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17th October 2019 |
Whisky Bible
2020 World Whisky Award Winners.
 Whether
you agree with them or not the Whisky
Bible is undoubtedly the most comprehensive
collection of whisky reviews available
to whisky enthusiasts looking for a
suggestion as to what would be a good
dram to have in their glass and with the
ever increasing price of all styles of
premium whiskies many whisky drinkers
find independent reviews invaluable.
Although the Whisky Bible 2020 lists
over 4,700 whiskies, it will still perhaps come as no surprise by now
to many of you to hear that Jim Murray
has once again named an American Bourbon
whiskey as his headline grabbing 'World
Whisky Of The Year' in the
latest edition of his
Whisky Bible in fact this year
there are no Scotch whiskies in Jim's
top 3 whiskies.
The just launched Whisky Bible 2020 has
named the lesser known '1792 Full Proof
Kentucky Straight Bourbon' as Jim's
'World Whisky Of The Year'.
1792 is produced at the Barton 1792
distillery which is now part of the
Sazerac Company's portfolio and as you
know Sazerac owned/produced whiskey's
have long been a favourite of Jim
Murray's in his Whisky Bible.
Jim's runner up for 2020 is 'William
Larue Weller 125.7 Proof 2018 Release'
another Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Whiskey which is also part of the
Sazerac Company's portfolio.
Jim's third best whisky of 2020 is, you may have guessed by now also
part of the Sazerac Company's portfolio,
this time it is a rye whiskey - ''Thomas
H Handy Sazerac Rye 128.8 Proof 2018
Release'
For his Single Cask Whisky for 2020 Jim
has selected a very obscure almost
impossible to get hold of single cask
whisky from Taiwan's state-run Nantou
distillery - the Nantou Distillery Omar
Bourbon Cask No. 11140804 is sure to
draw attention to the others offerings
available from this distillery.
It was only recently that the esteemed
Whisky Bible announced the appointment
of Midpoint Trade Books, a division of
Independent Publishers Group as its new
North American distribution partner with
the aim of making the Whisky Bible more
easily available in the US & Canada and
of course increasing sales of the Whisky
Bible in this enormous marketplace.
With all this in mind I have no doubt
that the conspiracy theorists amongst
you will be working overtime but if you
look past the headline grabbing top 3
the Whisky Bible 2020 is sure to point
you in the direction of some stunning whiskies
(many of
which are still actually obtainable) which you may have otherwise overlooked.
The full list of
Whisky Bible 2020 Winners is below
and I am sure there will be more than a
few on the list which will be much
easier to get hold of and even more in
the book itself which don't quite get
the headline awards but are every bit as
good. To find out what else Jim thinks is good, his
Whisky Bible 2020 is now available to order from
Amazon with FREE delivery.
You will also find many of the Whisky
Bible 2020 award winning whiskies which are
still available to buy over at
specialist online whisky retailers such
as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of Malt
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2020 Whisky Bible Whisky of the Year
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2020 World Whisky of the Year:
1792
Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon
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Top World Whisky Award Winners
2019
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2020 World Whisky of the Year:
1792
Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Second Finest Whisky in the World 2020:
William
Larue Weller 125.7 Proof 2018 Release
Third Finest Whisky in the World 2020:
Thomas
H Handy Sazerac Rye 128.8 Proof 2018
Release
Single Cask
Whisky in 2020:
Nantou
Omar Cask Strength Bourbon Cask No.
