Fred Minnick’s 2024 Top 100 American Whiskeys – Complete Article
1: Russell’s Reserve 15 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 117.2 Proof, $250
2: Nashtucky “Nashville’s Connected Spirits Small Batch Rye,” 112.4 Proof, $69.99
3: George T. Stagg, 136.1 Proof, $149.99
4: Nashtucky “Nashville’s Connected Spirits Small Batch Bourbon,” 120.4 Proof, $69.99
5: Little Book “The Infinite” Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 119.3 Proof, $249.99
6: Weller Millennium, 99 Proof, $7,500
7: Larceny Barrel Proof C924 Wheated Bourbon, 125.1 Proof, $69.99
8: Old Line American Single Malt Double Oak Series: Sherry Cask (bottled February 2024), 100 Proof, $65
9: OH Ingram River Aged Kentucky Straight Bourbon (2024 Flagship), 117.7 Proof, $83.99
10: Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 107 Proof, $200+
11: Brothers of the Leaf Bourbon Finished in Toasted French Oak Batch 2, 116.2 Proof, $95.99
12: Pinhook Straight Bourbon Vertical Series 2024 Release (unfiltered) 9 Years Old, 114.3 Proof, $99.99
13: Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 107 Proof, $500+
14: Very Olde St. Nick “Straight Outta Bardstown” 10 Years Old Bourbon, 131.6 Proof, $200
15: Elijah Craig Barrel Proof A124, 119 Proof, $79.99
16: Still Austin Tanager Texas Bourbon “Cigar Blend” 5 Years Old, 98.4 Proof, $149.99
17: Rare Perfection 8 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 129 Proof, $199.99
18: Smokeye Hill Blue Corn Barrel Proof Straight Bourbon, 131.4 Proof, $62.99
19: Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch 2024 Release, 108.2 Proof, $220
20: Larceny Barrel Proof Wheated Bourbon A124, 124.2 Proof, $79.99
21: Starlight Bottled in Bond Indiana Straight Bourbon Batch 2, 100 Proof, $44.99
22: Middle West Straight Wheated Bourbon “Michelone Reserve” Batch 1, 122.2 Proof, $46.99
23: Remus Gatsby Reserve 15-Year-Old Straight Bourbon, 104.9 Proof, $279.99
24: J. Mattingly 6-Year Kentucky Bourbon Double Staved Batch 1, 119 Proof, $120
25: Barrell Mizunara 6 Years (blend of Straight Whiskeys) First Edition, 116.42 Proof, $96.99
26: Woodford Reserve Batch Proof, 119.5 Proof, $164.99
27: Stranahan’s 12 Year Single Malt Aged in Port Wine Casks, 94.6 Proof, $144.99
28: Nashville Barrel Company 7 Year Straight Bourbon, 115.62 Proof, $64.99
29: Booker’s Bourbon 2024-4, 125.8 Proof, $99.99
30: Knob Creek Small Batch 18 Year, 100 Proof, $159.99
31: Bluegrass Elkwood Reserve 9 Year, 120 Proof, $149.99
32: Tumblin Dice 8 Year Curated Small Batch Barrel Proof, 116.4 Proof, $80
33: Bardstown Bourbon Co. Whiskey “Bourbon Lore” Collab, 112.5 proof, $169.99
34: Sazerac Straight Rye 18 Years Old, 90 Proof, $124.97
35: Ponfeigh Westsylvania Rye, 117 Proof, $85
36: Cedar Ridge Distillery ‘The QuintEssential’ Special Release – Portside Single Malt, 92 Proof, $56.99
37: Kentucky Peerless Double Oak Batch 18, 108.7 Proof, $88.99
38: Heaven Hill Grain to Glass Rye, 123.2 Proof, $99.99
39: 2XO The Sneakerhead Blend, 104 Proof, $99.99
40: Kentucky Peerless Rye, 107.6 Proof, $109.99
41: New Riff 8 Year Old Kentucky Straight Rye, 100 Proof, $86.99
42: Willett Bourbon 8 Year Wheated Bourbon, 108 Proof, $259.99
43: Brothers Bond Bourbon Regenerative Grain, 95 Proof, $59.99
44: Milam & Greene Triple Cask A Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskies, 94 Proof, $54.98
45: Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Sherry Finish (dumped on 7-18-2023), 113.1 Proof, $89.99
46: Lost Lantern Far Flung Bourbon, 126.6 Proof, $100
47: Remus Repeal Reserve Bourbon Batch 8, 101 Proof, $119.99
48: Booker’s Bourbon 2024-3, 131 Proof, $99.99
