I somewhat disagree. I've tasted cheap beers that weren't worth the price (PBR? PBR anyone?) and $7.00 a bottle beers that were can't miss. I agree on the fact that some may simply say, without even a true review, that one bottle of beer costing, say, $7.00 is simply not worth the cost. Yes, cost is indicative of quality. Quality should be assigned based on the beer however, and not the cost. My favorite example of this is Southpaw Light. This is a beer I regularly get for less than $7.00 a half case, but is a nice tasting, high ABV (by macro standards) beer.

Ah, don't worry about it. it's being tossed. Though I do agree the labeling is confusing. I never wanted to get very scientific about it for many reasons. Beer prices vary so much around the world and also depending on how you're buying it. The quantity or type of retailer (bar, wholesale, take-out, special order) makes it impossible to measure it numerically without bogging down the database with more info. So, because of the complications of purchase method, and subjectiveness of value, I'm not sure it's even worth having anymore. Personally, I've never, ever paid attention to a reviewer's cost assessment. On the other hand, sometimes I think it would be neat if you could simply enter the price and quantity of your purchase. Then you could add up how much you've spent :p. That would be frightingly interesting! It would be funny to see "$0.23/oz" next to a beer's rating.

This message was edited by Flashpro at 8/2/2004 9:41:14 AM.