Time for something new! Time for something old!

Before we give you a few gentle clues about the next few months we should update you all on the releases of small batch and authentic collection malts.

We have taken delivery of a few more cases of the amazing Caol Ila 20 a nice full replenishment of the Glen Grant 20 year old also back in stock along with many others via the web shop and in store. Below you will find some of our top tasting whiskies we think you should consider.

We have a number of Small batch malts in back up stocks though this range is greatly depleted in some areas we will do our best to get the odd bottles in stock over the next week or two and with time add them to the web shop assuming they don’t sell out as soon as they arrive.

LONDON Christmas & New Year Opening Times 2015:

DECEMBER 2015
Saturday 19th 10:30AM to 6:00PM
Sunday 20th Closed
Monday 21st to Wednesday 23rd 10:00AM to 6:30PM
Thursday 24th 10:00AM to 3:30PM
Friday 25th to Monday 28th Closed
Tuesday 29th 11:00AM to 6:00PM
Wednesday 30th 10:30AM to 6:30PM
Thursday 31st 10:30AM to 4:00PM

JANUARY 2016
Friday 1st Closed
Saturday 2nd 11:00AM to 6:00PM
Normal hours resume from Monday January 4th

LOOKING BACK AND FORWARD

So what a year that was for Cadenhead’s & Springbank products with some ranges selling out in a matter of hours such as the last release of Authentic single casks, I can’t recall a time when every single bottle from a release was sold with-in 1 hour. We thought the last release would take us nicely to mid December!

Thankfully we managed to get a few cases from other releases to fill the shelves otherwise it would have been a rather ordinary looking whisky shop when people visited the London store. (More than enough stores selling the same products in this city we did not want to be one of them)

2016 is the lead in year to mark Cadenhead 175th anniversary and of course our own 21st birthday in London. Not that many single malt whisky specialists can say they are still run by the same owners in a city like London.

So with such a special year ahead what will we be doing? Quite a lot as it happens starting off with a new range named after the founder of the company William Cadenhead.

First off the block will be a new 12 year old cask matured sherrywood 46%vol then a rather big peaty Islay single malt for all those who love a big peat beast then this one aged to 7 years old bottled at full cask strength of 59.1% is for you.

Next we head off to Ireland for a new 13 year old smooth Irish at 46% this one is rather special so grab one if smooth and sweet is you’re thing.

The new range will be a mix of blended malts and unspecified single malts, each bottle will carry a picture of the founder himself on the label.

Next up some general news on the 12th small batch release due again early in the new year. 10 – 12 new products start us off in this now iconic range, ages will range from 10 to 37 year olds with regions like islay and the islands featuring alongside some amazing Speysiders and highlands. Three of the new single malts will be in the single cask gold range. I am sure I will be able to predict one of them will fly off the shelves given its great age and coming from one of the islands?

I am not going to go on and on about the new range just yet…that will be in the next newsletter.

BENRIACH 1986 29y/o 50.1%-70cl Small Batch
A stunningly smooth malt that one should never share.

GLEN SPEY-GLENLIVET DISTILLERY 1995 19Y/O 58.5% 70cl Small Batch
A classic rich Speysider malt that goes on and on.

CRAGGANMORE 1993 22Y/O 56.3%-70CL Small Batch
One of the best I have ever tasted

TOBERMORY Distillery 1994 20y/o 57.8% 70cl – Sherrywood
This is a real gem of a whisky that changes constantly in the glass. (One of the top rated in the tasting room)

CAOL ILA Distillery 1995 20y/o 57.7% 70cl
Another fantastic Islay that will be a much treasured dram in the
future

FETTERCAIRN Distillery 1993 22y/o 53.7% – 70cl Sherry since May 2008
Simply elegant and smooth

BEN NEVIS Distillery 1998 16y/o 51.2% 70cl
Refreshing fruity west highland malt that is second to none

STRATHMILL 19Y/O 55.1% – 70cl Chateau Lafitte cask since 2009
Smooth creamy with lot of rich tones inc orange notes

