{"id":622870,"date":"2023-03-28T13:49:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/28\/the-worlds-best-scotch-whisky-according-to-the-san-francisco-world-spirits-competition\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T13:49:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:49:10","slug":"the-worlds-best-scotch-whisky-according-to-the-san-francisco-world-spirits-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/28\/the-worlds-best-scotch-whisky-according-to-the-san-francisco-world-spirits-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"The World\u2019s Best Scotch Whisky\u2014According To The San Francisco World Spirits Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The award-winning 25-year-old single malt from Glen Scotia <\/p>\n

<\/fbs-accordion>Glen Scotia <\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We are less than a month out from the 2023 iteration of the San Francisco World Spirits Competition<\/a>. The annual extravaganza convenes in the Bay Area between April 13th through the 15th and the results of the judging will begin trickling out on its website<\/a> shortly thereafter. But today we\u2019re looking back at what the contest named as \u2018Best In Show\u2019<\/em> for 2021. Why? Because this particular scotch whisky hasn\u2019t gotten any less awesome in the interim. And it somehow remains one of the best value buys on liquor store shelves to this day.<\/p>\n

Allow us to re<\/em>introduce you to Glen Scotia 25 Year Old<\/a>. This patiently matured malt from the storied producer out of Cambeltown is a classic example of its region\u2019s prototypical profile: fruity on the palate, with a cloud of briny, coastal air hovering along the not-so-distant horizon. In other words, you\u2019re enjoying some of the hallmarks of Speyside, with some of the touchstones of Island whisky, together in the same dram.<\/p>\n

And yet it\u2019s still a relative newcomer to the Glen Scotia range. Remember, this is a distillery that was founded 191 years ago. The 25 Year Old only hit shelves in mid-2017. But since then little has changed with the liquid. It\u2019s drawn from an exceedingly small stable of superstar casks, pulled by master blender Iain McAlister, and then married in first-fill bourbon barrels prior to a bottling at 48.8% ABV.<\/p>\n

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A cask of Glen Scotia outside the distillery in Campbeltown, Scotland<\/p>\n

<\/fbs-accordion>Glen Scotia<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To say he was tickled by the 2021 Best In Show award would be a monumental understatement. \u201c[It] is an honor and a tremendous boost to the entire team here at Glen Scotia Distillery,\u201d said McAlister after receiving news of the accolade. \u201cThe Glen Scotia 25 Year Old is a really outstanding liquid and has collected a number of the top industry awards over the years, but this has to be one of the proudest moments for the distillery to date.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bottling in question bested over 3,800 entries across 31 separate categories to earn the top prize. So it really was no small feat. Nevertheless, here in 2023 many casual scotch drinkers continue to overlook the rare blend of drinkability and complexity exhibited in Glen Scotia 25 Year Old. Which brings us to the best part of this recap: you can still find this stellar juice on shelves, right now, at or near its intended retail price\u2014which hovers around the $500 mark. Here\u2019s one shop in Vermont that hasn\u2019t yet sold out of it at $415!<\/p>\n

These sorts of occurrences are becoming frustratingly rare in the world of scotch these days; a beautiful bottle of well-aged malt sans secondary markup. Commensurately aged liquids from big names such as The Macallan, The Dalmore, and Lagavulin all run well north of $2000 a bottle. We\u2019re actually hesitant to even bring up the discrepancy, lest we jinx the situation. But we\u2019d be remiss to ignore it outright. Do with the information what you will. Just don\u2019t say that we didn\u2019t warn you.<\/p>\n

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Barrels of scotch stacked high at dusk in Campbeltown, Scotland.<\/p>\n

<\/fbs-accordion>Brad Japhe<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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The award-winning 25-year-old single malt from Glen Scotia Glen Scotia We are less than a month out from the 2023 iteration of the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The annual extravaganza convenes in the Bay Area between April 13th through the 15th and the results of the judging will begin trickling out on its website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":622871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45312,1329],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scotch","category-worlds"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}