List of whisky brands

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

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[]

Main article: American whiskey

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' MGP Indiana (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[]

Main article: Bourbon whiskey

Kentucky bourbon[]

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.

A bottle of Heaven Hill "Black" Bourbon
  • Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. brands:
    • Heaven Hill Distillery, Louisville:
      • 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
  • Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (KBD) brands:
  • Luxco brands:
    • Heaven Hill Distillery, Louisville:
      • Ezra Brooks
      • Old Ezra 101
      • Rebel Yell (wheated)
      • Yellowstone
  • Castle brands:
  • Sazerac brands (and brands produced exclusively by Sazerac):
Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve bourbon whiskey
  • 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)
  • Wild Turkey brands:
  • Other brands:
    • Bulleit Bourbon (a Diageo brand produced under contract by Kirin at the Four Roses Distillery in Lawrenceburg)
    • Four Roses – Four Roses Distillery (a Kirin brand, Lawrenceburg)
    • I. W. Harper – (a Diageo brand)[5]
    • Kentucky Owl – SPI Group (currently distilled in Harrodsburg;[6] production to move to Bardstown in 2020[7])

Tennessee whiskey[]

Main article: Tennessee whiskey

Other bourbon[]

Corn whiskey[]

Main article: Corn whiskey
  • 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

Rye whiskey[]

A bottle of American Old Overholt rye whiskey
Main article: Rye whiskey
  • Beam Suntory brands:
    • Alberta Rye Whiskey Dark Batch[8]
    • Jim Beam Rye
    • Knob Creek Rye
    • Old Overholt
    • (ri)1
  • Heaven Hill brands:
    • Pikesville Supreme
    • Rittenhouse Straight Rye
    • Trybox Series, New Make Rye
  • High West Distillery brands:
  • Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (KBD) brands (and brands exclusively bottled by KBD):
    • Black Maple Hill Rye
  • Black Button Empire Rye
    • Classic Cask Kentucky Rye
    • Michter's Rye Whiskey
    • Red Hook
    • Willett Family Reserve (single barrel)
  • Sazerac brands (and brands produced exclusively by Sazerac):
    • Tom Moore Distillery:
      • Fleischmann's Rye
    • Buffalo Trace Distillery:
      • Sazerac
      • Thomas H. Handy
      • Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye
  • Wild Turkey Distillery (also called Austin, Nichols Distillery):
    • Wild Turkey Rye
  • Other brands
    • MGP Indiana distillery:
      • Bulleit Rye (a Diageo brand)
      • Dickel Rye (a Diageo brand)
      • High West ryes
      • Templeton Rye
  • Independent
    • – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    • Copper Fox Rye
    • – Bristol, Pennsylvania
    • Elias Staley Rye Whiskey, New Carlisle, Ohio
    • George Washington's Rye Whiskey, Mount Vernon, Virginia[9]
    • – New England Distilling, Portland, Maine
    • – unknown distillery
    • – Tuthilltown Spirits, Gardiner, New York
    • – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Leopold Bro's Maryland-style Rye -Denver, Colorado
    • Old Potrero (Anchor Distillery)
    • OYO Rye Whiskey, Middle West Spirits, Columbus, Ohio
    • Town Branch Rye – Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company, Lexington, Kentucky
    • - , San Antonio, Texas
    • RoughStock 100% Rye (), Bozeman, Montana
    • Roundstone Rye – Catoctin Creek
    • Sagamore Spirit Rye American Whiskey – Baltimore, Maryland
    • , Vermont
    • – Indio Spirits Distillery – Portland, Oregon
    • – Pacific Northwest Whiskey, Indio Spirits Distillery – Portland, Oregon
    • – Stoll & Wolfe Distillery – Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
    • Wigle Whiskey Pennsylvania Rye, Deep Cut Rye, and Straight Rye – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • - Bozeman Spirits Distillery, Montana

Malt whiskey[]

  • Defiant (Blue Ridge Distilling Co., Inc.)
  • Hamilton Distillers, Tucson, Arizona
    • Whiskey Del Bac
  • Hordeum Straight Malt Whiskey
  • McCarthy's, Mt. Hood, Oregon
  • New Holland Brewing, Holland, Michigan
    • Double Down Barley
    • Zeppelin Bend
  • American Single Malt Whiskey (Peach Street Distillers), Palisade, Colorado
  • Pearse Lyons Reserve (Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company), Lexington, Kentucky
  • , Bozeman, Montana
    • RoughStock Black Label Montana Whiskey
  • St. George Single Malt, Alameda, California
  • Stranahan's, Denver, Colorado
  • Swift Single Malt, Dripping Springs, Texas
  • Wasmunds (Copper Fox Distillery), Sperryville, Virginia
  • , Seattle, WA

