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Drinking warm, no really warm, beers

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by joet

I know Americans typically think of cellar temperatures as "warm". This is not what I'm talking about. What's more interesting to me is the idea of having a late Fall or Winter, seasonally appropriate beer at warmer than ambient temperatures. Quelque Chose comes to mind, as do Gluhbiers as holiday spiced beers intended to be served warm, but what else is there like this in the wide world of beer? https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/unibroue-quelque-chose/1924/ Has anyone had stout, spiced or not, warmed in a mug while out in the snow? I haven't but it sounds pretty attractive.

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What ya drinkin' part XVII

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by Quick3Beers

Ladyface Dérailleur

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Zero ABV Session Ales®

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by Aurelius

So, I'm seeing alcohol free hopwater out there - what's the story?

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English Pale ale

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by redders1974

Is there an agenda to get rid of this style? Some more of my rates have changed style for no apparent reason after looking through one was a festival special that I was the only rater thats been changed to a pale lager. Another if from a brewery that closed 2 years ago been changed to a golden ale.

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Denmark

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by Busse

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Natty Light - Top Beer of the Week

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by Indra

https://imgur.com/a/Uaamf Truly worthy of the title of Top Beer of the Week and of it's 5-star rating!

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Off taste at a lot of bew pubs?

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by JustinCredible

I feel like just about every time I go to a mediocre brew pub that all of their beers have an off chemical aftertaste. I don't think I've ever noticed that taste in a bottled/canned beer off the shelf, it only seems to be in brew pubs, and generally not the more highly regarded ones. Does anyone know what that is, or am I just crazy? I don't get how these places stay in business, it's almost like it's just in my head, or nobody else notices it.

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Barrel Aging

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by weihenweizen

For me it does not always improve a beer. Do some of you think it is always an improvement or always makes the beer worse.

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Lufthansa just published a map of the top beer bars in their European destination cities

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by adamnowek

Pretty sure it's just the best place on RateBeer for each one: https://www.beermap.net/

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Dogfish head

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by LinusStick

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The text in my recent ratings is getting randomly deleted

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by adamnowek

Please explain this.

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How to improve the cider part of the database?

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by Maakun

There seems to be some confusion sometimes in the cider part of our database. For example Écusson/CCLF. There's this cidery on Ratebeer, but neither the website nor email exist, the address seems to be a small office somewhere in Paris: https://www.ratebeer.com/brewers/cidreries-du-calvados-la-fermiere-cclf/4598/ Then there's these two which just seem to be two plants owned by CCLF: https://www.ratebeer.com/brewers/cclf-messac/11852/ https://www.ratebeer.com/brewers/cclf-livarot/11418/ They all have different entries, but a lot seem to be the same. For example, I don't think there's actually ciders called Ecusson, they're all called Écusson though it's not always mentioned on the front of the label. It's a bit hard as lots of the entries don't have pictures, but from what I can find the labels look the same. There's a few others where there seem to be the same ciders put under different producers/names. I'm not sure if there's a cider admin? I've been adding a bunch to the database myself but it's sometimes quite hard and I understand the dificulty in trying to validate the info. If there's anything we can do to help I'd also like to know!

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What spices are you tasting in Sierra Nevada Celebration this year?

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by 574deadzone

Anyone started this thread yet? Getting definite lime peel and coriander this year...along with the usual dose of nutmeg. Still drinks grate!

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OMG-level outliers: Most Breweries Rated

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by joet

As I'm going through checking and updating rate count related code, I ran into this list. https://www.ratebeer.com/users/most-breweries-rated/ It's truly amazing what the top raters have been able to achieve. Despite there being more breweries in the world than ever and most of them small or very small scale, the number of brewers sampled by some of the top raters on this list is a real percentage of all available brewers.

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How are you doing tasting this year's fresh hop beers?

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by joet

McBerko is currently leading. A newly created tag here: https://www.ratebeer.com/tag/fresh-hop/

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Zero IBUs IPAs

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by Bitterbill

What's up with that?

