At Bourbon Culture, we decided that a 10 point rating scale was the most appropriate way to grade each of our whiskey reviews.
By making the ranking of “5” to be a perfectly average whiskey, we have much more room to grade whiskies on a wide variety of characteristics without them concentrating at one spot on our list.
You’ll notice that many of the whiskies we’ve scored have a rating between 7 and 8 because this is the point where age and proof have done all they can to make a whiskey “great,” but it requires that extra magic to push it into the realm of “Excellent” and beyond.
Whiskies that have scored between a 1 and 4 have noticeable flaws that even age and additional proof may not fix.
Rating Breakdown
2: Poor – Forced myself to drink it
4: Sub-par – Many things I’d rather have
5: Good – Good, solid, ordinary
6: Very Good – Better than average
10: Unsurpassable – Nothing Else Comes Close
1: Disgusting – Drain pour
1.0 – Gray Skies Distillery Breakfast Bourbon
1.0 – Jeffer’s Creek 6 Years Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
1.0 – Smooth Ambler Old Scout Single Barrel Select 13 Year Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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2: Poor – Forced myself to drink it
2.0 – Fitch’s Goat 100% Corn Whiskey
2.0 – Old St. Nick 8 Year Old Rye Whiskey
2.0 – Hudson Baby Bourbon
2.0 – 18th Street Distillery Single Barrel Bourbon (Papa Joe’s, Barrel 18-0002)
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3: Bad – Flawed
3.0 – Hudson Whiskey Do The Rye Thing Rye Whiskey
3.8 – Rebel Distiller’s Collection Single Barrel Bourbon (Rural Inn #1, 2020)
3.9 – Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey
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4: Sub-par – Many things I’d rather have
4.0 – Bib and Tucker Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey
4.0 – Manifest Single Barrel Rye Whiskey (Barrel BB5)
4.0 – Sagamore Spirit Rye Whiskey Finished in Moscatel Barrel (Binny’s)
4.0 – Tom’s Foolery Bottled In Bond Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Barrel 111)
4.0 – Wildrye Five Drops Bourbon
4.0 – Four Roses 2014 Limited Edition Single Barrel
4.0 – High West Double Rye! (2020)
4.0 – Blaum Bros Straight Bourbon Whiskey
4.0 – Hudson Bright Lights – Big City Bourbon
4.5 – Barterhouse 20 Year Old Bourbon
4.5 – James E Pepper 1776 100 Proof Bourbon
4.5 – Scotti’s Original Springs Straight Bourbon Whiskey
4.8 – Dillon’s Rye Whisky
4.9 – Ancient Ancient Age 10 Star
4.9 – Bird Dog 10 Year Old Small Batch Bourbon
4.9 – Bird Dog 10 Year Bourbon
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5: Good – Good, solid, ordinary
5.0 – Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey
5.0 – Reservoir Holland’s Blade Rummer (Batch 3)
5.0 – One Eight Distilling Untitled Single Barrel Bourbon (Barrel 1015, 2021)
5.0 – Dad’s Hat Single Barrel Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey (Habersham’s Beverage Warehouse, Cask #1)
5.1 – My Old Kentucky Home Bourbon
5.2 – Angel’s Envy Bourbon
5.2 – Starlight Distillery Honey Finished Single Barrel Bourbon (Papa Joe’s)
5.3 – Tincup 10 Year Old Whiskey
5.3 – New Riff Red Turkey Wheat Bourbon
5.4 – Ammunition Straight Rye Whiskey finished in Pinot Noir Barrels
5.5 – Deerhammer Pot Still Rye Whiskey (Total Wine Single Barrel 2020)
5.5 – Rabbit Hole Cavehill Kentucky Straight Bourbon
5.5 – Arby’s Smoked Bourbon
5.5 – Spirits of French Lick William Dalton Single Barrel Bourbon (Red Barrel Pick, Barrel 472)
5.5 – Bradshaw Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
5.6 – West Fork Whiskey Wheated Straight Bourbon Whiskey
5.7 – Old Forester 1897 Bottled In Bond Bourbon
5.7 – Michter’s Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Batch 18L1810)
5.7 – Old Forester King Ranch Bourbon
5.8 – Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage Straight Bourbon Whiskey
