tire-bouchon's top of 2018...

I - whisky of the year: Springbank Dornoch Castle Vat 1950 - 1978 (94)

2. Glenmorangie Astar 2017 (92)
3. Glen Scotia Single Cask 28yo 1989 (#316) (92)
4. Single Cask Nation Port Charlotte 14y (92)
5. Scott's Selection Highland Park 21yo 1986 (91)
6. Caol Ila 12yo Unpeated 2010 (91)
7. Berry Bros. & Rudd Linkwood 20yo 1991 (90)
8. Springbank 12yo Cask Strength (Batch #15) (90)
9. Laphroaig Cairdeas 2018 Fino Cask Finish (90)
10. Compass Box Delilah's XXV Limited Edition (90)

II - distillery/bottler of the year: Barrell Bourbon

runners-up:
New Middleton Distillery
Single Cask Nation

III - brew of the year: Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston by 3 Fonteinen

2. Cuvee de Tome by The Lost Abbey
3. Urgose Märzen by Ritterguts Gose
4. Irony & Pity by Libertine Brewing Company
5. Evel Kern Evel by Kern River Brewing Company
6. 28 Haze Later by Beachwood Brewing
7. 3056 Pale 03 by Eagle Rock Brewery
8. Oude Lambic (3 year unblended) by Hanseens Artisanal
9. The Old Rusty Gun by MacLeod Ale Brewing Company
10. Digable Dugable by Mumford Brewing

IV - brewery of the year: Libertine Brewing Company, San Luis Obispo CA

runners-up:
Hanseens Artisanal, Dworp Belgium

Kern River Brewing Company, Kernville CA

V - "best bang for the buck" of the year: Old Ezra 7yo (88)

2. Compass Box Great King Street Glasgow Blend
3. Doctor Bird Moscatel Finish (88)

VI - whisky-alternative of the year: Domaine D'Ognoas 1966 Single Cask (92)

2. Domaine de Lagardenne 1973 43yo (91)
3. Chateau de Pellehaut 1989 28yo (91)