Every Whiskey That Won a Double Gold Medal at the 2026 San Francisco World Spirits Competition

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The San Francisco World Spirits Competition is widely regarded as the most prestigious and influential spirits judging event in the industry. Each year, expert judges blind-taste thousands of entries from around the world, awarding medals that range from Bronze to Double Gold. A Double Gold medal is the highest honor a spirit can receive at SFWSC, awarded only when every judge on a panel unanimously votes the entry as Gold or better. For producers, a Double Gold is one of the strongest stamps of quality and craftsmanship a bottle can carry.
This year’s whiskey category was packed with standout winners spanning scotch, bourbon, rye, Irish, Japanese, Australian, Taiwanese, Korean and American single malt styles. Below is the full roundup of every whiskey to take home Double Gold at the 2026 SFWSC.

Every Whiskey That Won a Double Gold Medal at the 2026 San Francisco World Spirits Awards

Scotch Whisky

1933 Macleod’s 21 Year Old Sherry Cask Finish Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
1933 Macleod’s 25 Year Old Sherry Cask Finish Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
1933 Macleod’s 28 Year Old Sherry Cask Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Aberfeldy Madeira Cask 16 Years Old Highland Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Aberfeldy Madeira Cask 21 Years Old Highland Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Aberfeldy Sherry Cask 25 Years Old Highland Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Aberlour 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky — Banffshire
Aberlour A’bunadh Single Malt Scotch Whisky — Banffshire
Ardbeg 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Islay
Benriach The Original Ten Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
Benriach The Thirty Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
Benriach The Twelve Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
Benromach 10 Year Old Blended Scotch — Moray
Bowmore 18-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch — Islay
Bowmore 25-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch — Islay
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Islay
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie Single Malt Scotch — Islay
Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Islay
Bunnahabhain Stiùireadair Single Malt Scotch — Islay
CRN57 18 Year Old Blended Scotch — Moray
CRN57 30 Year Old Blended Scotch — Moray
Deanston 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Dewar’s 16 Year Old Blended Scotch
Dewar’s Double Double 21 Year Old Blended Scotch
Dewar’s Double Double 26 Year Old Blended Scotch
Dewar’s Double Double 27 Year Old Blended Scotch
Dewar’s Double Double 30 Year Old Blended Scotch
Dewar’s Double Double 32 Years Old Blended Scotch
Fruitful Spirits Enviable 36 Years Old Triple Cask Blended Malt Scotch — Speyside
Glen Scotia 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Campbeltown
Glen Scotia 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Campbeltown
Glen Scotia Limited Edition Peated Ruby Port Finished Single Malt Scotch — Campbeltown
Glenfiddich 14 Year Old Bourbon Barrel Reserve Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
Glenglassaugh 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Glenglassaugh Portsoy Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Glenglassaugh Sandend Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Glengoyne 15 Year Old Pedro Xíménez Cask Edition Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Glenmorangie The Altus 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Glenmorangie The Infinita 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Glenmorangie The Original 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
GLEN MORAY 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
