Award Winning Whiskies 2011
Here’s a compilation of most of the major Whisky Awards for 2011. One thing that is a bit confusing is that many of these lists have the year 2012 in their title even though they are lists compiled in 2011. I don’t even think I’ve drunk all the award winners for 2010! Some day I’ll catch up or have fun trying. Time to read on and dream up my new To Do list. Slainte!
Whisky Magazine Icons of Whisky America 2012
Whisky Distiller of the Year – Four Roses
Craft Whisky Distiller of the Year – Balcones Distilling
Whiskey Ambassador of the Year–Elmer T. Lee, Buffalo Trace
Whisky Brand Innovator of the Year–Buffalo Trace
Whisky Visitor Attraction of the Year–Jack Daniel Distillery
Whisky Retailer of the Year Online–ForScotchLovers.com
Scotch Whisky Ambassador of the Year–David Blackmore, The Glenmorangie Company
Whisky Retailer of the Year Single Outlet–Federal Wine and Spirits, Boston
Whisky Retailer of the Year Multiple Outlets–The Liquor Barn
http://www.whiskymag.com/awards/icons_of_whisky/2012/
World Whiskies Awards 2011 from Whisky Magazine
(2012 still to be judged)
World’s Best Single Malt Whisky–Yamazaki 1984
World’s Best Blended Whisky–Hibiki 21 Years Old
World’s Best Blended Malt Whisky–Taketsuru 21 years Old
World’s Best North American Whiskey–Parker’s Heritage Collection 10 Year Old Cask Strength Wheated Bourbon
World’s Best Grain Whisky–Greenore 15 Year Old
World’s Best Whisky Liqueur–Drambuie The Royal Legacy of 1745
See Web site for category winners: http://www.whiskymag.com/awards/wwa/2011/
Malt Maniac Awards 2011 (new awards to be announced in January 2012)
AWARDS - Ultra Premium Category
Non-Plus-Ultra Award (Ultra Premium)
GlenDronach 39yo 1972/2011 (49.9%, OB, Oloroso Sherry Butt, C#712, 466 Bts.)
Best Natural Cask Award (Ultra Premium)
Glen Grant 59yo 1952 (49.2%, Gordon & MacPhai,l Book of Kells, C#1134, 2011)
Best Sherry Cask Award (Ultra Premium)
Karuizawa 1981/2011 (55.2%, OB, Sherry C#2634, Btl. 12/08/2011)
Best Cask Innovation Award (Ultra Premium)
Lochside 46yo 1965/2011 (52.3%, Adelphi, Limited, Blended Scotch Whisky, 499 Bts.)
Best Peated Malt Award (Ultra Premium)
Port Ellen 28yo 1982/2011 (60%, Wilson & Morgan, C#2033, 534 Bts.)
Thumbs Up Award (Ultra Premium)
Strathisla 1970/2011 (43%, G&M Licensed Bottling, 514 Bts.)
AWARDS - Premium Category
Non-Plus-Ultra Award (Premium)
Yamazaki Sherry Cask (48%, OB, Suntory, Japan, Bottled 2011)
Best Natural Cask Award (Premium)
Lagavulin 12yo Natural Cask Strength (56.5%, OB, +/- 2011)
Best Sherry Cask Award (Premium)
GlenDronach 17yo 1994/2011 (59.2%, OB for Taiwan, Oloroso Sherry C#107, 607 Bts.)
Best Cask Innovation Award (Premium)
Amrut Portonova (62.1%, Multiple cask maturation, +/- 2011)
Best Peated Malt Award (Premium)
Breath of Islay 12yo 1999/2011 (56.1%, Adelphi, C#5877, 329 Bts.)
Thumbs Up Award (Premium)
Hakushu Heavily Peated (48%, OB, Suntory, Japan, +/- 2011)
AWARDS - Daily Drams Category
Non-Plus-Ultra Award (Daily Drams)
Lagavulin 16yo (43%, OB, +/- 2011)
Best Natural Cask Award (Daily Drams)
Talisker 10yo (45.8%, OB, +/- 2011)
Best Sherry Cask Award (Daily Drams)
Glenfarclas 2002/2011 (58%, OB, C#1575 & 1576, D. 25/4/'02, Btl. 18/8/2011, 630 Bts.)
