Colkegan Mesquite Smoked Single Malt took home a silver medal from the Fifty Best, adding to its impressive collection of medals. This is the 20th medal for Colkegan, which has been in the market since 2013.
Using professional criteria, the pre-qualified panel of judges blind-tasted the American malt whiskies and rated them individually on a 1-5 point scoring system with 5 being the highest. After tallying the scores, medals were awarded based on the judges' impressions. TheFiftyBest.com is a digital guide to wines & spirits, featuring rated listings resulting from proprietary blind tastings as judged by wine/spirits journalists, spirits professionals, wine/spirit retailers, mixologists, spirits consultants and connoisseurs. The Fifty Best achieves the highest standards of spirits evaluations by adhering to strict tasting rules and rigorous methodology.