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Prairie Bomband#033; Deconstructed question

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by gregwilsonstl

When I search for Prairie Bomb! Deconstructed I find 5 different beers. Are there really 5, or do the chocolate and cocoa ones need to be combined? If cocoa and chocolate are different, can someone help me get the chocolate one?

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RateBeer update: New RateBeer mobile app version

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by joet

Version 1.6 of the app is out and we hope you share our excitement about it. Here's what's changed: * Added user stats to user profile page (personal ratings, ratings, styles, countries, breweries and spots) * Improved search experience by making search navigation more intuitive. * Added the ability to spot a beer at RateBeer locations * Note that this is a basic precursor to finding nearby RateBeer locations and availability at those places. Location services haven't been added yet so you have to search for locations, but they're coming soon. We've also addressed bugs with the following: * Fixed an issue on Android where the button to submit a review would be hidden underneath the keyboard. * Fixed some issues with the profile image upload. Up next: Barcode scanning and location services. Android users on Lollipop 5.1 and below might need to grant permission called "Record Audio" upon install. This has been added to make the upcoming barcode scanning to work since it uses the camera view (Google is a master of unfortunate phrasing). Cheers The RateBeer Team

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New Beer Photography Book

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by mark_newton

I thought you folks might be interested in a photography project I'm working on at the moment called Beer Yorkshire. Beer Yorkshire is a visual celebration of Yorkshire's (UK) diverse brewing culture featuring Bars, Bottleshops and Breweries from around the County. I've been shooting story telling images as well as portraits to showcase the variety of people involved in the local scene. The kickstarter to turn the project into a coffee table book is live now and features some special packages from Magic Rock Brewing, Northern Monk Brew Co, and the chance to be a brewer for the day with Wishbone Brewery. Packages start at just £10. Pre-order the book today. kickstarter.beeryorkshire.com Any questions feel free to give me a shout. Plenty more pictures over at www.instagram.com/beer_yorkshire

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The Other Reformation: How Martin Luther Changed Our Beer, Too

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by SpringsLicker

Our beer was changed forever

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Are people using Ticks and Rates in this way... ???

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by joet

I'm wondering if people require a tick AND rate for the same beer? Are there big tickers here who really want the ability to have ticks AND rates for the same beer? If so can you tell me a bit about how you use ticks in this case? I know multiple ticks for the same beer is something that some people want but it's not very RateBeer to amass a lot of ticks for the same beer. We might create some feature in the future that allows this but I'm looking to do some clean up now. All comments welcome!

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Todays attempt at getting more people to try the new Forums

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by cgarvieuk

https://community.ratebeer.com/tags/cgarvieukpoll All my polls in one Handy Place. The more responses the more interesting the Data :-)

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Im curious what people want from the New App

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by cgarvieuk

https://community.ratebeer.com/t/what-changes-would-you-like-in-the-new-app/296/6

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Did I miss the annual GD pumpkin beer thread?

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by sloth

Sorry. Pumking is gross. Ats all i got

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How many raters does it take to make a million? and#40;part 3and#41;

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:55:26 EST

Posted by FatPhil

Continuing http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/just-a-funny-stat-i-was-wondering-about_283585.htm and https://www.ratebeer.com/forums/how-many-raters-does-it-take-to-make-a-million_289473.htm ... The answer’s now just 55! Stuu666 continued his charge upwards, leaving jcwattsrugger on the bubble just 3 days ago, and now the bubble’s burst. Stuu666 was going fast enough to leave not himself, but thewolf now in the critical 55th position. Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:09:18 +0300 (EEST) #55 thewolf with 12349 takes total from 987686 to 1000035 #164 Radek Kliber with 7274 takes total from 1997778 to 2005052 #334 RichardGretton with 4737 takes total from 2998162 to 3002899 #603 JohnC with 3008 takes total from 3997468 to 4000476 #1034 closey22 with 1850 takes total from 4999767 to 5001617 The day when we only need 1000 raters to reach 5 million ratings really isn’t far away now, probably not next month, but definitely the month after. And the day when we need only 50 to make the million is beginning seem scarily closer - possibly even this year! Graphs updated at: http://fatphil.org/tmp/RB_Millions.png

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