Column 1

 

 

Here's our average rating. The colours do mean something:

80 Almost invisible, means not so solid score. Only one or two ratings.
96 The best of the best - 95 points or more
92 Fantastic malt - between 90 and 94 points
87 Great malt - between 85 and 89 points
82 Good malt - between 80 and 84 points
75 Medium quality - between 70 and 79 points
65 Questionnable - between 60 and 69 points
50 Highly avoidable - less than 60 points

 
Column 2

Here's the malt's name. Again, the colours have a meaning:

Glenwhatever 10yo (40%, OB): a recent bottling
Light yellow background: very recent update (less than two months)

 
Column 3

The bottler's name (abreviated).

 
Column 4

Taster's name. 'Matrix' means the malt has been tasted by 3+ tasters, and is on the Matrix.

 
Column 5 to 16

The Maniacs' individual ratings. These ratings are then recalculated depending on each taster's 'weight'. The more experienced the Maniac, the higher his 'weight'.

  • SV = Serge Valentin, France, Malt Magus (> 750 malts tasted and scored)
  • JH = Johannes van den Heuvel, Holland, Malt Magus (> 650 malts tasted and scored)
  • CD = Craig Daniels, Australia, Malt Magus (> 600 malts tasted and scored)
  • DK = Davin de Kergommeaux, Canada, Malt Mogul (> 500 malts tasted and scored)
  • PS = Peter Silver, USA, Malt Magus (> 700 malts tasted and scored)
  • OH = Olivier Humbrecht, France, Malt Mogul (> 550 malts tasted and scored)
  • KE = Klaus Everding, Germany, Malt Mogul (> 300 malts tasted and scored)
  • MW = Michael Wade, USA, Malt Missionnary (approx 200 malts tasted and scored)
  • LP = Louis Perlman, USA, Malt Missionnary (approx 200 malts tasted and scored)
  • KN = Krishna Nukala, India, Malt Missionnary (approx 200 malts tasted and scored)
  • MA = Mark Adams, USA, Malt Missionnary (approx 200 malts tasted and scored)
  • RP = Roman Parparov, Israel, Malt Missionnary (> 100 malts tasted and scored)

 
Column 17 Number of ratings.
Column 18 Date of entry or latest update.