American Whiskey Magazine

World Whiskies Awards

I’ve just returned from co-chairing the World Whiskies Awards in Washington, DC. Every year the judging process is more enjoyable. When I first started judging the World Whiskies Awards in 2017, I was terrified. I’d written tasting notes here and there and judged cocktail competitions, but I had never sat down for an entire day and judged dozens of whiskeys.

After the first couple of years I began to see many

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