Recipe ratings

[Lee Tucker]

One place I really enjoy looking at recipes is Northern Brewers site (http://www.northernbrewer.com). I like that when browsing through the recipes, you can see a summary of the reviews given on a 5 star rating scale, then when looking at an individual recipe you can easily read the individual reviews.

I would like to see something similar in the Brewer's Friend recipe search system. I know I can sort by "views" or "brews" but I'd like a quick way to see what others think of a recipe. I know this is highly dependent on the community using the tools but if the capability was there, maybe it would take off.
Lee

 

[LarryBrewer]

Our original thought here is the brew count would become the ultimate measure of a recipe's quality.

We just added the 'Award Winning' flag on the recipe, with ability to search by it, which is a step in the right direction.

Not opposed at all to the idea of a rating system and adding a better comments system, just need to figure out when to do it.

How about this - for people who did brew the recipes, their comments would carry more weight - or at least you could see if they brewed it next to the comment.

If Joe Blow gives it 4 stars, but he didn't brew it, and didn't say why he gave it 4 stars, that means very little to me. However, if Joe Brewer gave it 1 star after brewing, and added useful comments, now we have some real information to go off.

 

[Lee Tucker]

Agreed on the weighting of a review.
Sorry for the double post by the way, just noticed something similar was posted here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=48

Thanks for your continued attention to the forums and for the development of the system!
Lee

 

[LarryBrewer]

Thanks for your continued attention to the forums and for the development of the system!
Lee

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