tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760958785336796611.post6014602724210458845..comments2024-01-17T03:50:26.727-05:00Comments on Beer in Baltimore: Washington Post Beer Madness 2011 Winner......Alexander D. Mitchell IVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16063927891723178579noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760958785336796611.post-25831264673518123662011-04-20T15:55:23.539-04:002011-04-20T15:55:23.539-04:00"I would like to see what would happen if thi..."I would like to see what would happen if this run-off had been held with a bunch of BeerAdvocate.com or RateBeer.com regulars........"<br /><br />For that matter, how about you Alex? Think the results would be the same (or even similar)?<br /><br /><br />This was a blind tasting and of course completely subjective. I'm willing to wager that if the same panel conducted the same contest again, the results would be different. <br /><br />That being said, I never really did understand the reason for even polling a popular vote. That has/had about as much meaning as the results from the "best beer city" contest conducted by Charlie Papazian (where participants could vote as many times as the liked). I thought the poll results for the popular vote were completely predictable.JohnM.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08630863956282168060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760958785336796611.post-65677878811981474112011-04-20T10:43:07.404-04:002011-04-20T10:43:07.404-04:00That's correct; it's akin to the actual pl...That's correct; it's akin to the actual playoffs determining the basketball championships, not the teams' respective popular picks on home brackets.Alexander D. Mitchell IVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16063927891723178579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760958785336796611.post-48924718159109242462011-04-20T10:25:33.921-04:002011-04-20T10:25:33.921-04:00It looks to me like the popular vote had zero rele...It looks to me like the popular vote had zero relevance whatsoever in determining which beers advanced. Only the critics' choices mattered.The Oriole Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483309131692836436noreply@blogger.com