2025 Best in Category Whisk(e)y

The Final Taste-Off results announced June 6!

Best Single Barrel Pick Competition

Taste-Off!

Four Roses OBSK “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” selection by Bourbon BarrALZ

Bourbon Chronicles - Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Proof Rye

Cabin Strength Bourbon Whiskey

Bourbon Club of Arkansas - Elijah Craig "The Deastsville Stikes Back"

Kentucky Peerless Caramel Apple

Barrel King #S21.24 “Juicy Fruit” – Picked By Dara and Bill of The Average Drinker

Bourbon Club of Arkansas - Elliot Brothers 10 Year Reserve

Best Small Batch Bourbon

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O.H. Ingram River Aged 2024 Flagship Kentucky Bourbon

Peg Leg Porker Tennessee Straight Bourbon Whiskey Black Label

Barrel King #KM1 “King Me Boxed Set” – By Matt Porter

Best Wheated Bourbon

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Southern Star Paragon Bottled-In-Bond Wheated Bourbon

Castle & Key 7-year Cask Strength Wheated Bourbon

Old Fitzgerald 7 Year Old Bottled-In-Bond

Best Straight Bourbon

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Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C924

Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bottled-in-Bond

Old Dominick Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Bardstown Bourbon Company Kentucky Straight Wheated Bourbon

Old Soul Bourbon Tintype #1

Best 11+ Year Old Bourbon

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Old Grand-Dad Aged 16 Years

Seelbach’s Private Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon 15-Year Batch 001

1792 Aged 12 Years

Eagle Rare 17 Year-Old

Best Special Barrel-Finished Bourbon / Whiskey

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Chicken Cock Mizunara Bourbon

Lasso Motel Mizunara Cask Finish

Barrel King Fantasy “Nutella Turkey Bour-Rye” Hazelnut Liqueur, Cacao, and Apple Brandy Finished

Frey Ranch Single Barrel Distiller’s Reserve Aged in Malbec, Barrels #22-418

Best American Rye 11+ Years

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Circle City 12 Year Rye Whiskey

Redemptions 18 Year Rye

Sazerac Rye 18 Year

Best Special Barrel-Finished Rye

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K.LUKE Whiskey Company Small Batch Toasted Barrel, Barrel Strength Rye Batch 4

SirDavis American Whisky

Elijah Craig Toasted Rye

Best American Rye

Winner!

Pinhook Vertical Series Rye – 9 Year

Best Craft Rye

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Palmer’s Stretch Rye Whiskey

Best Blend of Straight Rye

Winner!

Kentucky Rambler Rye

Best American Whiskey

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Lasso Motel 18 Year American Straight Whiskey

Frey Ranch Harvester Series Anniversary Edition (First Harvest)

Best American Single Malt

Winner!

The QuintEssential Special Release – Wine Club

Best Irish Whiskey

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Redbreast 18 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey

Two Stacks The First Cut

Best Single Malt Scotch (Unpeated)

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Glenmorangie The Original 12 Years Old

Glenmorangie The Quinta Ruban 14 Years Old

Glen Grant 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Best Single Malt Scotch (Peated)

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Ardbeg Eureka!

Ardbeg Uigeadail

Ardbeg Wee Beastie

Best Blended Scotch

Winner!

Chivas Regal 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whiskey

2025 Best in Category Non Whiskey

Best Blanco Tequila

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La Pulga 110 Blanco

Tequila Ocho Plata

Best Reposado Tequila

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Tequila Ocho Reposado

Rey Coyote Reposado Tequila

Best Añejo Tequila

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Tequila Ocho Anejo

DESNUDA Anejo Organic Tequila

Best Extra Añejo Tequila

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El Diamante Del Cielo Tequila- Cielo X

El Mayor Tequila Extra Anejo

Best Mezcal

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Mezcal Vago Elote

Santa Almagia Tobala Joven

Arbitrario Ensamble Cuishe-Barril

Best Aged Rum

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Myers’s Signature Cask Collection T.H. Handy

Rolling Fork 16 Year Trinidad Single Cask

Best Unaged Rum

Winner!

Cutwater Bali Hai White Rum

Best Spiced Rum

Winner!

Assassins Creed Spirits Edward Kenway Spiced Rum

Best Gin

Winner!

Farmer’s Reserve Strength Gin

Best Vodka

Winner!

Belvedere 10

Best Brandy

Winner!

Wayward Cask 25 Year Calvados Pays D’Auge

Best Liqueur

Winner!

Faretti Biscotti

See Full List of Competition Winners