Redbreast Missouri Oak, 50.5%

Red apple, honey, almost caramel-like on the nose, with oak and pot still spices, sweet cinnamon, cocoa powder, and maraschino cherry. It’s curiously oaky at first, then opens up with red apple, chocolate, baking spices, black tea, and cinnamon bark, with a mouth-coating texture on the finish that revels in wood spices. This is a robust pot still whiskey, and one that’s bursting with flavor. No. 16 on our Top 20 of 2024.