[討論] World Whiskies Awards 2008

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This year’s competition saw more than 200 whiskies do battle over three tasting rounds for the coveted titles of the best whiskies in the world. It has been a hard fought competition this year, with some interesting and surprising results. There have been intensive rounds of tastings by Whisky Magazine’s independent editorial panel drawn from the best journalists and retailers across the world, and also by industry representatives made up of master blenders, distillers and brand ambassadors. To get to the final results three rounds of blind tastings were held. Round one was conducted by the editorial panel at their homes. The judges were simply sent sample bottles marked with the ABV and category. We split the whiskies up by regions and styles. The entries, which increased from last year’s competition, were then divided up among the judges, who then tasted and marked the spirits out of 10. The highest scoring whiskies in this round gave us the subcategory winners, for instance the best Speyside whisky 12 Years and under, which then went forward to the second round of tastings, held in London with some of the best noses in the industry judging them. The winners of this second round gave us our category winners, for instance best Highland whisky, which were then sent back to the editorial panel to do battle for the overall titles. The competition featured some eye-opening whiskies and the judges had a hard time separating the very good from the good. The scores reflected this struggle with some whiskies only beating their contemporaries by a few points. In some categories, particularly if only one whisky entered it was still put through the tasting wringer to make sure it passed the judges exacting standards and was deserving of the award. Our congratulations go to the winners and we hope that you will have fun exploring some of the whiskies that performed exceptionally this year. The Winners WORLD’S BEST WHISKY LIQUEUR WILD TURKEY AMERICAN HONEY CATEGORY WINNERS World’s Best Scotch Liqueur – Arran Gold World’s Best non-Scotch liqueur – Wild Turkey American Honey WORLD’S BEST GRAIN WHISKY COMPASS BOX HEDONISM WORLD’S BEST NEW RELEASE GLENROTHES 25 YEARS OLD CANDIDATES Glenrothes 25 Years Old Benriach 30 Years old Glenlivet Cellar Collection 1969 Talisker 30 Years Old Special Release WORLD’S BEST BLENDED MALT WHISKY BLUE HANGER 30 YEARS OLD CATEGORY WINNERS World’s Best Scotch Blended Malt – Blue Hanger 30 World’s Best Non-Scotch Blended Malt – Taketsuru 21 Years SUB-CATEGORY WINNERS Scotch Blended Malt 21 and over – Blue Hanger 30 Scotch Blended Malt no age – Compass Box Morpheus Non-Scotch Blended Malt 12 and under – Ichiro’s Malt Mizunara Non-Scotch Blended Malt 13-20 – Taketsuru 21 Years Old WORLD’S BEST BLENDED WHISKY SUNTORY HIBIKI 30 YEARS OLD CATEGORY WINNERS World’s Best Scotch Blended Whisky – Hankey Bannister 40 Years Old World’s Best Japanese Blended Whisky – Suntory Hibiki 30 Years Old World’s Best Irish Blended Whisky – Kilbeggan 15 Years Old SUB-CATEGORY Scotch Blended 12 and under – Islay Mist 12 Years Old Scotch Blended 13-20 – IslayMist 17 Years Old Scotch Blended 21and over – Hankey Bannister 40 Years Old Scotch Blended no age – Dewar’s Signature Japanese Blended 12 and under – NikkaFrom the Barrel Japanese Blended 13-20 – Tsuru 17 Years Old Japanese Blended 21 and over – Suntory Hibiki 30 Years Old Irish Blended 12 and under – Jameson 12 Years Old Irish Blended 13-20 – Kilbeggan 15 Years Old Irish Blended no age – Bushmills 1608 WORLD’S BEST AMERICAN WHISKEY GEORGE T. STAGG CATEGORY WINNERS World’s Best Canadian Blended Whisky – Canadian Club Reserve World’s Best Bourbon Whiskey – George T.Stagg World’s Best Wheat Whiskey – Bernheim Wheat World’s Best Rye Whiskey – Russell’s Reserve Rye whiskey SUB-CATEGORY WINNERS Canadian Blended no age – Canadian Club Reserve Canadian Blended no age – Crown Royal Cask No.16 Bourbon 7 and under – Baker’s Bourbon 8 and over – George T.Stagg Bourbon no age – Four Roses Single Barrel Wheat no age – Bernheim Original Wheat Rye no age – Russell’s Reserve Rye whiskey WORLD’S BEST SINGLE MALT WHISKY YOICHI 20 YEARS OLD CATEGORY WINNERS World’s Best Highland Single Malt Whisky – Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or World’s Best Speyside Single Malt Whisky – The Glenrothes 1978 World’s Best Irish Single Malt Whiskey – Bushmills 16 Years Old World’s Best Japanese Single Malt Whisky – Yoichi 20 Years Old World’s Best Other Single Malt Whisky – Privus 05 World’s Best Island Non Islay Single Malt Whisky – Talisker 30 Years Old World’s Best Islay Unpeated Single Malt Whisky – Bunnahabhain 25 Years Old World’s Best Islay Peated Single Malt Whisky – Lagavulin 16 Years Old World’s Best Island Single Malt Whisky – Talisker 30 Years Old SUB-CATEGORY Highland 12 and under – Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or Highland 13-20 – Old Pulteney 17 Years Old Highland 21 and over – Old Pulteney 21 Years Old Highland 4 no age – Balblair 1989 Vintage Speyside 12 and under – The Balvenie 12 Years Old Speyside 13-20 – The Glenlivet 18 Years Old Speyside 21 and over – The Glenrothes 1978 Speyside no age – The Glenrothes Select Reserve Irish 12 and under – Tyrconnell Sherry Finish Irish 13-20 – Bushmills 16 Years Old Irish no age – Connemara Cask Strength Japanese 12 and under – The final vintage of Hanyu Japanese 13-20 – Yoichi 20 Years Old Japanese 21 and over – Ichiro 23 Years Old Other no age – Privus 04 Other no age – Privus 05 Other no age – Penderyn Island Non Islay 12 and under – Talisker 10 Years Old Island Non Islay 13-20 – Highland Park 16 Years Old Island Non Islay 21 and over – Talisker 30 Years Old Island Non Islayno age – The Arran Malt Islay Unpeated 12 and under – Bruichladdich 12 Years Old Islay Unpeated 13-20 – Bunnahabhain 18 Years Old Islay Unpeated 21 and over – Bunnahabhain 25 Years Old Islay Peated 12 and under – Ardbeg 10 Years Old Islay Peated 13-20 – Lagavulin 16 Years Old Islay Peated 21 and over – Lagavulin 21 Years Old Islay Peated no age – Lagavulin Distillers Edition 文章排名出處: http://0rz.tw/he6Tk & http://0rz.tw/NxZu3 小時後曾再紐約三星法國餐廳打工沒事就喜歡偷喝酒 XD 那時候的最愛就是 WILD TURKEY 啊! 不知這支 WILD TURKEY AMERICAN HONEY 台灣有銷售嗎? -- `﹒▂_ ▂▄▃˙. ‘▔∠>▃＜︿ ▔ 、 ▅ \ √∟ =3 =3 =3 =3 ※ 編輯: Justin886 來自: 61.64.144.247 (03/24 10:49)

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