Welcome To The Whiskey Wash Awards 2025

To celebrate becoming the world’s biggest whiskey website*, we are delighted to announce the winners of our first-ever Whiskey Wash Awards.

Drawing from over 300 independent reviews conducted throughout 2024, our awards recognise excellence across bourbon, scotch, Irish whiskey and world whiskeys. Just 12 expressions have achieved our coveted Double Gold designation with perfect 10/10 scores, while 53 have earned Gold status among our 144 winners.

Category Winners 2025

Whisky of the Year 2025: Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 25th Anniversary Edition

Best Bourbon 2025: Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 25th Anniversary Edition

Best American Whiskey 2025: Shenk’s Homestead Kentucky Sour Mash Whiskey (2024)

Best Scotch 2025: Glengoyne 25 Year Old 

Parting Glass Award: Waterford Organic Cuvée Gaia