Defining a Standard
Looking back at this blog, I wasn’t sure if the reviews I do were helpful. I mean, I talk about all these different aspects of the beer but in the end, I don’t have much of a defined opinion. With that in mind, I’ve decided to institute a rating system based upon a 1 through 5 star scoring system.
To define the guidelines a bit, I pour out the beer and take my photos. Then I begin the tasting, making notes all the while. I do my write up and then go online to the Beer Judge Certification Program website. While on the website, I look up what the BJCP standard is for the style of the particular beer I am tasting and compare/contrast that with my tasting notes. Based upon my notes, I rate the beer on how close it came to achieving the BJCP standard for the style. One star is the lowest and 5 stars is the highest. I do this for each of the categories I write about except “Food” because that’s purely speculative on my part. Then I average out the total score to get the beer’s final rating.
I try not to make this too complicated as it really isn’t. Another thing to keep in mind, the “Drinkability” section is also specific to my own palette, so if you find yourself drinking something I’ve rated and think I may have scored it incorrectly, you are entitled to your opinion.
Moving forward, all my tasting will have the rating incorporated. Hopefully the rating coupled with my own tasting notes will prove to be a valuable resource to my fellow beer drinkers as well as to the folks who have thought about trying a beer but weren’t really sure.
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