Independent Bottlers Challenge

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Independent Bottlers Challenge 2009

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Independent Bottlers Challenge 2008

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Reaching its fourth year, this competition has really set the benchmark for independent bottlers. The challenge was created to show off the best this sector has to offer.

The independents are widely acknowledged as offering the whisky lover something different from their favourite distillery.

We showcase the results from this year's Independent Bottlers' Challenge

Independent Bottlers Challenge 2007

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Now in its third year, the Independent Bottlers' challenge has fast established itself as one of the key events in the whisky year.

The challenge was created to show case the best this sector has to offer. The Independents are widely acknowledged as offering the whisky lover something different from their favourite distillery.

Due to the nature of independent bottlings they tend to come in very small batches often from a single cask, therefore offering something very special to the whisky connessiour.

What are the best independent bottlings out there? Our tasters tried more than 160 of them to find out. Here are the results...

Independent Bottlers Challenge 2006

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It's only in its second year, but the Independent Bottlers'Challenge is becoming a key event in the whisky calendar.

Why? Because the independent sector makes the whisky world go round.It offers the whisky enthusiast the opportunity to regularly stray from a favourite bottle and taste something from the same distillery.

But it can be a hit and miss affair, too,because bad casks find their way to the shelves as well as good ones. So how do you find out what to trust and what to avoid?

What are the best independent bottlings? Our tasters tried more than 175 of them to find out. Panel chairman Dominic Roskrow reports.