The Top 10 Whiskeys of 2023
It was another tough year for the whisky nerds among us – which is, well, all of us – as we tried to pare down the hundreds of options we reviewed throughout 2023 and come up with a list of the ten that excited us the most. Yes, we heard your cries from last year: Too many luxe unicorns, not enough attainable juice. We’ve tempered our taste for four-figure spirits this time around, and while most of the whiskeys we picked for 2023 cost more than $100, only one lands in what we’d consider unicorn territory. That said, it really deserves to be represented here, so we couldn’t leave it out. Want more selections? Check out our holiday shopping guide.
As always, we’re revealing one whiskey each day over the next 10 days until we hit #1 on Christmas Eve. While you’re preparing for the big reveal, feel free to indulge in some of our previous top 10 whiskey lists: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017. You can also search multiple stores at wine-searcher to find the best prices on all these products and more.
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Stay tuned for tomorrow when we’ll update the list with our #9 pick, counting down the top 10 until Christmas Eve!
10. Filibuster Triple Cask Bourbon Tokaji Finished – I had to fight pretty hard to get this whiskey on the list over a number of other excellent contenders, but since I’m the boss around here, I won the battle in the end. Part of that fight stems from the fact that this was a limited release that is increasingly hard (but not impossible) to find. And it’s a pity, because it’s one of my favorite bourbons of the year, blending Filibuster’s Virginia-born distillate with some MGP stock and letting it all simmer in a Hungarian Tokaji wine barrel to finish things off. The results are magical, making for an intensely sweet, nutty, fruity, and aromatic whiskey that will challenge everything you think you know about bourbon. Here’s hoping Filibuster tries something similar again next year. 112.8 proof. $120 -CN
Additional reporting by Drew Beard, Frank Dobbins, and Rob Theakston.
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