Winners of Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award

[Diademo]

Congratulations to Balblair distillery for winning this year's Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award with the vintage 1990! They left behind Glenglassaugh 30yo (2nd), Ghosted Reserve 21yo - William Grant (3rd), Tomatin 36yo - Batch 2 (4th).

There’s always the right crowd in that church…

http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/category.asp?cat_id=HELP_SF16&lkid=303

[opelfruit]

Not had the others on the list so not fair to compare, but the Balblair 90 is an absolute cracker and a bargain for the price, so I'm honestly not surprised.
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"Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whisky is barely enough."

[Diademo]

As you probably know, the winner is whisky who gets the most votes from people voting when they are leaving this amazing place. It’s a well established event (tickets are usually sold in 5-7 min) and exhibitors are bringing some really interesting bottles with them (at least for “Half Time Orange”). To win there, among all those whisky anoraks it’s rather remarkable.

I attended the festival twice - both time the winner was our dearly departed Tomatin 30 (OB). Balblair 1990 has proven to be a worthy successor…

[jcarrick]

I have been to a few whisky fringes, a great event but not easy to get tickets unless you are around online the minute they are released. Gave it a miss the last few years.