tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post101972440434539305..comments2024-03-13T04:04:32.568-07:00Comments on Sku's Recent Eats: Whiskey Wednesday: The Million Point Scaleskuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-62876604183570749142013-09-15T11:28:46.423-07:002013-09-15T11:28:46.423-07:00The Sponge has nothing on you, Brother, except cha...The Sponge has nothing on you, Brother, except character assassination of specific UK personalities. I've often keenly felt the lack of any swimsuit competition in whisky. Sex appeal in general is missing in a marketing segment marked by Satanic self-twisting barrels, walking men, men in kilts, and psychotic barrel defending Irish super heroes. Cognac really shows up whisky in this area. It wasn't always this way. Black Velvet (a Canadian whisky sorely in need of some premium expressions for whisky geeks) once had a killer swimsuit presence. But it's been years... As for the grading scale. I use a five star and I'm feeling grossly inadequate. A change is clearly in order. I feel that you've missed the boat with your million point scale. The required values must be much higher. I'm going for a billion or a even a trillion points. I'm waiting on the focus group testing results before making my decision...Josh Feldmanhttp://cooperedtot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-7155648930722792702011-08-04T14:25:32.459-07:002011-08-04T14:25:32.459-07:00Hysterical! Like the others, you had me at Swimsu...Hysterical! Like the others, you had me at Swimsuit Competition. Though, the "Way the whiskey makes me feel about myself" category is a tad overvalued.Jason Pylehttp://sourmashmanifesto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-15547208585524846422011-08-04T10:09:03.946-07:002011-08-04T10:09:03.946-07:00AaronWF, that's why you need my key, but I wou...AaronWF, that's why you need my key, but I wouldn't advise buying anything that scores below 872,359.61.skuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-18086123503568025522011-08-04T10:05:06.502-07:002011-08-04T10:05:06.502-07:00In trivializing review scales, you have left me ut...In trivializing review scales, you have left me utterly bereft of any compass with which to point me in the direction of my next whiskey purchase. 1 million points is so overwhelming, so unimaginably complex in diversity of defining characteristics, so rife with counterbalance, hands, birds in hands or birds in bushes, catch-22s, glasses partly engorged, highway on and off ramps, valleys, swamplands, mountains and moors, vampires, fairies, shape-shifters, werewolves, necromancers...<br /><br />I need a drink.AaronWFhttp://whiskeywonka.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-8942162788206881122011-08-03T17:42:25.199-07:002011-08-03T17:42:25.199-07:00So let the reviews begin, and I too am awaiting th...So let the reviews begin, and I too am awaiting the swimsuit competition portion. I always thought those 10 point, and 100 point reviews were too vague. The Million point score will really get down to the nitty gritty.snakemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-28387371463288437892011-08-03T08:32:45.445-07:002011-08-03T08:32:45.445-07:00Preach brother Sku! The choir hungers for more so...Preach brother Sku! The choir hungers for more soaring, epideictic reviews void of the appearance of principle or rule. You've provided much-needed headroom (redundancy and overstress) for trivializing reviews in such a way that all individual's opinions are as important as 'the experts'. Genius! But, uh... remind me, what are 'we' reviewing???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-33788750952980578952011-08-03T06:39:48.404-07:002011-08-03T06:39:48.404-07:00Can't wait for the swimsuit competition, as lo...Can't wait for the swimsuit competition, as long as you're not competing...smart ass! :>Dsam knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-82722028544790112902011-08-03T02:19:41.988-07:002011-08-03T02:19:41.988-07:00At last, sanity has prevailed :)At last, sanity has prevailed :)Tim Fhttp://blog.thewhiskyexchange.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-56843753050846541072011-08-02T20:07:03.854-07:002011-08-02T20:07:03.854-07:00I don't see the point of a million point scale...I don't see the point of a million point scale if you only score stuff from 999,970.03 to 999,997.83 about 98.078% of the time.Regular Chumpingtonnoreply@blogger.com