The final flight. These are the 20 best whiskies in the world, according to the panel of ‘experts’ (the quotes are for me) that has been sniffing, gargling, swallowing and occasionally spitting over the past couple of months.

I can’t remember how many I’ve dealt with. Maybe 60. Scored out of 10 and described (‘overtones of diesel and two-stroke, fish barrels, herring and Macaroon bars mixed with Marmite’) until finally, we’re here. Twenty whiskies (and whiskeys). North American, Irish (controversially slung in with single malts from Scotland and Japan), One grain, a few blends and blended malts. Oh, and a single liqueur, either Glayva or Drambuie. I neither know nor care. Both are beyond horrid in my opinion.

No names. Just genres and numbers. But the best whisky in the world, in my humble opinion, is Single Malt 6. Treacle, tar, lemon zest and that infamous port-Guinness cocktail, plus some dark rum. Chewy.

Time for a cup of tea, methinks…