Scotch whisky was, unsurprisingly, the largest category in this year’s International Spirits Challenge whisky results, with 311 medals awarded across single malts, blends, blended malts and grain whiskies. The sheer breadth of the field, spanning every producing region, from Speyside and the Highlands to Islay, the Lowlands, Campbeltown and the Islands, speaks to both the depth of the category and the continued confidence of distillers in submitting their work for blind assessment.
Now in its 31st year, the International Spirits Challenge is judged by panels of distillers, blenders and buyers, with medals awarded at four levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Double Gold. The full list of 2026 Scotch whisky winners, ordered by medal tier, is set out below.
| Whisky | Medal |
| Scapa Orkney Island Single Malt 10 Year Old | DOUBLE GOLD |
| Rosebank Remarkable Cask Release One | DOUBLE GOLD |
| Isle of Skye 25 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky | DOUBLE GOLD |
| Glengoyne 12 Year Old First Fill Edition | DOUBLE GOLD |
| Ardnahoe Bholsa | DOUBLE GOLD |
| White Heather 21 Year Old | GOLD |
| Tomintoul Cigar Malt Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | GOLD |
| Tomintoul 21 Year Old | GOLD |
| Tomintoul 14 Years Old 2009 Pedro Ximénez Sherry Quarter Cask Finish Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | GOLD |
| Tobermory The Hebridean Series: 27 Year Old | GOLD |
| The Octave, Highland Park, 2003, 22yo | GOLD |
| The Glenlivet 21 Year Old Sample Room Collection | GOLD |
| The Glenlivet 19 Year Old Cask Masters Collection (GTR Exclusive) | GOLD |
| The Glenlivet 16 Year Old Cask Masters Collection (GTR Exclusive) | GOLD |
| The Glenlivet 15 Year Old French Oak Reserve | GOLD |
| The Glenlivet 14 Year Old Cask Masters Collection (GTR Exclusive) | GOLD |
| The GlenAllachie 12 Year Old | GOLD |
| The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years | GOLD |
| Tamdhu Gran Reserva V Sherry Cask Matured Single Malt Whisky | GOLD |
| Speymhor 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky | GOLD |
| SPEY Brume Doree 12yo | GOLD |
| SMOKY 12 | GOLD |
| Smokehead Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky | GOLD |
| Smokehead High Voltage Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky | GOLD |
| Singleton of Glendullan 15YO | GOLD |
| Singleton of Glen Ord 12 YO | GOLD |
| Singleton of Dufftown 15YO | GOLD |
| Singleton of Dufftown 12YO | GOLD |
| Sanaig | GOLD |
| Royal Salute 62 Gun Salute Original Reserve | GOLD |
| Royal Salute 30 Year Old Key to the Kingdom | GOLD |
| Royal Salute 23 Year Old Taiwanese Edition | GOLD |
| Royal Salute 21 Year Old Signature Blend | GOLD |
| Royal Salute 21 Year Old Blended Grain | GOLD |
| Royal Brackla Pedro Ximenez 25 Years Old Highland | GOLD |
| Royal Brackla OLOROSO – PALO CORTADO & PERDO XIMENEZ 21 Years Old Highland | GOLD |
| Rosebank Vintage Release Three | GOLD |
| Rosebank 32 Year Old – Legacy Release Three | GOLD |
| Rosebank 30 Year Old – Legacy Release One | GOLD |
| Port Charlotte 10 | GOLD |
| Orchard House | GOLD |
| Old Parr Silver | GOLD |
| Old Parr 18 Years | GOLD |
| Old Ballantruan 10 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | GOLD |
| Meikle Tòir The Sherry One | GOLD |
| M&S COLLECTION KILCHOMAN ISLAY SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY 70CL | GOLD |
| Lum Reek 12 Year Old | GOLD |
| Longmorn 22 Year Old | GOLD |
