The 2016 World Whiskies Awards for America and Canada were announced at the recent Whiskies & Spirits Conference in New York. Whiskies in each category were subject to rigorous blind taste testing to determine the best of each category.
World’s Best Bourbon – Abraham Bowman Pioneer Spirits – Port Finished Bourbon
Category Winners
Age Statement
Winner – Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 15 Years old
Gold – Eagle Rare 10 Years Old Bourbon
Gold - Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 20 Years Old
Gold – Henry McKenna Single Barrel
Silver – Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Silver- Elijah Craig Single Barrel
No Age Statement
Winner – Abraham Bowman Pioneer Spirits – Port Finished Bourbon
Gold – Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Barrel Proof Bourbon
Gold – George T. Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Gold - Smooth Ambler Contradiction
Silver – Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Cured Oak Bourbon
Silver – 1792 Sweet Wheat Bourbon
Silver – Stagg Jr. Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Silver – Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Small Batch Bourbon
Silver – Four Roses 2015 Limited Edition Small Batch
Bronze – William Larue Weller Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Bronze – Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Bronze – Elijah Craig Barrel Proof – American White Oak
Bronze – 1792 Port Finished Bourbon
World’s Best Single Barrel Bourbon – Smooth Ambler Old Scout 10yo
Category Winners
Age Statement
Winner – Smooth Ambler Old Scout 10yo
No Age Statement
Winner – Four Roses Single Barrel
Best Canadian Blended Limited Release – Forty Creek Three Grain Harmony
World’s Best Canadian Blended– Gooderham & Worts Four Grain
Category Winners
Age Statement
Winner – J.P. Wiser’s 18 Years Old
No Age Statement
Winner – Gooderham & Worts Four Grain
Gold – J.P. Wiser’s Legacy
Silver – Forty Creek Copper Pot
World’s Best Corn Whiskey – Balcones True Blue 100 Proof
Category Winners
Age Statement
Winner – Balcones True Blue 100 Proof
No Age Statement
Winner – Hudson New York Corn
World’s Best Wheat Whiskey – Bernheim Original – Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey
Category Winners
Age Statement
Winner – Bernheim Original – Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey
No Age Statement
Winner – Dry Fly Washington Wheat Whiskey
Best American Blended Whiskey – Breckenridge – A Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskeys
Best Canadian Flavoured Whisky – J.P. Wiser’s Hopped Whiskey
Best American Flavoured Whiskey– Knob Creek Smoked Maple Whiskey
Best American Grain Whiskey– Parker’s Heritage Collection Malt Whiskey
Category Winners
Age Statement
Winner – Parker’s Heritage Collection Malt Whiskey
No Age Statement
Winner - Dry Fly Triticale Whiskey
Best Canadian Rye Whisky – Lot No 40
Best American Rye Whisky – Pikesville Rye
Category Winners
Age Statement
Winner – Pikesville Rye
No Age Statement
Winner - 291 Colorado Whiskey Aspen Stave Finished
Gold – Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye
Silver – Knob Creek Rye Whiskey
Best American Single Cask Single Malt - Balcones 2015 Staff Selection Single Barrel
Best American Single Malt Whisky – Texas Single Malt
Category Winners
Age Statement
Winner – Texas Single Malt
Gold – The Notch Nantucket Single Malt 12 Years
No Age Statement
Winner – Do Good Distillery Cherry Wood Smoked Whiskey
Gold – Sons of Liberty Battle Cry
Gold – Do Good Distillery Peat Smoked Whiskey
Silver – Sons of Liberty Uprising
Silver – Hudson Single Malt
Silver- Do Good Distillery Beechwood Smoked Whiskey