malt maniacs awards 2012

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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  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

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