2020 International Whisky Competition sonuçları açıklandı! Farklı içki türlerinde uzman bir ekibin her viskiyi kör tadım usulü tadarak değerlendirdiği yarışmada her bir kategorinin Altın, Gümüş ve Bronz kazananları belirleniyor.

Değerlendirmeler Görünüş, Koku/Burun, Damak/Tat ve Bitiş olarak 4 kategoride yapılıp, 100 puanlık sistem üzerinden yapılıyor.

Öne Çıkanlar;

Whisky of the Year
Dewar’s Double Double 32 Year Old (96.4 points)

Master Distiller of the Year
Dr Bill Lumsden – Glenmorangie Distillery

Distillery of the Year
Ardbeg Distillery

Master Blender of the Year
Stephanie Macleod – John Dewar & Sons

Golden Barrel Trophy
John Dewar and Sons

Sonuçlar şu şekilde;

İskoçya

Best Single Malt Scotch
1st Place: Ardbeg Corryvreckan (96.1 pts)
2nd Place: Ardbeg Blaaack Committee Edition (94.23 pts)
3rd Place: Ardbeg Blaaack (94.20 pts)

Best Single Malt Scotch NAS (No Age Statement)
1st Place: Ardbeg Corryvreckan (96.1 pts)
2nd Place: Ardbeg Blaaack Committee Edition (94.23 pts)
3rd Place: Ardbeg Blaaack (94.20 pts)

Best Single Malt Scotch Under 10 Year Old
1st Place: Ardbeg Wee Beastie (92.6 pts)
2nd Place: Glen Turner Rum Cask Finish

Best Single Malt Scotch 10 Year Old
1st Place: Edradour 10 Year Old (90.0 pts)
2nd Place: Ardbeg 10 Year Old (89.1 pts)
3rd Place: The Cooper (88.5 pts)

Best Single Malt Scotch 12 Year Old
1st Place: Glenmorangie Lasanta 12 Year Old (91.8 pts)
2nd Place: Glenmorangie The Accord (90.4 pts)
3rd Place: Aberlour 12 Year Old (88.7 pts)

Best Single Malt Scotch 13-14 Year Old
1st Place: Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Year Old (92.2 pts)
2nd Place: Glenmorangie The Elementa (86.7 pts)
3rd Place: The Glenlivet 14 Year Old (85.7 pts)

Best Single Malt Scotch 15 Year Old
1st Place: The Glenlivet 15 Year Old (89.9 pts)
2nd Place: Glenmorangie Cadboll Estate (87.7 pts)

Best Single Malt Scotch 16-17 Year Old
1st Place: Aberlour 16 Year Old (89.7 pts)
2nd Place: Glenmorangie The Tribute (89.1 pts)

Best Single Malt Scotch 18 Year Old
1st Place: The Glenlivet 18 Year Old (92.6 pts)
2nd Place: Glenmorangie 18 Year Old (91.7 pts)
3rd Place: Aberlour 18 Year Old (89.9 pts)

Best Single Malt Scotch 19-25 Year Old
1st Place: Glenmorangie Grand Vintage Malt 1996 (92.4 pts)
2nd Place: Glenmorangie Grand Vintage Malt 1995 (91.40 pts)
3rd Place: Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 Year Old (91.37 pts)

Best Islay Single Malt
1st Place: Ardbeg Corryvreckan (96.1 pts)
2nd Place: Ardbeg Blaaack Committee Edition (94.23 pts)
3rd Place: Ardbeg Blaaack (94.20 pts)

Best Highland Single Malt
1st Place: Glenmorangie Grand Vintage Malt 1996 (92.4 pts)
2nd Place: Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Year Old (92.2 pts)
3rd Place: Glenmorangie Lasanta 12 Year Old (91.8 pts)

Best Speyside Single Malt:
1st Place: The Glenlivet 18 Year Old (92.6 pts)
2nd Place: The Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve (90.2 pts)
3rd Place: Aberlour A’Bunadh (90.1 pts)