SPEYSIDE distillery 24Y/O 53.3% – 70cl
This little distillery makes a huge rich malt at any age. Well worth a place in anyone’s collection. Elegance in a bottle

CAOL ILA 31 year old Islay London Special Edition 1984 70cl/ 54.3%
And finally one last champion whisky that will sell out very soon the last few Caol Ila 31 London special 2015. A rich smoke and peat with a lot of rich cream and vanilla notes can be found in this amazing Islay Single cask.  Dare I say the best vintage islay we have had for 2015. Bottled at 10:30am May 5th exactly 20 years to the day and the hour we opened the first Cadenhead’s shop outside Scotland.  When the London store opened a few of us thought would it work without selling wines and other spirits after all thats what everyone else did. No need to worry about being like everyone else doing what we do best has worked just fine.

Springbank will have a few new products in January early February 2016 again more about them soon, the big clues to what is coming are the clocks on the newsletters recently “all about turning back time”  As i am working on this newsletter the Springbank 15 bottled in October 2015 has sold out from the bonds. Another batch was bottled in October, the new batch is still 100% sherrywood but this time it has a more gold Amber colour than the dark offering back in August, the taste is all you would want and rightly expect with a little more smoke coming through in the October offering just a subtle amount though.

If you want the August bottling you can add a comment to the order or ask us over the phone to check if we still have the August stocks.

THE TASTING ROOM

Over 6024 people have attended the tasting room this year or will have done by December 30th, not to mention the several thousand we have seen during outside events, we added extra nights and employed a new team member to cope with demand, I doubt we can fit many more in next year indeed I know we cannot at this stage anyway.

To allow those with vouchers purchased last Christmas time to book in we are extending the redemption period until Thursday 31st of March 2016. So long as you call us before the extended date we can book you in with the voucher codes that will expire very soon.

I have been asked to run Rum tastings over the last year, due to so many advanced bookings we had trouble setting them up until now. Check the web site for the first Friday Night Rum session on Friday 1st of April 2016, we also have Irish Vs Scottish week with 2 evening sessions on March 15th & 17th again more info will be added to the web site soon alongside the dates already listed.

You can use the Trip Around Scotland vouchers for the new tastings listed on the web site now and any future additions to the events.

A limited Tasting Room Event: PERSONAL BLENDING NIGHT

The latest event that is very different has been added to the home page of the web site.

Friday 5th February 2015 starts at 6:15PM finishing by 8:00PM

 You will taste 6 single malts (Think of this as speed dating for whisky). You will then choose 3 from the 6 to add to a base whisky for the blend.  We will supply you with a selection of wood styles and regions to taste, a short informative talk about the wood styles and flavour notes to look out for when making the final choice for blending.

You will have a hydrometer to measure the ABV (% VOL) of your personal blend. We will have a note sheet so you can keep track of the tastes you discover during the tasting helping you record of how you have made the choices for your personal blend.  After you taste the blend corking will take place along with filling out a Chiltern street personal label. You will also have a signed certificate after completing the tasting. Light snacks are provided during this tasting nothing too heavy to keep your palate clear.  If you purchase this session on-line we will send you a confirmation email with a PDF voucher to the email address associated with the order. We can also send a voucher if purchased over the phone, email us with the unique code we will give you after purchasing via phone.
6 Spaces are sold on-line 4 spaces over the phone by calling 0207 935 6999 between 10:30AM and 6:00PM Monday to Saturday.  This session cannot be moved to another date only 10 spaces available. Now I have to do the boring bit! Due to heavy demand for the tasting room events its becoming difficult to keep moving people to another date. When booking we strongly advise you to be 100% sure you can attend the tasting.  We do allow people to move but sometimes we have groups or individuals seek to change several times, it’s unworkable and not very fair when we have turned people away only to have a last minute cancellation. We will only move people or groups once with the full notice given as per T&C’s when booking or purchasing vouchers on-line.

