AWARD WINNERS

The Whiskies of the World Awards is a worldwide whisky competition, hosted annually by the Whiskies of the World team. Each year, a variety of whiskies are judged on a 100-point basis with a concentration on aromatics, flavor and finish by a panel of some of the top tastemakers and influencers in the beverage industry.  

Hundreds of entries are received from brands around the world and one entry is chosen as Best In Show. Whiskies of the World medals are acknowledged by both professional and consumers alike as a premier standard in the spirits space.
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2023 BEST IN SHOW

Product Name
Location
Category
ABV
Medal
Indri Diwali Collector's Edition 2023
Haryana, India
MALT: PEATED
60
Double Gold Best In Show

2023 BEST IN CLASS

Product Name
Location
Category
ABV
Medal
Balcones Texas 1 Single Malt
Texas
AMERICAN SINGLE MALT
53
Double Gold Best In Class
E.H. Taylor Single Barrel
USA
BOURBON NAS
50
Double Gold Best In Class
Eagle Rare 10 Year Old
USA
BOURBON >= 10 YEARS
45
Double Gold Best In Class
Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon
KY
BOURBON 6 TO 9 YEARS
50
Double Gold Best In Class
Morris Signature Australian Single Malt
Australia
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED
44
Double Gold Best In Class
Old Elk Straight Wheat Whiskey
Fort Collins, CO
WHISKEY WHEAT
50
Double Gold Best In Class
Uncle Nearest Master Blend Edition (Batch 025)
TN
BOURBON 4 TO 5 YEARS
60.5
Double Gold Best In Class
Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Rye Whiskey (Batch 002)
TN
RYE: HIGH PROOF
59
Double Gold Best In Class
Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Whiskey (Batch 061)
TN
BOURBON NAS: HIGH PROOF
61.75
Double Gold Best In Class
Arran Quarter Cask "Bothy"
Scotland, Isle of Arran
MALT: HIGH PROOF
56.2
Gold Best In Class
Arran Sherry Cask "Bodega"
Isle of Arran, Scotland
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED: HIGH PROOF
55.8
Gold Best In Class
FEW Straight Rye Whiskey
Illinois, USA
RYE
46.5
Gold Best In Class
Filey Bay Flagship
England
MALT
46
Gold Best In Class
Mama Tried Wheated Bourbon
American
BOURBON 4 TO 5 YEARS: WHEATED
45
Gold Best In Class
Mclean's Nose Blended Scotch
Scotland
BLEND
46
Gold Best In Class
R6 DISTILLERY Carmela Whiskey
California
FLAVORED WHISKEY
33
Gold Best In Class
Royal Canadian Small Batch
Canada
CANADIAN
40
Gold Best In Class
W.L. Weller Single Barrel
USA
BOURBON WHEATED NAS
48.5
Gold Best In Class

2023 DOUBLE GOLD

Product Name
Location
Category
ABV
Medal
Amrut Fusion
India
MALT: PEATED
50
Double Gold
Balcones Rye Bottled in Bond
Texas
RYE
50
Double Gold
Blanton's Straight From the Barrel Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon
USA, Kentucky
BOURBON NAS: HIGH PROOF
68.3
Double Gold
Macaloney's An Aba
British Columbia, Canada
MALT: PEATED
46
Double Gold
Uncle Nearest Uncut & Unfiltered Straight Rye Whiskey (Batch 005)
N/A
RYE: HIGH PROOF
59.85
Double Gold
Wolfburn Aurora
Scotland, Thurso
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED
46
Double Gold

2023 GOLD

Product Name
Location
Category
ABV
Medal
1792 Full Proof Bourbon
USA
BOURBON NAS: HIGH PROOF
62.5
GOLD
1792 Small Batch Bourbon
USA
BOURBON NAS: HIGH PROOF
62.5
GOLD
Balcones Lineage Single Malt
Texas
AMERICAN SINGLE MALT
47
GOLD
Blanton's Gold Edition Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
USA, Kentucky
BOURBON NAS
51.5
GOLD
Colorado Mountain Incline Rye Whiskey
Colorado
RYE
49
GOLD
Courage & Conviction Sherry Cask
Virginia
AMERICAN SINGLE MALT
46
GOLD
Driftless Glen Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA
BOURBON 4 TO 5 YEARS
48
GOLD
E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof Bourbon
USA
BOURBON NAS: HIGH PROOF
63.65
GOLD
E.H. Taylor Rye
USA
RYE
50
GOLD
E.H. Taylor Small Batch
USA
BOURBON NAS
50
GOLD
Eagle Rare 17 Year Old
USA
BOURBON >= 10 YEARS
50.5
GOLD
Elmer T. Lee
USA
BOURBON NAS
45
GOLD
FEW Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon Whiskey
Illinois, USA
BOURBON NAS
50
GOLD
Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon
KY
BOURBON 6 TO 9 YEARS
45
GOLD
Four Roses Small Batch Select Bourbon
KY
BOURBON 6 TO 9 YEARS
52
GOLD
Giant Texas Cask Strength Stright Rye
Texas
RYE: HIGH PROOF
58.7
GOLD
Glen Breton Ice 10 Year Old Canadian Single Malt Whisky
Canada
MALT: HIGH PROOF
45.5
GOLD
Gryphon & Grain Rye
California
RYE
48
GOLD
KOVAL Rye Bottle in Bond
Chicago, IL
RYE
50
GOLD
Macaloney's Cath-Nah-Aven
British Columbia, Canada
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED
46
GOLD
Macaloney's Siol Dugall
British Columbia
MALT: PEATED
46
GOLD
Morris Australian Single Malt Muscat Cask Finish
Australia
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED
48
GOLD
Old Elk Blended Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Fort Collins, CO
BOURBON 6 TO 9 YEARS
44
GOLD
Old Elk Straight Rye Whiskey
Fort Collins, CO
RYE
50
GOLD
Stagg Kentuck Straight Bourbon
USA
BOURBON NAS: HIGH PROOF
66.1
GOLD
Trail's End 8-Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Apple Brandy Barrels
Kentucky
BOURBON 6 TO 9 YEARS: FINISHED
52.5
GOLD
W.L. Weller Full Proof
USA
BOURBON NAS: HIGH PROOF
57
GOLD
Widow Jane Decadence
New York, USA
BOURBON NAS: FINISHED
45.5
GOLD