Best Lowland Single Malt:
1st Place: 1770 Glasgow Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Peated Release No.1 (87.9 pts)
2nd Place: 1770 Glasgow Single Malt Scotch Whisky – The Original 2019 Release
3rd Place: Auchentoshan American Oak Single Malt Scotch Whiskey

Best Cask Strength Scotch (Over 57% ABV)
1st Place: Ardbeg Corryvreckan (96.1 pts)
2nd Place: Aberlour A’Bunadh (90.1 pts)
3rd Place: Aberlour A’Bunadh Alba (87.9 pts)

Best Peated Scotch
1st Place: Ardbeg Corryvreckan (96.1 pts)
2nd Place: Ardbeg Blaaack Committee Edition (94.23 pts)
3rd Place: Ardbeg Blaaack (94.20 pts)

Best Blended Scotch
1st Place: Dewar’s Double Double 32 Year Old (96.4 pts)
2nd Place: Dewar’s Double Double 27 Year Old (92.9 pts)
3rd Place: Dewar’s 25 Year Old The Signature (92.8 pts)

Best Blended Scotch Under 10 Year Old
1st Place: Dewar’s Caribbean Smooth (88.6 pts)
2nd Place: Dewar’s Ilegal Smooth (87.9 pts)

Best Blended Scotch 12-15 Year Old
1st Place: Dewar’s 12 Year Old The Ancestor (90.4 pts)
2nd Place: Imperial 12 Year Old (89.2 pts)
3rd Place: Dewar’s 15 Year Old The Monarch (88.0 pts)

Best Blended Scotch 16-20 Year Old
1st Place: Dewar’s 18 Year Old The Vintage (85.9 pts)

Best Blended Scotch 21-24 Year Old
1st Place: Dewar’s Double Double 21 Year Old (91.9 pts)

Best Blended Scotch 25 Year Old And Over
1st Place: Dewar’s Double Double 32 Year Old (96.4 pts)
2nd Place: Dewar’s Double Double 27 Year Old (92.9 pts)
3rd Place: Dewar’s 25 Year Old The Signature (92.8 pts)

Amerika

Best American Whiskey
1st Place: Eagle Rare 10 Year Old (93.0 pts)
2nd Place: 1792 12 Year Old (92.8 pts)
3rd Place: 1792 Bottled-in-Bond (92.0 pts)

Best Straight Bourbon Whiskey
1st Place: Eagle Rare 10 Year Old (93.0 pts)
2nd Place: 1792 12 Year Old (92.8 pts)
3rd Place: 1792 Bottled-in-Bond (92.0 pts)

Best Bourbon Whiskey
1st Place: Eagle Rare 10 Year Old (93.0 pts)
2nd Place: 1792 12 Year Old (92.8 pts)
3rd Place: 1792 Bottled-in-Bond (92.0 pts)

Best Cask Strength Bourbon Whiskey
1st Place: 1792 Full Proof (91.2 pts)
2nd Place: Old Hamer Straight Bourbon Cask Strength (90.9 pts)
3rd Place: Weller Full Proof (89.9 pts)

Best Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey
1st Place: 1792 Single Barrel (90.3 pts)
2nd Place: Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel (89.7 pts)
3rd Place: Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Single Barrel (89.5 pts)

Best American Rye Whiskey
1st Place: Old Elk Straight Rye (87.0 pts)
2nd Place: Old Hamer Straight Rye Cask Strength
3rd Place: Old Hamer Straight Rye 90 Proof

Best American Single Malt
1st Place: Old 55 Single Barrel American Single Malt (87.4 pts)
2nd Place: Uprising Bottled-in-Bond

Best Micro Distillery Whiskey
(Under 150,000 bottles & scoring over 85 points)
1st Place: Old Hamer Straight Bourbon Cask Strength (90.9 pts)
2nd Place: Old 55 Single Barrel Bourbon Bottled-in-Bond (87.7 pts)
3rd Place: Old 55 Single Barrel American Single Malt (87.4 pts)

