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2022 Best in Category Whisk(e)y
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Best Straight Bourbon
Bulleit Barrel Strength
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Best Single Barrel Bourbon | Up to 10 Years:
Redemption High Rye Single Barrel Select
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Best Special Barrel-Finished Bourbon
Doc Swinson's Exploratory Cask La Mente
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Best Special Barrel-Finished Rye
Old Scout Rye Port Cask Finish
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Best American Whiskey
Old Carter Straight American Whiskey
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Best American Whiskey: Single Barrel
291 Colorado Whiskey Finished with Aspen Staves, Barrel Proof Single Barrel
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Best American Rye Whiskey
O.H. Ingram River Aged Straight Rye Whiskey
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Best American Rye Whiskey: Single Barrel
Middle West Spirits Straight Rye Whiskey – Dark Pumpernickel Cask Strength
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Best Small Batch Bourbon | Up to 5 Years
The Heart Distillery Cask Bourbon
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Best Small Batch Bourbon | 6 to 10 Years
Moylan’s Cask Strength Bourbon
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Best Small Batch Bourbon | 11 Years and Older
Cinder & Smoke 16 Year
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Best Wheated Bourbon
W.L. Weller Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Best Craft Bourbon
Starlight Distillery Single Barrel Bourbon
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Best Craft Rye
Frey Ranch Bottled-In-Bond Straight 100% Rye Whiskey
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Best Canadian Whisky
Paradigm Spirits 2022 Heritage Collection
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Best Tennessee Whiskey
Jack Daniel’s 10-Years-Old Tennessee Whiskey
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Best World Whisky
Archie Rose Distilling Co Single Malt Whisky
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Best Light Whiskey
Penelope American Light Whiskey
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Best Craft Whiskey
Chattanooga Bottled in Bond Fall 2017 Vintage
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Best Special Barrel-Finished Whiskey
Saints Alley Heretic
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Best Blend of Straight Bourbon
Penelope Bourbon Private Select Batch 21
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Best Blend of Straight Rye
Smooth Ambler Contradiction Rye
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Best Whiskey Club Barrel Pick
Tiebreaker Taste-Off!
5280 Whiskey Society - Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel “Thunder Chicken”
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Naptown Bourbon Club Pick - Backbone Bourbon Uncut
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Best Blended Malt
Lost Lantern American Vatted Malt Edition No. 1
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Best Blended Irish Whiskey
The Quiet Man Traditional Blend
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Best Blend of Straight Whiskies
Bardstown Bourbon Company Triple Blended Stave Finish – Distillery Exclusive
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Best Blended Scotch
New Wellington Brands Fior
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Best American Single Malt
Tiebreaker Taste-Off!
Cloudsplitter Single Malt Whisky
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Old Line American Single Malt Sherry Cask Finish
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Best Single Malt Scotch – No Age Statement
Ardbeg Uigeadail
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Best Single Malt Scotch
Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 Years Old - Batch #3
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Best Single Malt Scotch - Up to 12 Years
Glenmorangie Lasanta
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Best Wheat Whiskey
Journeyman Distillery Corsets Whips and Whiskey
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Best Corn Whiskey
Paradigm Spirits Co. 2020 Heritage Collection
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Best Flavored Whiskey
Tennessee Legend Salted Caramel
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Best Moonshine | Flavored
Tennessee Legend Apple Pie Moonshine
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2022 Best in Category White Spirit
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Best Flavored Vodka
Deep Eddy Lemon
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Best Gin
Wilder Gin
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Best Flavored Gin
Tinkerman’s Gin – Sweet Spice
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Best Aged Rum
Privateer Rum Distiller's Drawer – Intrepid
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Best Flavored Rum (Spiced)
Bohique Spiced Rum
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Best Unaged Tequila
Campovaso Blanco Tequila
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Best Reposado Tequila
Familia Camarena Reposado Tequlia
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Best Anejo Tequila
E. Cuarenta Anejo Tequila
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Best Flavored Tequila
Antano Valencia Orange Flavored Tequila
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Best Mezcal
Cutwater Spirits Mezcal Joven
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Best Sotol
Cazul 100 Sotol Blanco
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Best American Agave Spirit
Cutwater Spirits Mezcal Reposado
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Best Baijiu
Ming River Sichuan Baijiu
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Best Flavored Cognac
Grand Brulot VSOP Cognac & Café
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Best Apple Brandy
Starlight Distillery 10 Year Bottled-In-Bond Estate Apple Brandy
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Best Grape Brandy
O’Neill Vintners & Distillers BRANDYLAB
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Best Plum Brandy
Yebiga Bela Plum Brandy
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2022 Best in Category White Liqueurs
Best Liqueur | Herbal/Botanical
Foro Amaro
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Best Liqueur | Chocolate
Faretti Biscotti Chocolate
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Best Liqueur | Coffee
Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery Barbershop Coffee Liqueur
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Best Liqueur | Cream/Dairy
Evan Williams Egg Nog
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Liqueurs | Aperitif
Foro Rosso Vermouth di Torino
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Best Liqueur | Fruit
Tiebreaker Taste-Off!
PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur
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Ferrand Dry Curaçao
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Best Liqueur | Nut
Watershed Nocino
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2022 Best in Category Ready to Drink
Best Ready-to-Drink Seltzer
Deep Eddy Ruby Red Vodka + Soda
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Best Ready-to-Drink Cocktail
Cutwater Spirits Tiki Rum Punch
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Best Mixers Non-Alcoholic
Betty Buzz Sparkling Lemon Lime
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