Bowmore 20 yo 1998 (54,1%, Sansibar for Acla da Fans 2018, refill sherry cask, 358 btl.)
Williamson 10 yo 2012 (54,1%, Sansibar for Acla da Fans 2022, refill sherry butt, 379 btl.)
Bunnahabhain 13 yo 2009 (52.7%, Sansibar for Acla da Fans, sherry butt, 142 btl.)
2012
Hmpdn 2012 – Low Esters (59,1%, Swell de Spirits ‘Pop’ for Inter Caves France 2023, ex-bourbon cask, 310 btl.)
Foursquare 2006 (59%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for Cave Versus 2023, bourbon cask, 281 btl.)
Caroni 25 yo 1998 HTR (59,2%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for Intercaves Limoges 2023, bourbon + recycled rum cask, 140 btl.)
New Yarmouth 27 yo 1994 (66,7%, Swell de Spirits ‘Flashback #2’ 2022, barrel #435058, 359 btl.)
Hmpden 9 yo 2013 C<>H (66,3%, Swell de Spirits ‘Anniversary Cuvée’ 2023, New Yarmouth finish, cask #05086, 150 btl.)
HMPDN 10 yo 2011 <>H (67,4%, Swell de Spirits ‘Wonders of the World’ 2021, cask #05086, 392 btl.)
GlenAllachie 13 yo – Oloroso wood finish (48%, OB for Germany 2022)
GlenAllachie 9 yo 2012 – Cuvée Cask Finish (48%, OB ‘Wine Series’ 2022, 6800 btl.)
GlenAllachie 12 yo 2011 (61%, OB for The Netherlands 2023, PX puncheon #807022, 707 btl.)
Dailuaine 2010 (50,3%, Berry Bros & Rudd for Wine4You, Oloroso hogshead #307763, 60 btl.)
Glenallachie 15 yo 2008 (52,5%, Duncan Taylor for Wine4You 2023, octave cask finish #3040059, 83 btl.)
Ben Nevis 10 yo 2012 (54%, Duncan Taylor for Wine4You 2023, octave cask finish #3635004, 78 btl.)
Linkwood 2012 (57,6%, Berry Bros & Rudd for Wine4You 2023, hogshead #119, 60 btl.)
Ardmore 13 yo 2010 (54,1%, Duncan Taylor for Wine4You 2023, octave cask finish #1934144, 67 btl.)
Glen Moray 14 yo 2008 (52,2%, The Liquoree ‘Blackness’ 2023, bourbon barrel #5678)
Allt-a-Bhainne 24 yo 1997 (52,6%, The Liquoree 2021, hogshead #134950, 156 btl.)
Orkney 22 yo 1999 (53,7%, The Liquoree 2021, hogshead #9, 310 btl.)
Mannochmore 14 yo 2008 (56,5%, Signatory Vintage for The Liquoree ‘Blackness’ 2023, hogshead #12254, 286 btl.)
Tullibardine 2012 (56,3%, The Liquoree 2022, first fill Palo Cortado hogshead #16)
Aberlour 11 yo 2012 (58,5%, Signatory Vintage ‘Archangel No. 2’ for Kirsch Import 2023, first fill Oloroso sherry butt, 1005 btl.)
Ballechin 10 yo 2013 (59,9%, Signatory Vintage ‘Horsemen No. 2’ for Kirsch Import 2023, two first fill Oloroso sherry butts, 1378 btl.)
Benromach Contrasts: Air Dried Oak (46%, OB 2023)
Benromach Contrasts: Kiln Dried Oak (46%, OB 2023)
HD 32 yo 1990 (53,1%, The Whisky Jury 2023, refill barrel #CH1990)
HD 10 yo 2012 (58,3%, The Roots 2023, cask #25, 229 btl.)
Jamaican Rum JMWP 14 yo 2007 (58,1%, The Whisky Blues for The Alcohol Bar & The Whiskey Seeker 2021, barrel #61, 274 btl.)
Long Pond 18 yo 2004 (60%, Rum Sponge 2023, refill barrel, 284 btl.)
Long Pond 2007 (66,6%, Spirits Project 2023, refill barrel, 247 btl.)
Ben Nevis 10 yo 2012 ‘Equinox & Solstice’ (48,5%, Decadent Drinks – Spring 2023, refill hogshead)
Ben Nevis 7 yo 2014 (48,5%, Decadent Drinks – Autumn 2022, second sherry butt)
Balblair 15 yo 2008 (48,5%, Decadent Drinks – Summer 2023, first fill bourbon barrels)
Edradour 10 yo 2003 + 2010 (48,5%, Decadent Drinks – Spring 2021, first fill bourbon barrels, 491 btl.)
Mortlach 10 yo 2012 (48,5%, Decadent Drinks – Winter 2022, refill hogsheads + first fill sherry butt finish)
Linkwood 13 yo 2009 (43%, Signatory Vintage ‘Single Cask Monument’ for Kirsch Import 2022, first fill sherry butt finish #12)
Bunnahabhain 10 yo 2012 (43%, Signatory Vintage ‘Single Cask Monument’ for Kirsch Import 2022, first fill sherry butt finish #900778)
Benrinnes 11 yo 2011 (43%, Signatory Vintage ‘Single Cask Monument’ for Kirsch Import 2022, first fill sherry butt finish #6)
Uitvlugt 1989 (46,7%, The Whisky Jury for Nanyang Singapore 2022, refill barrel #8, 203 btl.)
Clarendon 15 yo 2007 (57,1%, Rum Sponge 2022, refill barrel, 262 btl.)
Clarendon 26 yo 1995 (57,1%, Precious Liquors for Auld Alliance 2022, cask #433941, 196 btl.)
