend to more harshly judge beers that were hyped, expensive (which usually go hand-in-hand) or difficult to obtain. |
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