Best Moonshine – White Lightning – New Make
1st Place: The Mob Museum Moonshine (85.67 pts)

Best Flavored Whiskey
1st Place: Bowen Grapesky (89.9 pts)
2nd Place: Old Elk PB & Whiskey
3rd Place: Feisty Maple + Cinnamon Whiskey

Best Colorado Whiskey
1st Place: Old Elk Blended Straight Bourbon (90.1 pts)
2nd Place: Old Elk Straight Rye (87.0 pts)
3rd Place: Old Elk Wheated Straight Bourbon (85.9 pts)

Best Indiana Whiskey
1st Place: Old Hamer Straight Bourbon Cask Strength (90.9 pts)
2nd Place: Remus Repeal Reserve Series III (90.1 pts)
3rd Place: Old 55 Single Barrel Bourbon Bottled-in-Bond (87.7 pts)

Best Kentucky Whiskey
1st Place: Eagle Rare 10 Year Old (93.0 pts)
2nd Place: 1792 12 Year Old (92.8 pts)
3rd Place: 1792 Bottled-in-Bond (92.0 pts)

Best Tennessee Whiskey
1st Place: Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium (90.9 pts)
2nd Place: Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch – V. Eady Butler Batch (89.4 pts)
3rd Place: Uncle Nearest 1820 Single Barrel US-28

Best Virginia Whiskey
1st Place: Bowman Brothers Small Batch (88.8 pts)
2nd Place: Isaac Bowman Port Finished (88.3 pts)
3rd Place: John J. Bowman Single Barrel

Japonya

Best Japanese Whisky
1st Place: The Kurayoshi 12 Year Old (91.3 pts)
2nd Place: Kaiyō Whisky The Sheri (90.5 pts)
3rd Place: Kaiyō Whisky The Peated (90.4 pts)

Best Japanese Whisky NAS (No Age Statement)
1st Place: Kaiyō Whisky The Sheri (90.5 pts)
2nd Place: Kaiyō Whisky The Peated (90.4 pts)
3rd Place: The Matsui Mizunara Cask (90.2 pts)

Best Blended Japanese Whisky
1st Place: The Matsui Tottori (90.1 pts)
2nd Place: The San-in Bourbon (88.5 pts)
3rd Place: The San-in (86.5 pts)

Best Pure Malt Japanese Whisky
1st Place: The Kurayoshi 12 Year Old (91.3 pts)
2nd Place: Kaiyō Whisky The Peated (90.4 pts)
3rd Place: The Kurayoshi 18 Year Old (90.3 pts)

Best Japanese Whisky 12 Year Old
1st Place: The Kurayoshi 12 Year Old (91.3 pts)

Best Japanese Whisky 18 Year Old
1st Place: The Kurayoshi 18 Year Old (90.3 pts)

Kanada

Best Canadian Whisky
1st Place: Royal Canadian Small Batch (85.7 pts)
2nd Place: High River
3rd Place: Caribou Crossing Single Barrel

İngiltere

Best English Whisky
1st Place: Cotswolds Peated Cask Single Malt (91.1 pts)
2nd Place: Cotswolds Founder’s Choice Single Malt (87.2 pts)
3rd Place: Cotswolds Single Malt (87.1 pts)

İrlanda

Best Irish Whiskey
1st Place: Matt D’Arcy & Co. Ltd. 17 Year Old Rum Finished Single Malt (89.1 pts)
2nd Place: Paddy
3rd Place: Kinahan’s Single Malt Irish

Best Single Malt Irish Whiskey
1st Place: Matt D’Arcy & Co. Ltd. 17 Year Old Rum Finished Single Malt (89.1 pts)
2nd Place: Kinahan’s Single Malt Irish

Best Blended Irish Whiskey
1st Place: Paddy
2nd Place: Matt D’Arcy & Co. Ltd. 10 Year Old Port Finished Blended

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