Caroni 21 yo 1999 ‘Blackbeard’ (65,7%, Distilia ‘The Golden Age of Piracy’ 2021, cask #197, 228 btl.)
Australian rum 2012 (66,9%, Swell de Spirits 2022, single cask, 368 btl.)
Caol Ila 13 yo 2007 (55,6%, The Whisky Exchange 2021, hogshead #320247, 242 btl.)
Caol Ila 13 yo 2007 (57,8%, The Whisky Blues 2021, refill hogshead #320319, 160 btl.)
Caol Ila 12 yo 2009 (56,3%, Whisky Sponge 2022, second fill sherry butt, 374 btl.)
Caol Ila 10 yo 2012 (56,7%, Thompson Bros for Royal Mile Whiskies, dechar/rechar hogshead, 270 btl.)
Caol Ila 2010 (57%, Swell de Spirits 2022, Jamaican rum cask finish, 360 btl.)
Caol Ila 7 yo 2014 (59,1%, The Whisky Exchange 2021, hogshead #311507, 251 btl.)
New Grove Emotion 1969 (47%, OB +/- 2021)
Barbados 21 yo 2000 (49%, Rum Sponge 2022, refill barrel, 241 btl.)
New Yarmouth 27 yo 1994 (57,1%, Precious Liquors 2022, cask #435038, 292 btl.)
Caroni 24 yo 1998 ‘Chaconia’ (60,2%, Distilia ‘Floral rum series’ 2022, 139 btl.)
Foursquare 12 yo 2009 (61,5%, Whisky AGE 2021, barrel #16, 250 btl.)
Hampden 8 yo 2012 OWH ‘Chestnut Bellied Cuckoo’ (59,3%, OB for Whisky Live Paris 2020, bourbon barrel #667, 250 btl.)
Fiji SPD 2001 (62,4%, The Whisky Jury 2022, refill barrel #13)
A Secret Orkney 16 yo 2006 (48,2%, Wu Dram Clan ‘Lighthouse’ 2022, hogshead, 150 btl.)
An Orkney Distillery 8 yo 2012 (57,1%, Watt Whisky 2021, hogshead, 392 btl.)
Secret Orkney 16 yo 2005 (58%, Oxhead Whisky ‘Dram-Addicts’ 2021, refill hogshead #7, 261 btl.)
Port Charlotte SC:01 2012 9yo (55,2%, OB 2022)
Caol Ila 9 yo 2012 (58,7%, Signatory Vintage for TastToe & Broekmans 2021, fresh sherry butt #10, 679 btl.)
Ben Nevis 10 yo 2010 (59%, Signatory Vintage for Broekmans & TastToe 2021, bourbon barrel #406, 165 btl.)
Kilchoman 8 yo 2012 ‘Mezcal finish’ (52,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, single cask #828, 223 btl.)
Kilchoman 8 yo 2012 ‘Tequila finish’ (53,4%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, single cask #824, 247 btl.)
Ben Nevis 9 yo 2012 (50%, Thompson Bros 2021, ex-Koval Rye / Cromarty Double Rocker finish, 166 btl.)
Ben Nevis 8 yo 2012 (54%, Roger’s Whisky Company 2021, cask #2086)
Ben Nevis 8 yo 2012 (59,2%, Swell de Spirits 2021, first fill Oloroso cask #1902, 50 cl, 297 btl.)
Talisker 8 yo 2012 (59,7%, OB Special Releases 2021, heavily peated refill casks)
Benriach Malting Season 2012 (48,7%, OB 2021, bourbon + virgin oak casks, first edition, 6672 btl.)
Benromach Peat Smoke – Sherry Cask Matured 2012 (46%, OB 2021)
Glenglassaugh 9 yo 2012 ‘Rare Cask Release’ (58,3%, OB for DeinWhisky.de 2021, Pedro Ximénez puncheon #2923, 677 btl.)
Kilchoman 13 yo 2007 (55,5%, OB ‘Private Cask release’ for Max & Julia, bourbon barrel #69)
Kilchoman 7 yo 2012 (55,6%, OB for Greek Whisky Association 2019, Madeira finish, cask #183, 261 btl.)
Caol Ila 7 yo 2012 (60%, Asta Morris 2020, sherry butt, 524 btl.)
Caol Ila 8 yo 2011 (55,1%, Asta Morris 2019, sherry cask, 245 btl.)
Chichibu 2012 (60,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2019, refill hogshead #2089, 349 btl.)
Starward 7 yo 2012 (59%, OB for TWE 20th Anniversary, 2nd fill Apera cask, 220 btl.)
Kilchoman 2012 STR Cask (50%, OB 2019, 14500 btl.)
Kilchoman 6 yo 2012 (56,3%, OB for Holy Dram 2019, Madeira finish, cask #180, 258 btl.)
Kavalan 6 yo 2012 (53,2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, Vinho Cask, W120614028, 180 btl.)
Octomore 09.1 ‘Dialogos’ 5 yo 2012 (59,1%, OB 2018, 42.000 btl.)
Octomore 09.1 ‘Dialogos’ 5 yo 2012 (58,2%, OB 2018, travel retail, 12.000 btl.)
Octomore 09.3 ‘Dialogos’ 5 yo 2012 (62,9%, OB 2018, 18.000 btl.)
Best whiskies of 2012
Lagavulin 21 yo 1991 (52%, OB 2012, first fill sherry, 2772 btl.) – 92/100
Malt Maniacs Awards 2012
Spirits in the Sky 2012 report
Ardbeg Day / Feis Ile 2012
World Whiskies Awards 2012
Happy 2012