The Whisky Shop Dufftown Challenge for Independent Bottlers: Speyside – Scotch Whisky News
The Whisky Shop Dufftown Challenge for Independent Bottlers: Speyside
The Whisky Shop Dufftown threw down the gauntlet and challenged the independent bottlers to find the best Speyside Single Malt. Our guests at The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2016 voted for their favourite in blind tastings. The winner was Old Malt Cask Speyside 1993 21 Years Old from Hunter Laing.
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Second Place:
The Whisky Shop Dufftown Challenge for Independent Bottlers: Rest of Whisky
The Whisky Shop Dufftown threw down the gauntlet and challenged the independent bottlers to find the best whisk(e)y not from Speyside – it could be any whisk(e)y just not a single malt whisky from Speyside. Our guests at The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2016 voted for their favourite in blind tastings. The winner was Adelphi Bunnahabhain 2005 11 Years Old. We should also mention the Old Perth Sherry which coming in second place and at that price is amazing!
First Place:
Second Place:
Each year, Mike as Chairman of the awards, has a look at the whiskies that did not win to see if there is another one that did really well with the public but also shows value for money considering how highly it was placed. If he sees one then he will award it The Chairman’s Award for a Cracking Dram. This year he has decided there is a deserving dram and that is the Old Perth Sherry which to beat off competition from much older more expensive whisky to come second place in the Rest of Whisky category makes it worth £29.95 of any one’s money.
The Best Tasting Note
As part of the Challenge for Independent Bottlers we ask our guests taking part in the judging to write tasting notes for the whiskies as well as picking their favourites. At the end of the festival we pick the best tasting notes and the winner receives a bottle of their favourite whisky from the competition.
This year it was won by Ruth Ball and she wins a bottle of Old Malt Cask Speyside 21 Years Old.
