NEWS Scottish Field announces results of 2011 Whisky Challenge at Edinburgh dinner Two of the contest’s star drams.
Rising to the challenge
THE gold medal winners in each category of the 2011 Scottish Field Whisky Challenge were: • Under £35 – Old Pulteney 12 year old • £35-£80 – Lagavulin Distillery Edition • Over £80 –
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• Blends – Whyte & Mackay Luxury 19
• Independent bottling– Adelphi Dailuaine 27 years
• Overall Whisky of the
Year – Adelphi Dailuaine 27 years
The drams in a field of their own
COUNTRY lifestyle magazine Scottish Field unveiled the win- ners of its latest Whisky Chal- lenge earlier this month – and it proved to be a night to savour for Adelphi, the independent single malt whisky bottler. The publication convened a panel of ten whisky experts to judge 40 of Scotland’s best whiskies – 36 nominated by six merchant judges and the rest a combination of last year’s winners and a small selection picked by Scottish Field. Whisky writer Charles MacLean and Julie Trevisan Hunter, marketing manager of the Scotch Whisky Experience, were among the experts who assessed the drams, which were divided into five categories: un-
der £35, £35-£85, over £80, blends and independent bot- tlings.
The nominees were blind- tasted initially with four from each pool going forward to a second, more in-depth stage; that saw the judges score and compile brief tasting notes for each of the contenders. The scores were then counted and verified, with the top three in each category gaining gold, silver and bronze status. Further analysis of the gold winners then took place to identify the Scottish Field Whis- ky of the Year 2011 – a title which went to Fife-based Adel- phi for its Dailuaine 27 years. Scottish Field editor Richard Bath, who announced the re-
Challenge winners celebrate their success at No.12 Picardy Place, Edinburgh.
sults after a dinner at No.12 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, said: “The recent Scottish Field Whisky Challenge awards were the eleventh year that we’ve run these awards and were
arguably the best to date,” he said. “The blind-tasting results showed that not only were the six category-winning whiskies easily up to the standard of past winners, but the quality of the short-listed whiskies was the best for many years. “The overall winner, Adel-
phi’s 27 year old Dailuaine, was the best of a good bunch in a vintage year.”
Royal seal for Mulroy
A NEWLY-opened Edinburgh restaurant seems to have friends in high places after its official launch party was attended by members of the German royal family. The Mulroy, on William
Street, was officially opened earlier this month by HRH the Princess Yvonne of Hesse and her son the Prince Christoph of Hesse, who cut the red ribbon in front of around 70 guests.
The fine dining
restaurant claims to be the only eatery in the Scottish capital to be declared open by royalty. “We’ve already been asked when we’re going to open our second restaurant, but for the moment we are going to further enhance the dining experience at The Mulroy, here in William Street,” said restaurant owner Clemens Hoss -d’Estenfeld.
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