Results

Best Vodka

Original Vodka

Absolut

Sweden

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $21

Best Aquavit

Original Aquavit

OP Anderson

Sweden

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $39

Best London Dry Gin

London Dry Gin

Henstone Distillery

United Kingdom

Alcohol: 44.9%

Retail price: $39

Best Regular Gin

Gin

Asbury Park Distilling

USA

Alcohol: 43%

Retail price: $30

Best Flavored Gin

Lavender & Juniper Gin

Collective Arts Distilling

Canada

Alcohol: 43.5%

Retail price:

Best Genever

Bartender's Choice Genever

Notaris

The Netherlands

Alcohol: 47%

Retail price: $65

Best Other White Spirit

Okolehao

Ola Brew

Hawaii

Alcohol: 38%

Retail price:

Best Thai Rice Shochu

Shirayuri Awaori

Ikehara

Okinawa

Alcohol: 44%

Retail price: $98

Best Sauce Aroma Baijiu

Z Year of the Zodiac Memorial Baijiu

Yidushaofang

China

Alcohol: 53%

Retail price:

Best Silver/Gold Tequila

Tequila Blanco Criollo

Calle 23

Mexico

Alcohol: 49.3%

Retail price: $88

Best Reposado Tequila

Reserve Collection Reposado Tequila

Cierto

Mexico

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $40

Best Añejo Tequila

Añejo Tequila

El Tesoro

Mexico

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $85

Best Extra Añejo Tequila

Extra Añejo Tequila

El Tesoro

Mexico

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $150

Best Mezcal

Cupreata

Mezcal Amarás

Mexico

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $60

Best Dark/Gold Rum

Gran Reserva Rum

Zaya

Trinidad & Tobago

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $30

Best Extra-Aged Rum

8 Year Old Rum

Appleton Estate

Jamaica

Alcohol: 43%

Retail price:

Best Small Batch Bourbon - 6 to 10 Years

10 Year Old Heavy Char Bourbon

Parker's Heritage Collection

Kentucky, USA

Alcohol: 60%

Retail price: $120

Best Straight Bourbon

Bottled in Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon

1792

Kentucky, USA

Alcohol: 50%

Retail price: $36

Best Small Batch Bourbon - Up to 5 Years

Private Release BA1C

Barrell

Kentucky, USA

Alcohol: 57.33%

Retail price: $110

Best Small Batch Bourbon - 11 Years & Older

14 Year Old Bourbon

Blue Run

Kentucky, USA

Alcohol: 56.5%

Retail price: $199

Best Single Barrel Bourbon - Up to 10 Years

Single Barrel

Henry McKenna

Kentucky, USA

Alcohol: 50%

Retail price: $50

Best Special Barrel-Finished Bourbon

Chateau de la Baude

Bardstown Bourbon Company

Indiana, USA

Alcohol: 59.2%

Retail price: $130

Best Craft Distiller Whiskey

John Shaw Single Malt Mesquite Smoked Whisky

Canyon Diablo Spirits

Arizona

Alcohol: 45%

Retail price: $45

Best Tennessee Whiskey

1820 Premium Single Barrel Whiskey

Uncle Nearest

Tennessee, USA

Alcohol: 58.55%

Retail price: $120

Best Rye Whiskey

The Boss Hog VII- Magellan's Atlantic

WhistlePig

Vermont, Canada

Alcohol: 52.6%

Retail price: $499

Best Canadian Whisky

Chronicles 43 Year Old Whisky

Canadian Club

Canada

Alcohol: 45%

Retail price: $232

Best Other Single Malt Whisky

Solist Oloroso Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky

Kavalan

Taiwan

Alcohol: 59.4%

Retail price: $225

Best Single Grain Whisk(e)y

Yama Mizunara Cask Single Grain Whiskey

Bainbridge

USA

Alcohol: 45%

Retail price: $525

Best Other Whisky

5 Year Old Whisky

Three Ships

South Africa

Alcohol: 43%

Retail price:

Best American Blended Whiskey

Whiskey War Barrel Proof

High Bank Distillery

Ohio, USA

Alcohol: 58.2%

Retail price: $50

Best Flavored Whiskey

S'mores Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey

Ugly Dog

Michigan, USA

Alcohol: 35%

Retail price: $25

Best Blended Irish Whiskey

The Legendary Dark Irish Whiskey

Silkie

Ireland

Alcohol: 46%

Retail price: $43

Best Single Malt Irish Whiskey

Hook Head Edition 1.1 Single Malt Irish Whisky

Waterford

Ireland

Alcohol: 50%

Retail price: $95

Best Blended Scotch - Up to 15 Years

Caribbean Smooth Blended Scotch

Dewar's

Scotland

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $22

Best Blended Scotch - No Age Statement

Glasgow Blend Scotch

Compass Box

Scotland

Alcohol: 43%

Retail price: $40

Best Blended Scotch - 16 Years & Older

Double Double 27 Year Old Blended Scotch

Dewar's

Scotland

Alcohol: 46

Retail price: $90

Best Distillers’ Single Malt Scotch – Up to 12 Years

8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch

Lagavulin

Islay, Scotland

Alcohol: 48%

Retail price: $75

Best Distillers’ Single Malt Scotch – 20 Years and Older

25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch

Glen Scotia

Campbeltown, Scotland

Alcohol: 48.8%

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Best Distillers’ Single Malt Scotch – No Age Statement

Cask Strength

Highland Park

Orkney, Scotland

Alcohol: 63.3%

Retail price:

Best Independent Merchant Single Malt Scotch

Cask 46.104 Turn Me Inside Out

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

United Kingdom

Alcohol: 57.2%

Retail price: $120

Best Blended Malt Scotch Whisky

21 Year Old Lum Reek Blended Malt Scotch

MacNair's

Scotland

Alcohol: 48%

Retail price: $175

Best Pisco

Demonio de Los Andes Acholado Pisco

Tacama

Peru

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $12

Best Cognac VSOP or Equivalent

VSOP Borderies Single Estate

Camus

France

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $67

Best Cognac Extra-Aged/Vintage

Tradition Rare

GAUTIER

Cognac, France

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price:

Best Fruit Liqueur

Craft Fruit

Choya Umeshu

Japan

Alcohol: 15%

Retail price:

Best Apéritif

Vermouth

Astobiza

Spain

Alcohol: 155%

Retail price: $33

Best Pre-Mixed Cocktail

Whiskey Mule

Cutwater Spirits

USA

Alcohol: 7%

Retail price:

Best Cream/Dairy Liqueur

Pecan Praline Whisky & Cream Liqueur

Select Club

Canada

Alcohol: 17%

Retail price: $28

Best American Grape Brandy

Fat Thumb Brandy

Argonaut

USA

Alcohol: 43%

Retail price: $50

Best Apple Brandy

Apple Brandy

Ocean Hill

USA

Alcohol: 45%

Retail price: $40

Best Armagnac

Cask Strength Vintage 1986 Armagnac

Château de Laubade

France

Alcohol: 48.5%

Retail price: $250

Best Barley Shochu

Kintaro

Nishiyoshida

Shochu

Alcohol: 24%

Retail price:

Best Barrel-Aged Gin

Yellow Gin

Sorgin

France

Alcohol: 42.3%

Retail price:

Best Coffee Liqueur

Single Origin Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur

The Edwards Potato Vodka Company

United Kingdom

Alcohol: 20%

Retail price: $25

Best Cognac XO or Equivalent

Cognac XO Borderies Family Reserve Single Estate

Camus

France

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $232

Best Corn Whiskey

Original Whiskey

Stillhouse

USA

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $20

Best Distillers’ Single Malt Scotch – 13 to 19 Years

18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch

Talisker

Scotland

Alcohol: 46%

Retail price: $180

Best Flavored Rum

Ron Colón Salvadoreño Coffee Infused

Ron Colón Salvadoreño

The Netherlands

Alcohol: 40.5%

Retail price: $30

Best Flavored Vodka

Rosa Vodka

Rosa Vodka

USA

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $30

Best Hard Seltzer

Zero Sugar Seltzer Black Cherry

Smirnoff

USA

Alcohol: 4.5%

Retail price:

Best Herbal/Botanical Liqueur

Chaparral

Brucato Amaro

USA

Alcohol: 46%

Retail price: $35

Best Italian Grape Brandy

Tre Botti

Vecchia Romagna

Italy

Alcohol: 40.8%

Retail price:

Best Japanese Whisky

Pure Malt Whisky The Kurayoshi 18 Years

Matsui

Japan

Alcohol: 50%

Retail price: $220

Best Navy Strength Gin

Black Powder Gin

Tanglin

Singapore

Alcohol: 58%

Retail price: $51

Best Light Aroma Baijiu

Intimate Friend Hand-Craft Sorghum Liquor

Jiangji Distillery

China

Alcohol: 52%

Retail price: $39

Best Non-Alcoholic

Italian Spritz

Lyre's

Australia

Alcohol: 0%

Retail price: $36

Best Other Agave Spirit

Raicilla 100% Agave Maximiliana

Perra Suerte

Mexico

Alcohol: 38%

Retail price: $97

Best Other Liqueur

Verde Chile Poblano Liqueur

Ancho Reyes

Mexico

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $30

Best Ouzo/Raki

Ou7o (Ouzo)

Vittorio Spirits

Austrailia

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $43

Best Over-Proof Rum

Private Release B617

Barrell

USA

Alcohol: 65.25%

Retail price: $110

Best Pure Pot Still Irish Whiskey

Very Rare Dair Ghaelach Knockrath Forest

Midleton

Ireland

Alcohol: 56.5%

Retail price: $375

Best Rice Aroma Baijiu

Rice Bran Wine 43% Alc

Cardinal Tien Junior College of Healthcare and Management

Taiwan

Alcohol: 43%

Retail price: $35

Best Rice Shochu

Yatsushiro Shiranuigura Hakusui Kome Genteishu

Mercian

Japan

Alcohol: 39%

Retail price:

Best Single Barrel Bourbon - 11 Years & Older

13.5 Single Barrel Bourbon

Blue Run

Kentucky, USA

Alcohol: 65%

Retail price: $229

Best Soju

Jinmaek53

Jinmaek

Korea

Alcohol: 53%

Retail price: $79

Best Sotol/Bacanora/Comiteca

Bacanora Silver

IZO

Mexico

Alcohol: 44%

Retail price: $68

Best Strong Aroma Baijiu

Qinghua 20 Baijiu

Jinshengjiu

China

Alcohol: 52%

Retail price:

Best Sweet Potato Shochu

Arawaza Sakurajima

Hombo Shuzo

Japan

Alcohol: 25%

Retail price: $8

Best Wheat Whiskey

Two Islands Islay Cask Barrel Proof Wheat Whiskey

Bainbridge

USA

Alcohol: 54%

Retail price: $110

Best White Rum

White Rum

Hidden Harbor

Pennsylvania, USA

Alcohol: 50%

Retail price: $35

Best Spanish Grape Brandy & Brandy de Jerez

Brandy

Cardenal Mendoza

Spain

Alcohol: 40%

Retail price: $40