The website http://www.beeradvocate.com has a very very nice site. No where on there have I seen them trash MrBeer. They have a section called Beer 101. They can actually help teach you to review beer, and how to review even if you don't like the style you are reviewing. Many have asked for a topic area where we review the MrBeer beers, before we do that I would strongly recommend if you review the beers here look at the Advocate site so you can be much more objective.. remember we want what you taste not what you like.... on reviews...

Great site and the brothers are home brewers. Boston seems to have a bit of a corner on the beer brewing market as far as brew pubs go.

I'm a prolific reviewer of beers on Beeradvocate. My username is ... wait for it ... Overlord.

I wouldn't go so far as to say they don't trash Mr. Beer, because it happens in the homebrewing forum. You can see my thread from December or January for examples.

I love the site, and I've been trying to knock off the BA top 100 for a while now. Only ten or so more to go!

I think its just a bit more vocal because we have BA run out of here. I have some issues w/ the brothers alstrom but that site is a great resource for all the beer fans out there.

But there really aren't that many places in Boston and the surrounding city that brew up their own beer although we've got a handful of places that take beer *very* seriously.

came across this pod cast ant thought some may be interested

http://brewium.com/podcast.php

learning to review beer

Great website! I am a beer novice and and the beer 101 will help a lot!

There can certainly beer some serious beer snobbery at beeradvocate, but if you can get past that, it's a tremendous resource for beer info. I am certainly no expert, but when I buy something new, I like to read about so I know exactly what I am smelling and tasting. Doing that is really helping me get an understanding of what the different aromas and flavors are.

Don't know how I missed this thread. I go to Beer Advocate all the time to check out new (to me) beers. Since I'm a new beer-lover (been drinking red wine all these years), I figure I'll skip right to the best beers. Saves a lot of time!

Don't let them dictate what beers to try though. I've found that I disagree with their overall ratings rather frequently. For example, they give Boddington's and Guinness much lower scores than I'd give them, and they list Speedway Stout as one of their best beers but I think it's awful. Overall though, my beer palate is easy to please so I don't find many beers I dislike.

I try to go by the overall rating, and not just the brothers'. I figure if a few hundred people think it's good, I probably will, too!