15th Edition
Scottish (UK) Whiskies (Scotland): April 20-21, 2024
Rest of the World (USA): May 20-24, 2024
“The Olympics of whisky competitions.”
Jim McEwan, Master Distiller.
The International Whisky Competition® is the world’s most-followed whisky competition and reaches out to the whisky community on various social media channels and unique medals are designed to promote each of the winning whiskies. We launched in 2010 for whisky consumers, distillers, and people behind the scenes making whiskies. The mission was to create a true competition by offering only 3 medals per category, just like in the Olympics or any other real competition.
Our goal is to bring the best whiskies from around the world to be tasted and rated by our professional tasting panel. Unlike other competitions, since 2015, our judges are presented with one whisky at a time, to ensure each whisky gets the proper attention. In-depth notes are taken at every step for review ultimately to be compiled by the tasting panel committee.
Unique medals! Only 3 medals (Gold, Silver & Bronze) per category. Just like in the Olympics, we believe not everyone can be a winner nor should they.
Category winners (excluding flavored and RTDs) must score above 85 points to be eligible for a medal.
Medallion Point System: Introduced in 2015, we added the medallion point system as each whisky tasted is also scored. Scores for Medallions range from 85 Points to 100 Points. This way each whiskies which performed well can showcase their points.
Glenmorangie Distillery Team
2019 Winner of the Golden Barrel Trophy - Glenmorangie Grand Vintage Malt 1991, Whisky of the Year