CADENHEADS WHISKY CLUB MEMBERSHIP

If you are new to this newsletter you will have missed the information about the Cadenhead’s whisky club. The club is for those who purchase our amazing single cask malts on a regular basis, if you buy 6 or more bottles per year then this is a great way to add to your collection.

When you join the club you will be eligible to receive special bottling’s that will not be released in the shops, the bottles are so exclusive I never get to see them until they arrive for customer collection. Every Time you purchase a bottle from the Cadenhead’s range we will stamp a card one stamp for every bottle you buy.

You will receive a welcome pack when you join in archive tasting notes and a leather wallet with the club logo, the cost for membership £50 for the first year then £30 renewal fee if you would like me to forward your contact details to head office to get more information email me at steve@whiskytastingroom.com or info@whiskytastingroom.com

BREAKING NEWS

Some breaking news arrived late tonight 4/12/15 via The Whisky Magazine…

Cadenhead’s whisky shops have won the best multiple retailer of the year award for 2016 this is once again an honor to first be nominated then to win again in 2016.

A huge thanks to Whisky Magazine and the award sponsors Loch ness water. Our biggest thanks must go to the 1000’s of customers who have found us through word of mouth then taken the time to visit our shops in the UK and Europe, subscribed to our newsletters and reviewed our products (both good and bad).

I would also like to thank the tireless work from our suppliers who constantly keep me up to date with new products for our London store especially Gordon & Macphail, Tomintoul & Glencadam distilleries, Maxxium UK, Marussia beverages, J & B (DIAGEO).

Our own teams at Springbank (J&A Mittchell) and Wm Cadenhead for the fantastic ranges they provide to us for our customers and Distil This our web shop developers who are now working on the new we site after all my interference they just keep going.

 Above all thank you for making 2015 the best year ever for the company, you guide us we try to deliver.

Have a great Christmas and a very happy and prosperous new year 2016

All the best from the team in London

Stephen W

Glover – Adelphi Release – A Scottish and Japanese History

Keeping informed of the latest whisky releases can be a momentous effort with special editions hitting the market with a unique angle on an almost weekly basis. Marketing bods are masters of dragging a local legend or Gaelic into the spotlight and draping it across a bottle label.

Many are touted as limited editions without giving us a specific outturn number so if it’s not a single cask release or number specific you simply view these as not being truly limited.  Others do not warrant much interest due to fancy packaging or cask acing. The latest press releases are full of such examples, so for once it’s interesting to see a whisky that does tap into heritage and tries to bring it into today’s environment with relevance.

This whisky is simply known as The Glover. No, it isn’t named after the cop actor Danny, but in retrospect would be an ideal contender for a fanciful Hollywood epic except that it is based on fact. The man in question is Thomas Blake Glover who was the son of a Fraserburgh Coastguard Officer. A native of the North East of Scotland, Glover joined Jardine Matheson & Co after school; a company which had made its reputation in the Far East trading with China.

Posted to their Shanghai office in 1857 he was on the opposite side of the world far from Scotland. This secondment offered him the opportunity to take advantage of international pressures when Japan decided to end its period of Sakoku, or roughly translated as ‘locked country’. This transition began in 1853 when the anchored ships of Commodore Matthew Perry forced the Japanese to consider trade with the West. It was a forceful show of strength as these large warships possessed technology and weaponry beyond what the Japanese could muster in their defence.

The ending of Sakoku was not the final chapter in the political and culture changes that were sweeping across Japan. Rather it was only the opening salvo with the Meiji Restoration soon to follow in 1868. Many of the prime native instigators realised that Japan had fallen behind other countries and a new dawn with industrialisation at its heart was required. It was into this chaotic political and cultural environment that Glover found himself when he was posted to the Nagasaki office. For Glover the most immediate difficulty would have been the daily suspicion and resistance Westerners were viewed with at the time.