| Ledaig Triple Wood | GOLD |
| Ledaig Lores of Mull: The Swordstone of Mull | GOLD |
| Lagavulin 16 YO | GOLD |
| KinGlassie Double Matured, Fife Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Aged 8 Years | GOLD |
| Johnnie Walker Black Ruby | GOLD |
| Islay Mist Blended Scotch Whisky | GOLD |
| Highland Park 18 – Sky of Orkney | GOLD |
| Highland Park 15 | GOLD |
| Hedonism 2026 | GOLD |
| Glenmorangie The Quinta Ruban 14 Years Old Years | GOLD |
| Glenmorangie The Aureum 21 Years Old | GOLD |
| Glenmorangie The Altus 25 Years Old | GOLD |
| Glenmorangie The Accord 12 Years Old | GOLD |
| Glenmorangie Moscatel Finish Barrel Select Release | GOLD |
| Glencadam Reserva Pedro Ximénez Highland Single Malt | GOLD |
| Glencadam 18 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky | GOLD |
| Glencadam 17 Year Old Réserve de Calvados Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky | GOLD |
| Glencadam 10 Years Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky | GOLD |
| Glen Garioch 2003 Single Cask: First Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt | GOLD |
| Dewar’s Double Double 32 Years Old | GOLD |
| Dewar’s Double Double 30 Years Old | GOLD |
| Dewar’s Double Double 27 Years Old | GOLD |
| Dewar’s Double Double 26 Years Old | GOLD |
| Dewar’s Double Double 21 Years Old | GOLD |
| Dewar’s 19 Year old | GOLD |
| Dewar’s 18 Year Old Mizunara Oak Cask | GOLD |
| Dewar’s 16 Year old | GOLD |
| Dewar’s 15 Year old | GOLD |
| Dewar’s 12 Years Old | GOLD |
| Deanston 17YO Orange Wine Cask | GOLD |
| Deanston 12 Year Old | GOLD |
| Deanston Chronicles | GOLD |
| Chivas Regal XV | GOLD |
| Chivas Regal Extra Smoky Cask Selection | GOLD |
| Chivas Regal Extra Sherry Cask Selection | GOLD |
| Chivas Regal 25 Year Old | GOLD |
| Chivas Regal 18 Year Old | GOLD |
| Cailleach 30 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky | GOLD |
| Bunnahabhain The Westering Home Collection 2026: An Cuan Garbh No.1 (15YO White Port Cask Finish) | GOLD |
| Bunnahabhain Bàgh Garbh (13YO Amontillado Cask Finish) | GOLD |
| Bunnahabhain 30 Year Old | GOLD |
| Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old | GOLD |
| Buchanan’s Special Reserve | GOLD |
| Brûlée Royale | GOLD |
| Bowmore, 25 Year Old | GOLD |
| Bowmore, 18 Year Old | GOLD |
| Bowmore 14 Year Old, Bordeaux Wine Cask Finish | GOLD |
| Bladnoch Vinaya | GOLD |
| Bladnoch 30 Year Old | GOLD |
| Black Bottle Original | GOLD |
| Black Bottle Captain’s Cask | GOLD |
| Benromach Golden Promise Barley Edition | GOLD |
| Benromach Aged 21 Years | GOLD |
| Batch Strength | GOLD |
| Ballantine’s Single Malt Glenburgie 15 Year Old | GOLD |
| Ballantine’s 30 Year Old | GOLD |
| Ballantine’s 23 Year Old | GOLD |
| Ballantine’s 21 Year Old | GOLD |
| Ardnahoe Infinite Loch | GOLD |
| Ardnahoe Cask Strength | GOLD |
| Ardbeg Uigeadail | GOLD |
| Aberlour Casg Annamh | GOLD |
| Aberlour A’Bunadh | GOLD |
| Aberlour 18 Year Old | GOLD |
| Aberlour 16 Year Old | GOLD |
| Aberlour 12 Year Old | GOLD |
| Aberfeldy Madeira Cask 16 Years Old Highland | GOLD |
| Aberfeldy 12 Years Old Highland | GOLD |
| 1933 Macleods 28 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Sherry Cask Finish | GOLD |
| 15 Year Old | GOLD |
| 12 YEARS OLD | GOLD |
| White Horse Fine Old Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Wheelhouse Cask No 4 – Prophecy | SILVER |
| TWISTED VINE | SILVER |
