For instance, Richard Stueven, who offers the largest collection of tasting notes on the Internet at Beer Is My Life , uses the 20-point scale. Eckhardt notes that this is not to be used to adjust the score of the beer. Therefore more attention to paid to inappropriate flavors that should not be part of commercial beers. Most major professional competitions aren't as structured. At the Great American Beer Festival beers pass through three rounds without formal scoring.
Judges are strict, however, about making sure a beer conforms to style.
It's kind of like it's the delegate for all the other beers in that style. Read tasting notes from Michael Jackson . Beer appreciation Learn more about beer appreciation. Your two-minute beer primer .