First session 2012: 2012-01

Beginning of this year marked a growing interest among producers of whisky for these blind tasting sessions organized by whisky-distilleries.info. The success is such that we could establish a timetable for the tasting until late June. We will do a pose during the summer months because it is difficult to judge a whisky at its fair value at that time and also because it is difficult to arrange a tasting with a score of people, given that there is always someone who is on vacation ...
This time we received two bottles of Caves de Becon (production of Jean Boyer, in the series "Le Puits à Whisky"), a bottle of Master of Malt (participating for the fifth time).Wilson & Morgan also sent us a bottle and last but not least, we had the pleasure of enjoying two bottles offered by Malts of Scotland.

1. Glendullan 10 years, Le Puits à Whisky (Jean Boyer)
2. Miltonduff 1980, Malts of Scotland
3. Bunnahabhain 20 years, Master of Malt
4. Cragganmore 1999, Malts of Scotland
5. Bunnahabhain 10 years, Le Puits à Whisky (Jean Boyer)
6. Glenlivet Thirty six (1975-2012), Wilson & Morgan

This session was attended by 22 participants who produced 132 tasting notes. Despite the price difference between these bottles (thirty euros for the Puits à Whisky up to 200 euros for The Glenlivet Wilson & Morgan), the averages are attributed remain strangely close. The best rating being 86.86 assigned to the Glenlivet and the lowest rating was given to 10 years Bunnahabhain Puits à Whisky who got 80.59 points.

As the number of bottles began to be consistent, it seemed necessary to present results by type of bottles. Starting with  every day whisky (for a reasonable price) to finish in the passionates  whisky category  (for whom the price of the bottle is not an obstacle to the purchase) through the whiskies for connoisseurs who want  pleasure without breaking the bank.

Each bottle is listed separately on this blog, with the highest score and lowest obtained. For details of all the tasting notes, please go to the corresponding page of the site.