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Top 100 American Whiskeys of 2023 — RANKED
The 2023 Top 100 American whiskeys were blind tasted and ranked December 20. The live tasting aired on YouTube.
Here are the rankings:
1: Buffalo Trace Prohibition: Old Stagg, 132.4 Proof, $1,000
2: Larceny C923, 126.4 Proof, $60.00
3: Larceny A123, 125.8 Proof, $59.00
4: Nashville Barrel Company Cask Batch, 123.7 Proof, $75.00
5: Nelson Bros. 15 Year Rye, 108.4 Proof, $300.00
6: Barrell Batch 35, 117.5 proof, $85.00
7: Woodford Reserve Batch Proof, 124.7 proof, $130.00
8: Stagg Jr. 22A, 132.2 Proof, $70.00
9: Elijah Craig C923, 133 Proof, $70.00
10: 291 All Rye, 132.6 Proof, $115.00
11: Stagg Jr. 23B, 127.8 Proof, $70.00
12: Colkegan Cask Strength Single Malt, 118 proof, $80.00
13: Elijah Craig B523, 124.2 Proof, $70.00
14: Balcones Cataleja Single Malt, 118 proof, $125.00
15: George T. Stagg from Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, 135 Proof, $125.00
16: Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch, 112 Proof, $200.00
17: Milam & Greene Unabridged Bourbon, 117 Proof, $95.00
18: McTavish Bottled in Bond, 100 Proof, $75.00
19: Bernheim Barrel Proof A223, 118.8 proof, $65.00
20: K.LUKE Batch 6, 119.8 Proof, $110.00
21: Milam & Greene: Castle Hills, 114.5 Proof, $150.00
22: Rabbit Hole Founder’s Collection Dareringer, 102.1 Proof, $295.00
23: Wilderness Trail 8 Year Wheated, 100 Proof, $88.00
24: Wild Turkey Generations, 120.8 Proof, $500.00
25: Woodinville Straight Bourbon Finished with Applewood Staves, 100 Proof, $100.00
26: Jefferson’s Tropics, 104 Proof, $100.00
27: James E Pepper Decanter, 105.4 Proof, $65.00
28: Boulder Cask Strength, $75.99
29: Jack Daniel’s Twice Barreled Rye, 100 Proof, $75.00
30: Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Rye, 114.4 Proof, $270.00
31: EH Taylor Barrel Proof, 131.1 Proof $80.00
32: Buffalo Trace Prohibition: Spiritis Frumenti, 110 Proof, $200.00
33: Booker’s 2023-4, 127.8 proof $90.00
34: Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Cognac, 108 Proof, $100.00
35: Jack Daniel’s 12 Year, 107 Proof, $80.00
36: Very Olde St. Nick Immaculata, 118.1 Proof, $259.00
37: Eagle Rare 17 Year, 101 Proof, $125.00
38: BBC Discovery 11, 118.1 proof, $139.99
39: Barrell Rye 4, 115.7 proof, $85.00
40: Monk’s Road Fifth District Series 8 Years Old Toasted Barrel, 100 Proof, $99.00
41: Eric Church’s JYPSI Whiskey, 115 Proof, $199.99
42: Green River, 90 Proof, $35.00
43: Wild Turkey Masters Keep Voyage, 106 Proof, $275.00
44: Redwood Empire Bottled in Bond Rye Rocket Top, 100 Proof, $90.00
45: Kentucky Peerless High Rye Bourbon, 110.5 Proof, $150.00
46: Blackwood Toasted Rye, 112.6 Proof, $159.99
47: Three Chord: Goodbye June, 120 Proof, $70.00
48: Pursuit United Blend of Straight Rye Batch 8CD, 108 Proof, $75.00
49: Southern Star Paragon Bottled in Bond Wheated, 100 Proof, $60.00
