The good guys at Beer Advocate posted this…
First, we hate blogs as much as this guy. (Actually … we hate blogs more.) That’s why this is not a blog.
…and then proceeded to announce their new blog…which isn’t a blog…yet works exactly like a blog. This is good and will likely be a great read and place to comment on thoughts from the Alström brothers about beer culture. But it is a blog.
[Original comments…]
Chris – August 8, 2006 5:00 PM
http://belmont-station.com/newbrewblog.html
Hehehe! I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw the humor in that.
Greg Clow – August 8, 2006 10:00 PM
http://beerbeatsbites.blogspot.com/
They seem to be of the impression that blogs are defined by the software used to publish them rather than the format and content – i.e.: “It’s simply a skin, of sorts, that sits on top of our homegrown forum code and collects tagged entries vs. installing some 3rd-party bloated-blog-ware on the site that we then have to then integrate.”
Whatever. As long as it’s useful and entertaining information, I look forward to reading it. I just wish they’d lose some of the attitude.
Alan – August 9, 2006 9:36 AM
I was going to ask you about that, Greg. I naturally gravitated to Beer Advocate over RateBeer but I am not exactly sure why. I use them for the cross reference on my reviews of beer mostly as I wanted to keep it consistent. I know you prefer RateBeer from your mentions of the amount of reviewing you have done there.
Chris – August 9, 2006 6:43 PM
http://belmont-station.com/newbrewblog.html
I find both sites useful for different reasons. BA almost always has the first reviews for new east coast beers due to the heavy east coast membership whereas Ratebeer usually has the lead on west coast and European beers. I find the harsh black and white scheme of BA a little harder on the eyes, but that’s a small concern.
The biggest difference for me is linking; BA requires you to join/log-in to view beer reviews so I usually link to ratebeer when posting on our blog. I dislike having to register for things (like the NYT) in order to read an article, and I want to avoid doing that to our visitors unless it’s absolutely neccessary.
~Chris