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Whiskey	Brand Family	Type	Proof	Rating
1792 Small Batch (formerly Ridgemont Reserve)	Barton	Bourbon	93.7	86
1792 Single Barrel	Barton	Bourbon	93.7	88
1792 Full Proof	Barton	Bourbon	125	91
1792 Full Proof Single Barrel (Kroger)	Barton	Bourbon	125	89
1792 Full Proof Single Barrel (The Bourbon Society)	Barton	Bourbon	125	94
1792 Sweet Wheat	Barton	Bourbon	91	89
A Midwinter Nights Dram Act 2.9 Scene 710	High West	Rye	98.6	90
American Prairie	High West	Bourbon	92	88
Ancient Age 80	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	80	75
Ancient Age 90	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	90	79
Ardbeg 10 Year	Ardbeg	Scotch	92	85.5
Ardbeg Corryvreckan	Ardbeg	Scotch	114.2	91
Ardbeg Dark Cove	Ardbeg	Scotch	93	86
Ardbeg Kelpie	Ardbeg	Scotch	92	91
Ancient Ancient Age 10 Star	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	90	80
Ardbeg Uigeadail	Ardbeg	Scotch	108.4	92
Baker's	Jim Beam	Bourbon	107	86
Barterhouse	Diageo/New Bernheim	Bourbon	90.5	85
Basil Hayden's	Jim Beam	Bourbon	80	82
Bernheim Wheat Whiskey (private barrel selection)	Heaven Hill	Wheat Whiskey	90	83
Bernheim Wheat Whiskey Liquor Barn Private Selection	Heaven Hill	Wheat Whiskey	90	88
Bernheim Wheat Whiskey Small Batch (Comparison Review)	Heaven Hill	Wheat Whiskey	90	87
Black Ridge	Barton	Bourbon	90	85
Blade & Bow	Diageo	Bourbon	90	88
Blade & Bow 22 Year	Diageo	Bourbon	90	90
Blanton's	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	93	89
Blanton's Straight from the Barrel - #Barrel 928	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	130.9	90
Booker's	Jim Beam	Bourbon	127	90
Booker's Rye	Jim Beam	Rye	136.1	94
Buffalo Trace	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	90	88
Bulleit 10 Year Bourbon	Diageo	Bourbon	91.2	88
Bulleit Barrel Strength Bourbon	Bourbon	Bourbon	119	89
Bulleit Bourbon	Diageo	Bourbon	90	86
Bulleit Rye	Diageo	Rye	90	87
Climax Moonshine	Climax	White Dog	90	NR
Col. E. H. Taylor, Jr. Single Barrel	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	100	88
Col. E. H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	100	88
Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. Barrel Proof (2014)	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	129	92
Coopers' Craft	Brown-Forman	Bourbon	82.2	84
Double Rye!	High West	Rye	92	90
Eagle Rare (2014 Label/Batched)	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	90	84
Eagle Rare (Pre 2014 Label, Single Barrel)	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	90	89
Early Times Bottled in Bond Bourbon	Brown-Forman	Bourbon	100	87
Egan's 10 Year Single Malt	P&H Egan	Irish Whiskey	94	87
Egan's Vintage Grain Irish Whiskey	P&H Egan	Irish Whiskey	92	86
Eighteen 33	Boone County Distilling	Bourbon	90.8	86
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch B514 134.8°	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	134.6	91
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch B516 139.4°	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	139.4	88
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch B517 124.2°	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	124.2	92
Elijah Craig Barrel Select 125	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	125	82
Elijah Craig Small Batch (12 Year)	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	94	89
Elmer T. Lee	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	90	89
Evan Williams (Black Label)	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	86	82
Evan Williams Barrel Proof	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	125	91
Evan Williams Master Distillers Select	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	90	88
Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage 2003	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	86	88
Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage 2004 (Society selection)	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	86	89
Evan Williams Bottled in Bond (White Label)	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	100	86
Ezra B Single Barrel 12 Year	Luxco	Bourbon	99	88
Ezra Brooks Straight Rye	Luxco	Bourbon	90	81
Flatboat	Barton	Bourbon	90	87
