Talk:Beer tasting

Merge from Cervesario and Beer sommelier

It seems to me the articles on Cervesario, Beer sommelier and this one are about the same phenomena (profession). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:46, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Yes, and I think Beer rating could be merged as well, as it's essentially the same thing, and these articles are all stubs. And perhaps Beer appreciation could be created as a redirect. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 11:33, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

As the Beer rating article is the longer established, with more (and more complex) links and redirects, and is more developed with more references, I think the merges and redirects should be to that article. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 11:37, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Though I agree with merging the various tasting professions to this article (I thought about it when I started the article); from my experience, Beer rating is a different phenomena: it is an industry in and of itself, rather than part of the practice of tasting the beers. Moreover, all of the Craft Breweries that I have visited (which is many, I am starting to do extensive research in Beer culture), frame tasting like wine tasting: as an experience for understanding the complexities, and ingredients, rather than as a means of establishing which is better. which is more of the internet culture and the product of beer competitions. (UTC)Sadads (talk) 14:43, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

What do you see as the difference between beer tasting and beer rating? I think the distinction would be quite subtle - both involve sampling beer and evaluating it. It just appears to be a different name for the same activity. Piotr's comments above suggest a professional element in the articles he names - but the Beer tasting article as it stands is about general evaluation of the taste of beer, and uses guidance from a beer rating website. I can see the possibility of at some point having two articles - one on professional beer evaluation, and one on general beer evaluation, but for now, with all these stubs, I would see the distinctions between professional and amateur as simply sections in a larger article which aims to deal comprehensively, holistically and encyclopedically with the topic, in a manner helpful to the general reader (and to us, as well!) SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 15:45, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Beer tasting is an activity rather than a profession, like Beer sommelier so should not in my opinion be merged together. However you could argue to clean up that Beer rating should be a section under Beer tasting, as both are activities performed by laymen and professionals, as is wine tasting for example. Cervesario is a term which seems to be used in Poland and invented by one brewery, using it for their course and certification rather like 'Cicerone' which is a trade-marked term. The term 'Beer sommelier' is a more broadly used non-trade marked professional term in English in North America, UK and Australia by a number of educational and certifying bodies. By all means mention the term in the Beer sommelier article, with an external link but promotion of one brewery's scheme might be seen as spammy in my opinion. Firebuild (talk) 09:03, 12 May 2014 (UTC)(User talk:Firebuild)

I support the proposed merge. One article, Beer Tasting, with subsections on Professional, Amateur, and Other would suffice. As it stands now, the Cervesario and Beer sommelier articles are Stubs with little additional information to add to make them into anything bigger. Prof. Mc (talk) 21:22, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

• Cervesario merged. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 16:00, 23 July 2014 (UTC)