Every Award-Winning Whisk(e)y From The Whiskey Wash Awards 2025

Find out which of your favorite whiskies have been honored at the inaugural Whiskey Wash Awards, featuring the best whiskies of 2025.
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Welcome to The Whiskey Wash Awards 2025, an independent, no-fee competition that recognizes the best whiskies reviewed by The Whiskey Wash Team throughout 2024.

Below you will find a list of all of the award-winning expressions from The Whiskey Wash Awards 2025.

The Whiskey Wash Awards Scoring System

In 2024, we reviewed over 300 expressions and awarded each whisky a score out of 10. This straightforward scoring system is designed with the everyday drinker in mind. You can read more about our methodology and scoring system here. Each award-winning expression was rated an 8 (Silver), 9 (Gold), or 10 (Double Gold).

Awards & Categories

Of the hundreds of whiskies reviewed in 2024, three categories stood out: scotch, bourbon, and American whiskey. To include expressions hailing from other regions, we also created a World Whisky category.

Each category was given a winner, with many other stellar expressions awarded Double Gold, Gold, and Silver medals. Follow the links above for lists of the award-winning expressions in each category.

Every Award-Winning Whisky From The Whiskey Wash Awards 2025

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

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

Best Scotch Whisky Of 2025: Glengoyne 25 Year Old 

Parting Glass Award: Waterford Organic Cuvée Gaia

Whiskey Of The Year: Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 25th Anniversary Edition 