5.8 – Larceny Small Batch Straight Bourbon Whiskey
5.8 – Old Forester Single Barrel Bourbon (Rural Inn #2, Muddy Waters)
5.8 – R6 Distillery Bourbon
5.9 – David Nicholson Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
5.9 – High West Single Barrel American Prairie Armagnac Barrel (K&L Wine Market)
5.9 – Isaac Bowman Port Finished Bourbon
5.9 – JTS Brown Bottled In Bond Straight Bourbon Whiskey
5.9 – Mellow Corn Bottled In Bond Straight Corn Whiskey
5.9 – Rittenhouse Bottled In Bond Straight Rye Whiskey
5.9 – 1792 Single Barrel Bourbon (Sigman Bottle Pick)
5.9 – High West Single Barrel American Prairie Bourbon (Armagnac Finished – K&L Wine Merchants)
5.9 – High West Rendezvous Rye (2021)
5.9 – Noah’s Mill Bourbon (2020)
5.9 – Spirits of French Lick Solomon Scott Bottled in Bond Rye Whiskey
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6: Very Good – Better than average
6.0 – David Nicholson 1843 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
6.0 – High West Double Rye! Rye Whiskey
6.0 – High West 14 Year Old Light Whiskey
6.0 – Benchmark Bonded Bourbon
6.0 – High West Single Barrel American Prairie Bourbon (Rye Finished – Big Red Liquors)
6.0 – High West High Country American Single Malt Whiskey
6.0 – Warbringer Warmaster Edition Single Barrel Bourbon
6.0 – Very Old Barton Bourbon
6.0 – Pursuit Series Bourbon (Episode #44)
6.0 – New Riff 6 Year Old Kentucky Straight Malted Rye Whiskey
6.0 – Angel’s Envy Private Barrel Port Finished Bourbon (Bitters and Bottles)
6.0 – Blade and Bow Bourbon
6.0 – Wyoming Whiskey Private Stock Bourbon Whiskey (TLS of Jackson Hole, Barrel 5798)
6.0 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 033
6.0 – Cumberland Falls Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
6.0 – Rabbit Hole Heigold Kentucky Straight Bourbon
6.0 – Ammunition Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in Cabernet Sauvignon Barrels
6.1 – Heaven Hill Bottled In Bond 6 Year Old Bourbon
6.1 – High West Campfire Whiskey
6.1 – Wild Turkey Longbranch Small Batch Straight Bourbon Whiskey
6.1 – Pursuit United Series Bourbon (Batch 2)
6.1 – Starlight Distillery Peach Brandy Finished Single Barrel Bourbon (Big Red Liquors, 2021)
6.1 – Woodford Reserve Straight Kentucky Rye Whiskey
6.2 – Buffalo Trace Bourbon
6.2 – Hickory Hills 12 Year Old Single Barrel Straight Bourbon
6.2 – Old Grand Dad 114
6.2 – Wild Turkey 101
6.4 – Elijah Craig Single Barrel Bourbon (Rural Inn #5)
6.4 – Old Grand Dad Bottled In Bond Bourbon
6.4 – Micther’s Unblended American Whiskey (Batch 14G4187)
6.4 – Orphan Barrel The Gifted Horse
6.4 – Willett A Blend Of Straight Whiskeys
6.5 – Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Bourbon (Rural Inn 7/7/18)
6.5 – Benchmark Full Proof
6.5 – Early Times Bottled In Bond Bourbon
6.5 – Hancock’s Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon
6.5 – Johnny Drum Private Stock Straight Bourbon Whiskey
6.5 – Knob Creek Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey (Rural Inn Pick 5 yr 6 mo 2019)
6.5 – Knob Creek Twice Barreled Straight Rye Whiskey
6.5 – Maker’s Mark Private Select (Big Red Liquors 2018)
6.5 – Michter’s Toasted Barrel Finish Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Batch 18H1191)
6.5 – Old Ezra 7 Year Old Bourbon 101 Proof
6.5 – Old Forester Barrel Strength Single Barrel (Big Red Liquors – Honey Hole)
6.5 – Minor Case Sherry Cask Finished Straight Rye Whiskey
6.5 – Old Forester 100 Proof Bourbon
6.5 – Maker’s Mark 101
6.5 – Cooper’s Craft 100 Proof Bourbon
6.6 – Elijah Craig Single Barrel Bourbon (Rural Inn #3)
6.6 – Forged Oak 15 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
6.6 – Old Forester Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
6.7 – Pikesville Straight Rye Whiskey
6.7 – Doc Swinson’s Alter Ego Triple Cask Bourbon
6.7 – Starlight Distillery Bottled In Bond Bourbon
6.7 – William Dalton Single Barrel Wheated Bourbon (The Vintage Cafe, 2021)
