24-Jul-16

Working at Holiday Wine Cellar now, still focused on wine, but I do write up several beers a week.

08-Aug-13

I now work at Bine & Vine in San Diego and run the wine department. I’m still a very active (1000+/yr) beer rater, but I rarely post ratings and no longer trade. I’m certainly well over 11,000 by now. I’m going to try to post ratings more often, but we know how that goes... Ha ha, I know, alert the New York Times of this important development! Cheers to all my old-timer friends on this site.

01-Jan-11

Well, I guess I’m back. After a year or so off, I started posting again in 2008, only to have Ratebeer go down to hackers. And now, two years later, I’m gonna try to motivate myself and start posting my ratings again, mostly because friends and customers keep asking me where they can read my beer reviews. These past few years, I most certainly didn’t stop writing beer reviews, I just stopped posting them. Hopefully I’m here to stay.

I’m not ready to start trading again, mostly because of the backlog of beers I still have, but also because of money woes.

I’ve rated over 8000 beers since I started doing this in 1994, but only started entering them into ratebeer in 2004. Anything I’ve rated here is stuff I’ve actually rated (or re-rated) since joining RateBeer. I won’t be entering the old ratings here though...

I generally do NOT rate to style, but on how much I like the beer. And flavor is by far the most important category to me. However, with my BJCP background, I do tend to discuss the beer styles in my reviews.

I have a vast cellar, so if you wish to trade with me, understand that you absolutely cannot judge what beers I need just by looking at my ratings.

I generally like dark and/or flavorful beers, but I greatly enjoy the hobby of rating beer, regardless of whether the beer is "good" or not. I’ve completed 100 trades, but here are my 10 most recent trades... Ratebeerians with whom I’ve traded: 123465green 46er3498 atpayne x2 BierBauch blankboy bkelley68 x3 BlueDevil0206 bogdi1 x3 CaptainCougar x2 ClarkVV DA x3 Eyedrinkale x13 footbalm Goblincat goldtwins x4 gputty hezron hopdog x6 hopscotch x2 hopsrus IMtheOptimator iwantalambic jah noth x3 jasonp x3 Jeffin7 x2 jimbowood jjpm74 x3 JK Jonathan3584 jtw Larry Pitonka x2 Lou18 marinaro500 MullMan OhioDad Otter x2 Pailhead x3 pineypower radiomgb x2 Rastacouere robanion shadey x3 Silphium slob x2 SuIIy x3 suttree tiggmtl TheBeerCellar2 Ughsmash whaleman willblake wohlfs zathrus13
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24-Jul-16

Working at Holiday Wine Cellar now, still focused on wine, but I do write up several beers a week.

08-Aug-13

I now work at Bine & Vine in San Diego and run the wine department. I’m still a very active (1000+/yr) beer rater, but I rarely post ratings and no longer trade. I’m certainly well over 11,000 by now. I’m going to try to post ratings more often, but we know how that goes... Ha ha, I know, alert the New York Times of this important development&...
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