2024 Best in Category Whisk(e)y


Tune in for the Final Taste-Offs on The Spirits Network, June 4th

Best Single Barrel Pick Competition


Taste-Off!

Bourbon Club of Arkansas Deatsville’s In Liquorem Veritas

Watch Hill Proper Knob Creek Single Barrel Select Bourbon Kentucky Straight Bourbon Pick #13

Dad’s Hat PA Rye Whiskey PM Spirits Collab Single Barrel

Dallas Bourbon Club – Russell’s Reserve Private Barrel Selection

Best Straight Bourbon


Taste-Off!

WellerAntique 107

WellerSpecial Reserve

Pinhook Vertical Series Bourbon 8 Year

WellerFull Proof

Doc Swinson’s Blenders Cut Bourbon

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof A124

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C923

Five BrothersBourbon

Brother’s Bond Original Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Best Wheated Bourbon


Taste-Off!

Rebel SmallBatch Reserve

Heaven’s Door Homesick Blues, Minnesota Wheated Bourbon Whiskey

LarcenySmall Batch

Old Elk Distillery Wheated Bourbon – 8 Year

Best Small Batch Bourbon


Taste-Off!

Smoke Wagon Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey

Smokeye Hill Straight Bourbon Whiskey Barrel Proof

Ben Holladay Rickhouse Proof 6 Year Old Bourbon

Col. E. H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch

George T.Stagg

Best Special Barrel-Finished Bourbon


Taste-Off!

Garrison Brothers Guadalupe Bourbon

Old Jett Brothers Bourbon Finished in French Chateau Rieussec Sauternes Barrels

Barrel King Knighted Batch 69 (Churchill Smokeshow Blend)

Best Blend of Straight Bourbon


Taste-Off!

Bywater Four Grain Bourbon

Blackened X Rabbit Hole

Best Craft Bourbon


Winner!

Starlight Distillery Carl T. Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon Whiskey

Best Special Barrel-Finished Rye


Winner!

Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Finished in PX Sherry Barrels

Best Craft Rye


Taste-Off!

291 All Rye 100% Rye Malt Colorado Whiskey

No Mans Whizkey

Best Blend Of Straight Rye


Winner!

Nashville Barrel Company Small Batch Rye

Best American Rye


Winner!

Pinhook Vertical Series Rye 8 Year

Best American Single Malt


Taste-Off!

Cedar Ridge Distillery 'The QuintEssential' Special Release – Portside

Deerhammer AmericanSingle Malt

Best Other American Whiskey


Taste-Off!

Nelson Brothers Sherry Cask Finish

Old Elk Distillery Cigar Cut Island Blend

Woodinville Whiskey - "The Founders Find" AKA 13C

High Bank Distillery Co. Whiskey War Barrel Proof

Best Single Malt Scotch: Age Stated Up To 12 Years


Taste-Off!

Aberlour12 Year Old

ARDBEGTen Years Old

The GlenDronach Original Aged 12 Years

BenriachThe Twelve

Best Single Malt Scotch: Age Stated 13-19 Years


Taste-Off!

Glenmorangie18 Years Old

The Glenlivet18 Year Old

Longmorn18 Year Old

The GlenDronach Allardice Aged 18 Years

Best Single Malt Scotch: Age Stated 20+ Years


Taste-Off!

The Glenlivet 25 Year Old

Longmorn 22 Year Old

The Glenlivet 21 Year Old

Best Blended Scotch


Winner!

Chivas Regal XV

Best Single Malt Scotch: NAS


Winner!

Aberlour A’bunadh

Best Irish Whiskey / Single Pot Still


Taste-Off!

Red Spot Irish Whiskey

Green Spot Irish Whiskey

Yellow Spot Irish Whiskey

Best Irish Blend


Winner!

Natterjack Cask Strength

Best Irish Whiskey / Single Malt


Winner!

Waterford Peated Cuvee Fumo

Best Wheat Whiskey


Winner!

Bernheim Original Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey Barrel Proof A224

Best Canadian Whiskey


Winner!

Collingwood Double Barrel

Best World Whiskey


Winner!

Rare Hare Spirits Tempest

Best Light Whiskey


Winner!

Austin 101 Light Whiskey

Best Tennessee Whiskey


Winner!

Jack Daniel’s 12-Year-Old Tennessee Whiskey Batch 2

Best Rice Whiskey


Winner!

Bluffton Whiskey

2024 Best in Category White Spirit


Best Blanco Tequila


Winner!

Tanteo Blanco Tequila

Best Reposado Tequila


Winner!

Gran Centenario Reposado

Best Anejo Tequila


Winner!

El Mayor Anejo

Best Flavored Tequila


Winner!

Tanteo Jalapeño Tequila

Best Mezcal


Winner!

400 Conejos Tobala

Best Sotol


Winner!

Nocheluna Sotol

Best Aged Rum


Winner!

Rolling Fork Lost Cask 15 Year Jamaica Rum

Best Unaged Rum


Winner!

Planteray 3 Stars

Best Flavored Rum


Winner!

Kraken 94 Proof Black Spiced Rum

Best Gin


Winner!

Griffo Distillery Scott Street Gin

Best Aged Gin


Winner!

Big Creek Distilling Co. Barrel Aged Gin

Best Vodka


Winner!

B.H. James Distillers James Lake Vodka

Best Flavored Vodka


Winner!

SKYY Espresso

2024 Best in Category White Liqueurs


Best Cream LiqueurWinner!


Winner!

Five Farms Irish Cream

Best Herbal / Botanical Liqueur


Winner!

Vicario Amaro

Best Other Liqueur


Winner!

Ancho Reyes Barrica Liqueur

Best Aperitif


Winner!

Foro Rosso Vermouth

2024 Best in Category Ready to Drink


Best Pre-Mixed Cocktail


Winner!

The Roaster’s Daughter Espresso Martini

Best RTD


Winner!

Cutwater White Russian