Beer rating

[11] It was founded in 1996,[12] by brothers Todd and Jason Alström,[13] and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, and Denver, Colorado, United States.

In June 2000, the Canadian beer writer Josh Oakes[19] joined RateBeer and eventually became editor-in-chief.

In June 2001, the web-site consultant Joe Tucker joined, eventually assuming full ownership of RateBeer.

[25] In June 2017, it was revealed that Anheuser-Busch InBev had acquired a minority stake in RateBeer via the incubator ZX Ventures.

[26] As of February 2019, RateBeer is fully owned by ZX Ventures, the global growth and innovation arm of AB InBev.