Wot's Happened to Real Ales?

If they tried all 365 they wouldn't be conscious either! The whole process is flawed, and skewed towards the beers most people decide to try. One possibility is to form a shortlist, and invite people to try _small_ samples of each beer on the shortlist. However if they are already p****d, that could end up being a no no as well.

Brian

Not if you have your quantities right and you sell-out.

John B

In message , BrianW writes

Its only flawed if you portray 'beer of the festival' as something it isn't. There's no pretence of objective, controlled judging of anything, hell drinkers don't even have to try a beer to vote for it.

In article , Paul Shirley writes

Most people will vote for a beer they have tried, either at the festival or elsewhere. It is not necessary for each voter to try each beer since the result is determined by a beers popularity and is a majority decision, of course this can mean that an excellent micro is unlikely to win, then again if it has gained good publicity among imbibers before the festival many will want to try it and might vote for it.

It has been known (so I am told) for most of the votes to come from the staff rather than the punters, using the criteria of:

(a) has it got lots of hops in it?

and

(b) will we get lots of free beer when we make the presentation?

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(b) would point you toward Courage, however...

... (a) rather suggests Courage would be a no-hoper.

Of course at one time Boddingtons was majorly hoppy. Which was fine for the first pint, OK(ish)for the second and for the third you discovered what the taste behind the hops was(NT)

i.e. Hops aren't everything.

In message , Steven Pampling wrote

And how does it taste now after taking away the hops?

Similar to the underlying lack of flavour before. I said then and I repeat now Boddingtons was overrated and now it's over sold (hyped?).

I think the wine buffs talk about "length" in referring to a wine taste that covers different tastes across and along the tongue rather than just a quick blast at the beginning with no real follow through.

Hopeless...

Allan Bennett a écrit :

Still a fan of crap puns, I see.

But still not a fan of crap 'uns like thee.

Allan Bennett a écrit :

Yet obviously still a fan of gratuitous insults, Benny Bunny.