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You've said it. I partake a lot in Ratebeer - because it's fun, not because I think it needs to exert authority - but I take those categories with a sackful of salt each. If it's Belgian, and pretty strong - well, it's gonna be a Belgian Strong ale. If it says "tripel" - it's gonna be tripel. But the beer could be both. But I do think that:

- if a beer has a certain number of ratings, one can form some kind of idea about the beer you've just found

- even with little ratings, you can try to find some that are a bit better written to get some amount of info on the beer concerned And then there's lots of other info, as well as articles. I think both Usenet groups, as sites as Ratebeer or BeerAdvocate, as well as other forums can participate in offering more info on beer to anybody looking for it. My two Eurocents, Joris

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Joris Pattyn
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Oh, agreed. One can make broad conclusions based on such ratings. But I've seen enough people who take the numbers very seriously that I have a strong desire to counteract that nonsense. E.g., "That's the second-best beer in the world!!1!111!" (Said of the high-gravity hop-monster of the week on one of those sites.)

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Joel

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Rajendra Gondhalekar

I do love to try as many different beers as I can get my hands on without making the wife too mad. I do not want the odd quirky beers to go away at all. Categorization to me is beneficial for the sake of labeling, so that consumers have a rough idea what they may be getting. However, if a brewer brews something that is different and does not fit any style, that's probably one of first beers I'd pick up to check out.

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Rajendra Gondhalekar

See? That's my point.

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Joel

I am not sure what you mean by that.

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Rajendra Gondhalekar

I don't know anything about all that. This is my first time trying these Belgian Ales and all I know is damn, they are good. Just tried a Corsendonk, very tasty indeed.

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Bruce in Cleveland

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