The 20 Best Whiskies from USA
What does define a great whisky? Why some whiskies stand over the rest? What makes a dram the best?
So hard questions... but let me make some ideas clear: older doesn't mean better and more expensive usually doesn't mean better neither. So, this list of delightful bottled pleasures is crafted by using the rating I have assigned to each of them when I have tasted them.
I, over all, love young peated whiskies, mid-age sherried monsters, old bourbon casks whiskies and very old grain whiskies. So, don't get surprised if the list shows this personal preference. You can check Recommended list for a community-built list of best drams.
Without more delays, here is the list of the best drams available right now. You may want to see this list with all-time best whiskies.
20 Best whiskies from USA
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Eagle Rare Single Barrel
Usa Bourbon
“Good bourbon. One of the best noses I remember on Bourbons of this price range. I can't recommend you this enough.”
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Balcones Baby Blue Corn Whisky Corn Whiskey
Usa Irish Whiskey
“Quite interesting. It has a very cereal nose with a taste that reminds me of a sweet rye whisky. As I said, quite interesting whiskey”
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Jack Daniel's Single Barrel
Usa Bourbon
“Without being a great bourbon, this whiskey is by far the best option in the Jack Daniel's range”
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85
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Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Usa Bourbon
“Nice bourbon. Nothing spectacular but does its job really well.”
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84
Maker's Mark Red seal
Usa Bourbon
“Tastes more like a rye whiskey than like a bourbon. Very floral.”
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Woodford Reserve Kentucky Bourbon
Usa Bourbon
“More fruity that the rest of bourbon I have had, this Woodford Reserve has a style more similar to rye whiskies.”
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83
Balcones Brimstone
Usa Single Malt Whisky
“I love peated drams. I have had tears of joy drinking Octomore. Brimstone is different, it is smoked not peated. So vile and foul that I couldn't but to buy a bottle”
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Buy on The Drink Shop for £41.83
Buy on The Whisky Exchange for £123.00
Buy on Master of Malt for £36.09
Buy on Abbey Whisky for £54.25
Buy on Whisky Online for £24.99
Buy on Hard to Find Whisky for £41.95
Buy on Drink Supermarket for £42.49
Master of Malt
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