Forged Oak	Diageo/New Bernheim	Bourbon	90.5	89
Four Roses LE Small Batch 125th Anniversary (2013)	Four Roses	Bourbon	136.1	96
Four Roses LE Small Batch (2014)	Four Roses	Bourbon	103.2	92
Four Roses LE Small Batch (2016)	Four Roses	Bourbon	111.2	93
Four Roses Limited Edition Single Barrel (2014), OESF	Four Roses	Bourbon	113	95
Four Roses Single Barrel	Four Roses	Bourbon	100	88
Four Roses Single Barrel Private Selection Barrel Strength OBSV (Whiskey Women/Liquor Barn)	Four Roses	Bourbon	110.4	89
Four Roses Single Barrel Private Selection Barrel Strength OESF (Liquor Barn)	Four Roses	Bourbon	110.4	94
Four Roses Single Barrel Private Selection OESQ (Liquor Barn)	Four Roses	Bourbon	118	89
Four Roses Small Batch	Four Roses	Bourbon	90	87
Garrison Brothers Bourbon (Fall 2013 Vintage)	Garrison Brothers	Bourbon	94	83
George Dickel 17 Year Tennessee Whiskey	George Dickel	Tennessee Whiskey	87	77
George Remus Bourbon	MGP	Bourbon	88	88
George T. Stagg, 2009 Bottling	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	141.4	95
Hancock's President's Reserve	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	88.9	87
Hartfield & Co. -The Gentleman Whiskey	Hartfield & Co.	Whiskey	100	NR
Heaven Hill 6 Year Bottled in Bond (comparison)	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	100	86
Heaven Hill Select Stock 2016 (126.4°)	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	126.4	91
Henry McKenna Single Barrel Private Selection (Liquor Barn)	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	100	88
I.W. Harper 15 year Bourbon	Diageo	Bourbon	86	91
I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon (4 years)	Diageo	Bourbon	82	84
Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof	Brown-Forman	Tennessee Whiskey	132.3	90
James E. Pepper 1776 Barrel Proof Rye	James E. Pepper (MGP)	Rye	114.6	87
Jefferson's Chef's Collaboration	Jefferson	Bourye	90	84
Jefferson's Ocean Voyage 3	Jefferson	Bourbon	90	89
Jefferson's Presidential Select 25 Year	Jefferson	Bourbon	90.4	84
Jim Beam Double Oak	Jim Beam	Bourbon	86	88
Jim Beam Harvest Collection Soft Red Wheat	Jim Beam	Bourbon	90	84
J.W. Dant Bottled-in-Bond	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	100	79
Kentucky Tavern Bottled-in-Bond	Barton	Bourbon	100	85
Kentucky Vintage	KBD/Willett	Bourbon	90	78
Knob Creek	Jim Beam	Bourbon	100	86
Knob Creek 2001	Jim Beam	Bourbon	100	91
Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve	Jim Beam	Bourbon	120	90
Lagavulin 8 Year Scotch	Lagavulin	Scotch	96	88.5
Lagavulin 12 Year Scotch	Lagavulin	Scotch	115.4	87.5
Lagavulin 16 Year Scotch	Lagavulin	Scotch	86	91.5
Lagavulin Distillers Edition (2015)	Lagavulin	Scotch	86	92
Larceny	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	92	86
Lost Prophet	Diageo/GTS-Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	90.5	90
Maker's 46	Maker's Mark	Bourbon	94	87
Maker's Mark	Maker's Mark	Bourbon	90	86
Maker's Mark Cask Strength	Maker's Mark	Bourbon	113.2	90
Maker's Mark Private Select Liquor Barn #1	Maker's Mark	Bourbon	110.1	93
Maker's Mark Private Select Liquor Barn #2	Maker's Mark	Bourbon	110	92
Masterson's Rye Whiskey	35 Maple	Rye	90	82
McAffee's Benchmark Old. No. 8	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	80	75
Michter's Small Batch US*1	Michter's	Bourbon	91.4	87
Michter’s Toasted Barrel Bourbon (2016)	Michter's	Bourbon	91.4	86
Minor Case Rye Whiskey (2017)	Limestone Branch	Rye	90	87
Noah's Mill	KBD/Willett	Bourbon	114.4	89
O.K.I. 10 Year Sherry/Brandy Finished Bourbon	New Riff	Bourbon	108	93
Old Bardstown Bottled-in-Bond	Willett	Bourbon	100	79
Old Crow	Jim Beam	Bourbon	80	72
Old Ezra	Luxco	Bourbon	101	87
Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	100	83
Old Forester 1870 Original Batch	Brown-Forman	Bourbon	90	92
Old Forester 1897 Bottled-in-Bond	Brown-Forman	Bourbon	100	90
Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon	Brown-Forman	Bourbon	115	91
Old Forester 86	Brown-Forman	Bourbon	86	82
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2014	Brown-Forman	Bourbon	97	90
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2016	Brown-Forman	Bourbon	97	90
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2017	Brown-Forman	Bourbon	96	92