6.8 – Lot No. 40 Rye Whisky
6.8 – 1792 High Rye Bourbon
6.8 – Old Bardstown Bottled In Bond Straight Bourbon Whiskey
6.8 – Old Hamer Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whiskey
6.8 – Union Horse Reunion Barrel Strength Rye Whiskey
6.8 – Elijah Craig Single Barrel Bourbon (Tomorrow’s Dream, NDA)
6.9 – Ezra Brooks Distiller’s Collection Single Barrel (NJBYC Pick)
6.9 – Hotel Tango Bravo Bourbon
6.9 – New Riff Bottled In Bond Rye Whiskey
6.9 – Colonel E.H. Taylor Bottled-in-Bond Straight Rye Whiskey
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7: Great – Well above average
7.0 – 1792 Sweet Wheat Bourbon
7.0 – Backbone Wheat Whiskey Single Barrel (Rural Inn Pick)
7.0 – Baker’s Single Barrel Bourbon
7.0 – Barrell Single Barrel 18 Year Straight Whiskey (A112 Big Red Liquors)
7.0 – Belle Meade Bourbon Cognac XO Finished
7.0 – Frey Ranch Straight Bourbon Whiskey
7.0 – Joseph Magnus Straight Bourbon Whiskey Sherry Cask Finished (Potomac Wine and Spirits)
7.0 – Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve Bourbon Whiskey (Elite Beverage Pick 14 yr 4 mo 2019)
7.0 – Old Hamer Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whiskey Single Barrel (Rural Inn, 2020)
7.0 – Old Hamer Single Barrel 100 Proof Bourbon
7.0 – Smooth Ambler Old Scout Single Barrel American Whiskey 107 (Toddy’s Liquors Barrel 10340)
7.0 – Fireside Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey
7.0 – Stellum Rye Whiskey
7.0 – Hugh Hamer Single Barrel Rum Finished Bourbon (Rural Inn, 2022)
7.0 – Spirits of French Lick Morning Glory Single Barrel Bourbon
7.0 – Belle Meade Single Barrel Cask Strength Mourvèdre Finish (123.29 Proof)
7.0 – Old Elk Infinity Blend (2021)
7.0 – Hugh Hamer Bourbon (Rum Barrel Finish) Review
7.0 – Hugh Hamer Bourbon (Double Oaked)
7.1 – Barrell Whiskey Batch 003
7.1 – Chattanooga Whiskey Distillery Small Batch High Malt Straight Bourbon Whiskey
7.1 – Down Home Toasted Barrel Bourbon (Batch 2)
7.1 – Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Bourbon
7.1 – Joseph Magnus Single Barrel Bourbon (Rootstock Hospitality Group)
7.1 – Weller Antique 107
7.2 – Barrell Infinite Barrel (May 2018)
7.2 – Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel Bourbon
7.2 – Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve Bourbon Whiskey (Rural Inn Pick 13yr 10mo 2018)
7.2 – New Riff Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey
7.2 – Old Elk Single Barrel Straight Bourbon (Liquor Outlet Wine Cellars)
7.2 – Rossville Union Barrel Select Rye Whiskey (Rural Inn 2019)
7.2 – Wild Turkey Master’s Keep 17 Year Old Bottled In Bond Bourbon
7.2 – Weller Single Barrel
7.2 – High West Double Rye! Single Barrel (Warehouse Liquors 2022, White Port Finish)
7.2 – Starlight Distillery VDN Finished Single Barrel Bourbon
7.2 – Fireside Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey
7.3 – Bardstown Bourbon Company Brandy Barrel Honey Ale Cask
7.3 – Blanton’s Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey
7.3 – Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve Aged 9 Years Bourbon Whiskey
7.3 – Michter’s Toasted Barrel Finish Kentucky Sour Mash Whiskey (Batch 19H1247)
7.3 – Old Forester 1910 Old Fine Whisky
7.3 – Old Forester Statesman Straight Bourbon Whiskey
7.3 – Smoke Wagon Small Batch Straight Bourbon Whiskey
7.3 – Hugh Hamer Bourbon (Port Barrel Finish)
7.3 – Mayor Pingree Red Label Bourbon
7.3 – Stellum Bourbon
7.3 – Chattanooga Whiskey Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon (Fall 2017 Vintage Series)
7.3 – New Riff Bottled-In-Bond Balboa Rye Whiskey
7.3 – Barrell Craft Spirits Gray Label 24 Year Whiskey (2021)
7.4 – Barrell Private Release Bourbon BX1A
7.4 – Belle Meade Bourbon Madeira Finished
7.4 – Big Red Liquors VIP #1 Bourbon
7.4 – High West Rendezvous Rye (2017)
7.4 – Larceny Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey A120
