List of whisky brands

This is a list of whisky brands arranged by country of origin and style. Whisky (or whiskey) 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

Thirteen large distilleries owned by eight companies produce over 99% of the whiskey made in the U.S.

• 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

Kentucky bourbon

Brands are listed alphabetically by brand ownership and the name and location of the distillery. The brand owner is included if different.

• Alltech brands:
  • Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company, Lexington, Kentucky
    • Town Branch
• Beam Suntory brands:
  • Jim Beam distillery Booker Noe plant, Boston, Kentucky
    • Jim Beam (also made at Jim Beam Distillery)
  • Jim Beam Distillery, Clermont:
    • Basil Hayden's (small batch)
    • Booker's (small batch)
    • Baker's (small batch)
    • Jim Beam (also made at Jim Beam distillery Booker Noe plant)
    • Knob Creek (small batch)
    • Old Crow
    • Old Grand-Dad
    • Red Stag by Jim Beam
  • Maker's Mark Distillery, Loretto
    • Maker's Mark (small batch, wheated)
• Brown–Forman brands:
  • Brown–Forman Distillery, Shively:
    • Early Times
    • Old Forester
  • Woodford Reserve Distillery, Versailles
    • Woodford Reserve (small batch)

• 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:
  • KBD-owned brands:
    • Johnny Drum, Bardstown
    • Kentucky Vintage (small batch)
    • Noah's Mill (small batch)
    • Rowan's Creek (small batch)
    • Vintage Bourbon
    • Willett Pot Still Reserve (single barrel)
  • Brands exclusively bottled by KBD (brand owners noted):
    • Old Pogue (a Pogue brand) (small batch)
• Luxco brands:
  • Heaven Hill Distillery, Louisville:
    • Ezra Brooks
    • Old Ezra 101
    • Rebel Yell (wheated)
    • Yellowstone
• Castle Brands (owned by Pernod Ricard):
  • Distillery unidentified:
    • Jefferson's Bourbon
• Sazerac brands (and brands produced exclusively by Sazerac):
  • Barton 1792 Distillery, Bardstown:
    • 1792 Ridgemont Reserve
    • Kentucky Gentleman
    • Kentucky Tavern
    • Ten High
    • Very Old Barton
  • Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort:
    • Ancient Age
    • Blanton's (single barrel) (owned by Age International, a subsidiary of Takara Holdings)
    • Buffalo Trace
    • Eagle Rare (single barrel)
    • George T. Stagg (barrel proof, uncut, unfiltered)
    • Hancock's President's Reserve (single barrel)
    • McAfee's Benchmark
    • Old Charter
    • Old Rip Van Winkle (an Old Rip Van Winkle / Sazerac joint venture brand, wheated)
    • Old Taylor (Clermont)

• Pappy Van Winkle (an Old Rip Van Winkle / Sazerac joint venture brand, wheated)
• Rock Hill Farms Single-Barrel (single barrel)
• W. L. Weller (wheated)

• Wild Turkey brands:
  • Wild Turkey Distillery, Lawrenceburg:
    • Russell's Reserve
    • Wild Turkey
• 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)
  • Kentucky Owl – SPI Group (currently distilled in Harrodsburg; production to move to Bardstown in 2020)

Tennessee whiskey

• Jack Daniel's (a Brown–Forman brand), Lynchburg
• George Dickel (a Diageo brand), Tullahoma
• Benjamin Prichard's Tennessee Whiskey, Kelso
• Chattanooga Whiskey, Chattanooga (not yet producing Tennessee whiskey)

Other bourbon

• Cougar Bourbon – MGP Indiana, Lawrenceburg, Indiana (a Foster's Group brand, export only, sold in Australia and New Zealand)
• Kings County Distillery Bourbon, Brooklyn, New York
• Virginia Gentleman – A. Smith Bowman Distillery, Fredericksburg, Virginia
• George Remus Bourbon – MGP Indiana, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

