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		<title>Whisky Advocate Award: New World Whisky of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amrut Two Continents (2nd Edition), 50%, $100
It&#8217;s been a great year for whiskies from less traditional whisky territories, both in terms of new distilleries coming on line, and for distilleries bottling quality spirit for the first time. Choosing one winner has been a challenge, and honorable mentions should go to Glann ar Mor in France, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/02/06/whisky-advocate-award-new-world-whisky-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>Whisky Advocate Award: Japanese Whisky of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chichibu The First, 61.8%, £90
It has been a quiet year on the Japanese front. Stocks at the larger distillers are under pressure, the result of short-term production twelve to eighteen years ago, and while this is being managed capably by producers, it also means that they aren’t exactly embarking on a program of multiple new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/02/05/whisky-advocate-award-japanese-whisky-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>Whisky Advocate Award: Irish Whiskey of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength, 57.7%, $65
In a normal year, any one of the six Irish whiskeys released in 2011 could have staked a claim as Irish whiskey of the year. But 2011 wasn&#8217;t normal, not least because in a normal year it&#8217;s not likely there would have been six releases in total, let [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/02/04/whisky-advocate-award-irish-whiskey-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>Whisky Advocate Award: Canadian Whisky of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wiser’s Very Old/18 Year Old, 40%, $65
Some folks always suspect that food or drink exporters keep the best stuff for themselves. I’ve heard it about cheese, beer, fruit…but when I’ve looked into it, the export markets are indeed getting “the good stuff.” Why not? You’d want to send the best to get the highest price, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/02/03/whisky-advocate-award-canadian-whisky-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>Whisky Advocate Award: American Whiskey of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elijah Craig Barrel No. 3735 20 year old bourbon, 45%, $150
If there is one thing Heaven Hill has proven on numerous occasions, it’s that they know how to cherry-pick great whiskeys for their single barrel bottlings. They’ve been doing it for seventeen years now with their vintage-dated Evan Williams Single Barrel releases, many of which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/02/02/whisky-advocate-award-american-whiskey-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>Whisky Advocate Award: Artisan Whiskey of the Year (North America)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Low Gap Whiskey, 42.7%, $40
There are an increasing number of whiskeys coming from small distillers. At first, a small number of distillers bottled unaged distillate as a somewhat hokey packaging of moonshine-like white lightning; some were flavored, some were spiced, but almost all of them were meant for mixing (maybe a more accurate description would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/02/01/whisky-advocate-award-artisan-whiskey-of-the-year-north-america/</link>
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		<title>18th Annual Whisky Advocate Awards to be announced daily, beginning tomorrow!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Whisky Advocate Awards recognize excellence in the world of whisky. Now in its 18th year, the program is still simply about the world’s greatest whiskies and distilleries, and the individuals who make and promote them.
In response to the continually evolving world of whisky — the industry, the consumers, the worldwide market — we have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/01/31/18th-annual-whisky-advocate-awards-to-be-announced-daily-beginning-tomorrow/</link>
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		<title>Compass Box Whisky, Dave Wondrich, and breakfast cocktails for 500 people</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I told you about the whole day-long seminar thing we have going on during WhiskyFest New York 2012 weekend this October already here. I said that it&#8217;s going to be very cool. Well, here&#8217;s one example.
I approached John Glaser of Compass Box Whisky if he would debut a whisky for us at WhiskyFest during [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/01/24/compass-box-whisky-dave-wondrich-and-breakfast-cocktails-for-500-people/</link>
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		<title>18th Annual Whisky Advocate Awards: daily posts beginning February 1st</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Whisky Advocate Awards program is the longest-running annual whisky awards program, now in its eighteenth year. The awards recognize excellence in the world of whisky.
The awards are announced annually in the spring issue, which subscribers receive in early March. But the 2011 award recipients will be announced here, first, beginning February 1st. The daily posts will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/01/23/18th-annual-whisky-advocate-awards-daily-posts-beginning-february-1st/</link>
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		<title>Some new bourbons and my thoughts on them</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The holidays are over, but the whiskey companies are still pumping out new releases. Here&#8217;s an overview of some bourbons (and one wheat whiskey) that have come my way in the past few weeks. Formal reviews will follow in due time, but here are my informal thoughts.
First up is the first new permanent line extension [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/01/20/some-new-bourbons-and-my-thoughts-on-them/</link>
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		<title>WhiskyFest NY 2012 Seminar Program Agenda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve completed the agenda for the Saturday seminar program for our 15th Annual WhiskyFest New York, which has now been expanded to an entire weekend. (The Saturday seminars will be book-ended by grand tasting events on Friday and Saturday nights. Follow my link above for more details.) I include the agenda below.
We are still putting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/01/13/whiskyfest-ny-2012-seminar-program-agenda/</link>
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		<title>Cornish whiskey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, Dominc Roskrow marks another day in whisky; make that whiskey history. Hicks &#38; Healey Cornish Single Malt 7 Year Old Whiskey, to be exact.
Another ‘country’ joins the whisky diaspora
By Dominic Roskrow
The oldest whisky ever released in ‘England’ has been snapped up after a huge public demand. The whiskey is actually from Cornwall and was the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/01/10/cornish-whiskey/</link>
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		<title>That&#8217;s the end of vat…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As of November 23, 2011 the term &#8220;vatted&#8221; has been declared illegal for use on the label of whisky. Dominic Roskrow reports on this historical day in whisky history.
That&#8217;s the end of vat…
By Dominic Roskrow

Few companies have done more to further the cause of vatted malt whisky than London-based producer Compass Box. So it was fitting that when the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/01/06/thats-the-end-of-vat%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<title>Whisky Advocate writers appearing at WhiskyFest New York 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I shared the exciting news about what’s in store for WhiskyFest™ New York 2012. The excitement doesn&#8217;t stop there. In fact, that’s just the beginning!  I’m thrilled to announce that we will have several  Whisky Advocate writers in attendance at the Grand Tasting events the evenings of Friday, October 26th and Saturday, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/01/04/whisky-advocate-writers-appearing-at-whiskyfest-new-york-2012/</link>
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		<title>Another whisky, and another story.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you might remember my post here back in 2011. Well, I took my own advice and opened another bottle of whisky last week. It wasn&#8217;t for Christmas or New Years Eve, but rather somewhere in the middle of the week. I&#8217;m really glad I did, because it tastes great! And, as it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/01/03/another-whisky-and-another-story/</link>
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