7.4 – Bone Snapper Single Barrel Rye Whiskey (Rural Inn, 2021)
7.4 – Shenk’s Homestead Kentucky Sour Mash Whiskey (2022)
7.5 – 1792 Bottled In Bond
7.5 – 1792 Aged 12 Years
7.5 – 1792 Full Proof
7.5 – Barrell Whiskey Batch 001
7.5 – Barrell Whiskey Batch 002
7.5 – Barrell Whiskey Batch 005
7.5 – Barrell Single Barrel Private Release Whiskey AH03 (Finished in Washington State Ice Wine Barrel)
7.5 – Chattanooga Whiskey Distillery Small Batch High Malt Cask Strength Bourbon Whiskey
7.5 – Distillery 291 Barrel Proof Rye Whiskey
7.5 – George Remus Cask Strength Single Barrel Bourbon (Rural Inn #2, 2020)
7.5 – Jack Daniel’s Barrel Proof Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey (Rural Inn #1)
7.5 – Stagg Jr. Batch 7 – 130.0 Proof
7.5 – Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Straight Bourbon Whiskey
7.5 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 028
7.5 – Fireside Single Barrel High Rye Bourbon
7.5 – Old Forester The 117 Series: High Angel’s Share
7.5 – Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Rural Inn Warehouse G 2020)
7.5 – Starlight Distillery Sherry Finished Single Barrel Bourbon
7.5 – Knob Creek Single Barrel Bourbon (Rural Inn Pick, 2020)
7.5 – AM PM Coffee Bourbon
7.5 – Little Book Chapter 5: The Invitation
7.5 – IBWE Straight Bourbon Whiskey Batch 1
7.5 – Redemption 9 Year Old Bourbon
7.5 – Peerless Small Batch Straight Kentucky Bourbon
7.5 – Willett Wheated 8 Year Bourbon
7.5 – Fireside Stout Finished Bourbon (New Terrain Barrel Share)
7.5 – Backbone Bourbon Single Barrel Wheated Bourbon (Rural Inn, 2022)
7.5 – Whiskey del Bac Frontera American Single Malt
7.6 – Barrell Single Barrel Private Release Whiskey AH09 (Finished in Ratafia de Champagne Barrel)
7.6 – Barrell Private Release Bourbon BA1C
7.6 – Maker’s Mark Cask Strength Bourbon
7.6 – Maiden Voyage 6 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon (NJBYC)
7.6 – Remus Repeal Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Batch 2)
7.6 – Jack Daniel’s 10 Year Old Tennessee Whiskey
7.6 – Wild Turkey Rare Breed (116.8 proof)
7.6 – Fireside Single Barrel 4 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey
7.6 – Old Forester Barrel Strength Single Barrel Rye Whiskey
7.6 – Hirsch Single Barrel Kentucky Bourbon (Big Red Liquors, KY-028, 136.8 proof)
7.6 – Trader Joe’s Barrel Entry Proof Straight Kentucky Bourbon
7.6 – George Dickel x Leopold Bros Collaboration Blend Rye Whiskey
7.6 – New Riff Backsetter Bourbon
7.7 – Backbone Bourbon Uncut Single Barrel (Rural Inn 30 Gallon, 2019)
7.7 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 007b
7.7 – Barrell Single Barrel Private Release Whiskey AH20 (Finished in Pear Brandy Barrel)
7.7 – Calumet Farm 15 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon
7.7 – Filibuster Single Barrel 15 Year Bourbon (Modern Spirits, 2020)
7.7 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OESQ (Forecastle 2018)
7.7 – Four Roses Small Batch Select
7.7 – Weller Antique 107 Single Barrel (Big Red Liquors 2019)
7.7 – Weller Aged 12 Years Bourbon
7.7 – Elijah Craig Barrel Select Single Barrel Bourbon (The Grenade)
7.7 – Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon
7.7 – Wyoming Whiskey Outryder (Batch 4)
7.7 – New Riff Backsetter Rye Whiskey
7.7 – Calumet Farm 15 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
7.7 – Fireside Bottled In Bond Bourbon (Batch 1)
7.7 – Hirsch The Cask Strength Finished in Cognac Barrels
7.7 – Eagle Rare Single Barrel Bourbon (Rural Inn, 2021)
7.7 – Fireside Bottled in Bond Bourbon (Batch 3)
7.7 – Hugh Hamer Bourbon (Peach Barrel Finish)
7.8 – 1792 Full Proof Rural Inn #4
7.8 – 1792 Full Proof Rural Inn #5
7.8 – Backbone Bourbon Uncut Single Barrel (Dep’s Pick)
7.8 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 004
7.8 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 007
7.8 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 008