49: Angel’s Envy Bourbon Cask Strength 2024, 124.6 Proof, $279.99
50: Bulleit Rye 10 Year Old, 91.2 Proof, $48.99
51: Wild Turkey 8 Year “Jimmy Anniversary,” 101 Proof, $45.99
52: The Magi Blended Rye, $149.99
53: K.Luke Blended Bourbon Batch 10, 120.2 Proof, $109.99
54: Jefferson’s Ocean Double Barrel Rye, 96 proof, $79
55: Brothers Bond Bourbon Cask Strength, 115.1 Proof, $75
56: Chattanooga Whiskey Founders Blend, 100 Proof, $55.99
57: Bomberger’s Bourbon 2024, 108 Proof, $134.99
58: New Riff 8 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 100 proof, $86.99
59: Barrell Bourbon Batch 36, 114.44 Proof, $79.99
60: Keepers Heart Irish + American Whiskey, 110 Proof, $28.99
61: Doc Swinson’s Alter Ego, Sherry and Cognac Finish, 95.8 Proof, $80
62: Epoch Reserve Maryland Straight Rye (100% rye), 100 Proof, $45.99
63: Leopold Brothers 8 Year Bourbon, 110 Proof, $64.99
64: Bardstown Bourbon Rye Amrut Finished Bourbon, 110 proof, $159.99
65: Old Stubborn Potstill Wheated Bourbon Batch 1, 123.8 Proof, $250
66: Union Horse Bourbon Kansas Straight Bourbon Bottled in Bond, 100 Proof, $62
67: Makers Mark Cellar Aged, 115.7 Proof, $229.99
68: Crater Lakes Reserve Straight Oregon Rye, 96 Proof, $45
69: Bywater 4 Grain Louisiana Bourbon, 93 Proof, $48.99
70: Nashville 8-Year Straight Rye Cask Strength, 112.96, $90
71: Woodford Reserve, 90 Proof, $40
72: New Riff Winter Whiskey Bottled in Bond (Malted Oat and Chocolate Malt), 100 proof, $74.99
73: Middle West Straight Wheat Whiskey Batch 1, 125.1 Proof, $49.99
74: Lythgoe 9 Year 4 Grain Kentucky Straight Bourbon Founders Collection, 94 Proof, $89.99
75: Woodinville Founders Find from Bourbon Mash 12 Years, 107 Proof, $129.99
76: Cock of the Walk Proprietors Reserve Lot 3, 112.1 Proof, $150.99
77: Forbidden Bourbon Batch 3, 96 Proof, $134.99
78: Old Pepper Bottled in Bond Rye, 100 Proof, $50
79: Smooth Ambler Contradiction Rye Batch No. 56, 105 Proof, $36
80: Parkers Heritage Malt Cognac Finished Whiskey 14 Years Old, 107 Proof, $170
81: Michter’s Cask Strength Rye, 110.4 Proof, $90
82: Copper Fox Pot Distilled Chestnut American Whiskey, 96 Proof, $65
83: Old Elk Wheated Bourbon 8 Years, 100 Proof, $96
84: Smoke Wagon Small Batch, 100 Proof, $40
85: Penelope Bourbon 4 Grain Blend Batch 19, 114 proof, $64.99
86: James E Pepper Straight Bourbon Decanter, 105.4 Proof, $52.99
87: Preservation Pot Distilled Wheated Bourbon (Cask Strength and Unfiltered), 100 Proof, $149.99
88: Hooten Young Rye, 93 Proof, $64.99
89: High West Bottled In Bond Rye, 100 Proof, $79.99
90: Whiskey Acres 7 Year Illinois Straight Bourbon, 107 Proof, $72.99
91: Boulder Straight Bourbon Cask Strength, 128.4 Proof, $85
92: Garrison Brothers 2024 Laguna Madre, 101 Proof, $399.99
93: Savage + Cooke American Whiskey Finished in Zinfandel Barrels, 113 Proof, $44.99
94: Lawrenceburg 10 Year Rye Whiskey Batch 1 (recently renamed distillery to Larrikin Bourbon Company), 122.3 Proof, $99.99
95: 291 Colorado Whiskey Rye Finished Aspen Wood Staves, 101.7 Proof, $75
96: Green River Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 117.3 Proof, $49.99
97: Lasso Motel Cognac Finish Bourbon, 100 Proof, $74.99
98: Kings County Bottled in Bond New York Bourbon, 100 Proof, $134.99
99: Rabbit Hole Boxergrail 8 Year Cask Strength Rye, 103.8 Proof, $300
100: Pacific Coast Spirits 6 Year California Wheated Bourbon, 114 Proof, $90
101: Michter’s Toasted Barrel Finish, 91.4 Proof, $200
102: Pursuit United Double Oaked Rye, 108 proof, $69.99
103: Woodinville Bourbon 8-Year, 100 Proof, $134.99
104: Liberty Pole Peated Rye Batch 6, 111.4 Proof, $64
105: Ben Holladay Rickhouse Proof 6 Year Old Bourbon, 120.1 Proof, $66.99