21st Whisky Advocate AWARDS Commences Friday December 5th, 2014 – Whisky Award News
The 21st Annual Whisky Advocate Awards will be announced on the Whisky Advocate blog beginning this Friday, December 5th. 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 21st year, the program is simply 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…simply 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 get 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 5
Craft Whiskey of the Year
December 6
American Whiskey of the Year
December 7
Canadian Whisky of the Year
December 8
Irish Whiskey of the Year
December 9
Japanese Whisky of the Year
December 10
World Whisky of the Year
December 11
Blended/Blended Malt Whisky of the Year
December 12
Speyside Single Malt of the Year
December 13
Islay Single Malt of the Year
December 14
Highland Single Malt of the Year
December 15
Lowlands/Campbeltown Single Malt of the Year
December 16
Lifetime Achievement Awards
December 17
Distiller of the Year
Be sure to check in every day, and join the lively conversation that these announcements always set off!