7.8 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 016
7.8 – Barrell Whiskey American Vatted Malt
7.8 – Barrell Rye Whiskey Batch 001
7.8 – Belle Meade Single Barrel Cask Strength Sherry Finish (Missouri)
7.8 – Colonel E.H. Taylor Single Barrel Bottled in Bond Bourbon
7.8 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OESK (BevMo! 2019)
7.8 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSF (Crown Liquors Henrietta)
7.8 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSO (Grape & Grain 2019)
7.8 – John J. Bowman Single Barrel Virginia Straight Bourbon Whiskey
7.8 – Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve Bourbon Whiskey (Del Mesa Pick 11 yr 1 mo 2019)
7.8 – Lot No. 40 Cask Strength Rye Whisky (3rd Release, 2019)
7.8 – Obtanium Single Barrel Light Whiskey
7.8 – Old Forester Barrel Strength Single Barrel (Big Red Liquors – Spice Jam)
7.8 – Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Rural Inn CNF 2019)
7.8 – Whistlepig Single Barrel Rye Whiskey (Rural Inn Barrel 2639)
7.8 – Old Forester Barrel Strength Single Barrel (Rural Inn – 2020)
7.8 – Blood Oath Pact 7
7.8 – Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon B521
7.8 – Archives Single Barrel American Whiskey (Binny’s, Barrel No.164)
7.8 – Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye Whisky (66.0%)
7.8 – Calumet Farms 14 Year Old Bourbon
7.8 – Orphan Barrel Lost Prophet 22 Year Old Bourbon
7.8 – Backbone Bourbon Company Single Barrel Bourbon (Brinkman’s Wine & Spirits, Double Soggy)
7.8 – Single Cask Nation 24 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon
7.9 – 1792 Full Proof Rural Inn #6
7.9 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 003
7.9 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 006
7.9 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 012
7.9 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 015
7.9 – Barrell Bourbon New Year 2018
7.9 – Barrell Bourbon New Year 2020
7.9 – Barrell Rye Whiskey Batch 002
7.9 – Barrell Single Barrel Private Release Whiskey AH18 (Finished in Armagnac Barrel)
7.9 – Barrell Private Release Bourbon BA2K
7.9 – Belle Meade Single Barrel Cask Strength Black Belle (Craftsman Series)
7.9 – Bulleit Bourbon Single Barrel (Rural Inn 1A)
7.9 – Colonel E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof Uncut and Unfiltered Bourbon Batch 6 – 128.1 Proof
7.9 – Cream of Kentucky (Batch 1)
7.9 – Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon A119
7.9 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSQ (Longhorn Liquors 2019)
7.9 – Jack Daniel’s Heritage Barrel (2018 release)
7.9 – Knob Creek Single Barrel Bourbon (15 Year, NJBYC)
7.9 – Larceny Single Barrel Barrel Proof (Barrel 580306)
7.9 – Rebel Yell 10 Year Old Single Barrel Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
7.9 – Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Rye Whiskey (LL/HG)
7.9 – Shenk’s Homestead Kentucky Sour Mash Whiskey
7.9 – Stagg Jr. Batch 14 – 130.2 Proof
7.9 – Stagg Jr. Batch 12 – 132.3 Proof
7.9 – Willett Family Estates 4 Year Old Straight Rye Whiskey
7.9 – Yellowstone Hand Picked Collection Single Barrel (NJBYC Pick)
7.9 – Deerhammer American Single Malt Whiskey
7.9 – Starlight Distillery Single Barrel Rye Whiskey
7.9 – Elijah Craig 18 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon
7.9 – Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Single Barrel (Warehouse T, 2015)
7.9 – Lucky Seven 14 Year Old Single Barrel Kentucky Bourbon (Bourbon Street Liquors pick)
7.9 – Whiskey del Bac Normandie American Single Malt Whiskey
7.9 – Fireside Single Barrel Bourbon (5 Years Old, 122 Proof)
7.9 – Sweeten’s Cove Bourbon (2021 Release, 56.48%)
7.9 – Bardstown Bourbon Company Ferrand
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8: Excellent – Exceptional
8.0 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 001
