The Spirit of Speyside Festival whisky awards are pretty unique in the way they judge the whiskies ensuring only the best whiskies as judged by real whisky drinkers are awarded with a best in category award. The awards remains the only whisky awards competition in the world that places the power to determine the winning drams in the hands of the public rather than just the hands of of professional journalists who have carved themselves out an income by commenting and writing about whisky.

This year saw Tamdhu Batch Strength 2 crowned as the Best No Age Statement whisky, the result was announced on the night of Sunday 30 April at the Festival’s closing after the complex richness and high-intensity of Batch Strength II was favoured by festival-goers.

The malt from the local Speyside distillery was shortlisted by a selected panel of spirit industry experts before enduring the final taste test by members of the public in a series of roving judging sessions taking place over the weekend.

Commenting on the awards, Iain Weir, Brand Director for Tamdhu, said: "For Tamdhu Batch Strength II to win such an esteemed accolade at the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival further enforces the fact that the quality of our malt is uncompromising, just as our founders intended.

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