Now, before the pours go into the finals (sweeps), they’re tasted again by yet another double-blind panel. The higher the points, the better chance the pour has of winning the whole show. When they do this, they assign the pour a ranking from 94 to 99 points. Once the “double gold” medal was confirmed, the panel then decided whether or not to send the bourbon pour to “sweeps” which is just the finals. To get a “double gold” medal, the pour had to unanimously and anonymously receive a “gold medal” from every judge on the panel. You get it.Īs a head judge at this year’s competition, let me lay out why these are the best of the best. Instead, I’m listing the double gold bourbons that were ranked so highly that they went to the finals to jostle for “best overall bourbon” and “best overall whiskey.” I’m not listing every gold or double gold winner this time. Below, I’m going to call out the best of the best. The New York World Spirits Competition just released their list of winners and there are some seriously amazing bourbons this go ’round.
That’s where spirits competition results come in very handy. While you can spend thousands figuring it all out on your own with hit-and-miss purchases, doing a little research is the way to go to avoid all those mid and shit bourbons. But let’s not fool ourselves, there’s also a lot of very mid to not great bourbon on those same shelves. There’s a ton of great bourbon on the shelf.
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