8.0 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 002
8.0 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 008b
8.0 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 010
8.0 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 013
8.0 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 014
8.0 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 017
8.0 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 019
8.0 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 020
8.0 – Barrell Single Barrel 14 Year Rye Whiskey (Big Red Liquors)
8.0 – Barrell Single Barrel 9E50 (Lincoln Road Package Store)
8.0 – Barrell Single Barrel Private Release Whiskey AH07 (Finished in Oloroso Sherry Cask)
8.0 – Belle Meade Single Barrel Cask Strength Madeira Finish (Plumpjack Wine and Spirits)
8.0 – Bone Snapper Single Barrel Rye Whiskey (Rural Inn)
8.0 – Chattanooga Whiskey Distillery 1816 Single Barrel (Alabama Bicentennial)
8.0 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSO (Crown Liquors Peggy)
8.0 – Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon B519
8.0 – Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon C919
8.0 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSF (Central Indiana 2018)
8.0 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSV (Big Red Liquors 2018)
8.0 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSV (Westport Whiskey and Wine 2019)
8.0 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OESK (Rural Inn 2018)
8.0 – High West Single Barrel Campfire Whiskey finished in a Cognac Cask (Distillery Release)
8.0 – Jack Daniel’s Heritage Barrel (2019 release)
8.0 – Maker’s Mark Private Select (NJBYC Gold on Gold)
8.0 – Rock Hill Farms Straight Bourbon Whiskey
8.0 – Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Vine and Table Warehouse F 2019)
8.0 – Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Swan Song CNA)
8.0 – Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Toddy’s Twix VII)
8.0 – Stagg Jr. Batch 10 – 126.4 Proof
8.0 – Vance’s Private Select Single Barrel Straight Bourbon
8.0 – W.B. Saffell Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
8.0 – Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked Straight Bourbon Whiskey (2020 release)
8.0 – Barrell Craft Spirits 15 Year Bourbon (2020)
8.0 – Doc Swinson’s Alter Ego Rye Whiskey
8.0 – High West Single Barrel Campfire Whiskey (Cognac Cask finished – Distillery Release)
8.0 – Redwood Empire 12 Year Old Cabernet Sauvignon Finished Bourbon (Crown Liquors Single Barrel)
8.0 – Weller Full Proof Bourbon
8.0 – Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Cornerston
8.0 – Single Cask Nation Wild Turkey Single Barrel (Warehouse G, 2021)
8.0 – Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection Very Fine Rare Bourbon (2020)
8.0 – Noah’s Mill Bourbon (2010)
8.0 – Old Forester President’s Choice (Barrel #007, 2019)
8.0 – Stoll and Wolfe 7 Year Old Straight Rye Whiskey (Kindred Spirits Release 1)
8.0 – Baker’s 13 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon
8.0 – Angel’s Envy Rye Whiskey finished in Caribbean Rum Casks
8.0 – Bardstown Bourbon Company The Prisoner
8.1 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 011
8.1 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 022
8.1 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 023
8.1 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 025
8.1 – Barrell Single Barrel 9E66 (Potomac Wine and Spirits)
8.1 – Barrell Whiskey Batch 004
8.1 – Big Red Liquors VIP #2 Bourbon (Taxman Stout Barrel Finish)
8.1 – Bone Snapper Single Barrel Rye Whiskey (Cork ‘N Bottle)
8.1 – Corsair Ryemageddon Rye Whiskey Single Barrel (Rural Inn)
8.1 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSQ (Vine and Table 2019)
8.1 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OESK (Molly’s Liquors 2019)
8.1 – Little Book Chapter 3: The Road Home
