Infected beer.... ratings?

So whats a rater to do... if you pop open a beer and you know its infected, should we just move on and try to get another bottle that may or may not suffer from the same fate... or would it be helpful to rate it as infected and if someone sees a few ratings in a row of an infected batch it may help them steer clear of the problem! Your thoughts?

If it’s infected, rate it. That way it becomes a better known issue. At the same time, I’d still try and find a better sample as well.

Originally posted by NobleSquirrel
If it’s infected, rate it. That way it becomes a better known issue. At the same time, I’d still try and find a better sample as well.

Originally posted by b3shine

Originally posted by NobleSquirrel
If it’s infected, rate it. That way it becomes a better known issue. At the same time, I’d still try and find a better sample as well.

This. And make sure to say you think it’s infected in your rating.

Rate it - if it is a common problem the ratings should reflect it - if I find a good bottle, I will add it to the rating if I can remember. Imagine if you could not rate for instance flat bottle of Angels Share would the ratings represent the beer you are likely to pay good money for? I think if a brewer releases bad / infected beers he has no right to complain about us badly rating it - someone paid good money and got to drink something disgusting, nice.

Originally posted by NobleSquirrel
If it’s infected, rate it. That way it becomes a better known issue. At the same time, I’d still try and find a better sample as well.

Thanks for the input guys... luckily I work at a lil shop where I run the beer department at and Im good friends with my distributor so Im sure Ill be able to "trade" it out for a better one... hopefully they are not all like this because someone i ran into at a bar said they loved it.

I wish there was a way we could still rate it but give that beer an asterisk that wouldn’t count towards it’s score. I had an infected BA Yeti and part of the reason I didn’t rate it, was because it was infected and why would I rate a beer that would negatively effect the overall rating of the beer. Yeah I could have rerated later, when I got a different bottle, but that doesn’t always happen with an infected beer.

You know what I used to say to all the guys who bought back their beer in the pub I used to run when they reckoned it was infected. "change your lipstick".

Originally posted by biggsbowler
I wish there was a way we could still rate it but give that beer an asterisk that wouldn’t count towards it’s score.

Originally posted by TheBookie
You know what I used to say to all the guys who bought back their beer in the pub I used to run when they reckoned it was infected. "change your lipstick".