<strong>Q: What is The Daily Pour?<\/strong><\/p>\n
A: The Daily Pour is a the ultimate home for coverage on the beverage industry. We review and report on drinks from around the globe, ranging from spirits to non-alc to cannabis-infused and beyond, with the ultimate goal of informing our audience about how to be the best drinkers they can be. The Daily Pour summarizes how each bottle performs according to various experts across the internet, including our own, by providing a single aggregated Critics\u2019 Score. Not unlike other aggregate review sites (think movies, music or video games), The Daily Pour provides all of the information you need to know about a drink in one place, with the opportunity to dig deeper into each of the scores.<\/p>\n
<strong>Q: Why does the world of beverages need The Daily Pour?<\/strong><\/p>\n
A: It\u2019s hard to quickly find a single venue with concrete, reliable information about various beverages – especially when it comes to young, exciting categories like non-alc and cannabis drinks. At The Daily Pour, we live on the cutting edge, striving every day to keep our followers updated on the latest and most important trends and releases.<\/p>\n
<strong>Q: What determines the Critics\u2019 Score?<\/strong><\/p>\n
A: The Critics\u2019 Score is curated by The Daily Pour. It\u2019s an easily understood number on a 50-100 scale, based on reviews of trusted and notable critics across the internet. Our in-house rating will often be one of the scores factored in equally with the others. The beverage world is chock full of authors, personalities and publications. The Critics\u2019 Score embodies two main components – conversion and averaging.<\/p>\n
Since every publication across the internet uses a different rating scale \u2014 from F to A+ to 1 to 5 stars and beyond \u2014 we first convert their ratings to an in-house equivalent on a 50-100 scale. Once each publication score is converted (see metrics below), the results are averaged and an aggregated score is provided for each spirit. This Critics\u2019 Score can continue to trend up and down \u2014 especially for new releases \u00a0as each source weighs in and posts reviews.m.<\/p>\n
<strong>Q: How are ratings converted to the Critics\u2019 Score?<\/strong><\/p>\n
A: See The Daily Pour\u2019s rating rubric here:
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| Letter Grade<\/th>\n | 0-5<\/th>\n | 0-10<\/th>\n | Raided Score<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| A+<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n | 100<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 9.5<\/td>\n | 98<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| A<\/td>\n | 4.5<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | 95<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 8.5<\/td>\n | 94<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| A-<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 92<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 7.5<\/td>\n | 90<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| B+<\/td>\n | 3.5<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 88<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 6.5<\/td>\n | 86<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| B<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 85<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 5.5<\/td>\n | 83<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| B-<\/td>\n | 2.5<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | 80<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 4.5<\/td>\n | 77<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| C+<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | 75<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 3.5<\/td>\n | 73<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| C<\/td>\n | 1.5<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n | 70<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2.5<\/td>\n | 67<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| C-<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n | 65<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 1.5<\/td>\n | 63<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| D<\/td>\n | 0.5<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n | 60<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 0.5<\/td>\n | 55<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
| F<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n | 50<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n <strong>Q: Why do some reviews have no House Review?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: Occasionally, other reviews may launch before we have an opportunity for our in-house critic to review. We always want to bring you the most up to date content, so we\u2019ll aggregate as many reviews as possible \u2014 even if we haven’t tried it yet.<\/p>\n <strong>Q: Why aren’t there more drinks rated 100?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: The Daily Pour is tough in our reviews. So, when examining our ratings, keep in mind that we have a tough grading system. Beverages in the mid-90s are very rare, and any score in the 90s is a big win and an indicator of tremendous quality.<\/p>\n <strong>Q: Who do you aggregate from?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: The Daily Pour has selected what we view as some of the best writers, palates and critics in the liquor world. When you are doing a deeper dive on a bottle, we strongly encourage readers to click onto their sites to read the full reviews. After all, a number is never nearly as valuable as reading a thorough review with tasting notes.<\/p>\n <\/div> |