Wheat whiskey[]

  • , Brooklyn, New York
  • Bernheim Original – Heaven Hill Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Cedar Ridge Wheat Whiskey, Cedar Ridge Distillery, Swisher, Iowa
  • , Dry Fly Distilling, Spokane, Washington
  • OYO Wheat Whiskey, Middle West Spirits, Columbus, Ohio
  • RoughStock Spring Wheat Whiskey (), Bozeman, Montana
  • TOPO Organic Distillery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • - Bozeman Spirits Distillery, Montana

Blended whiskey[]

Australian whisky[]

Main article: Australian whisky

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'.[10][11] Mainland Australian whiskies are also obtaining global recognition, in particular a West Australian whisky.[12][13]

Australian whisky distilleries include:[14][15]

  • Archie Rose Distilling Co., Sydney
  • , Victoria
  • , Tasmania
  • , (closed 1989)
  • (Cradle Mountain Malt Whisky), Tasmania
  • Craft Works Distillery, Capertee NSW
  • Hellyers Road Distillery, Tasmania
  • Hoochery Distillery, (Raymond B Desert III Corn Whiskey), Kununurra, Western Australia
  • Lark Distillery, Tasmania
  • Limeburners Single Malt Whisky, , Albany, Western Australia
  • (still in maturation, no whisky released yet), Tasmania
  • Margaret River Distilling Co, (owned by ), Margaret River, Western Australia
  • , Tasmania
  • (Starward Whisky)
  • , Tasmania
  • (Smith's Angaston Whisky).
  • (Cradle Mountain Whisky), Tasmania
  • , Tasmania
  • (Tiger Snake Whiskey and Rye, Owned by Great Southern Distilling Company) Porongurup, Western Australia
  • , (Iniquity Whisky), Adelaide, South Australia
  • (Sullivans Cove Single Malt Whisky), Tasmania
  • Timboon Railway Shed Distillery, Timboon, Victoria
  • , (closed 2016)
  • Wild River Mountain Distillery Queensland
  • , Tasmania

British whisky[]

English whisky[]

Main article: English Whisky
  • The English Whisky Co.
    • 3 year old
  • Lakes Distillery (Setmurthy, Lake District National Park)
    • 3 year old single malt

Scotch whisky[]

Dalwhinnie whisky
Main article: Scotch whisky

Single malt scotch[]

Main article: Single malt Scotch
Campbeltown single malts[]
Main article: Campbeltown single malts
  • Campbeltown
  • Glen Scotia
  • Hazelburn
  • Kilkerran
  • Longrow
  • Springbank
Highland single malts[]
  • Aberfeldy
  • AnCnoc
  • Balblair
  • Ben Nevis
  • Clynelish
  • The Dalmore
  • Dalwhinnie
  • Deanston
  • Edradour
  • Fettercairn
  • Glen Deveron
  • Glen Albyn
  • Glen Garioch
  • Glen Ord
  • Glencadam
  • Glendronach
  • Glengoyne
  • Glenglassaugh
  • Glenmorangie
  • Glenturret
  • Glenugie
  • Glenury Royal
  • Knockdhu
  • Loch Lomond
  • McClelland
  • Millburn
  • North Port
  • Oban
  • Old Pulteney
  • Royal Brackla
  • Royal Lochnagar
  • Tomatin
  • Tullibardine
Island single malts[]
Main article: Island single malts
  • Arran
  • Highland Park
  • Isle of Jura
  • Ledaig
  • Scapa
  • Talisker
  • Tobermory
Islay single malts[]
  • Ardbeg
  • Bowmore
  • Bruichladdich
  • Bunnahabhain
  • Caol Ila
  • Finlaggan
  • Islay Storm
  • Kilchoman
  • Lagavulin
  • Laphroaig
  • Port Askaig
  • Port Charlotte
  • Port Ellen
  • The Ileach
Lowland single malts[]
Main article: Lowland single malts
Speyside single malts[]
Main article: Speyside single malt

Grain Scotch whisky[]

  • Cameron Bridge distillery
  • Girvan
  • Invergordon Grain Distillery
  • North British
  • Starlaw Distillery
  • Strathclyde

Blended Malt Scotch whisky[]

Main article: Blended malt whisky

A blend of two or more Single Malt Scotch Whiskies, with no Grain Whisky.[17]

Blended Scotch whisky[]

Independent bottlers of Scotch whisky[]

Welsh whisky[]

Main article: Welsh whisky
  • Penderyn

Canadian whisky[]

