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BevTest's 2024 Best Spirits, Wines, & Beers

Below are the Top 25 Beverage Testing Institute (BevTest) winners from their 2024 World Spirits Championships, 2024 World Wine Championships, the top 20 Beers from their 2024 World Beer Championships, plus the Top 10 other beverages, like Cider and Sake.

Each year BevTest uses blind panels of trained drinks experts to review thousands of beverages for its in-house competitions as well as the competitions it runs for other organizations. When the panelists have put down their glasses for the year, what rises to the top are these lists of the best drinks of the year for your imbibing pleasure. BevTest does the heavy lifting (and pouring) so you don't have to, so seek out and treasure these liquid gems for your upcoming holiday parties, dinners, and get-togethers (or just for yourself :).

Cheers, The Editors at tastings.com

Best of Year For:
1st
Bhakta Spirits 1989 Single Vintage Calvados
98 POINTS
Bhakta Spirits 1989 Single Vintage Calvados 45.8% (France) $250.
Baked apple perfectly balanced with barrel spice; Calvados at it's finest.
2nd
Clairin Le Rocher 2021 Pignon Sugar Cane Syrup Ancestral Sirop Batterie Rum
98 POINTS
Clairin Le Rocher 2021 Pignon Sugar Cane Syrup Ancestral Sirop Batterie Rum 49.5% (Haiti) $50.
Cane forward with beautifully funky soul; simply stunning.
3rd
Highland Park Cask Strength Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky Release No. 5
98 POINTS
Highland Park Cask Strength Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky Release No. 5 64.7% (Scotland) $100.
Everything you love about Highland Park cranked to 11.
4th
Redbreast 27 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey Batch No. 5
97 POINTS
Redbreast 27 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey Batch No. 5 54.6% (Ireland) $599.
Has quickly become the standard for all premium Irish Whiskies.
5th
River Antoine Sugar Cane Syrup Ancestral Sirop Batterie Rum
97 POINTS
River Antoine Sugar Cane Syrup Ancestral Sirop Batterie Rum 69% (Grenada) $70.
Simply amazing, and maybe the base for the world's best Daiquiri.
6th
Four Roses Warehouse Liquors Selection Barrel Strength Single Barrel Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
98 POINTS
Four Roses Warehouse Liquors Selection Barrel Strength Single Barrel Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey 54.6% (USA)
A finely curated Single Barrel that shows Bourbon at it's finest.
7th
Waterford Cuvée ’Koffi’ Irish Single Malt Whiskey
97 POINTS
Waterford Cuvée ’Koffi’ Irish Single Malt Whiskey 50% (Ireland) $89.
Turning the Whisky world inside out one grain at a time; Single Malt that tastes more of barley than barrel.
8th
Tears Of Llorona Scotch Sherry And Cognac Barrel-Aged Extra Añejo Tequila
98 POINTS
Tears Of Llorona Scotch Sherry And Cognac Barrel-Aged Extra Añejo Tequila 43% (Mexico) $272.
Endless layers of barrel-influenced complexity but somehow the purity of agave flavor shines through in seamless harmony.
9th
Hampden Estate HLCF Classic Single Jamaican Rum
97 POINTS
Hampden Estate HLCF Classic Single Jamaican Rum 60% (Jamaica) $70.
Jamaican Rum done exceptionally right and pacing the field.
10th
Montelobos Tobala Joven Mezcal
97 POINTS
Montelobos Tobala Joven Mezcal 46.8% (Mexico) $99.
An enchanting expression of the Tobala agave.
11th
Bhakta Spirits 1965 Single Vintage Armagnac
98 POINTS
Bhakta Spirits 1965 Single Vintage Armagnac 47.1% (France) $539.
The embodiment of well-aged luxury.
12th
Francois Voyer Extra Grande Champagne Luxury Cognac
96 POINTS
Francois Voyer Extra Grande Champagne Luxury Cognac 42% (France) $449.
A snifter of this is the only reminder you need of why Cognac is regarded as one of history's finest spirits.
13th
Tanqueray No. Ten Gin
98 POINTS
Tanqueray No. Ten Gin 47.3% (United Kingdom) $45.
Crisp and clean, citrus forward, and makes an immaculate Meartini.
14th
Kavalan Solist Fino Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
97 POINTS
Kavalan Solist Fino Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.8% (Taiwan) $469.
A powerhouse that demands attention and leads the way for an emerging world of incredible Single Malts.
15th
Montelobos Pechuga Blanco Mezcal
97 POINTS
Montelobos Pechuga Blanco Mezcal 47.9% (Mexico) $129.
Delight and confuse your palate with deliciousness.
16th
Bhakta Spirits 1979 Single Vintage Armagnac
97 POINTS
Bhakta Spirits 1979 Single Vintage Armagnac 54.9% (France) $339.
Raj Bhakta knows what it takes to find and blend incredible spirits, period.
18th
A.E. Dor Fine Champange XO Cognac
96 POINTS
A.E. Dor Fine Champange XO Cognac 40% (France) $150.
Deliciously affordable for a top flight XO Cognac.
19th
Siempre 2021 Exclusivo Edicion Especial Vivo Blanco Tequila Batch 01
96 POINTS
Siempre 2021 Exclusivo Edicion Especial Vivo Blanco Tequila Batch 01 47.5% (Mexico) $119.
Seriously interesting Tequila loaded with agave aroma and flavor.
20th
El Tesoro Mundial Collection Laphroaig Edition Añejo Tequila
95 POINTS
El Tesoro Mundial Collection Laphroaig Edition Añejo Tequila 40% (Mexico) $175.
Consistently great Tequila now, aged in Laphroaig barrels, with a result as magnificent and mouth-wateringly savory as you imagine.
22nd
Mezcal Vago Mezcal Ensamble En Barro
96 POINTS
Mezcal Vago Mezcal Ensamble En Barro 50.5% (Mexico) $69.
Demonstrating that the sum is equal or better than the components, this is a magnificent harmonic addition to Mezcal.
23rd
Larceny Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Batch No. C924
96 POINTS
Larceny Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Batch No. C924 62.6% (USA) $64.
Year after year, batch after batch, one of the best Wheated Bourbons on the shelf at any price point.
24th
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Batch No. B524
96 POINTS
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Batch No. B524 65.3% (USA) $74.
One of American Whiskey drinkers best friends as you would be hard pressed to find a better Bourbon, much less one at this price.
25th
elit Vodka
97 POINTS
elit Vodka 40% (Latvia) $39.
The world standard for clean distillate gives consumers an endless amount of drinking opportunities.
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