The 2025 "Best Of Year" winners will be selected from the highest Spring and Fall scores. The following list represents the best of the Fall competition.

FULL LIST OF 2025 RESULTS

Best Bourbon


River City Whiskey Small Batch #1

River City Whiskey

Best Single Barrel Bourbon


M&O Spirits Black Bourbon Whiskey

M&O Spirits

Best American Single Malt


VDC Brewer’s Coalition Hardywood Gingerbread Stout Cask Finish

Virginia Distillery Company

Best American Rye Whiskey


K.LUKE Whiskey Company Toasted Barrel, Barrel Strength Rye Batch 5

K.LUKE Whiskey Company

Best World Whisky


Kadamba Indian Single Malt Whisky Champagne Barrel Finshed

Imperial Distillers and Vintners Pvt Ltd

Best Corn Whiskey


Old Hickory Hermitage Reserve Barrel Proof 15-year-old

RS Lipman Company

Best Rum


Copalli Organic White Rum

Copalli Rum

Best Flavored Rum


Copalli Organic Cacao Rum

Copalli Rum

Best Tequila


Familia Camarena Anejo

Spirit of Gallo

Best Mezcal


Contraluz Mezcal Cristalino

Casa Lumbre

Best Sotol


La Pulga Sotol

La Pulga Spirits

Best Gin


Waterloo Barrel Aged Gin

Waterloo Gin Company

Best Vodka


American Warrior Series Vodka

Daily Objective Distillery

Best Marketing Campaign


Bitter End Bitters Comeback Campaign

HIgh-Proof Creative

Best Label Design


New Riff Distilling

New Riff Distilling – Headliner Inaugural Release

Best Bottle Design


Best Documentary


“Distilled” The Story of M&O Spirits

2025 Barleycorn Competition


all 2025 RESULTS