Starting with the prized commodity of green tea, Glover soon moved into other avenues including arms and ships which were in huge demand. He was so successful that he learned Japanese and set up as an independent merchant tapping into his family ship building connections. His dealings with important clan members soon provided important connections and helped him establish several leading ventures of the time. He also assisted the Samurai in overthrowing their Shogun and restoring the Emperor to the throne, prompting his nickname of the Scottish Samurai. His remarkable career was crowned when he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor and was the non-Japanese citizen to receive this honour. His house today in Nagasaki is a major tourist destination, overlooking the harbour it is the oldest Western style building in Japan. In essence Glove was a remarkable man who lived a remarkable life of which there is much more than just this brief summary.

How about the whisky? The obvious connection are the countries although Glover did establish the first major brewing company in Japan. The Glover has been released in two expressions both of which feature in this month’s auction. Both have been created by respected independent bottler Adelphi Distillery Ltd and we’ll tackle the most exclusive release in greater detail.

This luxury bottling represents the first blending of Japanese and Scottish whiskies. From Scotland 2 single casks from Longmorn and Glen Garioch distilleries were selected. Around 35% is from Longmorn distillery from an ex-sherry American hogshead and what is summarised as a ‘drop’ from Glen Garioch via a Spanish oak ex-sherry butt. This was done more as a homage to Glover’s original home in Fraserburgh rather than any distinct flavour profiling. The remainder of the blend which we can anticipate is over 50% from the information provided comes from a closed distillery in the form of Hanyu. Often overlooked, Hanyu distillery closed in 2000 and was dismantled in 2004. Whilst it does not enjoy the fanboy enthusiasm of Karuizawa distillery, I’ve never had a bad whisky from Hanyu. Today it is more widely known for the Playing Card series bottled by Ichiro Akuto that is increasingly sought after.

One thing is certain and that’s there aren’t many Hanyu casks left to be discovered, which makes the fact that the minds behind the Glover concept managed to obtain one even more remarkable. This refill sherry hogshead was shipped to the UK before being married with the Scottish whiskies to create this unique hybrid blend. Bottled at 53.1% strength and 22 years of age there are just 390 hand-numbered bottles. The other edition is more affordable yet still limited to a total batch of 1500 bottles and is 14 years of age and consists of Japanese and Scottish whiskies.

Check out the New Glover bottles on this week’s Just Whisky Auction.

THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT… TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

THE DATE

Friday 18th March & Saturday 19th March 2016

THE VENUE

The Honourable Artillery Company Armoury House, City Road, London EC1Y 2BQ

Buy online now, get 10% off and your tickets will arrive in a fabulous Christmas card

Offer valid Monday 7th – Friday 11th December 2015 Discount does not apply to Masterclass Tickets. Terms and conditions apply.

Whisky Live London returns to the Honourable Artillery Company once again, featuring over 100 fine whiskies for you to enjoy, more food and whisky pairings than ever before and a jam-packed schedule of Masterclasses!

Whether a whisky enthusiast, a newcomer to the world of whisky, or just seeking a day out at a fantastic event, Whisky Live has something to offer everyone.

Whisky Live London runs over two days:

Friday 18th March 5pm to 10pm

Saturday 19th March 12 noon to 5pm

All tickets include entry to the show, samples of exhibited whiskies, hot food, served buffet-style, the Whisky Live tasting glass, food and whiskey combination samples and the Whisky Live show guide. VIP tickets include all of this PLUS an exclusive VIP Masterclass worth £25, VIP dining, entrance to the VIP Lounge and exclusive private VIP pourings.

Ticket Options and Prices from £40

Full Day Entrance Ticket – £55 Entrance to Whisky Live London on Friday 18th March from 5pm – 10pm or on Saturday 19th March from 12pm – 5pm. Includes hot food, tasting glass and show guide.

Half Day Entrance Ticket – £40 Entrance to Whisky Live London on Friday 18th March from 7pm – 10pm or on Saturday 19th March from 2pm – 5pm. Includes hot food, tasting glass and show guide.

Week-end Entrance Ticket – £99 Entrance to Whisky Live London on Friday 18th March from 5pm – 10pm and on Saturday 19th March from 12pm – 5pm. Includes hot food, tasting glass and show guide.

