This beer became popular because of the crazy rating system on beeradvocate. These guys claim that the calculation is that way so that very good beers that have few highly ranked tastings would get noticed as they come out but the more tasters the further it moves down the list and lands where it should. For Black Tuesday 28 reviews and is top 5 in the world currently. It's caused a lot of controversy about the rating system and whether this beer is really that good at close to 20% abv.So here's the calculation and you can tell me your thoughts.
You must have 10 reviews, but I think it should be 100.
weighted rank (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C
R = review average for the beer
v = number of reviews for the beer
m = minimum reviews required to be listed (currently 10)
C = the mean across the list (currently 3.64)
4 comments:
My thoughts? I'm getting bored with barrel-aged beers. ;)
Yeah I know people think barrel aging is a fad and marketing gimick, and maybe here in a few years it will reduce quite a bit, but they are always welcome in my fridge. Now I just need an empty barrel for my home brew. :)
You know it was a fad 5 years ago when Boulevard starts doing it.
I guess since a used bourbon barrel is about $15 it is a pretty high margin up sell for the breweries.
Did you see the price on the Black Tuesday.
$30 a bottle, ouch!
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