tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501361286897702641.post-48005673095721906632008-01-11T18:17:00.000-06:002008-01-11T18:17:00.000-06:00I have to completely agree with you. One of the main reasons I started my own beer blog in the first place was because I disagreed with a lot of what the brothers at BeerAdvocate have to say about beer. It's not that they're wrong by any means, it's just I think they're not happy with a beer unless it's so elitist that nobody you know except for them actually like it. <BR/><BR/>I love IPAs. Stone's Arogant Bastard is great. I even love Ruination, but Double Bastard? That's where I had to draw the line in terms of brewing a crazy IPA just for the sake of it. Brewing great craft beer doesn't mean you brew something just to say you did. Brewing great craft beer should be about making something unique AND making people beg for more. <BR/><BR/>I know it's been discussed on BeerAdvocate before, but I also think it's a cultural thing. Folks on the east coast in general just seem to have a different opinion of what great beer should be compared to the midwest and especially west coast. Sure the brothers rate some west coast brews highly, but by and large they tend to favor brews from the east.<BR/><BR/>With that said I still think BeerAdvocate is probably the best beer resource on the internet due to its incredibly active community.Rickwww.bobwoodshed.orgnoreply@blogger.com