Main article: Canadian whisky
Bottles of Canadian Club Whisky for sale at a liquor store in Iizaka, Fukushima, Japan
  • Beam Suntory brands
    • Alberta Premium
    • Alberta Rye Whiskey Dark Batch[8]
    • Canadian Club
  • Brown-Forman brands
  • , River John, Nova Scotia brands
    • Premium Whisky
    • Hurricane 5 Whisky
  • Diageo brands:
    • Crown Royal
  • Forty Creek, Ontario (a part of Gruppo Campari)
    • Forty Creek
    • Mountain Rock
    • Pure Gold
  • Glenora Distillers, Glenville, Nova Scotia (independent)
    • Glen Breton Rare
  • Heaven Hill Black Velvet distillery, Lethbridge, Alberta
  • Hood River Distillers
    • Pendleton Whisky
  • Pemberton Distillery (independent)
  • Pernod Ricard brands via Corby Distilleries, produced at the Hiram Walker Distillery, Windsor, Ontario
  • Sazerac Company brands
    • Caribou Crossing
    • Northern Light
    • Seagram's 83 Canadian Whisky
  • William Grant & Sons, Windsor, Ontario

Finnish whisky[]

Main article: Finnish whisky

French whisky[]

Main article: French whisky
  • Armorik Single Malt – Warenghem Distilleries, Brittany
  • Bastille
  • Brenne French Single Malt (Cognac, FR)[23]
  • Glann Ar More Distillery Brands (Brittany)
    • Glann Ar Mor Single Malt
    • Kornog Single Malt
  • P&M – Domaine Mavela, Corsica
  • Rozelieures Single Malt – Distillery Grallet-Dupic, Lorraine
  • Vicomte Single Malt
  • Vercors Distillery
  • Wambrechies Distillery (Northern France)

German whisky[]

Main article: German whisky
  • Schlitzer Destillerie
    • Glen Slitisa
    • Schlitzer Burgen
    • Danne's Schwäbischer Whisky vom Bellerhof, formerly Bellerhof-Whisky
  • Blaue Maus Whisky-Destillerie
    • Blaue Maus Vintage 1993
    • Grüner Hund Vintage 1991
    • Krottentaler Vintage 1994
    • Schwarzer Pirat Vintage 1995
    • Spinnaker 1997
    • Coillmór Single Malt Whisky
    • Gruel Single Grain Whisky
    • Whessky, Bourbon Style
    • Whessky, Irish Style
    • Whessky, Rye Style
    • Whessky, Scottish Style Single Malt
    • The Alrik, 100% Woodsmoked
    • The Glen Els,
    • Schwäbischer Whisky
    • Whisky von der Alb (Spelt Whisky)
    • Fränkischer Whiskey
  • Slyrs
    • Slyrs Bavarian Single Malt
    • Black Horse Original Ammertal Malt & Grain Whisky

Indian whisky[]

Main article: Indian whisky

Indian single malts[]

  • Amrut
  • Paul John

Irish whiskey[]

Three Irish whiskeys
Main article: Irish whiskey

Irish single malts[]

Single pot still whiskeys[]

Midleton Very Rare with box
Main article: Single pot still whiskey

Blended Irish whiskeys[]

Single grain Irish whiskeys[]

  • Greenore
  • Teeling Single Grain

Japanese whisky[]

A bottle of Japanese Yamazaki whisky
Main article: Japanese whisky
  • Akashi
  • Chita
  • From The Barrel
  • Fuji Gotemba
  • Hakushu
  • Hibiki
  • Kaku-bin
  • Miyagikyo
  • Nikka
  • Suntory
  • Taketsuru
  • Toki
  • Yamazaki
  • Yoichi

New Zealand whisky[]

  • [25]
  • Lammerlaw[25]
  • Milford[25]
  • The Oamaruvian[26]
  • Thomson Whiskey
  • Wilson's[25]
  • The Cardrona Distillery

South African whisky[]

Spanish whisky[]

Other whiskies[]

  • – Ukraine
A bottle of Mackmyra Den första utgåvan (first edition) and boxes
  • Glann ar Mor, Brittany – France
  • – Italy
  • Manx Spirit – Isle of Man
  • Frysk Hynder – Netherlands
  • Millstone – Netherlands
  • – Slovakia
  • DYC – Spain
  • Mackmyra – Sweden
  • Smögen – Sweden[27]
  • Kavalan – Taiwan
  • Langatun – Switzerland[28]
  • Seven Seals – Switzerland
  • The Milk & Honey Distillery - Israel

See also[]

  • List of alcoholic beverages
  • List of cocktails
  • List of liqueurs
  • List of national liquors
  • List of vodkas
  • Outline of whisky

References[]

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