Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Formatting Whisk(e)y Reviews

1) Title it! Try to use the format: Distillery Age/Descriptors (Barrel/batch information, ABV). Here's a good example: Aberlour A'bunadh (Batch No. 9, 60%)

2) Tell us about it in whatever manner suits your style!

3) Pictures are nice...(upload 'em, don't link from anyone else's site)

4) Slap on some labels. Try to use the format: distillery, distillery age/descriptor, "review", whisk(e)y type. For a review of Talisker 10yo, you'd type: talisker, talisker 10, review, single malt scotch. That way people can specifically find the reviews of Talisker 10yo, all Talisker whiskies, all single-malt Scotch reviews or all reviews on this blog. Some other handy labels are: bourbon, rye whiskey, blended scotch, blended irish, single malt irish...use what you think is right for the style.

Oh, and do be sure no one else have reviewed said whisk(e)y before you start a new post. If there's already a review, your thoughts should go in the comments section of the original review. This makes it so there's a moment of fame for whomever gets "first blood" on a new whisk(e)y.

1 comment:

Badgerben said...

Something that should probably be mentioned here as it's only been brought up on another site, everyone should feel free to write a full review for a whisk(e)y that was already posted, but do so as a comment to the original review. Consider it a perk to being the first to snag a dram of that particular Water of Life and write about it.