VIP Tickets – £89 Entrance to Whisky Live London on Friday 18th March from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday 19th March from 12pm – 5pm plus an Exclusive VIP Masterclass worth £25. Includes VIP dining, VIP Lounge, Live tasting glass, showguide and exclusive VIP pourings.

For more information visit: whiskylive.com

Email the the organiser: info@whiskylive.com

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NOVEMBER AUCTION ENDS TOMORROW!

The latest auction at whisky.auction ends tomorrow from 7.30pm GMT.

There are some great bottles still sitting at good prices so take a look at our selection and don’t miss your chance to place your bids on our large selection of bottles.

We have more than 200 miniatures, including some rare single malts, as well as some very old blended whisky from the 1930s onwards.

Don’t miss your chance to bid on these great lots.

Just Whisky Auction’s latest auction is now live! Their Christmas auction sees them celebrate their 2^nd Birthday – Congratulations!  It runs from the 4^th – 13^th December, meaning you can receive your winning bids in time for Christmas. The quality of bottles this month is outstanding, with too many sought after bottles to count. We’ve tried to line up a small selection here to give you a preview. Here goes …

Ardbeg Double Barrel Limited Edition

This is a fantastic release from Ardbeg, and one of their most exclusive sets ever made; limited to only 250 worldwide. “Ardbeg Double Barrel is destined to become the accessory for discerning sportsmen and distinguished gentlemen amongst us”.

Macallan 1951, Macallan 1961, Macallan 1948, Macallan 1946 Select Reserve

There are some incredible heavyweight lots from The Macallan this month. In fact with over 70 bottles from the Distillery it’s hard to narrow the choice down.

Old Rip Van Winkle 23 Years Old – Family Selection Decanter

An ultra-rare and collectable crystal decanter set from highly rated Old Rip Van Winkle distillery of Kentucky. This 23 year old bourbon was distilled back in 1986 and left to mature on lower, cooler floors of their warehouse. Just a few barrels were then selected by Julian, president of Old Rip Van Winkle, and her Son Preston for this special bottling.

Hanyu Vintage 1985 – Ichiro’s Malt Ace Of Spades

This is the mighty Ace of Spades from the highly collectible Cards series. Distilled in 1985 and matured for 21 years, 1st in a Hogshead cask and then in a Spanish Oak Sherry butt. Bottled in 2006 by Sasanokawa.

Bowmore 38 Years Old 1957

An outstanding Islay malt from the No.1 Vault of Bowmore, described by the distillers as ‘Saved from extinction’. Distilled on the 14th of January 1957, the new spirit was filled into 5 casks and left to mature for 38 years when Islay Campbell, Distillery Manager, found the spirit was sitting just above the critical 40% alcohol volume strength for Scotch Whisky. So he moved with haste to have the whisky bottled, if he had waited a moment longer the whisky would have become extinct.

Springbank Christmas 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008

A nice lot of Private bottlings which were made exclusively for the Shareholders, Directors and staff of J. & A. Mitchell & Co. (Group). Containing Springbank Christmas releases from 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008. All bottled & boxes are either signed by the General Manager (Frank McHardy) or the Distillery Manager (Stuart Robertson).

Port Ellen Maltings 21 Years Old – 25th Anniversary

A truly remarkable and highly sought after Port Ellen, bottled for the 25th anniversary of the Port Ellen Maltings in 1998. The recipient of an incredible 94 point score from whiskyfun.com, this is one of those rare Port Ellen’s that really lives up to its expectations.

Hanyu 1988 – 2009 For Full Proof – Cask No.9306

Distilled in 1988 then bottled in 2009 by independent distrubutors Full Proof Europe. This is a limited edition of 200 numbered bottles. Bottled at full proof from Big Butt 9306.

Ardbeg Kildalton 1980 – Signed by Stuart Thomson

A very hard to find release from Ardbeg; the original Kildalton was the result of an experiment in 1980 by then distillery manager Hamish Scott. He distilled a batch of slightly peated and un-peated (!) Ardbeg and then combined these two spirits to create what has become one of the most collectable Ardbeg releases ever.