| Tomintoul Pedro Ximénez Sherry Cask Finish Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Tomintoul Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish 15 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Tomintoul 17 Year Old Pedro Ximénez Sherry Cask Finish Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Tomintoul 16 Years Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Tomintoul 10 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Tobermory Lores of Mull: The Ballad of the Blue Men | SILVER |
| Tobermory 21 Year Old | SILVER |
| Tobermory 12 Year Old | SILVER |
| The Murray Cask 2013 Strength | SILVER |
| The Hearach Single Malt | SILVER |
| The Hearach First Fill Oloroso Cask Matured | SILVER |
| The Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve | SILVER |
| The Glenlivet 25 Year Old Sample Room Collection | SILVER |
| The Glenlivet 18 Year Old Batch Reserve | SILVER |
| The Glenlivet 15 Year Old Sherry Cask (Taiwan Exclusive) | SILVER |
| The Glenlivet 13 Year Old Sherry Cask (Taiwan Exclusive) | SILVER |
| The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Rum and Bourbon Cask Selection (Taiwan Exclusive) | SILVER |
| The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Jamaica Edition Treasure Beach | SILVER |
| The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Double Oak | SILVER |
| The GlenAllachie 18 Year Old | SILVER |
| The GlenAllachie 15 Year Old | SILVER |
| Teacher’s Highland Cream | SILVER |
| Teacher’s Reserve | SILVER |
| Tamdhu Cuatro Reserva 12 Year Old | SILVER |
| Tamdhu 10 Year Old | SILVER |
| Tamdhu 21 Year Old | SILVER |
| Talisker 10 YO | SILVER |
| Speyside Traditional Cask 16 year old | SILVER |
| Speyside Sherry Cask 12 year old | SILVER |
| Speymhor 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Spey River Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Sherry Cask Finish | SILVER |
| SPEY Chairman’s Choice PX | SILVER |
| Smokehead 15 Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Singleton of Glendullan 12YO | SILVER |
| Singleton of Glen Ord 15YO | SILVER |
| Singleton of Dufftown 21YO | SILVER |
| Scottish Leader Supreme | SILVER |
| Scottish Leader Sherry Cask Finish | SILVER |
| Scottish Leader Original | SILVER |
| Scottish Leader Aged 12 Years | SILVER |
| Scottish Flag Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Scapa Orkney Island Single Malt 21 Year Old | SILVER |
| Scapa Orkney Island Single Malt 16 Year Old | SILVER |
| Royal Brackla PALO CORTADO 18 Years Old Highland | SILVER |
| Royal Brackla OLOROSO 12 Years Old Highland | SILVER |
| Rosebank 31 Year Old – Legacy Release Two | SILVER |
| PHOENIX RISING | SILVER |
| Peat Monster | SILVER |
| Old Parr 12 Years | SILVER |
| Octomore Edition 16.1 | SILVER |
| Nectarosity | SILVER |
| NAS Portuguese Smooth | SILVER |
| Murray McDavid: Select Grain – North British 13yo Murça Port + Spínola PX Cask Finish | SILVER |
| Murray McDavid: Benchmark: Caol Ila 10yo PX Sherry + Amarone Cask Finish | SILVER |
| Murray McDavid: Benchmark – Glen Elgin 11yo Oloroso Sherry Hogshead Finish | SILVER |
| Murray McDavid: Benchmark – Benrinnes 11yo Bourbon Barrel | SILVER |
| Member’s Mark 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Meikle Tòir The Original | SILVER |
| Meikle Tòir The Chinquapin One | SILVER |
| Machir Bay | SILVER |
| M&S SPEYSIDE SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY AGED 10 YEARS 70CL | SILVER |
| M&S SIX ISLES BLENDED MALT WHISKY 70CL | SILVER |
