The Foaming Head has created our own rating system for buying new beers.  We have incoorporated factors that are not traditionally used in rating beers, but that play a factor when the average beer drinker walks into a store while purchase his/her next beer.  The rating is based on a scale of 1-100 and is broken down as follows. 

 

Packaging - Bottle - Label 2%
Price (within style limits) 3%
Aroma Scent Bouquet 15%
Flavor - Beginning (First Impression) 20%
Flavor - Middle 25%
Flavor - End, or Finish. 20%
Overall Satisfaction - 15%