List of whisky brands

This is a list of whisky brands arranged by country of origin and style. Whisky (or whiskey)^[1] is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and corn. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, made generally of charred white oak.

American whiskey[edit]

A selection of Bourbons and Tennessee whiskeys offered at a liquor store in Decatur, Georgia

Thirteen large distilleries owned by eight companies produce over 99% of the whiskey made in the U.S.^[2]

Beam Suntory's Booker Noe Distillery (Boston, Kentucky), Jim Beam Distillery (Clermont, Kentucky), and Maker's Mark Distillery (Loretto, Kentucky)
Brown–Forman's Brown–Forman Distillery (Shively, Kentucky), Jack Daniel Distillery (Lynchburg, Tennessee), and Woodford Reserve Distillery (Versailles, Kentucky)
Campari's Wild Turkey Distillery (Lawrenceburg, Kentucky)
Diageo's George Dickel Distillery (Tullahoma, Tennessee)
Heaven Hill's Bernheim Distillery (Louisville, Kentucky)
Kirin's Four Roses Distillery (Lawrenceburg, Kentucky)
MGP Ingredients' Ross & Squib Distillery (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)
Sazerac's Barton 1792 Distillery (Bardstown, Kentucky) and Buffalo Trace Distillery (Frankfort, Kentucky)

Of the thirteen, ten are in Kentucky, two are in Tennessee, and one is in Indiana. The three states are grouped together in the east-central mainland region of the United States.

Bourbon[edit]

Kentucky bourbon[edit]

The production line at the Maker's Mark distillery

Brands are listed alphabetically by brand ownership and the name and location of the distillery. The brand owner is included if different.

Alltech brands:
- Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company, Lexington, Kentucky
  - Town Branch
Beam Suntory brands:
- Jim Beam distillery Booker Noe plant, Boston, Kentucky
  - Jim Beam (also made at Jim Beam Distillery)
- Jim Beam Distillery, Clermont:
  - Basil Hayden's (small batch)
  - Booker's (small batch)
  - Baker's (small batch)
  - Jim Beam (also made at Jim Beam distillery Booker Noe plant)
  - Knob Creek (small batch)
  - Old Crow
  - Old Grand-Dad
  - Red Stag by Jim Beam
- Maker's Mark Distillery, Loretto
  - Maker's Mark (small batch, wheated)
Brown–Forman brands:
- Brown–Forman Distillery, Shively:
  - Early Times
  - Old Forester
- Woodford Reserve Distillery, Versailles
  - Woodford Reserve (small batch)
Campari Group brands:
- Wild Turkey Distillery, Lawrenceburg:
  - Russell's Reserve
  - Wild Turkey
Diageo brands:
- Bulleit Distillery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky.
  - Bulleit Bourbon
Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. brands:
- Heaven Hill Distillery, Louisville:
  A bottle of Heaven Hill Bourbon
  - Cabin Still
  - Elijah Craig (small batch and 18-year single barrel)
  - Evan Williams
  - Fighting Cock
  - Heaven Hill
  - J.T.S. Brown
  - Old Fitzgerald (wheated)
  - Old Heaven Hill
Kirin brands:
- Four Roses Distillery, Lawrenceburg
  - Four Roses
MGP Ingredients brands:
- Heaven Hill Distillery, Louisville:
  - Ezra Brooks
  - Old Ezra 101
  - Rebel Yell (wheated)
  - Yellowstone
Pernod Ricard brands:
- Distillery unidentified:
  - Jefferson's Bourbon
Sazerac brands (and brands produced exclusively by Sazerac):
- Barton 1792 Distillery, Bardstown:
- Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort:
  - Ancient Age
  - Blanton's (single barrel) (owned by Age International, a subsidiary of Takara Holdings)^[3]
  - Buffalo Trace
  - Eagle Rare (single barrel)
  - George T. Stagg (barrel proof, uncut, unfiltered)
  - Hancock's President's Reserve (single barrel)
  - McAfee's Benchmark
  - Old Charter
  - Old Rip Van Winkle (an Old Rip Van Winkle / Sazerac joint venture^[4] brand, wheated)
  - Old Taylor (Clermont)

