Each year, I start the blogging calendar with a disclaimer. #Disclaimer will never catch on, I know, but I feel it is important to take the tiny amount of time each year to set the ground rules.
Every beer, brewery, event, restaurant reviewed on this site whether paid for or complimentary will get the same treatment when reviewed. If I don’t like the beer, it will be described as a beer that I did not like, even if it was handed to me by the brewer and I like the brewer. If I forget (which probably will happen) to mention how I got a beer or a pass to an event, then go back and read that first tortured sentence.
I clearly want the Los Angeles Craft Beer Scene to flourish and I want craft beer in general to flourish. So my reviews will also take that into consideration. Some points in time require cheerleading and others require harsh sentences. It shouldn’t take a reader too long to see where I stand.
I will be as impartial as I can be and I hope to not lead anyone astray in 2015.