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 .
A selection of Bourbons and Tennessee whiskeys offered at a liquor store in Decatur, Georgia
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 ' Ross & Squib Distillery (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
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.
Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve bourbon whiskey
Willett Distillery brands:
Willett Distillery-owned brands:
Brands exclusively bottled by Willett Distillery (brand owners noted):
Other brands:
Other bourbon
Virginia Gentleman – A. Smith Bowman Distillery , Fredericksburg, Virginia
Cougar Bourbon – MGP Ingredients , Lawrenceburg, Indiana (a Foster's Group brand, export only, sold in Australia and New Zealand )
George Remus Bourbon – MGP Ingredients , Lawrenceburg, Indiana
Kings County Bourbon , Brooklyn, New York
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
The Gonzales Corn Whiskey, Clifford Distilling LLC, Port Arthur, Texas
Rye whiskey
A bottle of American Old Overholt rye whiskey
Malt whiskey
American Single Malt Whiskey (Peach Street Distillers ), Palisade, Colorado
Hamilton Distillers , Tucson, Arizona
McCarthy's , Mt. Hood, Oregon
Pearse Lyons Reserve (Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company ), Lexington, Kentucky
St. George Single Malt , Alameda, California
Stranahan's , Denver, Colorado
Wasmunds (Copper Fox Distillery ), Sperryville, Virginia
Westland Distillery , Seattle
Westward Whiskey, Portland, Oregon
Blended whiskey
Beam Suntory brands, Jim Beam Distillery , Clermont, Kentucky
Diageo brands, Stamford, Connecticut
Heaven Hill brands, Heaven Hill Distillery , Louisville, Kentucky
Sazerac brands (and brands produced exclusively by Sazerac) at the Tom Moore Distillery , Bardstown, Kentucky
Sazerac brands at other distilleries
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'.[8] [9] Mainland Australian whiskies are also obtaining global recognition, in particular a West Australian whisky.[10] [11]
Australian whisky distilleries include:[12] [13]
Bottles of Canadian Club Whisky for sale at a liquor store in Iizaka, Fukushima , Japan
Beam Suntory brands
Brown-Forman brands
Diageo brands:
Forty Creek , Ontario (a part of Gruppo Campari )
Glenora Distillers , Glenville, Nova Scotia (independent)
Heaven Hill Black Velvet distillery , Lethbridge, Alberta
Hood River Distillers
Pemberton Distillery (independent)
Pernod Ricard brands via Corby Distilleries , produced at the Hiram Walker Distillery , Windsor , Ontario
Sazerac Company brands
William Grant & Sons , Windsor, Ontario
Three Irish whiskeys
Single grain Irish whiskeys
A bottle of Japanese Yamazaki whisky
Single malt scotch
Highland single malts
Dalwhinnie whisky
Blended Malt Scotch whisky
Independent bottlers of Scotch whisky
Overseas bottlers of Scotch whisky
A bottle of Mackmyra Den första utgåvan (first edition) and boxe
Oxford English Dictionary , Second Edition: "In modern trade usage, Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey are thus distinguished in spelling; whisky is the usual spelling in Britain and whiskey that in the U.S."
Malt Whisky Yearbook 2014