Rankings
Explore our annual whiskey rankings, featuring every bottle we reviewed and scored. Each year stands on its own, making it easy to see how new releases, returning favorites, and standout pours compare.
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10 - OUTSTANDING
9 - EXCELLENT
8 - VERY GOOD
7 - GOOD
6 - ABOVE AVERAGE
5 - AVERAGE
4 - BELOW AVERAGE
3 - POOR
2 - VERY POOR
1 - UNDRINKABLE
2026
10 → Russell’s Reserve Single Rickhouse CN-D
9.5 → Little Book Chapter 10 “All the Wiser”
9.0 → Still Austin Tanager Cigar Blend (2025)
9.0 → Barrell 12 Year Toasted American Oak Finished
9.0 → Old Overholt 11 Year Cask Strength Rye (2026)
9.0 → Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Proof Rye*
9.0 → Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Rye / A126
9.0 → Booker’s Bourbon / Batch 2026-02
9.0 → Rittenhouse 10-year 250th Anniversary
8.5 → Star Hill Farm Wheat Whisky (2026)
8.5 → Smokeye Hill Barrel Proof Rye*
8.5 → Bardstown Bourbon Co. Lochs of Jura
8.5 → Maker’s Mark Stewards Release
8.5 → Bardstown Bourbon Co. 2026 Discovery
8.5 → Blood Oath Pact 12
8.5 → Barrell Bourbon / Batch 38
8.0 → 13th Colony Barrel Symphony Composition No. 1
8.0 → Templeton Rye 13 Year*
8.0 → Peerless Toasted Rye*
8.0 → OGD 114 Single Barrel
8.0 → 13th Colony Cask Strength Rye / Batch 2
8.0 → Redwood Empire Haystack Needle Rye
8.0 → Green River Honey Bourbon Cocktail*
7.5 → Holladay 10 Year Bourbon
7.5 → Conviction Double Oak 1929 Bourbon*
7.5 → Silver Springs Sweet Mash Rye*
7.5 → Cream of Kentucky Cask Strength Bourbon*
7.5 → Copper & Cask Double Oak Bourbon WS-12
7.5 → Redwood Empire Pipe Dream Toasted
7.5 → 13th Colony Maple Finished Rye
7.0 → Bardstown Bourbon BIB*
7.0 → Elijah Craig 15 Year Single Barrel*
7.0 → Garrison Brothers Small Batch*
7.0 → Peg Leg Porker Spirit of America
6.5 → Knob Creek Blender’s Edition 01
6.5 → Old Grand-Dad 7 Year Bottled In Bond *
6.5 → Duck Club High Brass
6.5 → Bernhiem 20th Anniversary Wheat Whiskey
6.5 → Evan Williams America 250 Single Barrel
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*Excluded from Whiskey of the Year awards. While this bottle was tasted this year, its original release occurred in a prior year or it's a single barrel. To qualify, bottles must be released between December 2025 and November 2026.