What precisely is the sites policy on barrel-aged beers?
A. Some barrel-aged beers are regular stand-alone brands.Others are simply a case of a brewer drawing off a few gallons of beer into a barrel or two and then showing off the beer at the brewery and festivals. On Ratebeer, there is a big difference between the two. One reason is that we have to verify the existence of each beer that is entered into the database.This is a monumental task at the best of times, but beers of which only a few dozen litres ever existed are close to impossible to keep tabs on.Yes, we could talk to the brewers, and we do, but not all of them get back to us. So the policy is this if it is for public sale, defined as bottles, outside draught accounts, or as a regularly produced beer at a brewpub (a one-off where a full-sized batch was made will also suffice), then it counts.We want to able to verify the beers and also to have a database full of beers that other people will be able to rate, too.
