{"id":50385,"date":"2023-02-23T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/post\/whisky-you-need-to-try-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T14:50:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T13:50:06","slug":"whisky-you-need-to-try-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/post\/whisky-you-need-to-try-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Whisky you need to try in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Here\u2019s some top <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/whisky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>whisky<\/b><\/a><b> from distilleries or brands you need to try if you haven\u2019t already.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world of whisky is a big one and there\u2019s always a new dram to discover. Make 2023 the year where you take a plunge and discover a new favourite. We\u2019ve steered away from some of the biggest names and classic supermarket shelf brands to give the spotlight to some cracking producers. This is a selection of great bang-for-your-buck whisky including single malt, single grain, rye whiskey, single pot still, Canadian, and a variety of cask finishes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Whisky you need to try in 2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-50397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/royal-brackla-12-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"Royal Brackla 12 Year Old Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish\" width=\"770\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/royal-brackla-12-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/royal-brackla-12-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/royal-brackla-12-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/royal-brackla-12-344x250.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/royal-brackla-12-964x700.jpg 964w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/royal-brackla-12-1171x850.jpg 1171w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/royal-brackla-12.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/whiskies\/brackla\/royal-brackla-12-year-old-oloroso-sherry-cask-finish-whisky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Royal Brackla 12 Year Old Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Royal Brackla <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/post\/royal-brackla-rediscovers-its-regal-form.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">relaunched its range<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in recent times and it\u2019s been a successful move with three excellent whiskies including this fabulous 12-year-old single malt. Matured in oloroso casks, this is a sweet, spicy, and richly rewarding sipper that will be a treat for fans of uncompromising, no-fuss sherried whisky.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-50414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pike-creek-whisky-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"pike-creek-bottle\" width=\"770\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pike-creek-whisky-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pike-creek-whisky-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pike-creek-whisky-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pike-creek-whisky-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pike-creek-whisky-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pike-creek-whisky.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/whiskies\/pike-creek\/pike-creek-10-year-old-whisky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Pike Creek 10 Year Old\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pike Creek 10 Year Old really deserves more love. Try to find a whisky as good as this at that price and you\u2019ll struggle. This is delicious Canadian whisky that has lots of creamy, sweet, and aromatic flavours thanks to a finishing period in rum barrels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-50394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Filey-Bay-Moscatel-Finish-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Filey Bay Moscatel Cask Finish\" width=\"770\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Filey-Bay-Moscatel-Finish-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Filey-Bay-Moscatel-Finish-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Filey-Bay-Moscatel-Finish-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Filey-Bay-Moscatel-Finish-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Filey-Bay-Moscatel-Finish-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Filey-Bay-Moscatel-Finish.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/whiskies\/filey-bay\/filey-bay-moscatel-cask-finish-whisky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Filey Bay Moscatel Cask Finish<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can\u2019t really go wrong with The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery&#8217;s Filey Bay range but this particular whisky will really wake you up to what an exciting world English whisky is becoming. After an initial maturation in bourbon casks, it was transferred to Spanish hogsheads which previously held Moscatel for a finishing period that makes it taste like candied orange, muscovado sugar, and ripe pineapple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-50393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Butterscotch-Vanilla-Toast-A-Generation-30-Year-Old-2-1024x651.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch &amp; Vanilla &amp; Toast &amp; A Generation 30 Year Old\" width=\"770\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Butterscotch-Vanilla-Toast-A-Generation-30-Year-Old-2-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Butterscotch-Vanilla-Toast-A-Generation-30-Year-Old-2-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Butterscotch-Vanilla-Toast-A-Generation-30-Year-Old-2-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Butterscotch-Vanilla-Toast-A-Generation-30-Year-Old-2-380x242.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Butterscotch-Vanilla-Toast-A-Generation-30-Year-Old-2-1100x700.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Butterscotch-Vanilla-Toast-A-Generation-30-Year-Old-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/whiskies\/butterscotch-and-vanilla-and-toast-and-a-generation\/butterscotch-and-vanilla-and-toast-and-a-generation-30-year-old-whisky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Butterscotch &amp; Vanilla &amp; Toast &amp; A Generation 30 Year Old<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will never stop banging the drum for old grain. It\u2019s such ridiculously good value and you need to ignore the naysayers who diminish the complexity and personality of Scotch that isn\u2019t single malt. If you find a 30-year-old Scotch whisky for less than \u00a365 anywhere else you have to let us know because we haven\u2019t seen it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/61f91f050ba1b992ebf31c45_whiskey-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"WhistlePig PiggyBack 6 Year Old\" width=\"770\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/61f91f050ba1b992ebf31c45_whiskey-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/61f91f050ba1b992ebf31c45_whiskey-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/61f91f050ba1b992ebf31c45_whiskey-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/61f91f050ba1b992ebf31c45_whiskey-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/61f91f050ba1b992ebf31c45_whiskey-1100x614.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/61f91f050ba1b992ebf31c45_whiskey-1200x670.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/61f91f050ba1b992ebf31c45_whiskey.jpg 1245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/whiskies\/whistlepig\/whistlepig-piggyback-6-year-old-whiskey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>WhistlePig PiggyBack 6 Year Old<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fun, affordable, and cocktail-friendly, PiggyBack is rye done right. Made with a 100% rye mash bill and bottled at a boisterous 48.28%, this whiskey has all the character to stand on its own two feet but manages to be ridiculously versatile at the same time. Make a cracking Paper Plane cocktail by combining the following: 25ml PiggyBack, 25ml Amaro, 25ml fresh lemon juice, and 45ml Galliano. Mix it up, strain over ice, and garnish with a maraschino cherry and then try and deny you\u2019re not having the loveliest time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-50396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/powers-distillers-cut-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Powers Gold Label Distiller\u2019s Cut\" width=\"770\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/powers-distillers-cut-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/powers-distillers-cut-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/powers-distillers-cut-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/powers-distillers-cut-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/powers-distillers-cut-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/powers-distillers-cut.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/whiskies\/powers\/powers-gold-label-distillers-cut-whiskey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Powers Gold Label Distiller\u2019s Cut<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another brand we will always have a soft spot for, Powers makes excellent Irish whiskey and doesn\u2019t get the credit it deserves enough for our liking. In particular, Powers Gold Label Distiller\u2019s Cut ups the ABV without losing its hallmark orchard fruit, honeycomb, and spicy malt profile and represents a steal. If you\u2019re not on the Irish single pot still train yet, do yourself a favour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-50395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ledaig-10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ledaig 10 Year Old\" width=\"770\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ledaig-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ledaig-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ledaig-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ledaig-10-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ledaig-10-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ledaig-10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/whiskies\/ledaig-10-year-old-whisky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Ledaig 10 Year Old<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ledaig single malt has a rich, earthy, almost medicinal smoke that is accompanied by ripe fruit and sweet spice to create a whisky that has all the flavours fans of Islay whisky love. In fact, it\u2019s hard to think of a whisky from Tobermory Distillery that isn\u2019t worth trying.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s some top whisky from distilleries or brands you need to try if you haven\u2019t already.\u00a0 The world of whisky is a big one and there\u2019s always a new dram&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":50413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[896],"tags":[894],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Whisky you need to try in 2023 | Master of Malt blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These are our top picks of the whisky you need to try in 2023. 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