Home Food Restaurant Reviews Recipes Drink Distilleries Whisky Gin Craft Beer Locations Scran Podcast A discount supermarket whisky, which costs less than £20, has been given a top score in national food and drink awards. Aldi’s own-label Glen Marnoch Islay Single Malt Whisky has taken home a top accolade at the Great Taste Awards 2024. Scoring the highest star rating - 3- Stars, when it put to the test in the world’s biggest food and drink awards, the Glen Marnoch Whisky beat a host of pricier competitors within its category.
These include premium brand, Johnnie Walker , which received 1-Star for its Master’s Cut Whisky. This limited edition bottling retails at £1,000 for a bottle and was launched in early July. Recognised as a stamp of excellence and actively sought out by food lovers and retailers alike, Great Taste, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, values taste above all else.
All products in the line-up for judging are blind tasted: every product is removed from its packaging so it cannot be identified, before entering a robust, layered judging process. Great Taste is the world’s largest and most trusted food and drink accreditation scheme. Putting food or drink to the test with its panel of over 500 experts is a quick way to get honest, straightforward and impartial feedback from buyers, food and drink writers and retailers.
With only 2% of the 13,000 products entered gaining the highly sought after 3-Star seal of approval, Aldi’s dram was described by j.