| On
22nd November 1999, as a result of the publishing of the Millenium Malt
Classification on scotchwhisky.com, a request was made to fellow
enthusiasts to parallel the criteria put to the professional experts to
see how amateur experts would report. The question put was :
send
a list of your top 20 favourites for the millenium using these three criteria
-
The
quality of the malt
-
The
consistency of that quality over time
-
Focus
on the main brand expression
These
criteria matched exactly the first two of the MMC, but excluded "How the
distillery is judged in general by malt whisky writers" and omitted "the
respective market" from the main brand expression question (previously
"Focus on the main brand expression in each respective market")
The
results, below, are from the grading of 59 whiskies by 12 amateur experts.
Interestingly only two whiskies were scored by everyone, The Macallan and
Talisker.
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| Rank |
Distillery |
score |
points |
votes
|
|
1
|
The Macallan |
4
|
194
|
12
|
|
2
|
Springbank |
4
|
191
|
11
|
|
3
|
Highland Park |
4
|
183
|
11
|
|
4
|
Talisker |
4
|
176
|
12
|
|
5
|
Ardbeg |
4
|
172
|
11
|
|
6
|
Lagavulin |
4
|
171
|
11
|
| Rank |
Distillery |
score |
points |
votes
|
|
7
|
Glenfarclas |
3
|
117
|
7
|
|
8
|
Bowmore |
3
|
117
|
8
|
|
9
|
Laphroaig |
3
|
117
|
9
|
| Rank |
Distillery |
score |
points |
votes
|
|
10
|
Glenmorangie |
2
|
95
|
10
|
|
11
|
The Balvenie |
2
|
79
|
10
|
|
12
|
Caol Ila |
2
|
78
|
7
|
|
13
|
Longmorn |
2
|
68
|
7
|
| Rank |
Distillery |
score |
points |
votes
|
|
14
|
Mortlach |
1
|
56
|
6
|
|
15
|
The Glenlivet |
1
|
55
|
6
|
|
16
|
Cragganmore |
1
|
52
|
4
|
|
17
|
Clynelish |
1
|
49
|
5
|
|
18
|
Aberlour |
1
|
47
|
6
|
|
19
|
Linkwood |
1
|
45
|
3
|
|
20
|
Oban |
1
|
34
|
3
|
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