GLEN MORAY 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
GLEN MORAY Smoky 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
Highland Park 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Orkney
Highland Park Cask Strength: Heather Single Malt Scotch — Orkney
InchDairnie Distillery KinGlassie Double Matured Aged 8 Years Fife Single Malt Scotch — Lowlands
InchDairnie Distillery KinGlassie Raw Fife Aged 8 Years Single Malt Scotch — Lowlands
Isle of Skye 21 Year Old Blended Scotch
Isle of Skye 30 Year Old Blended Scotch
Lagavulin Sweet Peat 11 Year Old Single Malt Scotch
Loch Lomond 12 Year Old Inchmoan Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Loch Lomond 12 Year Old Inchmurrin Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Loch Lomond Remarkable Alchemy 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Loch Lomond Remarkable Copper Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Loch Lomond Waypoint Series 31 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Lochlea Distillery Dark Briar Single Malt Scotch — South Ayrshire
Lochlea Distillery Orchard & Oak Single Malt Scotch — South Ayrshire
Lochlea Distillery Our Barley Single Malt Scotch — South Ayrshire
Lochlea Distillery Smoke Without Fire Single Malt Scotch — South Ayrshire
MacNair’s Boutique House of Spirits Lum Reek 12 Year Old Blended Malt Scotch
Meikle Tòir The Original Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
Meikle Tòir The Sherry One Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
Noble Rebel Hazelnut Harmony Blended Malt Scotch
Noble Rebel Smoky Symphony Blended Malt Scotch
Rosebank 32 Year Old Lowland Single Malt Scotch — Lowlands
Rosebank Remarkable Cask Release One Single Malt Scotch — Lowlands
Royal Brackla Oloroso Palo Cortado & Pedro Ximenez 21 Years Old Highland Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Royal Brackla Palo Cortado 18 Years Old Highland Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Royal Brackla Pedro Ximenez 25 Years Old Highland Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
Sassenach Spirits Spirit of Home Scotch
Scapa 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Kirkwall
Smokehead Islay 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Islay
Tamdhu Speyside 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
Tamdhu Speyside 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
Tamdhu Speyside Distinction Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
Talisker Magma 47-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch — Isle of Skye
The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
The GlenAllachie 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
The Glendronach Aged 12 Years Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
The Glendronach Aged 18 Years Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
The Glendronach Aged 21 Years Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
The Glendronach Ode to the Valley Single Malt Scotch — Highlands
The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Jamaica Edition Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
The Glenlivet 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
The Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve — Speyside
The Glenrothes 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky — Speyside
The Glenrothes 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky — Speyside
The ImpEx Collection 2008 17 Year Old Linkwood Chateau Margaux Red Wine Barrique #14547 Single Cask Scotch — Speyside
The Singleton of Dufftown 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
The Singleton of Dufftown 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
The Singleton of Glendullan 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Speyside
Tobermory 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Islands
Ledaig 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch — Islands