8.1 – Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Elite Beverages Warehouse D 2019)
8.1 – Smoke Wagon Uncut and Unfiltered Straight Bourbon Whiskey
8.1 – Stagg Jr. Batch 13 – 128.4 Proof
8.1 – Deerhammer Mead Barrel Finished Single Malt Whiskey (Redstone Collaboration)
8.1 – Doc Swinson’s Exploratory Cask 15 Year Old Kentucky Bourbon (Batch 6)
8.1 – Templeton Single Barrel 10 Year Reserve Rye Whiskey
8.1 – Staves and Grain 8 Year Old Single Barrel Rye Whiskey (NDA, 2021)
8.1 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSF (Elite Beverages, Fruitopia)
8.1 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 031
8.1 – Eagle Rare Single Barrel Bourbon (Rural Inn, 2020)
8.1 – Barrell Craft Spirits Gray Label 16 Year Old Seagrass Rye Whiskey (2021)
8.2 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 021
8.2 – Barrell Bourbon New Year 2019
8.2 – Barrell Craft Spirits 15 Year Bourbon (2019)
8.2 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 029
8.2 – Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon B518
8.2 – Lot No. 40 Cask Strength Rye Whisky (2nd Release, 2018)
8.2 – Lux Row Distillers Double Barrel 12 Years Old Bourbon
8.2 – Mammoth Distilling Borrowed Time Single Barrel 12 Year Old Rye Whiskey (Honey)
8.2 – Remus Repeal Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Batch 3)
8.2 – Smoke Wagon Single Barrel 10 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Total Wine 2019)
8.2 – Whistlepig Single Barrel Rye Whiskey (Binny’s Cracklings)
8.2 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 027
8.2 – Barrell Private Release Bourbon BX2i
8.2 – Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon B517
8.2 – Michter’s Toasted Barrel Finish Barrel Strength Straight Rye Whiskey (20H1727)
8.2 – Remus Repeal Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Batch 4)
8.2 – Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey (California Drammin’)
8.2 – Weller Create Your Perfect Bourbon (2021)
8.2 – Michter’s 10 Year Old Bourbon (Barrel 18G1006)
8.2 – Barrell Vantage
8.2 – Barrell Special Release Single Barrel Whiskey finished in a Rhum Agricole Cask (Rural Inn, 2021)
8.2 – Barrell Bourbon New Year 2022
8.2 – Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Single Barrel Store Pick (Superior Liquors, 133.4 Proof)
8.2 – Cascade Moon 13 Year Rye Whisky
8.2 – Maker’s Mark Private Selection Bourbon (Queen #3, Rural Inn)
8.2 – Barrell Craft Spirits 15 Year Bourbon (2021)
8.3 – Barrell Armida
8.3 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 018
8.3 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 024
8.3 – Barrell Bourbon New Year 2017
8.3 – Bomberger’s Declaration Bourbon (2018)
8.3 – Michter’s Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey (Barrel 19C447)
8.3 – Murray Hill Club Special Release #3
8.3 – Smoke Wagon Desert Jewel 10 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey
8.3 – Stagg Jr. Batch 9 – 131.9 Proof
8.3 – Stagg Jr Batch 15 – 131.1 Proof
8.3 – Whistlepig Single Barrel Rye Whiskey (Crown Liquors #Nah)
8.3 – Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon (Batch 12)
8.3 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 030
8.3 – Little Book Chapter 4: Lessons Honored
8.3 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 032
8.3 – Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Single Barrel (Neat Drinker’s Association/Quality Bourbons and Barbecue)
8.3 – Rebel Reserve Single Barrel Barrel Strength 12 Year Bourbon
8.3 – Four Gate Release 5 “Foundation”
8.3 – Copper & Cask 6 Year Old Single Barrel Straight Bourbon (Barrel MK-155)
8.4 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 005
8.4 – Blanton’s Single Barrel Gold Straight Bourbon Whiskey
8.4 – Whistlepig Single Barrel Rye Whiskey (Total Wine and More St. Matthews Square 2019)
8.4 – Abraham Bowman Limited Edition Release #15
8.4 – Maker’s Mark DNA Series
