I'm a Whisky enthusiast located in Hessen, Germany, enjoying whisky since the early 2000's. I am open for everything, but I rather prefer what Ralfy calls "integrity bottlings", often from independendent bottlers and trustworthy older and newer distilleries. I like sherried and peaty whiskies, but a good, classical ex-bourbon maturation is what's always impressing me most. I like spirit-forward youngish whiskies and often prefer them to old sherry-overcoated bottlings. I have not had too many old ex-bourbon bottlings, but for financial reasons I am also fine with this. My sweet spot is typically 8 - 18 years of maturation (if well done...).

My scoring system is normally based on 1-10 scale (like at dramface and Malt-Review), therefore here my definition for you:

1/10 = < 60/100: bad whisky, stay away!

2/10 = < 60/100: I don't need it again

3/10 = 60-66/100: not so good

4/10 = 67-70/100: some good aspects, there is hope

5/10 = < 71-75/100: average whisky, not bad, not particularly good either

6/10 = < 76-80/100: good whisky, but nothing special

7/10 = < 81-85/100: really good, buy if the price is good

8/10 = < 86-90/100: excellent whisky, worth buying a bottle

9/10 = < 91-94/100: Must have, close to perfect

10/10 = > 95/100: brilliant, worth every money