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There is no such thing as bad whisky - some are just better than others.

* Don't bother ** Decent, was okay to try once *** Good, if someone was serving this I'd have a dram **** Very good, in the rotation ***** Great, tempted to hoard bottles [TOP SHELF = FAVORITES]

For bourbon and single malt whisky a rating of 2.5 means “average”. Anything rated 3 or more is worth a taste, anything rated 4 or more is recommended. For blended scotch the average is 1.5, and anything rated 3 or more is recommended.