State Rankings by the Need for Additional Homebrew Shops

How is the Homebrew Shop Need Index Calculated? Homebrew Shop Need Index = (21 and up population/number of homebrew shops *50) + (per capita consumption in beer in gallons * 15) + (Average Internet Search Interest *35) / the highest figure (to get an index of 1.0 and...

Most Used Words in Beer Names

Source: 91,238 Beers Entered into BeerAdvocate as of 1/10/2014 For all words with at least 25 mentions Word Word Count ale 12734 ipa 5818 stout 5364 porter 3305 pale 3267 red 2608 lager 2446 imperial 2125 black 2040 brown 2024 barrel 1980 wheat 1827 saison 1767 aged...

Top Homebrew Twitter Accounts

Who should you follow on Twitter for great homebrew content? Below is a list of the top twitter accounts based off a formula weighted towards followers and tweets. If I don’t have you included in the list or if I’ve left of somebody off that should be on,...

American IPAs in Four Charts

American IPAs are by far one of the most popular styles of beer with over 5,500 entries on BeerAdvocate. Below are four charts breaking down the beers by BeerAdvocate’s average beer rating (the numerical review average, based on the sum of all user ratings...