Global Whisky Challenge

Competition Winners

Wine Country Network Announces 2025 Global Whisky Challenge Winners

2025 “Best of Show” Winners:

  • 1st Place: Wolfburn Langskip Single Malt Scotch Whisky 
  • 2nd Place: ROCKER Spirits Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Port Wine Barrels 
  • 3rd Place: Ampersand Opimus, 15-Year-Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon, finished for 9 months in Tokaji casks 
 

2025 Double Gold Winners (95+ points):

  • Lythgoe Bourbon Founders’ Collection Bourbon 
  • Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey – Single Barrel Whiskey (Batch 3633) 
  • Stranahan’s Mountain Angel 10-Year American Single Malt Whiskey 
  • Virginia Distillery Co – Brewer’s Coalition (Goose Island Bourbon County Stout Cask Finish, American Single Malt Whiskey) 

Wine Country Network Announces 2024 Global Whisky Challenge Winners

Lagg Whiskey

1st Place (Winner of the 2024 Global Whisky Trophy)

Lagg Distillery Scotland, Isle of Arran Single Malt Scotch Whisky-Corriecravie Edition, Sherry Cask Finish

Armorik Whiskey

2nd Place:

Armorik Single Malt-Warenghem Distillerie, France
Breton Single Malt Whisky, Sherry Finish

Stranahans Whiskey

3rd Place

American Single Malt, Sherry Cask, United States

Best of Show Winners

"Best of Class" North America

W. L. Weller William Larue Weller Kentucky Straight Bourbon

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