BottledInBond Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 https://www.fredminnick.com/2018/07/06/whisky-advocate-thanks-for-the-memories/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I wonder if this decision is born of frustration. Lately it seems to me that Whisky Advocate is primarily focused on promoting their big whisky trade shows. I also feel they are too beholding to their advertisers. I let my subscription lapse over a year ago and I find that I am miraculously still able to function Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvd99 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I still subscribe - need something to read in the can 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccleve23 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 He is part of the group starting a new magazine, Bourbon+. http://www.bourbonplus.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vosgar Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I wonder who WA will get to give the higher-than-they-ought-to-be ratings now? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvd99 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 8 hours ago, ccleve23 said: He is part of the group starting a new magazine, Bourbon+. http://www.bourbonplus.com/ Do they add 5-10 points to every review? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richnimrod Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 7 hours ago, jvd99 said: Do they add 5-10 points to every review? I'm certain 5-points is verbotten. I believe the mandatory uptick minimum is 10-points; but 25 is not uncommon, from what I've read. !!!!!! After all, some of the craft swill has been rated in mid-upper 80's, while likely shoulda been around 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranecreek Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 For the most part my pallet relates well with Freds reviews. Some of the other reviewers not so much. I enjoy the magazine and always look forward to the next issue, but I too am amused how a reviewer can skewer some whiskey and then end up scoring it as an 85 or more ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncork_it_already Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I like WA, I don’t subscribe but I grab it n Whole Foods or a liquor store when I see it. They’ve steered me towards a bunch of great bottles over the years that I probably would have missed. But I do find some of their ratings to be rather interesting. I have thought that maybe some of the bigger companies somehow but a big number. Don’t get me wrong, I think JW Blue is a great whisky, mastering the art of blending. But a 97? For a standard release? That’s a huge number (I believe no whiskey has ever gotten a 98, and very few were rated 97). This past issue had higher rated and easier to get whiskeys yet the Old Fitz 11 was editors choice? I guess when they named the EC B517 whiskey of the year made me question them. That’s literally been my least favorite batch that I’ve tasted (still very good, but what will the others - especially old label - rate?). It gets named WotY and all of a sudden they are everywhere. Has to have been the widest realest yet. I’ve seen a handful of A’s and C’s, but nearly every time I see a BP it’s the B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spade Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I never took him seriously because of the cravat. Anyone trying that hard to cultivate whatever image he was going for just seems too ridiculous to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonutsNBourbon Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 10 hours ago, uncork_it_already said: I like WA, I don’t subscribe but I grab it n Whole Foods or a liquor store when I see it. They’ve steered me towards a bunch of great bottles over the years that I probably would have missed. But I do find some of their ratings to be rather interesting. I have thought that maybe some of the bigger companies somehow but a big number. Don’t get me wrong, I think JW Blue is a great whisky, mastering the art of blending. But a 97? For a standard release? That’s a huge number (I believe no whiskey has ever gotten a 98, and very few were rated 97). This past issue had higher rated and easier to get whiskeys yet the Old Fitz 11 was editors choice? I guess when they named the EC B517 whiskey of the year made me question them. That’s literally been my least favorite batch that I’ve tasted (still very good, but what will the others - especially old label - rate?). It gets named WotY and all of a sudden they are everywhere. Has to have been the widest realest yet. I’ve seen a handful of A’s and C’s, but nearly every time I see a BP it’s the B. I've noticed that too... lately I'm just tripping over EC BP, all A batches though. Normally they're pretty difficult for me to find around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I’ve met Fred a couple of times. IMHO, he’s a pretty decent guy. I just think that there’s times that he may get a little over enthusiastic. At other times, maybe a bit too serious. Sound familiar? Hey, many of us have been there if ya’ know what I mean. Biba! Joe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDanner Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Looks like this move was a precursor to him starting his own bourbon publication. https://www.fredminnick.com/bourbon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDN98 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, BDanner said: Looks like this move was a precursor to him starting his own bourbon publication. https://www.fredminnick.com/bourbon/ I just got through listening to the most recent Bourbon Pursuit podcast and it looks like he will be a regular co-host to that too and have a segment called "Above the Char." Edited July 28, 2018 by NDN98 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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