New 100 point scoring system on Whisky Connosr

Author: Connosr Date: 27th Jan 2011 Published in: Connosr updates

Your new scoring system, as previewed here a few days ago, is now live and ready for use.

The new scoring 100 point scoring system

It has been clear for some time now that - for various reasons - the old star rating system wasn't granular enough for critiquing whisky at this level. This update has been some time in development and our final solution is the result of many "back to the drawing board" moments here at Connosr HQ - we do hope you like it.

So, star ratings are now a thing of the past as we have now upscaled to an entirely more flexible 100 point system.

Writing reviews

Reviewers have the option to use either 'Simple' or 'Advanced' scoring.

'Simple' scoring allows you to choose a score out of 100 with an easy to use sliding scale - we have provided some visual indicators to encourage consistency where possible, without telling you how to evaluate the whisky (we like to leave that up to you). The markers are broadly based on accepted international whisky scoring standards.

'Advanced' scoring also works on a 100 point scale but allows the reviewer to break this total down into marks out of 25 for Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance.

Cabinet ratings

The other area where the new system has been applied is the detailed cabinet view. Only the 'Simple' scoring method is available here.

Next steps

An amnesty period will be allowed for those of you who want to adjust your scores - we will be announcing some guidelines for this over the next few days.

After the amnesty period is over some normalisation of the data will be applied algorithmically where scores have not be updated.

As always we look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Comments 13

Comments

jwise wrote:

I look forward to getting into my reviews, and adjusting them accordingly. Keep us updated!

27 January 2011 00:18

jdcook wrote:

Nice work guys!

27 January 2011 03:17

agroni wrote:

looks really good

27 January 2011 08:50

Carbo wrote:

Great! Nice work!!

27 January 2011 11:47

Alanjp wrote:

Well done guys, it looks good and is easy enough to use.

27 January 2011 16:38

markjedi1 wrote:

Brilliant, thank you!

27 January 2011 16:49

scotchpro1 wrote:

I like the new system, but is there a way for me to go back to some of my existing ratings and tweak the numbers you guys assigned when you converted?

Thanks, Mark

27 January 2011 22:54

Connosr wrote:

Hi @scotchpro1 - we will be announcing an amnesty period for scoring adjustments in the coming days, so you'll have a comfortable amount of time to update your existing scores.

27 January 2011 23:14

LeFrog wrote:

Absolutely spot on!

28 January 2011 18:22

joshk wrote:

I love this. I took a second look at all the ratings in my cabinet and the new scale forced me to be more consitent (the difference between a 5-6 stars was negligible and the difference between 6-7 stars was huge).

28 January 2011 21:01

yossiyitzak wrote:

Very, very nice work!!

03 February 2011 17:31

Pudge72 wrote:

Thank you for the more detailed scoring system. At some point, will there be written guidelines that give some parameters on how scores could be arrived at (i.e. what a 15-19 out of 25 score for palate might take into consideration vs. a 20-25 score)?

05 February 2011 06:58

Connosr wrote:

Details of the scoring amnesty will be announced early next week. Keep an eye on the blog for more information...

11 February 2011 15:10