malt maniacs awards 2013

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 Thumbs Up Award

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  Teeling Silver Reserve 21 Year Old 1991 Single Malt
  

• Premium Non Plus Ultra Award

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  Kavalan Solist Sherry Taiwanese Single Malt Whisky
  £119.74

• Daily Dram Non Plus Ultra Award

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  Aberlour a'Bunadh Batch 45
  

• Daily Dram Best Natural Cask Award

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  Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength / Batch 7 Campbeltown Whisky
  

• Daily Dram Best Peated Malt Award

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  Benriach 10 year Curiositas
  £37.33

• Daily Dram Thumbs Up Award

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  Benriach 10 year Curiositas
  £37.33

• Gold Medal

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  Kavalan Solist Sherry Taiwanese Single Malt Whisky
  £119.74

• Silver Medal

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  Aberlour a'Bunadh Batch 45
  
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  Amrut Single Cask Sherry #2699
  
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  Benriach 10 year Curiositas
  £37.33
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  Bruichladdich Octomore 06.1 5 Year Old Scottish Barley
  £101.80
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  Bunnahabhain 24 Year Old 1988 (cask 4111) (Berry Bros.& Rudd)
  
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  Bushmills Malt 21 Year Old / Madeira Finish Single Malt Irish Whiskey
  £150.00
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  Caol Ila 2003 / 9 Year Old / Cask #301261 / Adelphi Islay Whisky
  
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  Craigduff 40 Year Old 1973 (cask 2516) - Cask Strength Collection (Signatory)
  £360.00
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  Edradour 2006 / Oloroso Cask #240 / TWE Exclusive Highland Whisky
  
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  Glen Grant 1974 (Berry Brothers and Rudd)
  
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  GlenDronach 42 Year Old 1971 (cask 1246) - Batch 8
  
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  Glendronach Cask Strength - Batch 2
  
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  Inchmurrin 16 Year Old - Single Cask (Master of Malt)
  
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  Kavalan Solist Bourbon Taiwanese Single Malt Whisky
  
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  Kavalan Solist Vinho Cask
  
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  Lagavulin 1991 Distillers Edition
  
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  Laphroaig 1998/ 15 Year Old /Sherry 700393/Signatory for TWE Islay Whisky
  
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  Longrow Red / 11 Year Old / Shiraz Finish Campbeltown Whisky
  
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  Master of Malt 30 Year Old Speyside (5th Edition)
  
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  Master of Malt 40 year Speyside
  
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  North British 50 Year Old 1962 (cask 9783) - Directors' Cut (Douglas Laing)
  
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  Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength / Batch 7 Campbeltown Whisky
  
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  Sullivan's Cove French Oak / Single Cask Australian Single Malt Whisky
  
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  Talisker 10 year
  £34.99
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  Teeling Silver Reserve 21 Year Old 1991 Single Malt
  
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  Tomatin 30 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  

• Bronze Medal

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  Aberlour 12 Year Old / Double Cask Matured Speyside Whisky
  £37.45
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  Adelphi's Fascadale / Batch 5 / 12 Year Old Island Whisky
  
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  Amrut Single Cask Bourbon #3439
  
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  Armorik Double Maturation French Whisky French Single Malt Whisky
  £43.84
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  Armorik Millésime 2002 / Oloroso Sherry Cask #3261 French Whisky
  
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  Arran - Batch 2 (That Boutique-y Whisky Company)
  
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  Balblair 1975 / 2nd Release / 46% / 70cl
  
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  Balblair 1989 / 3rd Release Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £105.00
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  Ballechin 8th Release / Sauternes Cask Matured Highland Whisky
  
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  Balmenach 1988 / 24 Year Old / Cask #2794 / Signatory Speyside Whisky
  
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  Balvenie 12 Year Old Single Barrel - First Fill
  £50.44
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  BenRiach 20 Year Old
  £89.38
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  Big Peat at Christmas 2013
  
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  Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2007
  
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  Bushmills Malt 10 year
  £30.34
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  Campbeltown Loch 21 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky
  £71.81
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  Caperdonich - Batch 3 (That Boutique-y Whisky Company)
  
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  Clynelish - Batch 2 (That Boutique-y Whisky Company)
  
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  Compass Box Peat Monster 10th anniversary
  
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  Dalwhinnie 15 year
  £34.79
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  Edradour 2001 / 11 Year Old / Port Finish Highland Whisky
  
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  Glendronach 12 year
  £38.95
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  Glenfarclas 17 Year Old
  £104.78
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  Glenglassaugh 30 Year Old / 44.8% / 70cl Speyside Whisky
  
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  Glengoyne 15 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £47.44
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  Glengoyne 18 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £75.40
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  Highland Park Einar
  £60.53
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  Highland Park Harald
  £75.30
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  Highland Park Svein
  £50.53
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  Inchgower 18 Year Old 1995 (cask 9983) - Old Malt Cask (Hunter Laing)
  
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  Jameson Select Reserve Small Batch Irish Blended Whisky
  £35.83
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  Kavalan Single Malt Taiwanese Single Malt Whisky
  £59.33
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  King Car
  £63.95
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  Lark Cask Strength
  
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  Midleton Barry Crockett Legacy
  £150.00
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  Nikka from the barrel
  £35.95
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  Nikka Taketsuru 21 year
  
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  Port Charlotte Scottish Barley - Heavily Peated
  £45.73
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  Powers Gold Label 12 Year Old - Special Reserve
  
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  Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength / Batch B1/12
  
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  Redbreast 15 Year Old
  £69.41
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  Singleton of Dufftown 15 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
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  Talisker Port Ruighe / Port Finish Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £48.43
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  Talisker Storm Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  £40.00
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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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  Tomatin Legacy
  £26.50
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  Yellow Spot
  £58.18

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