What's more, we don't charge 'entry fees' like 'professional' competitions do.
That means that we're not forced to hand out medals to our 'customers' in return for their
entry fees. If you know that some 'professional' competitions charge 400 dollars for each
bottle that is entered into the competition, you'll understand that their main concern is not
necessarily providing 'Joe Public' with useful and reliable information. But don't take our
word for it; simply buy a few medal winning whiskies and compare our collective opinion
with that of other, more 'professional' jury's. Why don't YOU be the judge for yourself?

Since the 'prehistoric' days of the malt maniacs (the 1990's) we have been frustrated by the
'chocolate medals' that were printed on the labels and boxes of some whisky bottles.
These medals and awards were handed out by members of the whisky industry - and
apparently their tastes in whisky were not always similar to ours.

- Malt Maniacs Matrix . (The Office)
- Malt Maniacs Monitor . (The Office)
- Malt Maniacs MaltMenu . (The Bar)
- Malt Maniacs Specials . (The Bar)

While the rest of the Malt Maniacs website is
being reconstructed you'll be able to find plenty
of fresh stuff on the WhiskyFun website of fellow
malt maniac Serge Valentin. Of course, members
of the mailinglist will receive regular updates and
will be the first to know when new site sections,
web pages or PDF files go online.
 
Concerning the Malt Maniacs Awards; on this
page you can find the logo's of some of our most
ambitious participants over the years. The fact
that we don't hand out 'double gold' medals does
not agree with all participants, but these brands
participated in at least three editions.
 
Sweet drams,
 
Johannes van den Heuvel
Editor Malt Madness / Malt Maniacs

Although this is still an amateur competition we take it very seriously.
That usually means stat a jury member spends at least an hour with each whisky in the
competition. We've perfected the fine art of 'microdramming' and sample each whisky at
least two or even three times - 100% blind of course - to guarantee 'solid' scores.

The Malt Maniacs Awards only come around
once a year. If rankings, ratings & scores are
your thing, here are four other pages on the
Malt Maniacs site that might tickle your fancy;

So, we decided to set up an alternative competition of our own.
The first edition of the MM Awards in 2003 was relatively modest with just two dozen
participants, but within two years we were forced to limit the number of bottles in the
competition to 200. You can find a full overview of all award & medals for a given year
in the 'annual reviews' for the 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 and 2007 awards.
The results of the Malt Maniacs Awards 2008 were published on December 1, 2008.

Click HERE to read the latest news about the Malt Maniacs Awards 2008...