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id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The process is similar to that used in beer judging competitions, such as those organised by the <a href="/wiki/Beer_Judge_Certification_Program" title="Beer Judge Certification Program">Beer Judge Certification Program</a> (BJCP) in America,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the participants are consumers so it may be termed a score-rated recommendation system.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rating system may be a simple 5 marks, and may be organized by a beer store or <a href="/wiki/Pub_chain" title="Pub chain">pub chain</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Wetherspoons" title="Wetherspoons">Wetherspoon</a> in the UK;<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or it may be more involved, such as the systems used by beer rating websites such as BeerAdvocate and RateBeer.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2017 study considered beer ratings to be "a relatively unbiased and informative source of social information".<sup id="cite_ref-Niemelä_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Niemelä-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Websites">Websites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beer_rating&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Websites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BeerAdvocate">BeerAdvocate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beer_rating&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: BeerAdvocate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BeeradvocateLogo.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/BeeradvocateLogo.gif/220px-BeeradvocateLogo.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/BeeradvocateLogo.gif/330px-BeeradvocateLogo.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/BeeradvocateLogo.gif/440px-BeeradvocateLogo.gif 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="78" /></a><figcaption>Beeradvocate logo</figcaption></figure> <p>BeerAdvocate is an online beer rating site which also rates bars and beer stores.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was founded in 1996,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by brothers Todd and Jason Alström,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, and Denver, Colorado, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of November 2013, BeerAdvocate's database contained about 3,783,570 ratings of about 100,976 beers.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of February 2020, BeerAdvocate is owned by Next Glass, which is also the parent company of <a href="/wiki/Untappd" title="Untappd">Untappd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RateBeer">RateBeer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beer_rating&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: RateBeer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ratebeerlogo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Ratebeerlogo.png/220px-Ratebeerlogo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Ratebeerlogo.png/330px-Ratebeerlogo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Ratebeerlogo.png/440px-Ratebeerlogo.png 2x" data-file-width="532" data-file-height="117" /></a><figcaption>Ratebeer logo</figcaption></figure> <p>RateBeer was founded in May 2000 by Bill Buchanan<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a forum for beer drinkers to exchange information and share opinions of beer. In June 2000, the Canadian beer writer Josh Oakes<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> joined RateBeer and eventually became editor-in-chief. In June 2001, the web-site consultant Joe Tucker joined, eventually assuming full ownership of RateBeer.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2006, RateBeer's annual press-release of the highest rated beers on the site caused concern when various world media reported that supplies of <a href="/wiki/Westvleteren_Brewery" title="Westvleteren Brewery">Westvleteren</a> 12 were sold out due to being listed as the "Best beer in the world" on the site.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>RateBeer has over 4.5 million ratings (as of early 2013)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of more than 470,000 beers, from over 26,000 breweries.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2017, it was revealed that <a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_InBev" class="mw-redirect" title="Anheuser-Busch InBev">Anheuser-Busch InBev</a> had acquired a minority stake in RateBeer via the incubator ZX Ventures. 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We will just be able to give our community of beer drinkers an even better experience".<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-inbevrate_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-inbevrate-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of February 2019, RateBeer is fully owned by ZX Ventures, the global growth and innovation arm of AB InBev.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beer_rating&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Untappd" title="Untappd">Untappd</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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