Beer Me! scores mid-Atlantic brews
My Sun colleague Sam Sessa has an interesting post today about a site called Beer Me!, which rates some 25,000 beers from around the world on a 20-point scale.
Sam's former roommate sent him word of the site, which tells us something about how the two of them used to spend their free time in their bachelor days. Now Sam is a married man, and no doubt will soon be staying home at night reading Proust.
I scrolled through the massive site, and found several area beers that rated well.
Old Dominion Summer Wheat got a 20, as did three beers from Victory -- their Hop Devil, Hop Wallop and Storm King Stout.
But the ratings were dated. Old Dominion's high score came in 1993.
The defunct Baltimore Brewing Co. -- now the old brewery site is a hotel -- got high rankings for its Marzen (19) and Pils (18 1/2).
Edgar Allen Porter also scored 18 1/2 . It was made by South Baltimore Brewing Co. That, of course, used to be Sisson's in South Baltimore, the precursor to what now is Clipper City.
My take on this Web site is that it is interesting, but that many of the rankings are dusty.
Other opinions?
Comments
As Pat O stated on Sam's page, they rated Budweiser a 17. I, personally, wouldn't take their word for much.
Posted by: It's Me | August 3, 2009 1:48 PM
I've never heard of Beer Me! and much rather prefer Beer Advocate. BA's membership consists of borderline beer-nerds, homebrewers and plenty of folks that would likely categorize themselves has novices. The reviews cover a staggering array of beers, bars, breweries, from around the world and are insightful, if not amusing. Definitely worth a look.
Posted by: Baltimore Bagh-daddy | August 5, 2009 12:38 PM