2023 SILVER

Product Name
Location
Category
ABV
Medal
Amrut Indian Single Malt
India
MALT
46
SILVER
Arran 10 Year Old
Scotland, Isle of Arran
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED
46
SILVER
Arran Amarone Cask
Isle of Arran, Scotland
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED
50
SILVER
Blackadder Black Snake Vat 2 Venom 6
Scotland
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED: HIGH PROOF
59.9
SILVER
Blanton's Original Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
USA, Kentucky
BOURBON NAS
46.5
SILVER
Bowman Brothers Small Batch
USA
BOURBON NAS
45
SILVER
Brenne 10Y Single Malt
France
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED
48
SILVER
Brenne Estate Cask Single Malt
France
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED
40
SILVER
Buffalo Trace
USA
BOURBON NAS
45
SILVER
Caribou Crossing
Canada
CANADIAN, SINGLE BARREL
40
SILVER
Claxtons Grain Barn
Scotland
GRAIN
48
SILVER
Courage & Conviction Double Cask Reserve
Virginia
AMERICAN SINGLE MALT
48
SILVER
DIGITS Bourbon Whiskey
USA
BOURBON 4 TO 5 YEARS
45
SILVER
Dram Hunters Strathmill
Speyside - Scotland
MALT: HIGH PROOF
55.9
SILVER
Driftless Glen Straight Rye Whiskey
Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA
RYE
48
SILVER
FEW American Straight Whiskey
Illinois, USA
WHISKEY
46.5
SILVER
FEW Bottled-In-Bond Rye Whiskey
Illinois, USA
RYE
50
SILVER
FEW Cold Cut Whiskey
Illinois, USA
FLAVORED BOURBON
46.5
SILVER
FEW Immortal Rye Whiskey
Illinois, USA
FLAVORED RYE
46.5
SILVER
FEW Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Illinois, USA
BOURBON NAS
46.5
SILVER
Filey Bay STR Finish Batch #3
England
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED
48
SILVER
First Stake Cask Strength Bourbon Whiskey
Colorado
BOURBON <=3 Years
58.7
SILVER
Four Roses Bourbon
KY
BOURBON 4 TO 5 YEARS
40
SILVER
Giant Texas Cask Strength Wheated Stright Bourbon
Texas
BOURBON <=3 Years
59.5
SILVER
Glen Breton Rare 14 Year Old Canadian Single Malt Whisky
Canada
MALT
43
SILVER
Glen Breton Rare 19 Year Old Canadian Single Malt Whisky
Canada
MALT
43
SILVER
Gryphon & Grain Bourbon
California
BOURBON 4 TO 5 YEARS
48
SILVER
Hakata 12 yr
Japan
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED
42
SILVER
Imperial 12 Year Old Blended Scotch
Scotland
BLEND
40
SILVER
Indri Dru Single Malt Indian Whisky
Haryana, India
MALT: HIGH PROOF
57.2
SILVER
Islacalifa
California
AMERICAN SINGLE MALT
48
SILVER
KOVAL Rye Finished in Maple
Chicago, IL
RYE
50
SILVER
Macaloney's Kildara
British Columbia, Canada
POTSTILL WHISKEY
46
SILVER
Macaloney's St. Mallie Single Malt Single cask
British Columbia, Canada
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED
46
SILVER
Mama Tried High Rye Bourbon
American
BOURBON 4 TO 5 YEARS: HIGH RYE
45
SILVER
Mary Dowling Kentucky Straight Bourbon Tequila Barrel
Kentucky
BOURBON 4 to 5 Years
46.5
SILVER
Mary Dowling Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky Barrel Strength
Kentucky
BOURBON NAS: HIGH PROOF
53.5
SILVER
Method and Madness Rye & Malt
Ireland
RYE
46
SILVER
Method and Madness Single Grain
Ireland
GRAIN
46
SILVER
Montgomery American Single Malt Whiskey
American
AMERICAN SINGLE MALT
45
SILVER
Nelson Brothers Classic Bourbon
American
BOURBON: HIGH RYE
46.65
SILVER
Nelson Brothers Reserve Bourbon
American
BOURBON NAS: HIGH PROOF: HIGH RYE
53.9
SILVER
Nelson's Green Brier Tennessee Whiskey
American
BOURBON WHEATED NAS
45
SILVER
Old Elk Rum Cask Finished Rye
Fort Collins, CO
RYE
50.5
SILVER
Old Elk Wheated Bourbon
Fort Collins, CO
BOURBON 6 TO 9 YEARS: WHEATED
46
SILVER
Ole Smoky Blackberry Moonshine
TN
FLAVORED MOONSHINE
20
SILVER
Paddy Share Irish Whiskey
Ireland
BLEND
40
SILVER
Pokeno Origin
New Zealand
MALT
43
SILVER
Proof and Wood: The Globe Polish Rye
Poland
RYE
49.5
SILVER
R6 DISTILLERY Blue Corn Bourbon Whiskey
California
BOURBON 6 TO 9 YEARS
43
SILVER
R6 DISTILLERY Straight Bourbon Whiskey
California
BOURBON 4 TO 5 YEARS
43
SILVER
R6 DISTILLERY Straight Rye Whiskey
California
RYE
43
SILVER
Red Hazel Spiced Whiskey
USA
FLAVORED WHISKEY
35
SILVER
S&C American Whiskey
California
WHISKEY
58.5
SILVER
S&C Bourbon Whiskey
California
BOURBON NAS
50
SILVER
S&C Rye Whiskey
California
RYE
50
SILVER
Subtle Spirits HODL
California
BOURBON NAS: HIGH PROOF
54.7
SILVER
Sudden Wisdom Straight Rye Whiskey
American
RYE
45
SILVER
The ImpEx Collection 3 Year Old 2018 M&H Muscat Wine Cask
Israel
MALT: WINE CASK INFLUENCED: HIGH PROOF
56.5
SILVER
Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Aged Whiskey
TN
BOURBON 4 TO 5 YEARS
50
SILVER
Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey
TN
BOURBON 4 TO 5 YEARS
46.5
SILVER
W. L. Weller 12 Year Old
USA
BOURBON >= 10 YEARS: WHEATED
45
SILVER
W.L. Weller Antique
USA
BOURBON NAS: HIGH PROOF: WHEATED
53.5
SILVER
W.L. Weller CYPB
USA
BOURBON WHEATED NAS
47.5
SILVER
W.L. Weller Special Reserve
USA
BOURBON WHEATED NAS
45
SILVER
Widow Jane 10Y Bourbon
New York, USA
BOURBON >= 10 YEARS
45.5
SILVER
Widow Jane Apple Wood Rye Whiskey
New York, USA
RYE
45.5
SILVER
Widow Jane Lucky 13 Bourbon
New York, USA
BOURBON >= 10 YEARS
46.5
SILVER
Widow Jane Paradigm Rye Whiskey
New York, USA
RYE
45.5
SILVER

