Beer Ratings

With the growth of craft beer worldwide, groups now rate beers similar to the way wine is rated.  Beers are typically rated on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 being the best.  These organizations evaluate beers and beer retailers, to help you decide what and where to purchase, plus they promote beer culture.  You will find beer ratings at following sites to help you evaluate your beer selection.  We have done some of the hard work for you, and looked up most beers in Nepal on RateBeer.  Click here for the current ratings of beers in Nepal.

Beer Rating Groups

The two most prominent beer ratings groups are RateBeer and Beeradvocate, and combined they rate most commercially available beers around the world.  Find your favorite beer, compare it to others, and use the information to try new ones.

RateBeer is recognized as the most accurate and is the most visited source for beer information.  They educate about beer, promote craft beer, plus perform outreach, in order to promote beer culture and enjoyment.

RateBeer was created in May 2000 as a forum where beer lovers come together and share opinions of beers and beer retailers, and learn more about beer culture.  They provide beer news and event information, plus are the leading source for consumer-driven beer ratings.  RateBeer is maintained by dedicated volunteers and beer lovers.

In addition to ratings RateBeer also publishes articles about beer culture and industry events, plus they provide weekly beer related editorials.  Lastly, they conduct an internationally recognized annual beer competition called the “RateBeer Best”.

RateBeer maintains over 100,000 members from more than 100 countries.  They provide independent, unbiased, consumer-driven information about beer, breweries, and retailers, all to promote the image and appreciation of beer worldwide.

RateBeer’s rates beers using a consumer friendly 100-point SCORE.  The score rates beers based on a beer’s percentile ranking among all beers, with a score of 99 rating a beer at or above 99% of other beers. Every beer is also given a STYLE SCORE which ranks a beer among its style peers, for instance how one stout ranks among other stouts.

RateBeer rates almost 200,000 beers from nearly 16,000 breweries, with over 4.5 million total ratings.

The brothers Todd and Jason Alström founded BeerAdvocate in 1996, which also rates beers and beer retailers. Both subscribers to the site and the brothers (Bros) rate beers and beer retailers, with each providing separate scores.  In addition to ratings, and they provide monthly beer reviews of new and established beers.

BeerAdvocate Overall Score (BOS)
BeerAdvocate generates a “BeerAdvocate Overall Score” (or BOS) for each beer, that ranks beers from 0 to 100.  The BOS is a proprietary point system, which is not a percentile rank, and represents the final overall score for a beer or place.  It summarizes the individual ratings, and provides consumers with a quick reference to compare one beer or place to another.  Following is a description of ratings:

BOS Range

Note: A beer or place must have at least 10 reviews to receive a BOS, hence an individual member review is not given a BOS.

Click here for more information on how the BeerAdvocate scores are generated.

BeerAdvocate rates well over 100,000 beers, and their database contains millions of ratings.

BeerAdvocate publishes a monthly magazine which covers beer from every angle (Click here for BeerAdvocate Magazine), and they organize popular beer festivals and events every year. Click here for  upcoming events.

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