The winners of the 2024 World Whiskies Awards (WWA) were announced today. WWA, known as the Oscars of whisky, was founded and hosted by Whisky Magazine in 2007 as a global whisky awards. During the judging process, a panel of professional judges selects the best of the selected spirits and promotes them to whisky and spirits lovers around the world. For whisky lovers, the annual World Whisky Awards are a major event in the whisky world. Each year, a panel of professional juries (members of the Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame and whisky magazine leaders around the world) award whisky based on its type, region, country and age. And the whole selection process is blind to ensure that the selection is open, fair and fair. Every year there are some unexpected awards at the WWA, and who are the winners this year, but without further ado, let's take a look at them one by one.
1. Best blended whisky of the year
The award went to Ballantine's, a long-established whisky brand, for Ballantine's 30 Year Old, 30 years old, 40% ABV by volume and 700ml capacity.
2. The best limited blended whisky of the year
来自于南非的威士忌品牌Three Ships成功登顶，如果没记错的话，这可能是Three Ships首次夺得这一奖项，获奖酒款为Master's Collection 12 Years Old Double Wood Blend，酒龄为12年，酒精度数为49.6% ABV，容量为700ml。
3. Best blended malt whisky of the year
The award went to Dewar's, a blended whisky brand owned by the Bacardi Group, for Dewar's Double Double 37 Year Old.
At this point, the three most important awards of blended whisky have been released. And this year, in addition to the award for the best limited blended whisky of the year, the other two awards were won by Scotch whisky.
4. Single Cask Single Malt Whisky of the Year
Last year, Grandi, the Campbelltown distillery owned by the Loch Romain Group, won the award last year, and this year it was won by Grandi, the fourth edition of the Grandi Thought Bottle Manuscript Series, Da Vinci, distilled in 2001 in a 637 Refill Bourbon Barrel, bottled in 2023, 21 years old, 56.4% ABV, 700ml and 225 bottles.
5. Single Cask Single Grain Whisky of the Year
The award was won by independent bottler Duncan Taylor's Strathclyde 32 years old, distilled in 1990 and matured in Oloroso Sherry Octave Finish at 6438579, bottled in 2023 at 32 years old, 52.2% ABV, 700ml and 85 bottles.
6. Single-barrel bourbon of the year
The award went to Four Roses, a long-established American bourbon brand, for the Four Roses Single Barrel, each bottle is produced in a single barrel, with an alcohol content of 50% ABV and a capacity of 750ml.
7. Bourbon of the Year
This award was won by Barton 1792 Distillery in the United States, which was awarded Barton 1792 12 Year Old with 48.3% ABV by volume and 750ml capacity.
8. Grain Whiskey of the Year
这一奖项由来自于南非的威士忌品牌Bain's获得，获奖酒款为Founders Collection 15 Years Old。
9. Single Malt Whisky of the Year
This award is like the best film award in the Oscars, and it is the most high-profile and important award in the global whisky industry. After England's The Lakes won the award last year, last year's Milk & Honey Distillery in Israel went to Italy's Milk & Honey distillery. This year, the award is back in England from The English Whisky. The winning wine is The English Sherry Cask, which is unvintage, age-free, has an alcohol content of 46% ABV and a capacity of 700ml. The official suggested retail price is 59 pounds, which is about 540 yuan at the current exchange rate, which is considered a relatively affordable "champion" whisky.
These are the nine most important awards sorted out by this account, and this year's awards are very evenly distributed across countries, with Ingres winning the award for Best Single Malt Whisky of the Year coming from England, but England only won this one. Scotland has four seats, the United States has two seats and South Africa has two seats. Surprisingly, Japan, which has won awards in recent years, did not have a wine at the top this year. In addition, it should be reminded that if you need to buy the same award-winning wine, please look for the cask number or batch of the award-winning wine, as the flavor may be different for different cask sizes or batches. Due to space limitations, this article will introduce you to the nine awards, and the complete list of winners can be viewed directly on the official website of WWA.
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