Old Forester Signature	Brown-Forman	Bourbon	100	88
Old Forester Single Barrel- The Bourbon Society selection	Brown-Forman	Bourbon	90	87
Old Grand Dad BiB 100 (#BBBR)	Jim Beam	Bourbon	100	76
Old Grand-Dad 114	Jim Beam	Bourbon	114	86
Old Taylor	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	80	69
Old Tub	Jim Beam	Bourbon	100	84
Old Weller Antique (Liquor Barn)	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	107	85
Parker's Heritage 7th edition, Promise of Hope (2013)	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	96	93
Parker's Heritage Collection 8th Edition Wheat Whiskey (2014)	Heaven Hill	Wheat Whiskey	127.4	95
Parker's Heritage Collection 9th Edition Malt Whiskey (2015)	Heaven Hill	Malt Whiskey	108	88
Parker's Heritage Collection 11th Edition (2017)	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	122	92
Pikesville Rye Whiskey	Heaven Hill	Rye	110	92
Rabbit Hole Bourbon	Rabbit Hole Distilling	Bourbon	95	85
Rabbit Hole Rye	Rabbit Hole Distilling	Rye	95	86
Rebel Yell Single Barrel 10 Year (2016)	Luxco	Bourbon	100	90
Rebel Yell Single Barrel 10 Year (2017)	Luxco	Bourbon	100	92
Rhetoric 23 Year	Diageo/New Bernheim	Bourbon	90.6	87
Rittenhouse Rye Bottled-in-Bond	Heaven Hill	Rye	100	91
Rock Hill Farms Single Barrel	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	100	90
Rowan's Creek	KBD/Willett	Bourbon	100.1	86
Sazerac Rye ("Baby Saz")	Buffalo Trace	Rye	90	90
Single Oak Project barrel 77	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	90	85
Single Oak Project Barrel 175	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	90	90
Smooth Ambler 10 Year Bourbon- Old Line Private Barrel	Smooth Ambler	Bourbon	120.6	89
Smooth Ambler Old Scout 7 Year Bourbon	Smooth Ambler	Bourbon	99	87
Smooth Ambler Old Scout 8 Year Bourbon	Smooth Ambler	Bourbon	106.8	86
Smooth Ambler Old Scout 10 Year Bourbon	Smooth Ambler	Bourbon	99	89
Smooth Ambler Old Scout Rye Whiskey	Smooth Ambler	Rye	99	88
Smooth Ambler Old Scout Single Barrel Cask Strength Bourbon	Smooth Ambler	Bourbon	119.8	88
Smooth Ambler Old Scout Single Barrel Cask Strength Rye Whiskey	Smooth Ambler	Rye	124.42	92
Stagg Jr. (2014)	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	134.8	94
Tap 357	Tap Spirits	Flavored Rye	80	NR
The Gifted horse	Diageo	Whiskey	115	82
The Quiet Man 8 Year Single Malt	Luxco/Niche Spirits	Irish Whiskey	80	86
The Quiet Man Traditional Blend	Luxco/Niche Spirits	Irish Whiskey	80	83
Very Old Barton Bottled in Bond	Barton	Bourbon	100	83
Very Special Old Fitzgerald 12 year	Heaven Hill	Bourbon	90	88
Virginia Gentleman Small Batch	Smith Bowman	Bourbon	90	75
W.L. Weller Special Reserve (Liquor Barn)	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	90	80
Watershed Bourbon	Watershed Distillery	Bourbon	94	85
Wathan's Single Barrel Bourbon	Charles Medley	Bourbon	94	84
Whoop & Holler	Diageo	Tennessee Whiskey	84	84
Wild Turkey 101	Wild Turkey	Bourbon	101	88
Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit - Bourbon Society Selection	Wild Turkey	Bourbon	101	90
Wild Turkey Rare Breed 112.8°	Wild Turkey	Bourbon	112.8	86
Wild Turkey Russell's Reserve 6 Year Rye	Wild Turkey	Rye	90	82
Wild Turkey Russell's Reserve Single Barrel Private Selection Bourbon (Westport Whiskey & Wine)	Wild Turkey	Bourbon	110	89
Wild Turkey Russell's Reserve Single Barrel Rye - LB Series 1	Wild Turkey	Rye	104	91
Willett Family Estate 4 Year Rye	KBD/Willett	Rye	110	90
Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 8 Year (Liquor Barn)	KBD/Willett	Bourbon	119.6	88
Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 10 Year Bourbon (Westport Whiskey & Wine)	KBD/Willett	Bourbon	126.2	93
Willett Pot Still Reserve	KBD/Willett	Bourbon	94	87
Willett XCF Version 1.0	KBD/Willett	Rye	103.4	84
William Larue Weller (2013)	Buffalo Trace	Bourbon	110	94
Winchester Extra Smooth Bourbon	TerrePURE	Bourbon	90	55
Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked	Woodford Reserve	Bourbon	90.4	89
Woodford Reserve Sweet Mash Redux	Woodford Reserve	Bourbon	90.4	78
Yellowstone Limited Edition (2016)	Limestone Branch	Bourbon	101	89
Yellowstone Select (2016)	Limestone Branch	Bourbon	93	89

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