2025 Pts* 2026 Pts*
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Octomore 14.1 86.3 DL Single Minded Ardbeg 81.5
Ardbeg Anamorphic 83.0 Laphroaig 10 CS Batch 015 81.0
Springbank 10 82.8 Meikle Toir Sherry 78.0
Longrow Peated 82.0 Laphroaig Cairdeas QC 2017 78.0
Kilchoman Sanaig 77.5 Machrie Moor CS 74.0
Connemara Distillers Edition 76.0 Ardbeg Heavy Vapours 2023 74.0
Amrut Fusion Single Malt 74.6 Glenmorangie Tale of Spice 74.0
Kilkerran 12 74.0 Glenmorangie 12 LaSanta 73.8
Port Charlotte 10 73.8 Annandale Man O'Words 73.0
Ardbeg Uigeadail 73.0 LeDaig 10 73.0
Hibiki Japanese Harmony 71.5 Ardbeg 10 71.0
Redbreast 12 70.8 Glenmorangie 14 Quinta Ruban 70.0
Macallan 12 Double Cask 70.8 G&M Benromach Peat Smoke 69.5
Glenallachie 12 70.0 Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon 69.0
Ardbeg Spectacular 69.0 Douglas Laing Timorous Beastie 69.0
Bruichladdich Laddie 8 68.5 Berry Bros & Rudd Inchgower 13 68.5
Talisker 10 68.0 Nikka From the Barrel 67.0
Ardbeg 10 68.0 Nikka From the Barrel 67.0
Campbeltown Loch 68.0 Glenlivet Guardians Chapter 65.0
Deanston 12 67.0 The Cairn CRN 57 12yo 64.2
Glen Scotia Double Cask 66.0 G&M Mortlach 15 63.0
Teeling Single Pot Still 66.0 Cooper's Choice Linkwood 1995 62.0
Ardbeg Wee Beastie 65.0 Douglas Laing Ardbeg & Craig. 56.0
Lochlea Our Barley 64.0 Chivas Regal 56.0
Omar Single Malt 63.8 Dewars 12 56.0
Bushmills 16 60.2
Penderyn Sherrywood 59.2
Edradour 2013 58.0
Glendalough 7 Mizunara 58.0
Baller Single Malt 55.4
Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 53.8
Auchentoshan 12 52.0
Johnnie Walker Black Label 46.2
Canadian Club 23.1
*Club rating
100 pts - Perfection, nothing better
90 pts - Exceptional, a memorable dram
80 pts - Excellent, well above most whiskies
70 pts - Great, I would seek this out
60 pts - Good, dependable with minor flaws
50 pts - Okay, roughly average with a few issues
40 pts - Alright, flawed but still acceptable
30 pts - Acceptable -- I would accept a pour but never order
20 pts - Passable, deeply flawed, probably intended as a mixer
10 pts - Undrinkable
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