RateBeer Weekly: RateBeer takes on minority investment from A-B InBev's ZX Ventures division & answering questions

RateBeer Weekly: Friday Field Guide Not displaying right? [View in browser](. [RateBeer Weekly]( [ADVERTISEMENT: INQUIRE HERE](mailto:sales@ratebeer.com?subject=Top%20Banner%20Placement%20Inquiry&body=*This%20email%20goes%20out%20to%20115%2C000%20people.%20Please%20include%20as%20much%20info%20as%20possible%20incl.%20desired%20goals%20%26%20timing.%20Thanks!*) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Click to warp to:] [IN YOUR REGION](#Sightings) | [LIMITED RELEASE](#Search) | [TOP EVENTS](#Breweries) Thursday Field Guide Fresh picks, from the world's top brewers. June 8th, 2017 Edition | [Newsletter Archive]( By now, you have probably heard that A-B InBev's tech-friendly growth division, ZX Ventures, has [purchased a minority investment in RateBeer](. There has certainly been a lot of discussion and questions raised over the last week across the larger beer community and [within our own community](. We invite you to join the discussions there. Here are answers to frequently asked questions about the news: 1. Why did you do this? A: As most of the community knows, I’d been trying for years to find a solution in order to keep up with all the work involved with running a global website. We weighed a number of different solutions and talked to a variety of potential investors. 2. Why ZX Ventures? A: I believed a partnership with ZX Ventures was the right move for RateBeer, as we share many passion points. I appreciated ZX was a tech savvy company, and one that could provide me with assistance for our coding and development needs. ZX understood my mission for growth, and sees the potential in giving RateBeer more of a global footprint. Having access to AB InBev’s resources, expertise and experience also provides RateBeer with the long term stability I was looking for. 3. Is our personal information unsafe? Will AB InBev have access to it? No one will have access to your personal information, which is exclusively by RateBeer and is never shared with other entities. 4. Is it possible for AB InBev to change the scores of their beers? No. The power of RateBeer’s authority lies in our crowd-sourced scores, and we’ve done nothing to change that. Our ratings are available for public viewing through the web site and we’ve implemented an additional measure so that other brewers, industry watchers, journalists and others can view cumulative scores and ratings on a regular basis. 5. Can brewers request their brewery to be delisted? RateBeer lists user-submitted content. If users submit any material that is protected by copyright, any copyright holder can request removal. Instructions for this are in are in our Terms of Use document here: 6. Can users close their account? We honor all requests to remove all personally identifiable information from our servers and can anonymize reviews and other submitted content. Instructions for this are here: 7. Why did you wait so long to tell us? This was just a minority investment, and we wanted to take the time to really dig in and get to work. There was nothing more I wanted then to start utilizing my new tools and resources to begin improving the site. 8. Does AB InBev have access to all our data? Through our open API, RateBeer is offering the same access to data that AB InBev will have. As mentioned, no personally identifiable information will be available to any API user, including AB InBev. Other brewers, journalists, researchers, scholars, app builders, members of the community, etc. are welcome to apply for API access here: 9. What is the benefit to AB InBev? ZX gains access to insights around consumer trends, a better understanding of the beer consumer and beer markets around the world, which enables them to keep a finger on the pulse. They believe RateBeer is the tool to help beer drinkers best navigate the sometimes overwhelming beer market, better informing them of all the beer selections so they can make the best choice for their tastes. 10. Are ZX Ventures employees working on the site now? Are they touching content? We’ve received a lot of great help from the tech team and designers at ZX Ventures to upgrade our platform, improve stability and performance, finish our mobile responsiveness initiative, and to develop our first in-house mobile app (launching soon). – Joe Tucker, Executive Director *** TOP PICKS AMONG RECENT RELEASES BEAVERTOWN Humuloid [97 Overall]( || [Find Beavertown Online]( *** SIERRA NEVADA / GARAGE PROJECT Campout [95 Overall]( || [Find Beer Camp Pack Online]( *** PRACOWNIA PIWA Pooka [Barrel-Aged Baltic Porter]( || [Find Pracownia Piwa Online]( *** MIKKELLER SD No Haze Off [93 Overall]( || [Find Mikkeller Online]( *** LE BOCKALE Milkshake NEIPA [India Pale Ale]( || [Trade For It]( *** Share this issue: [Like RateBeer Weekly: RateBeer takes on minority investment from A-B InBev's ZX Ventures division & answering questions on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Get in touch: [sales@ratebeer.com](mailto:sales@ratebeer.com?subject=RateBeer%20Weekly%20Advertising-Marketing%20Inquiry) [ADVERTISEMENT: INQUIRE HERE](mailto:sales@ratebeer.com?subject=Top%20Banner%20Placement%20Inquiry&body=*This%20email%20goes%20out%20to%20115%2C000%20people.