11140804 (Taiwan)
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Scotch Whisky Category Winners
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Scotch Whisky of the Year
Glen
Grant Aged 18 Years Rare Edition
Single Malt of the Year (Multiple Casks)
Glen Grant Aged 18 Years Rare Edition
Single Malt of the Year (Single Cask)
The Macphail 1949 China Special Edition
1
Scotch Blend of the Year
Ballantine’s 17 Year Old
Scotch Grain of the Year
The
Last Drop Dumbarton 1977
Scotch Vatted Malt of the Year
Glen
Castle Blended Malt 1990
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Single Malt Scotch
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No Age Statement (Multiple Casks)
Glen
Grant Rothes Chronicles Cask Haven
10 Years & Under (Multiple Casks)
Glen
Grant Aged 10 Years
10 Years & Under (Single Cask)
Annandale
Man O’ Sword
11-15 Years (Multiple Casks)
Glen
Grant Aged 15 Years Batch Strength
11-15 Years (Single Cask)
Signatory
Vintage Edradour Ballechin 12 Year Old
16-21 Years (Multiple Casks)
Glen Grant Aged 18 Years Rare Edition
16-21 Years (Single Cask)
Whisky
Castle Glen Spey Aged 21 Years
22-27 Years (Multiple Casks)
Glenmorangie Grand Vintage 1996
22-27 Years (Single Cask)
The Whisky Shop GlenDronach Aged 26
Years
28-34 Years (Multiple Casks)
Ben Nevis 32 Year Old 1966
28-34 Years (Single Cask)
Gordon & MacPhail Inverleven 1985
35-40 Years (Multiple Casks)
Port Ellen 39 Year Old
35-40 Years (Single Cask)
Glenfarclas The Family Casks 1978 W18
41 Years & Over (Multiple Casks)
Glen
Scotia 45 Year Old
41 Years & Over (Single Casks)
The
MacPhail 1949 China Special Edition 1
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Blended Scotch
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No Age Statement (Standard)
Ballantine’s
Finest
No Age Statement (Premium)
Johnnie
Walker Blue Label Ghost & Rare
5-12 Years
Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 Year Old
13-18 Years
Ballantine’s
17 Year Old
19 – 25 Years
Dewar’s
Aged 25 Years The Signature
26 – 50 Years
The
Last Drop 56 Year Old Blend
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Irish Whiskey of the Year
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Irish Whiskey of the Year
Redbreast
Aged 12 Years Cask Strength
Irish Pot Still Whiskey of the Year
Redbreast Aged 12 Years Cask Strength
Irish Single Malt of the Year
Bushmills
Aged 21 Years
Irish Blend of the Year
Jameson
Irish Single Cask of the Year
Kinahan’s Special Release Project 11
Year Old
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American Whiskey
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Bourbon of the Year
1792
Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Rye of the Year
Thomas
H. Handy Sazerac 128.8 Proof
US Micro Whisky of the Year
Garrison Brothers Balmorhea
US Micro Whisky of the Year (Runner Up)
291
Barrel Proof Colorado Whiskey Aged 2
Years
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Bourbon
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No Age Statement (Multiple Barrels)
1792
Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon
No Age Statement (Single Barrel)
Colonel
E H Taylor Single Barrel Bottled In Bond
9 Years and
Under
Russell’s
Reserve Single Barrel
10 – 12 Years
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Aged 12 Years
11 – 15 Years
Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year Old
16 – 20 Years
Michter’s 20 Year Old Kentucky Straight
Bourbon
21 Years &
Over
Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year Old
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Rye
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No Age Statement
Thomas
H. Handy Sazerac 128.8 Proof
Up to 10 Years
Knob Creek Cask Strength
11 to 15
Years
Van Winkle Family Reserve 13 Year Old
Over 15 Years
Sazerac 18 Year Old
Single Cask
Knob Creek Single Barrel Select
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Canadian Whisky of the Yearar
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Canadian Whisky of the Year
Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye
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Japanese Whisky
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Japanese Whisky of the Year
Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt
Single Malt of the Year (Multiple
Barrels)
The Matsui Mizunara Cask
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European Whisky
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European Whisky of the Year (Multiple)
Thy
Whisky No. 9 Bøg Single Malt (Denmark)
European Whisky of the Year (Single)
Penderyn Single Cask no. M75-32 (Wales)
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World Whiskies
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Asian Whisky of the Year
Nantou Distillery Omar Bourbon Cask No.
11140804 (Taiwan)
Southern Hemisphere Whisky of the Year
Bakery
Hill Peated Malt Cask Strength
(Australia)
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