That hot juice is then aged in both ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks.
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The mix of peated malts, yeast, and that inky lake water creates a spirit that’s already full of flavors. Best Single Malt Scotch No Age Statement: Ardbeg Uigeadail LVMH Dried fruits, nuts, and toffee all lend themselves nicely to the subtle malts at play in this one. This is a classic entry-level Scotch whisky that’s actually pretty good for bourbon stans. A touch of spicy orange and dark chocolate comes in late as those sweet malts linger. There’s some nice dried fruit next to a mild nuttiness. There’s a subtle spice next to sweet, almost toffee malts with a touch of honey. It’s then proofed with Highland water and bottled. The juice is then transferred to Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks for a final maturation. The 12-year-old expression from Glenmorangie spends most of those years maturing in old bourbon casks. This is a world-class whisky that’s so well (and deeply) layered, that you’re sure to find something that speaks to you in that pour.īest Single Malt Scotch Up to 12 Years: Glenmorangie Lasanta Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy This is one of those whiskies that some would say “isn’t for everybody.” I reject that. The end circles back around to a sooty smoke that feels like a warm granite rock that’s been dipped in the sea and then rolled around in the dying embers of a fire. The palate holds onto that briny seaside vibe as it veers towards sea salt-laden dark bricks of fudge bespeckled with dried orange zest and lavender. You’re drawn in with a super subtle waft of soft smoke with hints of sour cream, fennel, and cold-smoked salmon on a pine cutting board that’s been washed in the sea. The whisky is Ardbeg’s signature peated whisky that’s bottled during a “haar.” That’s a thick and briny foggy morning on Islay, which imparts that x-factor into the whisky as it goes into the bottle. This is Ardbeg’s yearly release of special batches of 19-year-old peaty malt. Scotch Whisky: Best Single Malt Scotch Whiskey: Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 Batch #3 Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy The Best Ten-Year-Old Bourbon Whiskeys, Tasted Blind And Ranked.We Blind Tasted A Whole Bunch Of $30-60 Bourbons To See If Any Could Beat Weller.The 100 Best Whiskeys Our Head Drinks Writer Tasted In 2021.Every Winning Bourbon From Our 2021 Taste Tests, Blind Tasted And Re-Ranked.The 50 Best Bourbon Whiskeys Of 2021, Ranked.In the end, hopefully, you’ll be able to find a new whiskey for your own bar cart.Īlso Read: The Top 5 UPROXX Bourbon Posts Of The Last Six Months I’m listing all the whiskey winners below with my own tasting notes, using the distiller’s or Ascot Awards judges’ notes where necessary. For this list, the double-platinum winners all went into the final’s Thunderdome for a best-in-category showdown before Minnick alone picks the “best in show” bottles. The medals are “honorable mention,” “gold,” “platinum,” and “double platinum” based on a double-blind panel of judges making those calls one dram at a time.
Just to quickly clarify, Fred Minnick’s Ascot Awards are the new kids on the block with this year being the second installment. And while we love all spirits around here, we’re going to focus on the bourbon and Scotch whisky categories (with the rest of the winners listed below). To that end, we were lucky enough to get the exclusive “best of category” winners from this year’s Ascot Awards.
You have to dig into the actual “best in category” bottles to see what truly rose to the top, that’s how. But with so many medals hanging off those bottlenecks, how do you find the true “best” bottles from each competition? It’s kind of true, a lot of bottles end up with little stickers or neck hangers touting medals from various awards. It seems like medals are handed out to bottles of booze at a breakneck pace in the whiskey and spirits world these days.
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