Samples

Table 1. Tasted Whiskies

Bottle	Price	P	S	OB	IB	S1 CF	S2 CF	S1 NCF	S2 NCF
Benriach Curiositas 10 years	32,90	x		x		11	88	33	81
Benriach Important. Fum. 12 years	39,90	x	x	x		35	61	13	72
Ballechin Sherry Cask	69,90	x	x	x		16	80	40	87
Longrow 18 years	122,50	x	x	x		37	65	18	60
Ardbeg TEN 10 years	38,90	x		x		46	92	20	95
Ardmore Traditional	29,90	x		x		22	96	45	76
Glencadam 10 years	34,90			x		54	86	24	68
Balblair 2001	44,90			x		26	59	57	93
An Cnoc Peter Arkle	52,90		x	x		28	77	39	97
Arran 14 years	39,90			x		30	75	52	64
Glenfarclas 15 years	42,90		x	x		53	71	55	94
Aberlour 12J unchillfiltered	37,90		x	x		56	100	58	104
Glenrothes 1995 Sign.	39,90		x		x	12	105	34	84
Laphroaig 2000 Sign.	49,90	x	x		x	15	63	36	103
Auchentoshan 1997 Sign.	37,90				x	41	83	14	69
Cragganmore 1997 Sign.	39,90				x	48	102	17	89
Laphroaig 10 years Prov.	48,90	x			x	19	67	47	78
Aultmore 11 years Prov.	32,90				x	51	106	21	62
Blair Athol 12 years Prov.	36,90		x		x	23	90	38	99
Bunnahabhain 9 years Prov.	42,90	x	x		x	25	98	43	74
Ardmore 12 years DunB.	54,90		x		x	44	66	27	101
Bunnahabhain 13 years DunB.	47,90	x			x	29	91	50	70
Jura 10 years Chieft.	44,90				x	49	73	31	85
Ben Nevis 12 years Chieft.	42,90				x	42	82	32	79
Average EUR/bottle	46,13

Legend to Table 1

Price	In Euros as per March 2013
P	Peated Whisky
S	Whisky (additionally) matured in Sherry or Wine casks
OB	Original bottling (bottled by the owner of the distillery)
IB	Independent bottling. The bottler is not the owner of the distillery
S1 CF	Sample number 1 chill filtered
S2 CF	Sample number 2 chill filtered (identical to S1 CF)
S1 NCF	Sample number 1 non chill filtered
S2 NCF	Sample number 2 non chill filtered (identical to S1 NCF)
Sign.	Bottle of the independent bottler Signatory Vintage [8]
Prov.	Bottle of the independent bottler McGibbons Provenance [9]
DunB.	Bottle of the Dun Bheagan bottling of Wm. Maxwell [10]
Chieft.	Bottle of the Chieftain's bottling of Ian MacLeod [11]

Photographs of the individual bottles and their packaging sorted by table 1 above can be found in the appendix. Photographs 5 and 6 show the individual samples before shipping. Double the amount of samples is shown since each sample exists twice due to the double allocation of sample numbers (Table 1 S1 and S2).

The average bottle price (0.7 litres) was 46.13 EUR incl. VAT. The Whiskies had an age of 9 to 18 years. Three Whiskies had no age statement.

Photograph 5. Samples before shipping (S1)