Best Cask Innovation Award (Daily Drams)
Aberlour 16yo Double Cask Matured (43%, OB, Traditional Oak / Sherry, +/- 2011)
Best Peated Malt Award (Daily Drams)
Big Peat (57.8%, Douglas Laing, +/- 2011)
Thumbs Up Award (Daily Drams)
Kilchoman 'Spring 2011 Release' (46%, OB, 1st Fill & Refill Bourbon)
AWARDS - Special Category
Pressure Cooker Award
Macduff 10yo 2000 (56.6%, Exclusive Malts for Taiwan, Dst. 15/11/2000, C#5800, 349 Bts.)
Complete Master of Malt list here: www.maltmaniacs.org/2011-jury-report.pdf
2011 Scottish Field Whisky Competition
Under £35
Gold–Old Pulteney 12 year old
Silver–Glen Garioch Founders Reserve
Bronze–Dlamore 12
£35-£80
Gold Lagavulin distillery only, Distiller’s Edition 1994
Silver–GlenDronach 18 year old
Bronze–Mortlach 16 year old, Flora and Fauna bottling
Over £80
Gold Glengassaugh The Manager’s Legacy
Silver–Glengoyne 21 year old
Bronze–Benromach 30 year old
Blends (both Blended Scotch Whisky and Blended Malt Whisky)
Gold–Whyte & Mackay Luxury 19
Gold–Black Bull 12 year old
Silver–Monkey Shoulder
Independent Bottlings
Gold–Adelphi Dailuaine 27 years
Silver Miltonduff 1969
Bronze–Motlach 18 year old Sherry Douglas Laing
Whisky of the Year
Adelphi Dailuaine 27 years
See Electronic version of whisky winners in Scottish Field Competition:
2012 Whisky Bible Award Winners
World Whisky of the Year (and Single Malt of the Year, multiple casks)–Old Pulteney 21 Years Old
Second Finest Whiskey of the Year–George T. Stagg
Third Finest Whisky of the Year–Parker’s Heritage Collection Wheated Mash Bill Bourbon Aged 10 Years
Earlier Blog post Whisky Expert, Jim Murray’s Whisky Winners!
Other Whisky Bible Winners here: http://www.whiskybible.com/2011whiskybibleawards.htm
2012 Whisky Advocate (formerly Malt Advocate) Whisky Awards
(Coming in February)
2011 Malt Advocate Awards
Top Ten New Whiskies:
Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection, 1995 Vintage, “American Oak Chips Seasoned”, 45% ABV
Compass Box Flaming Heart, 10th Anniversary Bottling, 48.9% ABV
Forty Creek Confederation Oak Reserve, 40% ABV
George T. Stagg, 71.5% ABV
GlenDronach Grandeur, 31 year old, 45.8% ABV
Glenfarclas, 40 year old, 46% ABV
Glengassaugh, 40 year old, 44.6% ABV
The Glenlivet Cellar Collection, 1973 vintage, 49% ABV
Sazerac Rye, 18 year old, 45% ABV
William Larue Weller, 63.3% ABV
Distillery of the Year:
Heaven Hill
World Whisky of the Year:
Amrut Fusion
Scotch Whisky Single Malt of the Year:
Glenfarclas 40 year old
Scotch Whisky Blend* of the Year:
Compass Box “Flaming Heart”
* Here Blends encompass both vattings and blends, otherwise known as Blended Malt Whisky and Blended Scotch Whisky. Blended Malt has multiple single malts, Blended Scotch has multiple single malts and grain whisky.
