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Call for the Fabulous Fifty

25. April 2017 | 1.8K Views | 17 Comments

We plan to set up a new index which shall represent the most outstanding single malts on the market. This index will be called the “Whiskystats Fabulous Fifty” and we invite you to name us your All-Star picks which should be included!

Until now we have permanent indices for all the distilleries, bottlers and regions we track. And there is of course the Whiskystats Whisky Index, which purpose is to describe the secondary market as a whole. What all of these indices have in common is that the bottles they include are defined by the market as they each represent the value of the respective most traded bottles.
 
We now want to go one step in the other direction and manually define an index. Naturally the first thing to do is to create an index for the top-bottles, the bottles that create headlines and water each whisky lover’s mouth. So the question is which single malts are these?
 
We are looking for outstanding single malts. Of course they need to be listed in our whisky database and we are looking for quite regularly traded whiskies too. Also we would like to have a nice diversification, i.e. we do not want to have a Macallan- or Islay-only index. To guide the direction we have already selected the first members of the Whiskystats Fab50. For any suggestions just drop a comment below. If you feel that one of the chosen bottles does not deserve the nomination, let us know too! Here are our picks so far.
 
Note: This list will be kept updated until we find the 50 bottles to include.
Currently we count 50 candidates for the Fab50. Feel free to leave your comments on these candidates!

Islay:

• Ardbeg:
• Ardbeg 23yo (1974) Provenance
• Ardbeg 25yo Lord of the Isles
• Ardbeg 25yo (1975) Vintage
• Ardbeg (1977) Very Old

• Bowmore:
• Bowmore 31yo (1964)
• Black Bowmore Finale Edition
• Bowmore 27yo (1972) Casks 4864-4866

• Bruichladdich:
• Bruichladdich Octomore 02.2 (Orpheus)

• Bunnahabhain:
• Bunnahabhain 34yo (1968) Auld Acquaintance

• Caol Ila:
• Caol Ila 20yo (1976) 150th Anniversary

• Lagavulin:
• Lagavulin 21yo (1985) Release 2007
• Lagavulin 37yo (1976) Release 2013

• Laphroaig:
• Laphroaig 30yo Extremely Rare
• Laphroaig 40yo (1960)

• Port Ellen:
• Port Ellen 22yo (1976) 1st Annual Release
• Port Ellen 25yo (1978) 2nd Annual Release

Highlands:

• Balblair:
• Balblair 38yo (1966)

• Brora:
• Brora 30yo 2002 Release
• Brora 30yo 2003 Release
• Brora 30yo 2004 Release

• Dalmore:
• Dalmore 33yo (1973) Cabernet Sauvignon

• Glendronach:
Glendronach 25yo (1968)

• Glenmorangie:
• Glenmorangie 28yo (1975) Tain L Hermitage
• Glenmorangie 19yo (1987) Margaux Cask

• Oban:
• Oban 32yo (1969)

Islands:

• Highland Park:
• Highland Park 28yo (1973) Vintage Cask
• Highland Park 12yo (1972) Hjarta

• Talisker:
• Talisker 25yo (1975) 2001 Release
• Talisker 20yo (1981) 2002 Release
• Talisker 35yo (1977) 2012 Release

Speyside:

• Balvenie:
• Balvenie 16yo (1991) Rose
• Balvenie 16yo Rose (Second Release)
• Balvenie 25yo (1978) Single Barrel 4001

• Glenfiddich:
• Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix

• Glenfarclas :
• Glenfarclas 46yo (1954)

• Glenlivet:
• Glenlivet 25yo Royal Wedding Reserve

• Macallan:
• Macallan 35th Anniversary of Private Eye
• Macallan 33yo Royal Marriage 1981
• Macallan 18yo (1979) Gran Reserva

Campbeltown:

• Springbank:
• Springbank 12yo 100 Proof
• Springbank 30yo (1966) Local Barley

Lowlands:

• Rosebank:
• Rosebank 20yo (1981) Rare Malts Selection
• Rosebank 22yo (1981) Rare Malts Selection

• Ladyburn:
• Ladyburn 27yo (1973) Vintage Cask 1591

• St. Magdalene:
• St. Magdalene 19yo (1979) Rare Malts Selection

Japan:

• Karuizawa:
• Karuizawa 32yo (1980) Noh Whisky
• Karuizawa 29yo (1984) Cask 3663
• Karuizawa 42yo (1967) Cask 6426

• Hanyu:
• Hanyu Joker 2014

• Yamazaki:
• Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013

• Yoichi:
• Yoichi 20yo

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