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Dave Witzel

ers (Joel) wrote on 23 Jul 2007:
> Tim > wrote:
>>What I really want to know is which is more authoratative in its
>>ratings.
>
> Definitely ratebeer. Beer advocate has a bad case of
> herd mentality and circle-jerking on the latest big bad
> hard-to-get beer, and from browsing reviews seems to
> have a lot more obviously ignorant people active.

....while Ratebeer has the ticker mentality run rampant; cogent,
thoughtful reviews of beers are pretty much frowned upon, judging
from the boards and the most prolific tickers. Considering the
wealth of reviews that get posted from a single bottle of the rare
beer of the moment (think 20+ reviews from one bomber), I think
ratebeer is equally useless.

Both sites have the herd mentality, and neither should be used to
gauge the "best beer" ratings; either could be used to gauge what
the tickers are lining up for, however.

Witzel