Whiskey/Whisky Score Medal
15 Stars Timeless Reserve Fine-Aged Bourbon Aged 13 Years 10 Double Gold
Cedar Ridge The QuintEssential Portside 10 Double Gold
Glengoyne 25 Year Old 10 Double Gold – Category Winner Scotch
Heaven Hill Grain To Glass Kentucky Straight Wheated Bourbon 10 Double Gold
Heaven Hill Heritage Collection 18-Year-Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon 10 Double Gold
Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 25th Anniversary Edition 10 Double Gold – Category Winner Bourbon, Best Whisky of 2025
Port Ellen 44 Year Old Gemini Original Cask  10 Double Gold
Savage & Cooke Howling Mob Bourbon 10 Double Gold
Shenk’s Homestead Kentucky Sour Mash Whiskey (2024) 10 Double Gold – Category Winner American Whiskey
The Bruichladdich Thirty 10 Double Gold
Waterford Organic Cuvée Gaia 10 Double Gold
Aberfeldy 21-Year-Old Argentinian Malbec Cask Finish 9 Gold
Bardstown Bourbon Co. Amrut Collaborative Series 9 Gold
Bruichladdich End of Message 16 Year Old Cask No: 526 9 Gold
Burnside 1996 27 Year Old Halcyon Spirits 9 Gold
Bushmills The Rare Casks Limited Release No. 4 9 Gold
Chattanooga Whiskey Founder’s 12th Anniversary Blend 9 Gold
Chattanooga Whiskey Russian River Pinot Cask Finished Bourbon 9 Gold
Chattanooga Whiskey White Port Cask Finished 9 Gold
Dewar’s Double Double 21 Year Old Mizunara Cask Finish 9 Gold
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch B524 9 Gold
Garrison Brothers 2024 Guadalupe 9 Gold
Garrison Brothers Laguna Madre Bourbon (2024) 9 Gold
George Dickel Bottled in Bond Spring 2011 9 Gold
Glen Garioch 2011 12 Year Old Oloroso Finish Berry Brothers Sense of Place ‘Glens & Valleys’ 9 Gold
Glencadam 27 Year Old Reserva de Jerez 9 Gold
Heaven Hill Grain To Glass Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey 9 Gold
Heaven’s Door Exploration Series I Calvados Finish 9 Gold
House of Hazelwood Queen of the Hebrides 36 Year Old Legacy Collection 9 Gold
House of Hazelwood The Old Ways 1972 Charles Gordon Collection 9 Gold
House of Hazelwood The Pursuit of Pleasure 52 Year Old Charles Gordon Collection 9 Gold
House of Hazelwood The Silk Traveller 44 Year Old Legacy Collection 9 Gold
J. Mattingly 1845 Small Batch Classic Bourbon 9 Gold
Johnnie Walker 18 Year Old 9 Gold
Kentucky Peerless Rum Barrel Finished Bourbon (Batch 2) 9 Gold
Kilchoman 16 Years Old 9 Gold
King’s County 5 Year Old Private Barrel (Exclusive to Hedonism Wines) 9 Gold
Laphroaig Elements L2.0 9 Gold
Larceny Barrel Proof Batch A124 9 Gold
Lochlea Cask Strength Batch 2 5 Year Old 9 Gold
Longmorn 25 Year Old Secret Speyside Collection 9 Gold
Michter’s 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon 2024 9 Gold
Milam & Greene Bottled in Bond Straight Bourbon Whiskey 9 Gold
Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Spring 2024 Kentucky Straight Bourbon 9 Gold
Port Charlotte 18 Year Old 9 Gold
Port Ellen 44 Year Old Gemini Remnant Cask 9 Gold
Rabbit Hole Founder’s Collection Mizunara Oak 9 Gold
Rare Hare The Tempest Tasmanian Single Malt Aged 20 Years 9 Gold
Redwood Empire Devils Tower High Rye Bourbon 9 Gold
Savage & Cooke American Whiskey 9 Gold
Savage & Cooke Rye Whiskey 9 Gold
SENSES Collection Egan’s Irish Whiskey 23 Years Olds 9 Gold
Tamdhu 18 Year Old 9 Gold
The Balvenie Fifty Collection First Edition 50 Year Old 9 Gold
The Dalmore Luminary No.2 The Rare 49 Year Old 9 Gold
The Glenturret Still Life Winter 9 Gold
The Last Drop 55-Year-Old Tomintoul Single Malt 9 Gold
Tomatin Sherry Collection The Pedro Ximénez Edition 9 Gold
Virginia Distillery Company Port Cask Reserve American Single Malt 9 Gold
Westward Whiskey Vienna Malt 9 Gold
Whiskey JYPSI Legacy Batch 002: The Alchemist 9 Gold
WhistlePig 25 Year Single Malt The Badönkådonk 9 Gold
Woodinville Straight Bourbon Aged 8 Years 9 Gold
Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon (2024) 9 Gold
15 Stars Three Kings Fine-Aged Whiskey Aged 11 Years 8 Silver
15 Stars Triple Cask II Fine-Aged Bourbon 8 Silver
15 Stars Vino de Naranja Finished Bourbon Aged 8 Years 8 Silver
Aberfeldy Limited Edition 15 Year Old Cadillac White Wine Cask 8 Silver
Ardbeg Spectacular 8 Silver
Ardnahoe Inaugural Release 5 Year Old 8 Silver
Bardstown Bourbon Origin High Wheat Bourbon 8 Silver
Basil Hayden 10 Year Old Bourbon 8 Silver
Bernheim Barrel Proof A224 8 Silver
