What is your whisky of the year for 2010?

[Onefortheditch]

Forget Jim Murray and his Ardbeg hype. What is the best whisky you've tasted this year?

For me the best one I've tasted is an Old Malt Cask Ben Nevis 13YO 50% fiinished in a red wine cask.

Its miles better than any Ardbeg I've ever tasted.

[dramtastic]

Mmmm, I might just wait to answer that after the last 3 and a half months of the year has finished.

[lockejn]

Mmmm, I might just wait to answer that after the last 3 and a half months of the year has finished.

Agreed. There are a lot of great/new releases pending before the year is out.

If we count September to September I'd choose Caol Ila 10 Unpeated 2009.

[AshDLS]

Mmmm, I might just wait to answer that after the last 3 and a half months of the year has finished.

Augh, how I'd love to shoot on over to Japan to try this before the year is out:



Limited to 1000 unfortunately... may not be able to find any by the time I'm over there again! :(

[DavidUK]

Blair Athol 'distillery only' bottling (6000 bottles)

[Ganga]

There is always the PlowedRiach. Bottled October 2009 but didn't make the States until January 2010.

[dramtastic]

Mmmm, I might just wait to answer that after the last 3 and a half months of the year has finished.

Augh, how I'd love to shoot on over to Japan to try this before the year is out:



Limited to 1000 unfortunately... may not be able to find any by the time I'm over there again!

Just so happens I am shooting over to Japan in November Ash, so I'll take one for the team and try it for you...........or just buy the bottle!

[bredman]

Forget Jim Murray and his Ardbeg hype. What is the best whisky you've tasted this year?

So far... Ardbeg.

[bcrossan]

There is always the PlowedRiach. Bottled October 2009 but didn't make the States until January 2010.

Great choice. Gotta be up there for me as well

[jazz lover]

Ardbeg Corry.

[The Third Dram]

Mmmm, I might just wait to answer that after the last 3 and a half months of the year has finished.

Just never know what surprises lie around the corner!

To this point in time, though...

[Aidan]

I really liked the Ben Nevis 25. There was also a Connemara 17 from a sherry cask that might be the best I've tasted this year. Probably lots more will spring to mind.

[vision*R]

So far, definitely the Longmorn 37 yo 1972 by Whisky Agency.
But it seems a few exiting things are still to come.

[mikeymad]

Got a lot of tasting until the end of 2010 for me... WhiskyFest.. other 'fests...

I will hold my thoughts until then... (but there are some candidates)...

Cheers,

[mikeymad]

Come on Mikey - how about a sneak preview of candidates

Ah the anticipation grows...

[hyperfuji]

There is always the PlowedRiach. Bottled October 2009 but didn't make the States until January 2010.

the plowedriach is up there

[Maccy]

I only tasted the Glenlivet Nadurra this year and for me, (So far), this is the one.

[Spirit of Islay]

As Mikey says there are a lot of whiskies still to be tasted between now and December ( as well as SMWS tasting , there's a Berry Bros one as well so lots of Candidates....Not to mention Eddies Manchester festival and his tastings..... )

[corbuso]

I will have to wait at least until the whisky live Paris (at the end of this week) and the last released at the Whisky Schiff Zürich, but the Auchentoshan 1977 OB is so far my best candidate.

[talisker10]

Personally I think the 2010 bottling of Springbank 10 for the price is just astonishing.

[ardbeguser]

Ardbeg Corryvreckan by a long distance.

[Spirit of Islay]

Could be from one of these......
Relaunched Bunnahabhain 12yo O.b. @ 46.3%
Amrut Double Cask
Amrut Intermediate Sherry Matured
TWE Amrut Special Reserve
Bladnoch Forum 24yo Cambus
Berry Brothers 1989 Girvan
Berry Brothers 2005 Ledaig
Queen of the Moorlands Bunnahabhain 1997 for the 2010 Feis Ile
Lagavulin Limited Edition 2010 O.b. from the Disitillery
Any of the 3 Bladnoch Forum 30yo Caol Ilas
John Milroy Selection 29yo Caol Ila
SMWS 33.91 (10yo Ardbeg 100ppm peating)
Just for starters......

[MacDeffe]

I had a lot of good whisky in 2010, probably my best whisky. A lot of the whisky that goes around at events, tasttings and private tastings are often releases from earlier years, it can a bit hard to keep track of the release years. Here are the best 2010 releases I had so far

Glengoyne 37yo by Nectar of the daily drams
Glen Moray 36yo by Duncan Taylor (cask 7037)
Caperdonich 37 by Duncan Taylor (cask??)
Imperial 12yo 55% Whiskies of Scotland (Duncan Taylor)
Plowed Benriach

Runners up are
Amrut Intermediate Sherry Matured
Ardbeg Rollercoaster
Ardbeg Uigedail

/Macdeffe

[Ganga]

I do like the new Ardbeg 10 and it should be noted that it is quite different from the 10 from yesteryear.

The new Tomatin range is quite good. 25 might be one of the big steals out there.

The new Springbank 18 is excellent (sorry G).

[johan brugge]

Well, 2010 isn't over yet so I might add a few to my list but here is a first attempt in no particular order (however some really stick out):

- Ardbeg Renaissance
- Ardbeg Supernova 2010
- Bowmore 19yo 1990 Signatory Vintage
- Bunnahabhain 35yo 1973 TWA
- Caol Ila CS 58.6 %
- Caol Ila 1984 Samaroli
- Karuizawa 1992 cask 6978
- Cask of the Yamazaki 1993 Heavily Peated cask 3Q70048

[schitzengiggles]

Springbank 12yo Claret Wood.

Definitely not a crowd pleaser, but crikey, I love it.

http://www.ryansratings.net/2010/07/12/springbank-12-year-old-claret-finished-single-malt-whisky/

Here's my 90+ point spirits for the YTD.
http://www.ryansratings.net/tag/90/

[Mike Ralston]

The malt that blew my socks off this year was the Karuizawa 32yo Noh cask 6719 - for me, it gave a whole new meaning to the expression "sherry monster"...

I was surprised & impressed by the Berry Bros Ledaig 2005 and also the Kilkerran 6yo WIP...

A great year so far!

[MARS]

The year is not over yet but it's gona be difficult to find better than the laphroaig 1964/1981 43° by BBR!

The amrut double cask is indeed a very impressive whisky and well worth the price(still, I didn't buy a bottle. I can't buy everything) and the serie of caperdonich 1972 by DT are very good quality/price whisky(and very good at all, I must say)

MARS

[doc]

All the hype about Ardbeg cory and I have yet to give it a try but last week a session included a couple of Ardbeg Uigeadails Wow I did enjoy them

[DavidUK]

Bladnoch 8 yo at 55% is stunning

[MacDeffe]

I agree, it's a favourite of mine. I very very seldom rebuy a bottle, I prefer to try new stuff, but the Bladnoch 8 55% I just had to get another one of

Steffen

[Leorin]

Lochside 46 years (11/1963-03/2010) WINs 5th anniversary special bottling 46.6% was not only one of the best 2010 bottlings but one of the best whiskies I could ever try.

[AnnieB]

There is always the PlowedRiach. Bottled October 2009 but didn't make the States until January 2010.

Ganga..could you tell me something more of this whisky?? Several people have mentioned it but I don't know it at all, and have never seen it in BC. Thanks!

[MacDeffe]

It's available here :

http://www.binnys.com/spirits/PLOWED_So ... 60586.html

Pretty hard to get a bottle to Europe, but sometimes Americans should have something good for themselves . Most often its the other way around!

Steffen

[Willie JJ]

Ha ha I wonder if you would be so generous if you didn't have some.