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

• Beam Suntory brands:
  • Jim Beam Rye
  • Knob Creek Rye
  • Old Overholt
• Heaven Hill brands:
• High West Distillery brands:
• Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (KBD) brands (and brands exclusively bottled by KBD):
• Sazerac brands (and brands produced exclusively by Sazerac):
  • Tom Moore Distillery:
  • Buffalo Trace Distillery:
    • Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye
• Wild Turkey Distillery (also called Austin, Nichols Distillery):
• Other brands
  • MGP Indiana distillery:
    • Bulleit Rye (a Diageo brand)
    • Dickel Rye (a Diageo brand)
    • High West ryes
    • Templeton Rye
• Independent
  • Copper Fox Rye
  • George Washington's Rye Whiskey, Mount Vernon, Virginia
  • Leopold Bro's Maryland-style Rye -Denver, Colorado
  • Old Potrero (Anchor Distillery)
  • Town Branch Rye – Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company, Lexington, Kentucky
  • Roundstone Rye – Catoctin Creek
  • WhistlePig Rye – Shoreham, Vermont
  • Wigle Whiskey Pennsylvania Rye, Deep Cut Rye, and Straight Rye – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Malt whiskey

• Hamilton Distillers, Tucson, Arizona
• McCarthy's, Mt. Hood, Oregon
• American Single Malt Whiskey (Peach Street Distillers), Palisade, Colorado
• 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

Wheat whiskey

• Bernheim Original – Heaven Hill Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky

Blended whiskey

• Beam Suntory brands, Jim Beam Distillery, Clermont, Kentucky
  • Beam's Eight Star
  • Calvert Extra
  • Kessler
• Diageo brands, Seagram, Stamford, Connecticut
  • Seagram's Seven Crown
• Heaven Hill brands, Heaven Hill Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Heaven Hill
  • Kentucky Deluxe
• High West Distillery brands
• Luxco brands
• McCormick Distilling Company brands
• Sazerac brands (and brands produced exclusively by Sazerac) at the Tom Moore Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
  • Barton Premium Blend
  • Kentucky Gentleman
  • Old Thompson
• Sazerac brands at other distilleries
  • Ancient Age – Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky

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'. Mainland Australian whiskies are also obtaining global recognition, in particular a West Australian whisky.

Australian whisky distilleries include:

• Archie Rose Distilling Co., Sydney
• Hellyers Road Distillery, Tasmania
• Hoochery Distillery, (Raymond B Desert III Corn Whiskey), Kununurra, Western Australia
• Lark Distillery, Tasmania
• Timboon Railway Shed Distillery, Timboon, Victoria

English whisky

• The English Whisky Co.

Canadian whisky

• Beam Suntory brands
  • Alberta Premium
  • Canadian Club
• Brown-Forman brands
  • Canadian Mist – Canadian Mist Distillery, Collingwood, Ontario
• Diageo brands:
  • Crown Royal
• Forty Creek, Ontario (a part of Gruppo Campari)
  • Forty Creek
• Glenora Distillers, Glenville, Nova Scotia (independent)
  • Glen Breton Rare
• Heaven Hill Black Velvet distillery, Lethbridge, Alberta
  • Black Velvet
• Hood River Distillers
  • Pendleton Whisky
• Pemberton Distillery (independent)
• Pernod Ricard brands via Corby Distilleries, produced at the Hiram Walker Distillery, Windsor, Ontario
  • Wiser's
• Sazerac Company brands
  • Caribou Crossing
  • Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
  • Northern Light
  • Seagram's 83 Canadian Whisky
• William Grant & Sons, Windsor, Ontario
  • Gibson's Finest

Finnish whisky

• Panimoravintola Beer Hunter's
• Teerenpeli
• Kyrö Distillery Company

French whisky

• Glann ar Mor

German whisky

• Schlitzer Destillerie
• Slyrs

Indian whisky

Indian single malts

• Amrut
• Paul John

Irish whiskey

Irish single malts

Single pot still whiskeys

Blended Irish whiskeys

Single grain Irish whiskeys

• Teeling Single Grain

Japanese whisky

• Akashi
• From The Barrel
• Fuji Gotemba
• Hakushu
• Hibiki
• Miyagikyo
• Nikka
• Suntory
• Yamazaki
• Yoichi

Scotch whisky

Single malt scotch

Campbeltown single malts

Highland single malts

Island single malts

Islay single malts

Lowland single malts

Speyside single malts

Grain Scotch whisky

Blended Malt Scotch whisky

Blended Scotch whisky

Independent bottlers of Scotch whisky

South African whisky

• Three Ships Whisky
• Boplaas Whisky

Spanish whisky

• Whisky DYC

Welsh whisky

• Penderyn

Other whiskies

• The Milk & Honey Distillery – Israel
• Manx Spirit – Isle of Man
• Frysk Hynder – Netherlands
• Mackmyra – Sweden
• Smögen – Sweden
• Kavalan – Taiwan

See also

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

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