8.4 – Remus Repeal Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Batch 5)
8.4 – Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaborative Series Copper and Kings Apple Brandy Finished Bourbon
8.4 – Maker’s Mark Private Selection (New Kid on The Block, Hudson Wine Market/Tomar’s Discount Liquors)
8.5 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 009
8.5 – Barrell Dovetail
8.5 – Barrell Rye Whiskey Batch 003
8.5 – Michter’s Barrel Strength Bourbon (Barrel 18F877)
8.5 – Michter’s Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey (Barrel 16C391)
8.5 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OESO (Perilous Journey)
8.5 – Old Carter Bourbon Batch 3
8.5 – Parker’s Heritage Heavy Char Bourbon (Release 14)
8.5 – Stagg Jr. Batch 6 – 132.5 Proof
8.5 – Thomas H. Handy Rye Whiskey (2015, 126.9 proof)
8.5 – Bomberger’s Declaration Bourbon (2021)
8.5 – Bomberger’s Declaration Bourbon (2022 Release)
8.5 – Knob Creek Limited Edition 18 Year Old Bourbon
8.5 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OESO (Rural Inn, 2020)
8.5 – Barrell Craft Spirits Gold Label Bourbon (2021)
8.6 – Smoke Wagon Single Barrel 13 Year Old Bourbon (NJBYC Barrel #5636)
8.6 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OESO (Somerville Super Saver, 2020)
8.6 – Blackened x Willett Cask Strength Rye Whiskey
8.6 – Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Unforgotten
8.6 – Stellum Black Rye
8.7 – Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch 2021
8.7 – Blanton’s Single Barrel Straight From The Barrel (126.7 proof)
8.7 – Michter’s Toasted Barrel Finish Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey (Barrel 17C583)
8.7 – Bardstown Bourbon Company Discovery Series #4
8.7 – Barrell Seagrass
8.7 – Colonel E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof Uncut and Unfiltered Bourbon Batch 10 – 127.3
8.7 – Down Home 12 Year Old Bourbon (Batch 2, 113.2 proof)
8.7 – Stagg Jr Single Barrel Bourbon (Binny’s Barrel #009)
8.8 – Boone County 14 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon (Barrel B0598)
8.8 – Russell’s Reserve 13 Year Old Barrel Proof Bourbon
8.8 – Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection Batch Proof (2021)
8.8 – Wild Turkey 101 12 Year Old Bourbon (2022)
8.9 – Kentucky Owl Rye Whiskey (Batch 3)
8.9 – Old Forester Birthday Bourbon (2012)
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9: Incredible – Extraordinary
9.0 – Barrell Single Barrel 13 Year Rye Whiskey
9.0 – Barrell Craft Spirits 15 Year Bourbon (2018)
9.0 – Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend Bourbon (Batch 13)
9.0 – Kentucky Owl Rye Whiskey (Batch 4)
9.0 – A. Smith Bowman Cask Strength Bourbon (Batch 1)
9.0 – Starlight Distillery Cigar Batch Single Barrel Rye Whiskey
9.0 – Old Forester Barrel Strength Single Barrel (Towne Spirits and Fine Wine)
9.0 – Smoke Wagon Experimental Rye Whiskey
9.0 – Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend Batch #39
9.0 – Kentucky Owl Rye Whiskey Batch 1
9.0 – Jack Daniel’s Coy Hill Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey
9.1 – Bardstown Bourbon Company Chateau De Laubade
9.2 – Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch 2020
9.2 – Remus Volstead Reserve 14 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey
9.2 – Old Forester 150th Anniversary Bourbon (Batch 2)
9.3 – Old Forester President’s Choice Bourbon (Barrel 004, 2018)
9.3 – Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2019
9.5 – Belle Meade Single Barrel Cask Strength Honey Cask Finish (2020)
9.5 – Barrell Craft Spirits 25 Year Whiskey (2018)
9.7 – Mister Sam Tribute Whiskey
9.9 – Eagle Rare 17 Year Old Bourbon (2021)
10: Unsurpassable – Nothing Else Comes Close
10 – William Larue Weller (2015)
10 – King of Kentucky Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon (2021 Release, Barrel 21)
10 – Mister Sam Tribute Whiskey (Batch 2, 2021)