/r/bourbon 2015 Whiskey Award Winners

Over the course of two weeks, 164 of us voted. We the people have spoken and these are the results! The amount of votes for each nominee is in parentheses after the name.

Best Overall Whiskey

• Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch (42)
• High West A Midwinter Night's Dram (41)
• William Larue Weller (25)
• George T. Stagg (20)
• Elijah Craig Barrel Proof (16)
• Old Forester Birthday Bourbon (4)

Best Overall Bourbon

• Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch (50)
• Elijah Craig Barrel Proof (33)
• William Larue Weller (33)
• George T. Stagg (27)
• Old Forester Birthday Bourbon (3)

Best Overall Rye

• High West A Midwinter Night's Dram (74)
• Sazerac 18 (21)
• Thomas H. Handy (21)
• High West Rendezvous Rye (9)
• High West 16-Year Rocky Mountain Rye (6)
• Pikesville Rye (6)
• Smooth Ambler Old Scout 7-Year Rye (6)

Best Overall American Whiskey

• Parker's Heritage Collection Batch 9 (69)
• Stranahan's Diamond Peak (35)

Best Wide-Release Bourbon

• Elijah Craig Barrel Proof (60)
• Four Roses Single Barrel (100 proof) (30)
• Old Weller Antique 107 (27)
• Booker's (22)
• Henry McKenna Bottled-in-Bond Single Barrel (13)

Best Wide-Release Rye

• High West Rendezvous Rye (40)
• Smooth Ambler Old Scout 7-Year Rye (29)
• Pikesville Rye (26)
• Rittenhouse Bottled-in-Bond (19)
• Whistle Pig 10-Year Rye (15)
• Baby Sazerac (14)

Best Barrel Proof Whiskey

• Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch (51)
• Elijah Craig Barrel Proof (33)
• Four Roses Private Selection (26)
• Stagg Jr. (26)
• Booker's (13)

Best Whiskey in an Old Fashioned

• Old Granddad Bottled-in-Bond (30)
• Four Roses Single Barrel (100 proof) (29)
• Rittenhouse Bottled-in-Bond (29)
• Colonel E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof (25)
• Wild Turkey 101 (19)

Best Label / Packaging

• The Colonel E.H. Taylor Line (43)
• High West A Midwinter Night's Dram (43)
• Blanton's (40)
• Wild Turkey Master's Keep (19)
• Old Forester Birthday Bourbon (8)

Worst Whiskey

• Hudson's Baby Bourbon (59)
• Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey (35)
• Bird Dog Bourbon (22)
• Angel's Envy Bourbon (11)
• King's County Bourbon (9)
• Old Forester 86 (8)

Whiskey You Most Love to Hate

• Anything Craft (51)
• Hudson's Baby Bourbon (30)
• Templeton Rye (29)
• The Pappy Van Winkle Line (27)
• Yellowstone Bourbon (7)

Whiskey You Most Hate to Love

• The Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Line (48)
• The Pappy Van Winkle Line (44)
• Anything Michter's (33)
• Wild Turkey 101 (14)
• Woodford Reserve Double Oaked (8)

Best Whiskey to Give to a Significant Other

• Blanton's (52)
• Weller 12 (45)
• Four Roses Single Barrel (100 proof) (32)
• Four Roses Small Batch (17)
• Maker's Mark (10)

Best Whiskey to Give to an "Always Been Into Bourbon" Friend Who Doesn't Know Any Acronyms

• Four Roses Private Selection (46)
• Four Roses Single Barrel (100 proof) (36)
• Booker's (26)
• Elijah Craig 12 (25)
• Old Weller Antique 107 (24)

Best Craft Whiskey

• Stranahan's Yellow Label (18)
• Westland Sherry Cask (17)
• Balcones Blue Corn Bourbon (14)
• Balcones True Blue (13)
• Garrison Brothers Bourbon (8)
• Charbay R5 (5)
• Seven Stills Fluxate (3)
• Sons of Liberty Battlecry (3)
• Seven Stills Whipnose (2)