Malt Maniacs Awards 2012 results

With a few days of delay here they are! Malt Maniacs Awards 2012.

They hold our 10th edition of Malt Maniacs Awards and as they say: “it is with great pleasure we now present to you the results of our labours over the last two months as 10 strictly amateur judges from our collective have tasted, nosed, sampled and re-sampled all the entries and submitted their final scores.”

Ten judges, almost two hundred numbered samples, two months, only ten Gold medals.

What I like most of Malt Maniacs Awards is the fact that everything is run blindly. It is really a great way of awarding the best whiskies and forget about the PR. As usual, hurry up if you want to buy any of the awarded whiskies for their original prices ( that’s the downside :( )

So here they are the whiskies awarded…

The bottles

There may be missing some bottles of which I don’t have any image.

• Ultra Premium Best Natural Cask Award
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  Glenury Royal 40 Year Old 1970
  
• Ultra Premium Best Peated Malt Award
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  Benriach 1984 / 27 Year Old / Peated Tawny Port Finish Speyside Whisky
  
• Ultra Premium Thumbs Up Award
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  Karuizawa Noh 28 years 1983
  
• Premium Best Sherry Cask Award
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  Suntory Yamazaki Sherry Cask
  
• Premium Best Peated Malt Award
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  Pl1 - Elements of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
• Daily Dram Best Natural Cask Award
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  Kilkerran Work in Progress 4 Campbelltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
• Daily Dram Best Sherry Cask Award
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  Bushmills 16 Year Old / 3 Wood Irish Single Malt Whiskey
  
• Daily Dram Best Peated Malt Award
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  Lagavulin 16 year
  £47.95
• Gold Medal
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  Benriach 1984 / 27 Year Old / Peated Tawny Port Finish Speyside Whisky
  
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  Karuizawa 1984 Cask 3692
  
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  Karuizawa Noh 28 years 1983
  
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  Pl1 - Elements of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Suntory Yamazaki Sherry Cask
  
• Silver Medal
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  Aberlour a'Bunadh Batch 39
  £48.54
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  Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch 5
  £799.00
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  Benromach 30 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Bushmills 16 Year Old / 3 Wood Irish Single Malt Whiskey
  
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  Edradour Ballechin Bordeaux
  
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  Glen Grant 37 Year Old 1974 - Berry Brothers and Rudd
  
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  Glen Scotia 1991 / Strawberry Ganache / Wemyss Campbeltown Whisky
  
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  Glendronach 18 year
  £77.40
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  Glenfarclas 105 20 Year Old
  
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  Glenglassaugh 33 Year Old 1978 - Madeira Style Finish
  
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  Glenlivet 30 Year Old 1981 - Cask Strength Collection (Signatory)
  
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  Glenrothes 1969 / 42 Year Old / Cask #2 / Adelphi Speyside Whisky
  
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  Glenturret 34 Year Old / Cask #2 / Berry Bros& Rudd Highland Whisky
  
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  Glenturret 34 years old Single Cask Series
  
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  Glenury Royal 40 Year Old 1970
  
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  Karuizawa 1982 Cask #8497
  
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  Knockando 25 year 2011 Release
  
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  Lagavulin 12 Year Old / Bot.2011 / 11th Release Islay Whisky
  £120.00
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  Lagavulin 16 year
  £47.95
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  Lark Single Cask Whisky / Cask #202 Australian Single Malt Whisky
  
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  Longmorn 19 Year Old 1992 - Berry Bros& Rudd
  
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  Longmorn 20 Year Old 1992 - Adelphi
  
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  Longrow Red 11 Year Old - Cabernet Sauvignon
  
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  Talisker 25 Year Old 2011
  
• Bronze Medal
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  Aberlour 12 Year Old / Double Cask Matured Speyside Whisky
  £37.45
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  Aberlour 17 Year Old - Single Cask (Master of Malt)
  
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  Aultmore 5 Year Old - Single Cask (Master of Malt)
  
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  Balvenie 21 year Portwood
  £135.72
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  Benriach 16 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Benriach 17 Year Old / Septendecim Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Benromach 10 year
  £35.23
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  Benromach 2001 / 9 Year Old / Cask Strength Speyside Whisky
  
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  Big Peat Blended Malt / Christmas Edition 2012 Blended Whisky
  
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  Bunnahabhain 12 year
  £37.89
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  Bushmills Malt 10 year
  £30.34
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  Bushmills Malt 21 Year Old / Madeira Finish Single Malt Irish Whiskey
  £150.00
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  Bw1 - Elements of Islay (Speciality Drinks)
  
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  Caol Ila 1998 Moscatel Sherry Finish - Distillers Edition
  
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  Caol Ila Moch Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £43.33
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  Cardhu 12 year
  £34.99
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  Chichibu The First
  
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  Clynelish 1989 / 23 Year Old / The Perfect Dram Highland Whisky
  
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  Compass Box Flaming Heart - Release 4
  £77.00
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  Cutty Sark 12 year Emerald
  £23.80
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  Deanston 12 year
  £36.43
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  Edradour 1993 Natural Cask Strength - Ibisco Decanter
  
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  Glen Garioch 21 Year Old Single Cask (Master of Malt)
  
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  Glenfarclas 15 year
  £50.44
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  Glenfarclas 21 year
  £88.37
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  Glengoyne 12 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £38.44
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  Glenrothes 1978 / Bot 2008 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisk
  
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  Glenrothes 1995 / Bot.2011 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £85.55
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  Hakushu Heavily Peated
  
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  Kilchoman Inaugural 100% Islay
  
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  Kilkerran Work in Progress 4 Campbelltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Kornog Taouarc'h Pevared / Sauternes Casks / Peated Malt French Whisky
  
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  Lagavulin 1995 Distillers Edition Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Laphroaig 15 Year Old 1996 - Signatory
  
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  Lark Cask Strength
  
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  Longmorn 16 year
  £47.15
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  Longmorn 20 Year Old - Single Cask (Master of Malt)
  
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  Oban 14 year
  £45.79
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  Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
  
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  Rosebank 21 year 1990 2011 Release
  
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  Suntory Yamazaki Puncheon Japanese Single Malt Whisky
  £499.00
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  Talisker 10 year
  £34.99
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  Talisker 2000 Amoroso Finish - Distillers Edition
  
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  The Glenlivet 16 Year Old Nadurra Batch 0911P
  
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  The Glenlivet 18 Year Old
  
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  Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel Japanese Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Yellow Spot
  £58.18
• Daily Dram Supreme Winner
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  Aberlour a'Bunadh Batch 39
  £48.54

The complete list

You can find the complete list at http://www.maltmaniacs.net/awards/

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