by #Forbes: Can The World’s Best Scotch Whisky Cost Only $55?
The #IWSC competition, among the largest and most prestigious in the world, evaluated more than 4,000 spirit entries, including hundreds of Scotch whisky entries.

The #GlenTurret Triple Wood 2022 scored 99 out 0f 100 points to win a Double Gold Medal and was ranked above all the other Scotch whiskies. It was the only #Scotch #whisky entry to get a score of 99/100 points.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemicallef/2023/03/27/can-the-worlds-best-scotch-whisky-cost-only-55/

1018 years ago today. On 25 March 1005 King Malcolm II killed his predecessor, King Kenneth III, at the Battle of Monzievaird, close to today's Glenturret Distillery near Crieff in Perthshire. More about Malcolm: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/malcolmii.html
And the distillery: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crieff/glenturret/index.html

#Scotland #Glenturret #Distillery #Crieff #Perthshire #UndiscoveredScotland

New distilleries are popping up, while old ones are reopening and modernising; some vintages fetch £10,000 a bottle. It’s a new golden age for #scotch #whisky...
..#Glenturret was the last remaining #distillery in #Scotland to manually mix its barley in hot water to wash the sugars out. “We loved protecting that tradition, but we used three times more natural gas,” managing director John Laurie says, patting his newly installed mash tun as if it were a dog...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jan/25/scotland-whisky-industry-bust-boom-exciting-new-distilleries

#Schotland