Malt Advocate's Whisky Awards program is the longest-running in the industry; this is our 17th year. Like last year, we're going to roll out the awards one at a time on John Hansell's "What Does John Know" blog, and it starts tomorrow. Here's the schedule.
Best Buy Whisk(e)y of the Year -- TIE: Evan Williams, and Very Old Barton Bottled in Bond 6 Year Old
Artisan Whisky of the Year -- Kilchoman Summer 2010 release
American Whiskey of the Year -- Buffalo Trace Antique Collection
Canadian Whisky of the Year -- Forty Creek Confederation Oak
Irish Whiskey of the Year -- Redbreast 12 Year Old
Scotch Whisky Blend of the Year -- Compass Box Flaming Heart
Scotch Whisky Single Malt of the Year -- Glenfarclas 40 Year Old
Industry Leader of the Year -- Glencairn Crystal
I helped write the awards this year, and I'm excited to see what people think. We've got some potentially controversial choices; should be fun to see the discussion!
11 comments:
No category specifically for Rye? Bah. :(
Noted for next year. It's always an evolution.
Though it's a quickly evolving category, and my personal favorite, there probably aren't enough ryes to begin making a separate category for them at this point.
Heck, there are probably only a handful widely available throughout the U.S. and a slightly larger number of specialty and craft distilled brands available only regionally or locally.
Can't wait to see the category gain more momentum, though! I was there when it looked like extinction was the only option.
Good lead shout out to Evan Williams for best buy. It indeed is a great bourbon for the $.
Keep 'em rolling.
Yeah, Sam, but we have categories for Irish and Canadian...I'm guessing that with the way rye's exploding, it's got to be approaching that kind of threshold.
I vote for best ROCK and rye category. I'd be a shoo-in for that.
and how many will be available in the PLCB state stores?
Fr bob
agree with heaven hill. Great product, reasonable prices, although very little glory.
where's the rest? you're slacking again....:)
Hi, Lew,
Many of the "Top Ten New Whiskies" have capsule descriptions that refer to "last year's version." If they had a last year's version, how can they be new?
New versions, Bill. These are whiskeys -- like the Buffalo Trace Antique collection, the Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage -- that are quite different from one year to the next.
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