I think the subjectivity of this kind of data ruins any value in statistical/scientific analysis. For example, my beer taste developed while I lived in Michiga

I think the subjectivity of this kind of data ruins any value in statistical/scientific analysis. For example, my beer taste developed while I lived in Michigan. The craft scene is more spread out there, but there is a ton of high quality IPAs, Stouts and Porters being brewed in the metro Detroit area. Now I live in Austin, and the beer here is crap in those categories, but stronger in the Pilsners and Pale Ales. When people down here rate breweries, it is usually much more focused on those categories, thus putting Austin at #13, even though it is trash compared to a Dark Horse, or a Dragonmead, in the "harder to do right" categories. It's just that they don't know any better. EDIT: But aside from that the presentation was nice, and well executed EDIT 2: "Pale Ales"