malt maniacs awards 2010

Malt Maniacs Awards is a fierly independent whisky Awards where a team of twelve certified malt maniacs members taste blindly whiskies submited by distilleries and bottlers, with a limit of 3 per distillery.

There are heavy weights on the tasting panel with Serge Valentin and other great whisky bloggers.

The whiskies are scored between 0 and 100 and assigned a gold medal to those above 90 points which it is still a great rare honor. Those between 85 and 90 get a silver and those between 80 and 85 get a bronze medal. They also highlight daily drams whiskies, which it is a very nice thing as most of the gold medals are beyond a common budget.1

Check other whisky competitions at the Awards section.

• Ultra Premium Best Natural Cask Award

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  Caperdonich 37 Year Old 1972 Cask 7420 - Rare Auld (Duncan Taylor)
  

• Ultra Premium Best Cask Innovation Award

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  Dalmore 1981 Amoroso Sherry Finesse
  

• Ultra Premium Thumbs Up Award

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  Glenfarclas 40 year
  £675.00

• Premium Best Sherry Cask Award

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  Aberlour a'Bunadh Batch 30
  

• Premium Best Cask Innovation Award

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  Ballechin 5th Release / Marsala Matured Highland Whisky
  

• Premium Best Peated Malt Award

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  Octomore 02.2 Orpheus
  

• Premium Thumbs Up Award

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  Highland Park St. Magnus 12 year 2nd edition
  

• Daily Dram Non Plus Ultra Award

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  Lagavulin 16 year
  £47.95

• Daily Dram Best Natural Cask Award

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  Talisker 10 year
  £34.99

• Daily Dram Best Peated Malt Award

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  Longrow CV
  

• Daily Dram Thumbs Up Award

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  Bunnahabhain 12 year
  £37.89

• Gold Medal

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  Caperdonich 37 Year Old 1972 Cask 7420 - Rare Auld (Duncan Taylor)
  
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  Glenfarclas 40 year
  £675.00
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  Noh Karuizawa 1976 Cask 6719
  

• Silver Medal

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  Aberlour a'Bunadh Batch 30
  
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  Amrut Intermediate Sherry Matured
  £88.99
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  Amrut Special Reserve / Cask Strength / TWE 10th Anniversary Indian Whisky
  
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  Ardbeg Corryvreckan
  £67.52
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  Ardbeg Supernova SN2010
  £399.00
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  Ardbeg Uigeadail
  £51.95
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  Ballechin 5th Release / Marsala Matured Highland Whisky
  
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  BenRiach 30 Year Old
  
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  Bowmore 8 Year Old 2001 (Adelphi)
  
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  Bunnahabhain 41 Year Old 1968 (Adelphi)
  
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  Caol Ila 1996 - Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon and MacPhail)
  
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  Dalmore 1981 Amoroso Sherry Finesse
  
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  Glen Grant 1965 / Gordon& Macphail Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £608.77
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  Glen Grant 40 year 1969 Cask Strength Collection
  
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  Glencadam 32 Year Old 1977 - Old and Rare Platinum (Douglas Laing)
  
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  Glendronach Grandeur / 31 Year Old / Sherry Cask Speyside Wh
  
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  Glengoyne 1986 / 23 Year Old / Sherry Butt Highland Single Malt Whisky
  
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  Glenlossie 1975 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Highland Park 1970 / Orcadian Vintage Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Highland Park St. Magnus 12 year 2nd edition
  
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  Invergordon 1971 (Berry Brothers and Rudd)
  
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  Isle of Jura 1999 Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Karuizawa 1985 Single Cask 7017
  
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  Lagavulin 16 year
  £47.95
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  Lagavulin 1991 Distillers Edition
  
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  Lagavulin Distillery Only
  
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  Nikka Taketsuru 21 year
  
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  Noh Hanyu 21 year 1988
  
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  Oban 2000 / Managers' Choice / Cask 1186 Highland Whisky
  
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  Octomore 02.2 Orpheus
  
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  Port Charlotte PC8 Ar Duthchas
  
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  Springbank 18 Year Old Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Suntory Yamazaki Sherry Cask
  
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  Talisker 1994 Managers' Choice / Sherry Cask Island Whisky
  
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  Talisker 57º North
  £68.02
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  Tomatin 21 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £125.00

• Bronze Medal

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  Aberlour 18 Year Old
  £84.38
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  Amrut Kadhambam
  