Just Whisky’s Christmas auction ends on the 13^th December. Be sure to place your bids!

www.just-whisky.co.uk

GET BIDDING THIS WEEKEND!

Our current auction is in full swing and we’ve already seen a lot of interest in some of the rarest bottles. The weekend is the perfect opportunity to take a look at the hundreds of items listed in our pre-Christmas auction.

VERY RARE AND UNUSUAL BOTTLE OF LAPHROIG

ADDED TO BONHAMS WHISKY SALE IN EDINBURGH

An exceptional and very rare bottle of early 20th Century Laphroaig Old Liqueur, estimate £6,000-7,000

An exceptional and very rare bottle of early 20th Century Laphroaig Old Liqueur is a last minute addition to Bonhams Whisky sale in Edinburgh on 9 December. It is estimated at £6,000-7,000.

It was distilled and bottled by D. Johnston & Co., Laphroaig Distillery, Isle of Islay and is described  on the label – unusually for a single malt from Islay – as ‘non-peaty’.

Bonhams Whisky specialist Martin Green explains how this came about, “I believe it would have been bottled from an autumn cask filling. The ‘non-peaty’, nature of the whisky is almost certainly the result of distilling after a particularly long dry summer when the water supply would have contained fewer of the natural peaty phenols which give Laphroig and other Islay malts their characteristic nose and taste. As you can imagine, bottles like this appear extremely rarely and it could be many years until a similar bottle comes onto the auction market, if ever.”

The bottle comes from a distinguished collector who has owned it since it was discovered at Alexander McGavin’s, No. 12 Bond, Robertson St., Glasgow in the early 1980s. The auction is on the 9th of December, 2015

NOTES

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. Today, the auction house offers more sales than any of its rivals. The main salerooms are in London, New York and Hong Kong. Sales are also held in the UK in Knightsbridge and Edinburgh; in the US, in San Francisco and Los Angeles; in Europe, in Paris and Stuttgart and in Sydney, Australia. Bonhams also has a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 25 countries offering sales advice and valuation services in 60 specialist areas. For a full listing of forthcoming sales, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, please visit bonhams.com.

1-2 October 2016

11:30am – 6:30pm

Old Billings Gate, London

THE WHISKY EXCHANGE WHISKY SHOW 2016:
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

On Saturday and Sunday 1-2 October, The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show will return to Old Billingsgate in London for a weekend of whisky and more.

Now in its eighth year, The Whisky Show has grown to be the UK’s biggest and best whisky festival, attracting visitors from around the world. With incredible guests, masterclasses, free seminars, food pairing and hundreds of different whiskies to try, it’s a must visit for fans and those wanting to discover more about whisky.

Saturday Tickets: £99

Sunday Tickets: £99
EARLY BIRD DEAL: £80!

Weekend Tickets: £175
EARLY BIRD DEAL: £160!

Fellow whisky connoisseurs,

We are formally inviting you to join us January 17th-18th, 2016 at the Terminal City Club for the first annual Vancouver Whisky Festival. This VIP event will showcase some of the finest and most unique whiskies that the industry has to offer, as well as provide one of the nine master classes that will be hosted by top industry professionals and brand ambassadors alike. You will explore the comprehensive range of the brand whiskies, or in-depth tasting of independent bottler whiskies – offering non-mainstream flavour profiles. Even more, you can blend your own whisky and go beyond the traditional whisky producing countries.

The dates are:

• January 17th, 2016: Master Classes from 4:30pm – 8:30pm (25-30 seats per class)

• January 18th, 2016: Grand Tasting from 6:00pm – 9:30pm

Tickets are available for purchase from our website for $250 each with the proceeds being donated to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. For further information on the products being showcased, the presenters, and the itinerary please visit our website: www.vancouverwhiskyfestival.com

Thank you,

Dave Mason, Roberto Roberti, Barry Dunner and Thomas Chen

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