Blackened Rye The Lightning 2024 8 Silver
Blackened Whiskey 8 Silver
Blue Run Trifecta Kentucky Straight Bourbon 8 Silver
Bomberger’s Declaration Kentucky Straight Bourbon (2024) 8 Silver
Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2014 8 Silver
Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old 8 Silver
Bunnahabhain 21 Year Old (Pedro Ximénez Cask Finish) 8 Silver
Bushmills 15 Year Old UK Limited Edition 8 Silver
Craigellachie 13 Year Old 8 Silver
Eagle Rare 10 Year Old 8 Silver
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch A124 8 Silver
Four Branches Bourbon Founders Blend 8 Silver
Four Roses Bourbon 8 Silver
Glasgow 1770 Cognac Cask Finish Batch 2 6 Year Old 8 Silver
Glenburgie 16 Year Old 2008 Marsala Finish Cask #87 Berry Brothers Sense of Place ‘Glens & Valleys’ Collection 8 Silver
Glenfarclas 15 Year Old 8 Silver
Glenfiddich 12-Year-Old Sherry Cask Finish 8 Silver
Glenglassaugh 12 Years Old 8 Silver
Glenglassaugh Portsoy 8 Silver
Glenmorangie Dr Bill Lumsden x Azuma Makoto 23 Years Old 8 Silver
Godawan 01 Rich And Rounded Indian Single Malt Whisky 8 Silver
Godawan 02 Fruit And Spice Indian Single Malt Whisky 8 Silver
Hard Truth Bottled-In-Bond Four Grain Bourbon 8 Silver
Hard Truth MWC Farmer’s Reserve 8 Silver
Hatozaki Omakase Rye Third Edition Mizunara Cask Finish 8 Silver
Heaven Hill Grain To Glass Kentucky Straight Bourbon 8 Silver
High West Bourye 2024 8 Silver
House of Hazelwood A Minute to Midnight 45 Year Old Charles Gordon Collection 8 Silver
House of Hazelwood The Hazelwood Highlander 33 Year Old Legacy Collection 8 Silver
House of Hazelwood The Transatlantic 33 Year Old Legacy Collection 8 Silver
Jack Daniel’s 12-Year-Old Batch 2 8 Silver
Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series Selection #13 8 Silver
Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey 8 Silver
Johnnie Walker Blue Label 8 Silver
Kentucky Peerless Toasted Bourbon (Batch 2) 8 Silver
Laphroaig 10 Year Old 8 Silver
Loch Lomond 50 Year Old 2024 Release 8 Silver
Lochlea Overtone Stout Cask Finish 8 Silver
Lost Lantern Far-Flung Rye 8 Silver
Lost Lantern Mountain Meadow St. George Spirits Single Malt 8 Silver
Maker’s Mark No. 46 French Oak Bourbon Whisky 8 Silver
Meikle Tòir The Turbo 8 Silver
Method And Madness Garryana Oak 8 Silver
Michter’s 10 Year Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey 2024 8 Silver
Old Commonwealth 10 Year Fall 2024 Release 8 Silver
Penelope Bourbon Tokaji Cask Finish 2024 8 Silver
Penelope Rosé Cask Finish (Batch 8) 8 Silver
Redbreast 18 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey 8 Silver
Royal Salute 21 Year Old Signature Blend 8 Silver
Royal Salute 62 Gun Salute The American Oak Reserve 8 Silver
Savage & Cooke Bloody Butcher Bourbon 8 Silver
Savage & Cooke Bourbon 8 Silver
Southern Star Paragon Bottled-In-Bond 8 Silver
Speyburn 18 Year Old 8 Silver
Tenmile Little Rest Double Matured American Single Malt 8 Silver
Tenmile Little Rest Port Cask American Single Malt 8 Silver
The Bruichladdich Eighteen 8 Silver
The Dalmore Luminary No.2 The Collectible 16 Year Old 8 Silver
The Glendronach 12 Year Old Modern Classic 8 Silver
The Glenlivet Rum and Bourbon Fusion Cask Selection 8 Silver
The Perfect Fifth Canongate 14-Year-Old American Whiskey 8 Silver
The Waterford Cuvée Koffi 8 Silver
Tomatin Sherry Collection The Manzanilla Edition 8 Silver
Tomatin Sherry Collection The Palo Cortado Edition 8 Silver
Two Souls Spirits 6-Year Straight Rye (Wollersheim Distillery) 8 Silver
Virginia Distillery Company Cabernet Cask Select American Single Malt 8 Silver
Watershed Uncut Unfiltered Bourbon (Batch 002) 8 Silver
We Try The New Angel’s Envy Triple Oak 8 Silver
Wenzel Whiskey Wheated #2 8 Silver
Wenzel Whiskey Wheated #3 8 Silver
Westward Whiskey Vintner’s Cuvée 8 Silver

 

Beth Squires

Beth Squires joined Mark Littler Ltd full-time in October 2020 after completing her university degree in English Literature. Since then, she has acquired extensive knowledge about all aspects of whisk(e)y and now holds the position of Deputy Editor at The Whiskey Wash. Beth is passionate about history, industry innovation, marketing, and sustainability. With a special fondness for independently bottled rare scotch, Beth also serves as a whisky bottle investment specialist.

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