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  Ardbeg 10 year old
  £41.51
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  Arran 14 Year Old
  £43.09
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  Balblair 1978 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Balblair 1989 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £97.79
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  Benriach 17 Year Old / Rioja Wood Finish Speyside Whisky
  
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  BenRiach 20 Year Old
  £89.38
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  Benromach 10 year
  £35.23
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  Benromach 1999 / Origins Batch 2 / Port Pipes Speyside Whisky
  
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  Black Bull 12 Year Old (Duncan Taylor)
  £39.95
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  Blair Athol Distillery Only
  
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  Blue Hanger / 4th Release Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Boisdale 1998 Islay (Berry Brothers and Rudd)
  
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  Bowmore 12 year
  £34.99
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  Bowmore 15 year Darkest
  £52.99
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  Bruichladdich 16 year Bourbon Matured
  
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  Bruichladdich First Growth Cuvee E 16 year
  
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  Bunnahabhain 12 year
  £37.89
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  Bunnahabhain Darach Ur
  
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  Bunnahabhain Toiteach Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Bushmills 16 year
  
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  Bushmills Malt 21 Year Old / Madeira Finish Single Malt Irish Whiskey
  £150.00
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  Caol Ila 10 Year Old Unpeated Style (2009 Release)
  
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  Caol Ila 12 year
  £37.56
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  Chichibu Double Matured Newborn Cask No. 446
  
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  Chichibu Heavily Peated Newborn Cask No. 452
  
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  Clynelish 12 Year Old / Friends of Classic Malts Highland Whisky
  
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  Clynelish 14 year
  £34.95
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  Compass Box The Spice Tree
  £39.95
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  Connemara Cask Strength
  
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  Connemara Turf Mor
  
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  Cragganmore 14 Year Old / Friends of Classic Malts/ Bot.2010 Speyside Whisky
  
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  Cutty Sark 25 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky
  
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  Dalmore King Alexander III Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £154.69
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  Edradour 10 Year Old 2000 Burgundy - Straight from the Cask
  
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  Edradour 2000 / 10 Year Old / Chardonnay Finish Highland Whisky
  
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  Girvan 1990 / 20 Year Old / Clan Denny Single Grain Single Whisky
  
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  Glen Garioch 12 year
  £40.84
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  Glen Garioch 1991 Highland Single Malt Whisky
  
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  Glen Garioch Founders Reserve Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £32.95
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  Glen Ord 12 Year Old 1998 Cask 3478 - Cask Strength Collection (Signatory)
  
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  Glendronach 14 Year Old / Virgin Oak Finish Speyside Whisky
  
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  Glendronach 18 year
  £77.40
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  Glenfarclas 10 year
  £34.30
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  Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength
  £49.03
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  Glenglassaugh 26 year
  
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  Glengoyne 21 year
  £109.79
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  Glenkinchie 1995 Amontillado Finish - Distillers Edition
  
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  Glenlivet 1991 Nadurra Triumph
  
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  Glenmorangie 18 year
  £82.73
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  Glenmorangie Lasanta
  £47.79
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  Glenmorangie Nectar D'or
  £55.84
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  Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban
  £49.55
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  Glenmorangie Sonnalta PX
  
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  Greenore 18 year
  
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  Hakushu 18 year
  
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  Hakushu Bourbon Barrel Japanese Single Malt Whisky
  
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  Hazelburn CV
  
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  Isle of Jura 21 Year Old / 200th Anniversary Island Single Malt Whisky
  
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  Isle of Jura Prophecy / Peated Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £52.55
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  Kavalan Single Malt
  
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  Kilbeggan 18 Year Old Irish Whiskey Blended Irish Whiskey
  
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  Kornog Taouarc'h eilvet malt
  
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  Ledaig 10 year
  £37.45
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  Linkwood 15 Year Old / Gordon& Macphail Speyside Whisky
  £44.95
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  Longmorn 16 year
  £47.15
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  Longrow 14 Year Old Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £120.00
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  Longrow CV
  
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  Mackmyra Special 04 / Double Dip Bourbon Swedish Single Malt Whisky
  
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  Old Pulteney 17 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £65.42
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  Old Pulteney 21 year
  
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  Redbreast 15 Year Old
  £69.41
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  Springbank 15 year
  £67.49
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  Stronachie 18 Year Old
  £44.55
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  Talisker 10 year
  £34.99
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  The Glenlivet 18 Year Old
  
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  Tobermory 15 Year Old Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  

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