Pappy Van Winkle (an Old Rip Van Winkle / Sazerac joint venture^[4] brand, wheated)
Rock Hill Farms Single-Barrel (single barrel)
W. L. Weller (wheated)

Willett Distillery brands:
- Willett Distillery-owned brands:
  - Johnny Drum, Bardstown
  - Kentucky Vintage (small batch)
  - Noah's Mill (small batch)
  - Rowan's Creek (small batch)
  - Vintage Bourbon
  - Willett Pot Still Reserve (single barrel)
- Brands exclusively bottled by Willett Distillery (brand owners noted):
  - Old Pogue (a Pogue brand) (small batch)
Other brands:
- Kentucky Owl – SPI Group (currently distilled in Harrodsburg;^[5] production to move to Bardstown in 2020^[6])

Other bourbon[edit]

Virginia Gentleman – A. Smith Bowman Distillery, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Cougar Bourbon – MGP Ingredients, Lawrenceburg, Indiana (a Foster's Group brand, export only, sold in Australia and New Zealand)
George Remus Bourbon – MGP Ingredients, Lawrenceburg, Indiana
Kings County Bourbon, Brooklyn, New York
Bridge & Main - Cleveland Whiskey, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Black Reserve Bourbon - Cleveland Whiskey, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Underground Bourbon Whiskey Finished with Black Cherry Wood - Cleveland Whiskey, Cleveland, Ohio
Wheat Penny 1958 Bourbon - Cleveland Whiskey, Cleveland, Ohio

Tennessee whiskey[edit]

Jack Daniel's (a Brown–Forman brand), Lynchburg
George Dickel (a Diageo brand), Tullahoma
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, Shelbyville
Benjamin Prichard's Tennessee Whiskey, Kelso
Chattanooga Whiskey, Chattanooga (not yet producing Tennessee whiskey)

Corn whiskey[edit]

Georgia Moon Corn Whiskey, Heaven Hill Distilleries, Louisville, Kentucky
Kings County Distillery Corn Whiskey, Kings County Distillery, Brooklyn, New York
Mellow Corn Kentucky Straight Corn Whiskey, Heaven Hill Distilleries, Louisville, Kentucky
Midnight Moon, Piedmont Distillers, Madison, North Carolina
Ole Smoky, Ole Smoky Distillery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Platte Valley 100% Straight Corn Whiskey, McCormick Distilling Company, Weston, Missouri
The Gonzales Corn Whiskey, Clifford Distilling LLC, Port Arthur, Texas

Australian whisky[edit]

Australia produces a number of single malt whiskies. Tasmanian whiskies in particular were the first to receive global attention. Australian whiskies are winning an increasing number of global whisky awards and medals, including for example in the World Whiskies Awards and Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 'Liquid Gold Awards'.^[8]^[9] Mainland Australian whiskies are also obtaining global recognition, in particular a West Australian whisky.^[10]^[11]

Australian whisky distilleries include:^[12]^[13]

Archie Rose Distilling Co., Sydney
Hellyers Road Distillery, Tasmania
Hoochery Distillery, (Raymond B Desert III Corn Whiskey), Kununurra, Western Australia
Lark Distillery, Tasmania
Timboon Railway Shed Distillery, Timboon, Victoria

Canadian whisky[edit]

Beam Suntory brands
- Alberta Premium
- Canadian Club
Brown-Forman brands
- Canadian Mist – Canadian Mist Distillery, Collingwood, Ontario
Diageo brands:
- Crown Royal
Forty Creek, Ontario (a part of Gruppo Campari)
- Forty Creek
Glenora Distillers, Glenville, Nova Scotia (independent)
- Glen Breton Rare
Heaven Hill Black Velvet distillery, Lethbridge, Alberta
- Black Velvet
Hood River Distillers
- Pendleton Whisky
Pemberton Distillery (independent)
Pernod Ricard brands via Corby Distilleries, produced at the Hiram Walker Distillery, Windsor, Ontario
- Wiser's
Sazerac Company brands
- Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
- Northern Light
William Grant & Sons, Windsor, Ontario
- Gibson's Finest

English whisky[edit]

Finnish whisky[edit]

French whisky[edit]

