Congratulations to Tomatin on winning this year’s The Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award. Quite a remarkable achievement for Alistair Mutch considering that he ran the Tomatin stand single handedly over all three days and had a full portfolio on display. Last year, the previous bottling of Tomatin 30 year old came in 9th place, this year’s new bottling took the show by storm, being clearly voted the outright winner. The Tomatin 1982 Single Cask also scored highly, along with the 40 year old and the new 15 year old Temperanillo finish. All in all some outstounding ‘plate spinning’ from Alistair and a thoroughly well deserved result!

Commiserations to the runners up. As always, a strong showing from Inverhouse Distillers with the new Balblair 1997, combined with a valiant defence from last year’s winner Old Pulteney 17 year old. While the youngest distillery on the block, Kilchoman really punched above its weight, putting in a sterling performance with its Single Cask 5 year old.

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1st PLACE

~ TOMATIN 30 year old ~
The Spirit of Whisky Fringe 2012

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