| M&S KENMORE SPEYSIDE SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY | SILVER |
| M&S KENMORE ISLAND SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY | SILVER |
| M&S KENMORE HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY | SILVER |
| M&S DISTILLED 8 YEARS AGED BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY 70CL | SILVER |
| M&S COLLECTION GLENGOYNE HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY AGED 12 YEARS 70CL | SILVER |
| M&S COLLECTION GLENFARCLAS HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY AGED 10 YEARS 70CL | SILVER |
| Lum Reek 21 Year Old | SILVER |
| Longmorn 18 Year Old | SILVER |
| Ledaig Sinclair Series | SILVER |
| Ledaig Hebridean Moon | SILVER |
| Ledaig 18 Year Old | SILVER |
| Ledaig 10 Year Old | SILVER |
| Lauder’s Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Laphroaig, Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 18 Year Old | SILVER |
| Laphroaig, Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 12 Year Old | SILVER |
| Laphroaig, Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 10 Year Old | SILVER |
| KinGlassie Raw, Fife Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Aged 8 Years | SILVER |
| King Charles Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Johnnie Walker Blue Label | SILVER |
| Johnnie Walker Black Label | SILVER |
| Isle of Skye PX Sherry Cigar Reserve Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Isle of Skye Double Smoke 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Islay Traditional Cask | SILVER |
| Islay Mist 10 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Highland Warriors Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Highland Park Cask Strength Heather | SILVER |
| Highland Park 18 | SILVER |
| Highland Park 17 – Between You and I: Journeys by Björn Frantzén | SILVER |
| Highland Park 16 – Sea of Orkney | SILVER |
| Highland Park 16 – Between You and I by Björn Frantzén | SILVER |
| Highland Park 14 – Land of Orkney | SILVER |
| Highland Park 12 | SILVER |
| Highland Cup 3 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Highland Cup 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Grangestone Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Bourbon Cask Finish | SILVER |
| Glenmorangie Triple Cask Reserve | SILVER |
| Glenmorangie The Vindima 16 Years Old | SILVER |
| Glenmorangie The Original 12 Years Old | SILVER |
| Glenmorangie The Lasanta 15 Years Old Years Old | SILVER |
| Glenmorangie The Infinita 18 Years Old | SILVER |
| Glenmorangie The Elementa 14 Years Old | SILVER |
| Glenmorangie Signet Reserve | SILVER |
| Glenmorangie Signet | SILVER |
| Glengoyne 30 Year Old Sherry Oak | SILVER |
| Glengoyne 25 Year Old Sherry Oak | SILVER |
| Glengoyne 21 Years Old Sherry Oak | SILVER |
| Glengoyne 15 Year Old PX Cask Edition | SILVER |
| Glengoyne 10 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Glencadam Reserva Andalucia Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Glencadam American Oak Reserve Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Glencadam 15 Year Old Reserva de Maderia Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Glencadam 15 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Glen Talloch Malt | SILVER |
| Glen Talloch Gold | SILVER |
| FORBIDDEN FRUIT | SILVER |
| Duncan Taylor, Rare Auld Grain, North British, 1991 32yo | SILVER |
| Duncan Taylor Single Cask Auchindoun 2008, 16 Year Old | SILVER |
