Whiskey and Barrel Consumer Choice Awards
SCOTCH WINNERS 2020
Whiskies listed alphabetically within each category, not by medals.
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CATEGORIES:
INDEPENDENT BOTTLER, SCOTCH PEATED, SCOTCHED NON-PEATED
INDEPENDENT BOTTLER
Under $81
Blackadder Puff Adder
Glass Revolution Imports – 46% ABV, $64.99
Murray McDavid Ordha Meas 13 Year Blend
Glass Revolution Imports – 46% ABV, $44.99
SCOTCH – PEATED
Under $81
$81 – $150
Ardbeg 10
Ardbeg Distillery – 46% ABV, $59.99
Salty & bright on the nose. Pine, mint vanilla, lighter smoke fireplace with fruit on palate
TASTE OFF
Ardbeg Uigeadail
Ardbeg Distillery – 54.20% ABV, $79.99
TASTE OFF
Kilchoman Machir Bay
Kilchoman Distillery – 46% ABV, $59.99
Ardbeg An Oa
Ardbeg Distillery – 46.60% ABV, $62.99
Ardbeg Wee Beastie
Ardbeg Distillery – 47.40% ABV, $46.99
Laphroaig 10
Laphroaig Distillery – 43% ABV, $64.99
Talisker 10
Talisker Distillery – 45.80% ABV, $69.99
Ardbeg Corryvreckan
Ardbeg Distillery – 57.10% ABV, $89.99
Mature/woody – spicy, honey silky. Spicy to the finish… balanced, fruit great long finish with all the flavors lingering. Light menthol in finish
SCOTCH NON-PEATED
Under $81
$81 – $150
over $150
Tamdhu 12
Ian MacLeod- 43% ABV, $69.99
Taffy and dark fruits with a smooth buttery palate, sherry and oak depth from the range of casks with a “Lovely Finish” Martin Duffy – Glencairn Crystal
TASTE OFF
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban
Moet Hennessy – 46% ABV, $54.99
Balblair 12
Inver House Distillers- 46% ABV, $70
Crabbie’s Yardhead
Halewood Wines & Spirits 40% ABV, $19.99
Glengoyne 10 Year
Ian MacLeod 43% ABV, $44
Glengoyne 12 Year
Ian MacLeod 43% ABV, $54.99
Glenmorangie Lasanta
Moet Hennessy 43% ABV, $49.99
Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or
Moet Hennessy 46% ABV, $76.99
Glenmorangie Original
Moet Hennessy 43% ABV, $39.99
Old Pulteney 12 Year
Inver House Distillers 40% ABV, $49.99
Speyburn 10 Year
Inver House Distillers 40% ABV, $34.99
Speyburn 15 Year
Inver House Distillers 46% ABV, $69.99
The GlenAllachie 12 Year
ImpEx Beverages 46% ABV, $70
Speyburn 18
Inver House Distillers Ltd – 46% ABV, $145
Fruit and honey on the nose carries all the way through the palate. A bit of dark chocolate and subtle oak with the fruit and citrus carrying through to the finish; always a pleasant sweetness.
TASTE OFF
Old Pulteney 18
Inver House Distillers – 46% ABV, $150
Balblair 15 Year
Inver House Distillers – 46% ABV, $120
Glengoyne 18 Year
Ian MacLeod – 43% ABV, $149.99
Glenmorangie 18 Year
Moet Hennessy – 43% ABV, $124.99
Glenmorangie The Cadboli Estate 15 Year
Moet Hennessy – 43% ABV, $85
Old Pulteney 15 Year
Inver House Distillers – 46% ABV, $195
Tamdhu 15 Year
Ian MacLeod – 46% ABV, $129.99
Glenmorangie Signet
Moet Hennessy – 46% ABV, $250
Rich woody, evolving flavor, spicy, mocha and dark chocolate. Complex long finish
with sizzling spices and bursts of bitter mocha mellowed by smooth butterscotch
TASTE OFF
Glengoyne 21
Glengoyne Distillery – 43% ABV, $224.99