We are proud to announce the Best in Class Winners from the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Congratulations!
| AWARD | AWARD WINNER |
| BEST AMERICAN BENDED WHISKEY | King’s Family Distillery |
| BEST AMERICAN SINGLE MALT WHISKEY | Stranahan’s |
| BEST AÑEJO TEQUILA | El Tesoro |
| BEST APERITIF | Ragazzi e Succo |
| BEST AQUAVIT | Sator Square Distillery |
| BEST ARMAGNAC | Clos Martin |
| BEST AUSTRALIAN SINGLE MALT WHISKEY | Starward |
| BEST BAIJIU | Kinsyoma |
| BEST BARREL-AGED GIN | Nozawa Onsen Distillery |
| RESERVEBAR SPIRITED CHANGE AWARD | Blackleaf Organic Vodka |
| BEST BLENDED IRISH WHISKEY | Ahascragh Distillery |
| BEST BLENDED MALT SCOTCH | Nobel Rebel |
| BEST BLENDED SCOTCH – 16 YEARS & OLDER | Dewar’s and Sons |
| BEST BLENDED SCOTCH – NO AGE STATEMENT | The Sassenach |
| BEST BLENDED SCOTCH – UP TO 15 YEARS | Old Parr |
| PARK STREET INNOVATION AWARD | Brother’s Bond Regenerative Rye |
| BEST CACHACA | Viçosa Real |
| BEST CALVADOS; BEST IN SHOW BRANDY | Calvados Père Magloire |
| BEST CANADIAN WHISKY | Eau Claire Distillery |
| BEST CHILEAN PISCO | Black Heron |
| BEST CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR | Tobago Gold |
| BEST COFFEE LIQUEUR | State Line Distillery |
| BEST COGNAC EXTRA-AGED/VINTAGE; BEST OVERALL COGNAC | Bache-Gabrielsen |
| BEST COGNAC VSOP | RENAULT |
| BEST COGNAC XO | Gautier |
| BEST CRAFT DISTILLER WHISKEY | 291 Colorado Whiskey |
| BEST CREAM LIQUEUR | Sugarlands Sippin’ Cream |
| BEST DARK/GOLD RUM | Holmes Cay |
| BEST DISTILLERS’ SINGLE MALT SCOTCH – 13 TO 19 YEARS | Highland Park |
| BEST DISTILLERS’ SINGLE MALT SCOTCH – 20 YEARS AND OLDER; BEST OVERALL SCOTCH; BEST IN SHOW WHISK(E)Y | Talisker |
| BEST DISTILLERS’ SINGLE MALT SCOTCH – NO AGE STATEMENT | Glenglassaugh |
| BEST DISTILLERS’ SINGLE MALT SCOTCH – UP TO 12 YEARS | Arran Single Malt |
| BEST EXTRA ANEJO TEQUILA | Cantera Negra Tequila |
| BEST EXTRA AGED RUM; BEST OVERALL RUM; BEST IN SHOW AGED WHITE SPIRIT | The ImpEx Collection |
| BEST FLAVORED GIN | Gervasi Spirits |
| BEST FLAVORED RUM | GlenPharmer Ditillery |
| BEST FLAVORED TEQUILA | Madam Paleta |
| BEST FLAVORED VODKA | Smirnoff |
| BEST FRENCH GRAPE BRANDY | Martell |
| BEST FRUIT LIQUEUR; BEST IN SHOW LIQUEUR | Choya |
| BEST GIN | Eight Lands |
| MOST AWARDED US DISTILLERY | Heaven Hill |
| BEST HERBAL/BOTANICALS LIQUEUR | Strega |
| BEST INDEPENDENT MERCHANT SINGLE MALT | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society |
| BEST INFUSED WHISK(E)Y | Von Payne |
| BEST JAPANESE GIN; BEST OVERALL GIN | Oka |
| BEST JAPANESE WHISKY | Maen Japanese Whisky |
| BEST LOW-ALCOHOL SPIRIT | RATAFIA ALMOND SPIRIT s.r.o. |
| BEST MEZCAL; BEST IN SHOW UNAGED WHITE SPIRIT | Mezcal Vago |
| BEST MIXTO TEQUILA | El Tequileño |
| BEST NON-ALCOHOLIC SPIRIT | Giffard |
| BREAKTHRU SUSTAINABILITY AWARD | Old Forrester |
| BEST OLD TOM GIN | Greenhook Ginsmiths |
| BEST OTHER LIQUEUR | Ancho Reyes |
| BEST OTHER SINGLE MALT WHISKEY | Pokeno |
| BEST OTHER WHISK(E)Y | METHOD AND MADNESS |
| BEST OTHER WHITE SPIRIT | Ola Brew Co |
| BEST OVER-PROOF RUM | Vida Caña Rum |
| BEST PERUVIAN PISCO | Pisco Huamaní |
| BEST PURE POT STILL IRISH WHISKEY | Redbreast |
| BEST OUZO | Ouzo of Plomari Isidoros Arvanitis |
| BEST REPOSADO TEQUILA | Nobleza 33 |
| BEST RYE WHISKEY | Tabby Road |
| BEST SHOCHU | Taragawa |
| BEST SILVER TEQUILA; BEST OVERALL TEQUILA | Don Fulano |
| BEST SINGLE BARREL BOURBON – 11 YEARS & OLDER | Elijah Craig |
| BEST SINGLE BARREL BOURBON – UP TO 10 YEARS | Rare Character Whiskey |
| BEST SINGLE CASK SCOTCH | Loch Lomond |
| BEST SINGLE GRAIN WHISKY | Duncan Taylor Rare Auld Grain |
| BEST SINGLE MALT IRISH WHISKEY; BEST OVERALL IRISH WHISKEY | Knappogue Castle |
| BEST SMALL BATCH BOURBON – 11 YEARS & OLDER; BEST OVERALL BOURBON | Pure Antique |
| BEST SMALL BATCH BOURBON – 6 TO 10 YEARS | Blue Run |
| BEST SMALL BATCH BOURBON – UP TO 5 YEARS | Neeley Family Distillery |
| BEST SOJU | Spirits |
| BEST SOTOL | Casa Lotos |
| BEST SPANISH GRAPE BRANDY & BRANDY DE JEREZ | Cardenal Mendoza |
| BEST SPECIAL BARREL-FINISHED BOURBON | K.LUKE Whiskey Company |
| BEST SPECIAL-BARREL FINISHED WHISKEY | Kavalan |
| MOST AWARDED INTL DISTILLERY | Starward |
| BEST STRAIGHT BOURBON | Elijah Craig |
| DISTILL CHANGEMAKER AWARD | Ten to One Rum |
| BEST TENNESSEE WHISKEY | Uncle Nearest |
| BEST VODKA; BEST OVERALL VODKA | Verità Vodka |
| BEST WHEAT WHISKEY | Starlight Distillery |
| BEST WHEATED BOURBON | Larceny |
| BEST WHITE RUM | Oxbow Rum Distillery |