| Dewar’s Double Double 20 Years Old | SILVER |
| Dewar’s 18 Year old | SILVER |
| Dewar’s 15 Year Old Mizunara Oak Cask | SILVER |
| Dewar’s 12 Year Old Mizunara Oak Cask | SILVER |
| Deanston Virgin Oak | SILVER |
| Deanston Sherry Cask Finish | SILVER |
| Deanston 2002 Organic American Oak | SILVER |
| Deanston 18 Year Old | SILVER |
| Deanston 10 Year Old Bordeaux Cask | SILVER |
| Crimson Casks | SILVER |
| Chivas Regal 18 Year Old Mizunara Fully Finished | SILVER |
| Bunnahabhain Trì Seudan | SILVER |
| Bunnahabhain The Westering Home Collection 2026: An Cuan Garbh No.3 (15YO Mòine Sherry Cask Finish) | SILVER |
| Bunnahabhain The Westering Home Collection 2026: An Cuan Garbh No.2 (Fino Sherry Cask Finish) | SILVER |
| Bunnahabhain 25 Year Old | SILVER |
| Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old | SILVER |
| Buchanan’s Deluxe 12 YO | SILVER |
| Bowmore, 9 Year Old | SILVER |
| Bowmore, 30 Year Old | SILVER |
| Bowmore, 22 Year Old, Sauternes Cask Finish | SILVER |
| Bowmore, 12 Year Old, Sherry Oak Cask | SILVER |
| Bowmore, 12 Year Old | SILVER |
| Bladnoch Samsara | SILVER |
| Bladnoch 8 Year Old | SILVER |
| Bladnoch 16 Year Old | SILVER |
| Black Bottle Smoke & Dagger Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Black Bottle Andean Oak | SILVER |
| Black & White Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Benromach Aged 15 Years | SILVER |
| Benromach Aged 10 Years | SILVER |
| Ballantine’s Single Malt Glenburgie 18 Year Old | SILVER |
| Ballantine’s Single Malt Glenburgie 12 Year Old | SILVER |
| Ballantine’s Single Distillery | SILVER |
| Ballantine’s Finest | SILVER |
| Ballantine’s 7 Year Old American Barrel | SILVER |
| Ballantine’s 17 Year Old | SILVER |
| Ballantine’s 10 Year Old | SILVER |
| Artful Dodger Highland Single Malt 1996 (Clynelish) / 25 year old / Bourbon Hogshead / 49.1% / 50cl | SILVER |
| Artful Dodger Glen Ord 2008 / 16 year old / Hogshead / 53.7% / 50cl | SILVER |
| Artful Dodger Dailuaine 2007 / 16 Year Old / Ex-Ardbeg Butt / 57.4% / 50cl | SILVER |
| Artful Dodger Caperdonich 1995 / 29YO / Hogshead / 58.6% / 50cl | SILVER |
| Artful Dodger Bruichladdich 2001 / 22 year old / Sauternes / 54.4% / 50cl | SILVER |
| Ardray, Blended Scotch Whisky | SILVER |
| Ardbeg Ten Years Old | SILVER |
| Ardbeg Corryvreckan | SILVER |
| Ardbeg An Oa | SILVER |
| Ardbeg 25 Years Old | SILVER |
| Aberlour Suthainn (GTR Exclusive) | SILVER |
| Aberlour A’Bunadh Alba | SILVER |
| Aberlour 16 Year Old (GTR Exclusive) | SILVER |
| Aberlour 14 Year Old | SILVER |
| Aberlour 13 Year Old (GTR Exclusive) | SILVER |
| Aberfeldy Madeira Cask 21 Years Old Highland | SILVER |
| Aberfeldy Madeira Cask 12 Years Old Highland | SILVER |
| Aberfeldy 21 Years Old Highland | SILVER |
| Aberfeldy 16 Years Old Highland | SILVER |
| 6.89 – Austrian coffee break | SILVER |
| 50.122 – Because you’re worth it | SILVER |
| 168.2 – A peat-smoked bacon roll | SILVER |
| 15 YEARS OLD | SILVER |
| 149.22 – Lime and sea salt chocolate | SILVER |
| Strathearn Single Malt Batch 02 | BRONZE |
| Sovereign | BRONZE |
| RAER Blended Scotch Whisky, Amontillado Expression | BRONZE |
| Glen Garioch 2014 Distillery Exclusive: White Port Barrique | BRONZE |
| Dalmunach Origins | BRONZE |
| Buchanan’s Green Seal | BRONZE |
| Black Bottle 10 Year Old | BRONZE |
| Auchentoshan, 12 Year Old Double Cask | BRONZE |
| Ardbeg Wee Beastie | BRONZE |
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