Meta-Critic Database has grown to over 1000 whiskies<\/em>! As always, that encompasses a wide range of Scottish, Irish, American, Canadian and other International malts and blends.<\/p>\nI’ve continued to add new reviewers, so those 1000 whiskies represent over 13,000 individual whisky reviews that I have tracked and manually curated. 😓<\/p>\n
The mean Meta-Critic score for all whiskies in the database is currently 8.54, with a mean standard deviation of 0.39. But of course, the range for different classes can vary, depending on reviewer norms.\u00a0 To help you in figuring out what is a “typical” average and standard deviation score, here is how it break downs for the four main classes that I use to group whiskies:<\/p>\n
Bourbon-like<\/strong>: mean average 8.57, mean standard deviation 0.37
\nRye-like<\/strong>: mean average 8.47, mean standard deviation 0.46
\nScotch-like blends<\/strong>: mean average 8.21, mean standard deviation 0.40
\nSingle Malt-like<\/strong>: mean average 8.54, mean standard deviation 0.39<\/p>\nSo when comparing the scores for any given whisky in each of those categories, you can use the numbers above to help calibrate yourself.<\/p>\n
I have been adding my own whisky reviews at the rate of about one per week. I expect to keep that up for the conceivable future, as I have a good stockpile of samples to work my way through. Hopefully you will find these individual reviews a good one-stop location for background, tasting notes, relevant Meta-Critic comparisons, and links to further reviews.<\/p>\n
And finally, my server stats show we have hit another 1000 milestone – WhiskyAnalysis.com is now averaging over 1000 visitors a day.\u00a0 That’s about a 3.5-fold increase in traffic since this time last year. Thanks for all the comments, keep ’em coming!<\/p>\n
Slainte,
\nEric<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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