Glann ar Mor

German whisky[edit]

Indian whisky[edit]

Indian single malts[edit]

Irish whiskey[edit]

Irish single malts[edit]

Single pot still whiskeys[edit]

Comber (defunct)
Dingle Single Pot Still
Dunville's Three Crowns (defunct)
Dunville's VR (defunct)
Green Spot
Midleton Barry Crockett Legacy Single Pot Still
Powers
Redbreast
Teeling Single Pot Still

Blended Irish whiskeys[edit]

Single grain Irish whiskeys[edit]

Japanese whisky[edit]

Scotch whisky[edit]

Single malt scotch[edit]

Campbeltown single malts[edit]

Highland single malts[edit]

Island single malts[edit]

Islay single malts[edit]

Lowland single malts[edit]

Speyside single malts[edit]

Grain Scotch whisky[edit]

Blended Malt Scotch whisky[edit]

Monkey Shoulder

Blended Scotch whisky[edit]

Independent bottlers of Scotch whisky[edit]

Overseas bottlers of Scotch whisky[edit]

100 Pipers (bottled in India)
Black Dog (bottled in India)

South African whisky[edit]

Three Ships Whisky

Spanish whisky[edit]

Whisky DYC

Welsh whisky[edit]

Penderyn

Other whiskies[edit]

References[edit]

^ Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition: "In modern trade usage, Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey are thus distinguished in spelling; whisky is the usual spelling in Britain and whiskey that in the U.S."
^ Albala, Ken, ed. (2015). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781506317304.
^ "Takara Shuzo Group Companies". Takara Shuzo International Co. Ltd. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Old Rip Van Winkle Archived 2011-01-15 at the Wayback Machine, Joint venture description on company web site. (Accessed January 2011)
^ Crumbie, Trey (January 26, 2017). "'Super-premium' Kentucky Owl bourbon bought, to be available nationally". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
^ Patton, Janet (January 26, 2017). "New lakeside bourbon complex will cost $150 million. See what it will include". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
^ "George Washington's Mount Vernon Distillery & Gristmill". Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ Colquhoun, Steve (21 March 2014). "Tassie whisky named world's best single malt". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ Distillery, Tasmania (21 March 2014). "Tasmania Distillery's Sullivans Cove takes world whisky title for single malt". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ Brammer, Jenna (6 April 2017). "WA Drop named 'Best International Whisky in the World'". West Australian Newspaper. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
^ Adsti, Saskia (2 November 2017). "Peat the Secret to Winning Drop". West Australian Newspaper. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
^ "Australian whisky distilleries". Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ "Closed Australian whisky distilleries". Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ Malt Whisky Yearbook 2014

External links[edit]

[1] Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition: "In modern trade usage, Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey are thus distinguished in spelling; whisky is the usual spelling in Britain and whiskey that in the U.S."

[2] Albala, Ken, ed. (2015). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781506317304.

[3] "Takara Shuzo Group Companies". Takara Shuzo International Co. Ltd. Retrieved January 5, 2020.

[ORVPJV-4] Old Rip Van Winkle Archived 2011-01-15 at the Wayback Machine, Joint venture description on company web site. (Accessed January 2011)

[5] Crumbie, Trey (January 26, 2017). "'Super-premium' Kentucky Owl bourbon bought, to be available nationally". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. Retrieved December 4, 2017.

[6] Patton, Janet (January 26, 2017). "New lakeside bourbon complex will cost $150 million. See what it will include". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. Retrieved December 4, 2017.

[7] "George Washington's Mount Vernon Distillery & Gristmill". Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

[8] Colquhoun, Steve (21 March 2014). "Tassie whisky named world's best single malt". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

[9] Distillery, Tasmania (21 March 2014). "Tasmania Distillery's Sullivans Cove takes world whisky title for single malt". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

[10] Brammer, Jenna (6 April 2017). "WA Drop named 'Best International Whisky in the World'". West Australian Newspaper. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

[11] Adsti, Saskia (2 November 2017). "Peat the Secret to Winning Drop". West Australian Newspaper. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

[12] "Australian whisky distilleries". Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

[13] "Closed Australian whisky distilleries". Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

[14] Malt Whisky Yearbook 2014

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