2023 BRONZE

Product Name
Location
Category
ABV
Medal
Balcones Baby Blue
N/A
GRAIN
46
Bronze
Canadian Mist
Canada
CANADIAN
40
Bronze
Colorado Mountain Bourbon Whiskey
Colorado
BOURBON <=3 Years
46
Bronze
Forthwest Giant Peach Whisky
Canada
FLAVORED WHISKEY
40
Bronze
Forthwest Shiny Apple Whisky
Canada
FLAVORED WHISKEY
40
Bronze
Forthwest Spice of Life Whisky
Canada
WHISKEY
40
Bronze
Forthwest Whisky
Canada
CANADIAN
40
Bronze
Giant Texas Cask Strength Stright Bourbon
Texas
BOURBON <=3 Years
60.8
Bronze
Glen Breton Rare 10 Year Old Canadian Single Malt Whisky
Canada
MALT
43
Bronze
KOVAL Rye Finished in Amburana
Chicago, IL
RYE
50
Bronze
Ole Smoky Salty Watermelon Whiskey
TN
FLAVORED WHISKEY
30
Bronze
Rich & Rare Reserve
Canada
CANADIAN
40
Bronze
Seagram's 83 American Blend
USA
WHISKY: BLENDED
41.5
Bronze
Seagram's VO
Canada
CANADIAN
40
Bronze
Single Malts of India - Kurinji
India
MALT
46
Bronze
Southern Comfort Original
USA
FLAVORED WHISKEY
35
Bronze
Uncle Nearest Straight Rye Whiskey
TN
RYE
50
Bronze

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