While the Best Small Batch Bourbon, 11 years and Older is Blue Run’s 14 YO Bourbon.īlue Run also took top honors for the Best Single Barrel Bourbon, 11 Years and Older, with its 13.5 Single Barrel Bourbon. The Best Small Batch Bourbon 6 to 10 Years is Parker’s Heritage Collection 14th Edition Bourbon from Heaven Hill Distillery. The Best Small Batch Bourbon Up to 5 Years is Barrell, Private Release BA1C from the Barrell Craft Spirits Company. The Best Straight Bourbon is Sazerac’s 1792, Bottled in Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon. Sazerac, 1792, Bottled in Bond, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Photo, courtesy Sazeracīourbon had a varied mix of winners, some perennial favorites and some new. The Best Flavored Whiskey award went to Ugly Dog for its S’mores Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey – a must have whiskey for next time you are planning an adult only campfire. Mesquite smoked whiskies could become the American equivalent of peated Scotch whiskies. Mesquite marries exceptionally well with whiskey. The Best American Blended Whiskey went to High Bank for its Whiskey War Barrel Proof, while Best Craft Distiller Whiskey was awarded to Canyon Diablo Spirits for its John Shaw Single Malt Mesquite Smoked Whiskey. The Best Single Grain Whiskey and the Best Wheat Whiskey are international whiskey awards, but this year they both went to an American company, Washington state’s Bainbridge for its Yama Mizunara Cask Single Grain Whiskey and Two Islands Islay Cask Barrel Proof Wheat Whiskey. Priced at only $20, it’s an outstanding bargain. The Best Corn Whiskey was Stillhouse’s Original Whiskey. The Best Rye Whiskey award went to Whistle Pig, The Boss Hog VII-Magellan’s Atlantic. If you haven’t tried this whiskey yet, don’t wait any longer. The brand has won an impressive list of awards from some of the most prestigious spirit competitions over the last year. The Best Tennessee Whiskey was won by Uncle Nearest, 1820 Premium Single Barrel Whiskey. The number 46 designates whisky sourced from the Glenlossie distillery in Elgin, part of the Speyside whisky producing region of the Scottish Highlands. It’s all supposed to be a secret, but it really isn’t. The number to the left of the decimal designates the distillery and the number to the right the particular batch. The Society does not disclose the origin of the casks, using a numerical code instead. The Best Independent Merchant Single Malt Scotch went to The Scotch Malt Whiskey Society’s (TSMWS), Cask 46.104 Turn Me Inside Out. Glen Scotia 25 YO won the Best Distiller’s Single Malt Scotch 20 YO and older category and, as noted above, also won Best in Show Whisky. Glen Scotia 25 YO, Single malt Scotch whisky Photo, courtesy Glen Scotia
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