Irish Whiskey of the Year:
Redbreast 12 year old
Canadian Whisky of the Year:
Forty Creek Confederation Oak
American Whiskey of the Year:
Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (2010 Release)
Artisan Whisky of the Year:
Kilchoman (Summer 2010 Release)
Best Buy Whisk(e)y of the Year:
Tie – Evan Williams & Very Old Barton 6 Year Old Bottled in Bond
Spirit of Speyside Whisky Awards
2011 Winners:
Up to 12 Years: Aberlour A'bunadh;
13-20 Years: The Glenlivet 18 Years Old
21 Years and Over: Glenfiddich 30 years Old
2010 Winners:
Up to 12 Years: Aberlour 10 Years Old
13-20 Years: Aberlour 16 Years Old
21 Years and Over: Benromach Vintage 1968
2009 Winners:
Up to 12 Years: Glenfiddich 12 Years Old
13-20 Years: The Glenlivet Nadurra 16 Years Old
21 Years and Over: Linkwood 26 Years Old Port Wood Finish
2011 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Best of Show Whiskey, Best Rye, Double Gold Medal
Thomas H. Handy Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey, USA [63.5%]
Best Single Malt Scotch, Double Gold Medal, Caol Ila Single Malt Scotch Distillers Edition, Islay, Scotland [43%]
Best Other Whisky, Double Gold Medal, Suntory The Yamazaki 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky, Yamazaki, Japan [43%]
Best Irish Whiskey, Double Gold Medal, Michael Collins 10 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey, Ireland [40%]
Best Bourbon, Double Gold Medal, George T. Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, USA [71.5%]
Best Blended Scotch, Double Gold Medal, Kingdom 17 Year Old Scotch, Scotland [40%]
Double Gold Medals
Aberlour 16 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Speyside, Scotland [43%]
Aberlour 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Speyside, Scotland [43%]
Ancnoc 16 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Highlands, Scotland [46%]
Ardbeg Single Malt Scotch, Uigeadail, Islay, Scotland [54.2%]
Balblair Single Malt Scotch, Vintage 1991, Highlands, Scotland [43%]
Basil Hayden's Bourbon, Kentucky, USA [40%]
Blanton's Straight from the Barrel Bourbon Whiskey, Kentucky, USA [64.5%]
Bowmore 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch , Islay, Scotland [40%]
Bulleit Small Batch Rye Whiskey, USA [45%] $25. www.diageo.com
Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Islay, Scotland [46.3%]
Bunnahabhain 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Islay, Scotland [46.3%]
Cardhu 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Speyside, Scotland [40%]
Glen Garioch Founders Reserve Scotch, Highland, Scotland [48%]
Glen Grant 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Speyside, Scotland [40%]
Glenfiddich 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Speyside, Scotland [40%] $65. Importer: Wm. Grant & Sons - Edison, NJ
Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Speyside, Scotland [40%]
Glenmorangie 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Quinta Ruban, Highlands, Scotland [46%]
Glenmorangie Single Malt Scotch , Finealta, Highlands, Scotland [46%]
Glenmorangie Single Malt Scotch , Astar, Highlands, Scotland [57.1%]
Glenmorangie 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch , Highlands, Scotland [43%]
Glenmorangie Old Single Malt Scotch , Signet, Highlands, Scotland [46%]
Chivas Regal 25 Year Old Scotch, Scotland [40%]
Connemara Cask Strength Irish Whiskey, Connemara, Ireland [57.1%]
Evan Williams Single Barrel Bourbon, 2001 Vintage, USA [43.3%]
Forty Creek Confederation Oak Canadian Whisky, Canada [40%]
Four Roses Limited Edition Single Barrel Bourbon, Kentucky, USA [75%]
Hudson Baby Bourbon, New York, USA [46%]
John J. Bowman Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey, Virginia, USA [50%] www.sazerac.com
Knob Creek Bourbon Single Barrel Reserve, Kentucky, USA [60%] $40. www.beamglobal. Com
Lagavulin 16 Year Old Distiller's Edition, Islay, Scotland [43%]
Laphroaig 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Islay, Scotland [43%]
Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Scotch, Islay, Scotland [57%]
Laphroaig 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Islay, Scotland [48%]
Old Parr 12 Year Old Blended Scotch, Grand, Scotland [40%]
Old Pulteney 17 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Highlands, Scotland [46%]
Old Pulteney 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Highlands, Scotland [46%]
Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 15 Year Old, USA [53.5%]
Powers 12 Year Old Irish Whiskey, Ireland [40%]