%20Please%20include%20as%20much%20info%20as%20possible%20incl.%20desired%20goals%20%26%20timing.%20Thanks!*) [Click to warp to:] [TOP](#Top) | [LIMITED RELEASE](#Search) | [TOP EVENTS](#Breweries) LEADERBOARD Top new releases spotted last couple weeks. Here is our leaderboard for the past week. These new beers have risen to the top of our must-watch list based on reviews from our members! The leader: [Trillium Fort Point Pale Ale - Motueka Dry Hopped]( The Top 30+ in alphabetical order: [Alvarado Street Hive Mind]( [Angry Chair Strawberry Cream Berliner Weisse]( [Beavertown Humuloid]( [BFM Jeandy 10th Anniversary Moeder Lambic Original]( [Brussels Beer Project #EXP 0033]( [Cellarmaker Double Mt. Nelson]( [Frontaal / Beyerd Breda Imperial Stout (BIS) - Glenlivet BA]( [Le BockAle Milkshake NEIPA]( [Magic Rock Cryo Baby]( [Mikkeller San Diego Beer Geek Nitro Breakfast]( [Mikkeller San Diego No Haze Off]( [Night Shift Thievery]( [North Brewing Co / Het Uiltje - DIPA]( [O/O 50/50: Citra/Columbus]( [Piwojad, Single Citrus Smoothie]( [Pracownia Piwa Baltic Pooka]( [Sierra Nevada / Avery Beer Camp Dry-Hopped Barleywine-Style Ale]( [Sierra Nevada / Ayinger Beer Camp Dunkle Weisse]( [Sierra Nevada / Duvel Moortgat Beer Camp Hoppy Belgian-Style Golden Ale]( [Sierra Nevada / Fullers Beer Camp Atlantic-Style Vintage Ale]( [Sierra Nevada / Garage Project Beer Camp Campout Porter]( [Sierra Nevada / Saint Arnold Beer Camp Dry-Hopped Berliner-Style Weisse]( [Stockade The Mountie Maple Imperial Stout]( [Third Sector Brewing - Buna Dabo Naw]( [Tiny Rebel Captain Insano]( [Toppling Goliath XHops Series - Teal]( [Trillium Fort Point Pale Ale - Motueka Dry Hopped]( [Uiltje Meneer de Uil (Wardhead BA)]( [Verdant Some Fifty Summers]( [Warpigs Totally Fucking Entombed AD]( *** Looking to promote a regional beer release? [We've got you covered.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Click to warp to:] [TOP](#Top) | [IN YOUR REGION](#Sightings) | [TOP EVENTS](#Breweries) LIMITED RELEASE May involve adventure. NEW GLARUS R&D Sour Porter DE PROEF / NEW GLARUS Abtsolution [Facebook Post with Full Release Details]( "R&D reveal! Two Historic brews! First- Dan’s personal favorite the 1870s Sour Porter! Black floor malted barley spontaneously fermented into luxuriously smooth sour. Oak aging lends a toasted finish to this historic beer revival. Second- a friendly Wisconsin- Belgium collaboration. Abtsolution! Brewmasters Dan and Dirk Naudts of De Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi explore the Belgian ABT style. Wisconsin weighed in with Santium and Chinook hops. Happy cows contributed milk lactose to impart the velvety smoothness of this dark ale. Both ales are designed to enjoy today, or will evolve beautifully over next 1-2 years if you are that patient. The R&D release will be Friday and Saturday, June 9&10. There will be a new later release time! 10 a.m! Price increase! $15 per bottle! Daily limits 4 R&D Sour Porters and/or 2 Abtsolutions per person." *** Share this issue: [Like RateBeer Weekly: RateBeer takes on minority investment from A-B InBev's ZX Ventures division & answering questions on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Get in touch: [sales@ratebeer.com](mailto:sales@ratebeer.com?subject=sumpin%20bout%20RateBeer%20Weekly) --------------------------------------------------------------- [ADVERTISEMENT: INQUIRE HERE](mailto:sales@ratebeer.com?subject=Top%20Banner%20Placement%20Inquiry&body=*This%20email%20goes%20out%20to%20115%2C000%20people.%20Please%20include%20as%20much%20info%20as%20possible%20incl.%20desired%20goals%20%26%20timing.%20Thanks!*) [Click to warp to:] [TOP](#Top) | [IN YOUR REGION](#Sightings) | [LIMITED RELEASE](#Search) TOP EVENTS RateBeer's most popular events, by region. Want to increase your chances of having your event listed below? Enter your event info into [RateBeer.com's calendar]( for free. Check RateBeer's full events calendar [here](. Sponsored Events - [Inquire Here](mailto:sales@ratebeer.com?subject=Get%20My%20Event%20Listed!&body=*Include%20event%20info%2C%20link%20to%20event%20website%2C%20link%20to%20RateBeer%20event%20page%20if%20applicable%2C%20your%20name%20%26%20contact%20number*) 6/9-10: [Omaha Beer Fest]( - Omaha, NE 6/15-17: [National Homebrewers Conference]( - Minneapolis, MN 6/16-17: [Cider Summit Portland]( - Portland, OR 8/23-25: [Southern Brewers Conference]( - Nashville, TN Upcoming Events Thursday, June 8, 2017 [3. Wolfsburger Bierfest (Wolfburg)]( [Beer Launch: Pleasures and Treasures from FUERST WIACEK (Neukoelln)]( [Fermentoren Aarhus - Brewski summer madness (Aarhus)]( [Tap Take Over Brasserie Saint Feuillen (Paris)]( Friday, June 9, 2017 [8. Wrocławski Festiwal Dobrego Piwa (Wrocław)]( [Fermentazioni 2017 (Roma)]( [GRADI PLATO - Three Year Anniversary Testaccio (Roma)]( [Lander Brewfest (Lander)]( [Óbudai Kézmves Sörök Fesztiválja – Kisüzem 2017 (Budapest)]( [Purtse Tap takeover (Tallinn)]( [The Anaerobic Soak Party w/ RAR, Dogfish Head & Burial (Washington)]( [X. Budapesti Cseh Sörfesztivál // X. Czech Beerfestival Budapest (Budapest)]( Saturday, June 10, 2017 [2. 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