50: Cold Zero American Whiskey, 92 Proof, $40.00
51: Tattersall 5 Year Bottled in Bond Rye, 100 Proof, $50.00
52: Michter’s US 1 Bourbon, 91.4 Proof, $40.00
53: Four Gate Whiskey Company Batch 19 – The Kelvin Collaboration IIII, 111.7 Proof, $220
54: Barrell Craft Spirits Private Release Bourbon CSX8
55: Wild Turkey: Rare Breed, 116.88 Proof, $60
56: Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, 96 Proof, $170.00
57: New Riff Kentucky Single Malt, 113.8 Proof, $70.00
58: Kentucky Senator 8 Year, 107 Proof, $135.00
59: Knob Creek 18 Year, 100 Proof, $170.00
60: OH Ingram River Aged Flagship 2023 Bourbon, 102 Proof, $99.00
61: Old Forester 100, 100 Proof, $26.00
62: Parker’s Heritage 10 Year Rye, 128.8 Proof, $180.00
63: Willett Black Bottle Bourbon 8 Year, 108 proof, $299.00
64: MB Roland Rye Batch 11, 110 Proof, $55.00
65: AD Laws Bottled in Bond 8 Year Bourbon, 100 Proof, $80.00
66: Little Book 7, 118.1 Proof, $150.00
67: Chattanooga Cask 111, 111 Proof, $45.00
68: Highline Triple Rye, 97 Proof, $65.00
69: BBC Discovery 10, 114.24 Proof, $139.99
70: New Riff Yellow Leaming Straight Bourbon, 100 Proof, $56.00
71: Blood Oath Pact 9, 98.6 Proof, $130.00
72: Hemingway Rye 2023 Signature, 102 Proof, $80.00
73: Penelope Rose Cask Finish, 94 Proof, $80.00
74: Old Line American Single Malt Double Oak Madeira Cask, 100 Proof, $65.00
75: Remus Gatsby, 98.1 Proof, $200.00
76: Clyde May’s 6 Year, 110 Proof, $60.00
77: Old Man Winter Batch 2, 109.8 proof, $158.00
78: Penelope 9 Year Cask Strength, 109 Proof $65.00
79: Brothers Bond Cask Strength Bourbon, 114.08 Proof, $80.00
80: Uncle Nearest 1856, 100 Proof, $59.00
81: Buzzard’s Roost Toasted Rye Batch 3, 105 Proof, $75.00
82: Still Austin Cask Strength, 118 Proof, $50.00
83: Frey Ranch 100% Malted Corn, 110 Proof, $59.00
84: Maker’s Mark Cellar Aged, 115.7 Proof, $150.00
85: Leopold Brothers 6 Year Bottled in Bond Rye Batch 47, 100 Proof, $250.00
86: Thomas H. Handy, 124.9 Proof, $125.00
87: Driftless Glenn Bourbon Batch 42, 96 Proof, $40.00
88: Southern Distilling Company’s Hunting Creek Straight Rye, 100 Proof, $50.00
89: Smoke Wagon Uncut 180B, 113.96 Proof, $79.00
90: Michter’s Rye Toasted, 109.2 Proof, $120.00
91: New Riff Blue Clarage Ky Straight Bourbon, 100 Proof, $56.00
92: High West Midwinter Night’s Dram Act 11 Scene 1, 98.6 Proof, $150.00
93: Jack Daniels 10 Year Batch 02, 97 Proof, $70.00
94: Spirits of French Lick Hindostan Falls, 100 Proof, $50.00
95: Boot Hill Batch 15 High Wheat Kansas Bourbon, 90 Proof, $45.00
96: Copper and Kings Brandy Finish Bourbon, 111.1 Proof, $65.00
97: Ben Holladay Soft Red Wheat Bottled in Bond, 100 proof, $60.00
98: J. Rieger & Co. Kansas City Whiskey, 92 Proof, $54.00
99: Journeyman Corsetts Whips & Whiskey Wheat Whiskey, 117 Proof, $60.00
100: K.LUKE Whiskey Company Batch 4, 117.7 Proof, $80.00
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