Rebel Yell Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Kentucky, USA [40%]
Redbreast 12 Year Old Irish Whiskey, Ireland [43%]
Redbreast 15 Year Old Irish Whiskey, Ireland [46%]
Suntory Hakushu 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky, Hakushu, Japan [43%]
The Balvenie 14 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Caribbean Cask, Speyside, Scotland [43%]
The Balvenie Single Malt Scotch, Thirty, Speyside, Scotland [47.3%]
The Dalmore 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Highlands, Scotland [43%]
The Glenlivet 16 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Nadurra, Speyside, Scotland [48%]
The Glenlivet 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Speyside, Scotland [43%]
The Tyrconnell 10 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey, Madeira Finish, Tyrconnell, Ireland [46%]
The Tyrconnell 10 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey, Port Finish, Tyrconnell, Ireland [46%]
Tobermory 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Island Of Mull, Scotland [46.3%]
International Wine and Spirits Competition 2011 (Gold–Best in Class Winners)
Laphroaig Triple Wood Islay Single Malt Scotch WhiskyBeam Global Spirits & WineScotland
Bunnahabhain 18 YO Un-Chillfiltered Islay Single Malt Scotch WhiskyBurn Stewart Distillers LtdScotland
Ledaig 10 YO Single Malt Scotch WhiskyBurn Stewart Distillers LtdScotland
Royal Salute 21 YOChivas BrothersScotland
The Glenlivet Single Malt 18 YO Scotch WhiskyChivas BrothersScotland
The Glenlivet Single Malt Archive 21 YO Scotch WhiskyChivas BrothersScotland
The Glenlivet Founder's Reserve Single Malt 21 YO Scotch WhiskyChivas BrothersScotland
Imperial Quantum 19 YOChivas BrothersScotland
Aberlour Double Cask Matured Single Malt 16 YO Scotch WhiskyChivas BrothersScotland
Ballantine's 17 YOChivas BrothersScotland
Lagavulin 16 YO Islay Single Malt Scotch WhiskyDiageo PlcScotland
Glengoyne 1996 Highland Single Malt Scotch WhiskyIan Macleod Distillers LtdScotland
ASDA 12 YO Islay Single Malt Scotch WhiskyIan Macleod Distillers LtdScotland
Balblair Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1978International BeverageScotland
anCnoc Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 12 YOInternational BeverageScotland
Hankey Bannister Blended Scotch Whisky 40 YOInternational BeverageScotland
Buchanan's MasterJames Buchanan & Co.Scotland
Dewar's Signature WhiskyJohn Dewar & Sons LtdScotland
Aberfeldy 21 YO Single Highland MaltJohn Dewar & Sons LtdScotland
Kilchoman Spring 2011 Release Single Malt Scotch WhiskyKilchoman Distillery Co LtdScotland
Matisse Blended Scotch Whisky 21 YOMatisse Spirits Company LtdScotland
Muirhead's Silver Seal Speyside 12 YO Single MaltPicard Vins et SpiritueuxScotland
James King Blended Scotch Whisky 15 YOQuality Spirits InternationalScotland
Highland Reserve Blended Scotch Whisky 12 YOQuality Spirits InternationalScotland
BenRiach Sherry Wood 12 YO Single Malt Scotch WhiskyThe BenRiach DistilleryScotland
Cutty Sark 25 YOThe Edrington GroupScotland
Glenmorangie Original 10 YO Single Malt Scotch WhiskyThe Glenmorangie CompanyScotland
Glenmorangie Nectar d'Or 12 YO Single Malt Scotch WhiskyThe Glenmorangie CompanyScotland
Glenmorangie 18 YO Single Malt Scotch WhiskyThe Glenmorangie CompanyScotland
Glenmorangie Quarter Century Single Malt Scotch WhiskyThe Glenmorangie CompanyScotland
Glenmorangie Signet Single Malt Scotch WhiskyThe Glenmorangie CompanyScotland
Black Dog Reserve 18 YO Scotch WhiskyUnited Spirits LtdScotland
Whyte & Mackay Blended Scotch Whisky 13 YOWhyte & Mackay Distillers LtdScotland
Whyte & Mackay Blended Scotch Whisky 30 YOWhyte & Mackay Distillers LtdScotland
Jura 21 YO Single Malt Scotch WhiskyWhyte & Mackay Distillers LtdScotland
Glenfiddich 15 YO Single Malt Scotch WhiskyWilliam Grant & Sons Distillers LtdScotland
Glenfiddich Rich Oak 14 YO Single Malt Scotch WhiskyWilliam Grant & Sons Distillers LtdScotland
Glenfiddich 40 YO Single Malt Scotch WhiskyWilliam Grant & Sons Distillers LtdScotland
The Balvenie Portwood 21 YOWilliam Grant & Sons Distillers LtdScotland
The Balvenie Thirty 30 YO Single Malt Scotch WhiskyWilliam Grant & Sons Distillers LtdScotland
Glenfiddich 15 YO Single Malt Scotch WhiskyWilliam Grant & Sons Distillers LtdScotland
Full results here: http://www.iwsc.net/search2010/wine/
Outstanding Single Malts, Blends and Other Whiskies of 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
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