2018 Whisky Bible Whiskey Winners
With a name like Whiskey Congress, we would be remiss not to write about good whiskey (or whisky depending on if you’re from across the pond). This is the 2018 Whisky Bible from www.scotchwhisky.com and it lists out their best whisky offerings you should get your hands on in 2018.
Looking at the list there are names you’ve heard or seen on our show, which lets us know we’ve got good taste!
Click on the link below to see the entire list and see if you see any names you know, or find some new names you need to know and add to your collection.
A Bourbon with a four-grain mash bill has taken the World Whisky of the Year title in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2018, with Glen Grant Aged 18 Years Rare Edition retaining a place in the top three.
Colonel EH Taylor Four Grain Bottled in Bond Aged 12 Years, praised for its ‘sheer undiluted beauty’, topped the pecking order in the influential guide, published today.
Second was Redbreast Aged 21 Years from the Midleton distillery in Ireland, with Glen Grant Aged 18 Years Rare Edition in third – a year after the single malt expression finished as runner-up.
The result marks the third year in a row that Murray has named a North American whisky as World Whisky of the Year, following Booker’s Rye 13 Years, 1 Month, 12 Days in 2016 and Canada’s Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye in 2015.
It is now four years since a Scotch whisky has won the title (Glenmorangie Ealanta in Whisky Bible 2014), with Japan, Canada and the US (twice) topping the list since then.
This year’s winner, bottled by Buffalo Trace, combines the four grains – corn, rye, wheat and malted barley – used by Bourbon pioneer Colonel EH Taylor in the 19th century.
It scored 97.5 points out of 100, with Murray describing its finish as a ‘slow, lightly oiled, gently spiced chocolate fade which goes on… and on’.
Redbreast’s runner-up spot was the best result for an Irish whiskey in the history of the Bible, with both it and Glen Grant scoring 97 points.
Other winners included Crown Harvest Northern Rye (Canadian Whisky of the Year); The Norfolk Parched from The English Whisky Company (European); Nikka Coffey Malt Whisky (Japanese); Paul John Kanya (Asian); and Limeburner’s Dark Winter (Southern Hemisphere).
Among Scotch whiskies, Compass Box secured two major awards: Scotch Blend of the Year for The Double Single; and Scotch Vatted Malt of the Year for 3 Year Old Deluxe.
Steve
Steve is an affordable multifamily housing professional that is also the co-founder of Whiskey Congress. Steve has written for national publications such as The National Marijuana News and other outlets as a guest blogger on topics covering sports, politics, and cannabis. Steve loves whiskey, cigars, and uses powerlifting as an outlet to deal with the fact that no one listens to his brilliant ideas.
I look forward to trying some of these whiskeys personally and sharing the results of my “research”.