Whisky Advocate’s 22nd Annual Awards To Be Announced This Month

The 22^nd Annual Whisky Advocate Awards will be announced on the Whisky Advocate blog beginning this Friday, December 4^th. As the awards are announced, they will automatically be published to the Whisky Advocate Facebook page and the Whisky Advocate Twitter feed (@whiskyadvocate).

The Whisky Advocate Awards exist to recognize excellence in the world of whisky. Now in its 22^nd year, the program is about the world’s greatest whiskies and distilleries, and the individuals who make and promote them. As always, these awards are not simply assigned to the whiskies that get the highest ratings in our reviews. The winners might be the highest-rated, or they might instead be the most significant, or the most important, or represent a new direction for a category or niche. The awards process is not, in short, a mere numbers-based formula. It is recognition of a combination of excellence, innovation, tradition, and always, great-tasting whisky. Our Buying Guide reviewers reach a consensus on the awards.

These awards are the oldest and longest-running annual whisky awards program. We taste and sample over the course of the year, at year’s end we consider and confer, and then we make our decisions based solely on the merits of the whiskies…as we have done for over twenty years. We give you our word: that’s how it will continue to be.

Stop by each day to see the winner and read our commentary on the whisky and why it was chosen. Here’s how they’ll roll out, starting with the American whiskeys and progressing around the world to wind up in Scotland, followed by our Lifetime Achievement Awards and the big one: Distiller of the Year!

December 4^th: Craft Whiskey of the Year December 5^th: American Whiskey of the Year December 6^th: Canadian Whisky of the Year December 7^th: Irish Whiskey of the Year December 8^th: Japanese Whisky of the Year December 9^th: World Whisky of the Year December 10^th: Blended/Blended Malt Whisky of the Year December 11^th: Speyside Single Malt of the Year December 12^th: Islay Single Malt of the Year December 13^th: Highland Single Malt of the Year December 14^th: Lowlands/Campbeltown Single Malt of the Year December 15^th: Lifetime Achievement Awards December 16^th: Distiller of the Year