Scoring the Brews
We feel that anytime we get to visit a brewery and taste their brews, we’re scoring big time! Well, that is not what I am talking about on this page. It is about how we rate the beer we taste. As we mentioned, we are not Certified Beer Judges or members of BJCP. We don’t even review the beer style guides before tasting or try to match up the color on the color guide (SRM). We are just two people that enjoy a well crafted brew and love to travel and visit breweries along the way. We have tasted 100s of different beers from different breweries from all over the world. We have tasted most all the traditional styles and enjoy the creative new creations that don’t fall in to a tradition beer style. We do give fair judgement on all styles whether we are a fan of the style or not. From Light lagers to imperial stouts, from sours to barleywines, we give them all a fair shot and an honest review.
When we visit a brewery, we tend to line up one or more taster platers and taste nearly everything they have on tap, if possible. Tasting 4-6 ounces helps up taste more beers per visit without losing our palate. Plus, we can visit more than one brewery per day (rarely more than 2 per day).
Here is how we score our tastings. These are our scoring standards and they do not correlate with any other scoring standards. 7s or 8s are good numbers where other scoring standards may not be so good so do not be alarmed.
10 - The God’s Nectar
9 - Incredible - Filet Mignon of beer
8 - We would order this any chance we get
7 - Very drinkable
6 - Bland and uneventful
5 - Weak flavor but no terrible abnormalities
4 - You call this a craft beer? Nice try
3 - Contaminated or heavily flawed
2 - Budweiser
1 - Coors
0 - Skunked/Pure water - Wouldn’t feed it to my dog
From here we add a point value to scale the rating (8.2 or 7.6). It helps us determine what our favorite of the tasting is and what we would order again on our return trip or buy at the store. The pure honest truth: this site is really for us to know what beers we prefer when we go out to have a beer. You get to benefit from our personal opinion and hopefully it will help you decide too.
Quick Links:
Breweries:
21st Amendment Brewery Views/Brews
Alaskan Brewing Company Views/Brews
Anderson Valley Brewing Company Views/Brews
Astoria Brewing Company Views/Brews
Ballast Point Brewing Company Views/Brews
Bear Republic Brewing Company Views/Brews
Bend Brewing Company Views/Brews
Big Horse Brewery Views/Brews
Bridgeport Brewing Views/Brews
Cascade Lakes Brewing Company Views/Brews
Coronado Brewing Company Views/Brews
Double Mountain Brewery Views/Brews
Eel River Brewing Company Views/Brews
Fifty Fifty Brewing Company Views/Brews
Fort George Brewery Views/Brews
Full Sail Brewery Views/Brews
Green Flash Brewing Company Views/Brews
Hoppy Brewing Company Views/Brews
Kona Brewing Company Views/Brews
Lost Abbey Views/Brews
Lost Coast Brewery Views/Brews
Mad River Brewing Company Views/Brews
McMenamins Views/Brews
Mendocino Brewing Company Views/Brews
North Coast Brewing Company Views/Brews
Pelican Brewery Views/Brews
Pizza Port Brewing Company Views/Brews
Port Brewing Company Views/Brews
Rogue Brewery Views/Brews
Rubicon Brewing Company Views/Brews
Silver Moon Brewing Views/Brews
Six Rivers Brewery Views/Brews
Stone Brewing Company Views/Brews
Three Creeks Brewing Company Views/Brews
Widmer Brothers Brewing Company Views/Brews
Taprooms:
Manderes Views
Yard House Views
Sierra Tap House
Samuel Horne’s Tavern
Davis Graduate
Chico Graduate
Yagers