The Best 20 Whiskies from USA
Whisky or Whiskey? Who cares!? But 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 find whisky recommendations list for a community-built list of best whiskies. Help us improve it even more by recommending your favorite whiskeys.
Without more delays, here is the list of the best Drinks available right now. You may want to see this list with all-time best whiskeys.
The Best 20 whiskies from USA
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Buffalo Trace
Usa Bourbon
“I really love Buffalo Trace. A good bourbon for an excellent price range and with notes that remind me of the much more expensive George T Stagg. Simply well made bourbon”
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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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80
Jim Beam Devils Cut
Usa Single Malt Whisky
“Wooha! Powerful bourbon with a really woody character. It looks so much older than standard Jim Beam”
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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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Maker's Mark Red seal
Usa Bourbon
“Tastes more like a rye whiskey than like a bourbon. Very floral.”
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78
Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Usa Bourbon
“Nice bourbon. Nothing spectacular but does its job really well.”
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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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Jim Beam Honey
Usa Single Malt Whisky
“This is definitively so more superior than Jack Daniels beverage... but still... there is so little Jim Beam whiskey character here”
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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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Jack Daniel's Tennesse Whiskey
Usa Irish Whiskey
“Not as bad as I remember. Blind tasting it I would have said that it was a fair bourbon with a weak nose.”
Buy on The Drink Shop for £26.09
Buy on The Whisky Exchange for £43.55
Buy on Drink Supermarket for £40.49
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