Bourbon

1845 Distilling Co Preemption Double Oak Texas Straight Bourbon — Texas
1845 Distilling Co Preemption Reverence Texas Straight Bourbon — Texas
1845 Distilling Co Preemption Texas Wheated Bourbon Bottled in Bond — Texas
Angel’s Envy 2026 Cask Strength Bourbon — Kentucky
Arizona Craft Beverage Quindecim Bourbon — Arizona
Augusta Distillery Small Batch Kentucky Bourbon — Kentucky
Barrel Global Peaky Blinders Bourbon — Kentucky
Barrell Craft Spirits 12 Year Old Finished in Toasted American Oak Bourbon — Kentucky
Barrell Craft Spirits Cigar Blend Bourbon — Kentucky
Blade & Bow 12 Year Old Solera Reserve Small Batch Bourbon
Blanton’s Original 93 Proof Single Barrel Bourbon — Kentucky
Blanton’s Straight From The Barrel Cask Strength Single Barrel Bourbon — Kentucky
Bronze Bull Spirits Batch #7 Bourbon Finished in Armagnac and Orange Liqueur Barrels — North Carolina
Brother’s Bond Cask Strength Straight Bourbon — Indiana
Burton James Bourbon – Batch 2 — Kentucky
Cedar Ridge Distillery Amontillado Sherry Finished Bourbon — Iowa
Chattanooga Whiskey Cask 111 Batch 26B16R Bourbon — Tennessee
Conviction Founder’s Reserve Small Batch Bourbon — North Carolina
Conviction Single Barrel Small Batch Bourbon — North Carolina
Edmond’s Honor Madagascar Vanilla Bourbon — Tennessee
Fathertime Bourbon The Caboose Small Batch: Empty Nester Strength — Kentucky
Filmland Spirits Moonlight Mayhem!2 The White Port Wolf Bourbon — Indiana
Fireside 8 Bourbon — Colorado
Four Branches Founders Reserve Bourbon — Kentucky
Fox & Oden Double Oaked Straight Bourbon — Michigan
Gervasi Spirits Rum Barrel Bourbon — Ohio
Ghost Hollow Distillery Inc. Barrel Proof Madeira Seasoned Toasted Red Oak Finish Bourbon — Illinois
Golden Beaver Distillery Pacific Flyway Single Barrel Bourbon — California
Green River Whiskey Distillery Select #1 Toasted Double Oak Bourbon — Kentucky
Highline Spirits Bourbon — Michigan
Highline Spirits Small Batch Bourbon — Michigan
Hoot + Howl Spirits Armagnac Cask Bourbon — Colorado
James B. Beam Distilling Co. Baker’s 13 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon — Kentucky
James B. Beam Distilling Co. Baker’s 7 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon — Kentucky
Jos. A. Magnus & Co. Triple Cask Finished Straight Bourbon — Michigan
Kentucky Credential Kentucky Straight Bourbon — Kentucky
Kentucky Senator Bourbon Jim Bunning — Kentucky
Maker’s Mark 46 Kentucky Straight Bourbon — Kentucky
Maker’s Mark Cask Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon — Kentucky
Maker’s Mark Private Selection “Milk Chocolate Truffle” Distillery Exclusive Bourbon — Kentucky
McLaughlin Distillery Cask Strength Baby Barrel Bourbon — Pennsylvania
Mugen Spirit Shogun Series: Nobunaga Single Barrel Bourbon — Kentucky
Nashtucky Whiskey Co Single Barrel Bourbon Nashtucky Single 8 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon — Kentucky
Neeley Family Distillery Old Jett Brothers Bourbon Finished in French Chateau Rieussec — Kentucky
Old Forester 1870 Straight Bourbon — Kentucky
Old Forester 1897: Bottled in Bond Bourbon — Kentucky
Peg Leg Porker Spirits Grey Label Tennessee Straight Bourbon — Tennessee
Pinhook 10 Year Vertical Series Bourbon — Kentucky
Pinhook Cask Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon — Kentucky
Polly’s Still House Double Barrel Bourbon — Missouri
River City Whiskey Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon — Kentucky
ROCKER Spirits Bourbon Finished in Madeira Barrels — Colorado
Safai Bourbon Honey Roasted Malt Bourbon — Kentucky
Seelbach’s Spirits Private Reserve ‘Humidor Blend’ 118.6 Proof Cigar Batch Bourbon — Indiana
Seelbach’s Spirits Private Reserve Toasted French Oak Double Oaked 10-Year Straight Bourbon Batch 002 — Indiana
Shortbarrel Double Oak Small Batch Bourbon — Georgia
Silverthorn Reserve The Bourbon Blend — Maryland
Starlight Distillery Amburana “Cigar Batch” Bourbon — Indiana
Starlight Distillery Honey Reserve Bourbon — Indiana
Starlight Distillery Mizunara Reserve Bourbon — Indiana
The Difference® Business Bourbon™ Coach Pete’s The Dominator — KY
the Old Guard Spirits, LLC Small Batch Bourbon — Maryland
This Ol Cowboy Small Batch Straight Bourbon — Kentucky
Time Sipping Away Small Batch Straight Bourbon — Kentucky
TX Whiskey Straight Bourbon — Fort Worth, Texas
Wenzel Distillery Double Oak Bourbon — Kentucky
Wenzel Distillery Sherry Cask Finished Bourbon — Kentucky
Wenzel Distillery Toasted Bourbon — Kentucky
Wheel Horse Whiskey Barrel Master Select Batch #2 Bourbon — Kentucky
Whiskey Thief Distilling Co. Wheated Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey B1 424 — Kentucky
Whiskey Tree Cognac Finish Bourbon — Louisiana
Whiskey Tree Wheated Bourbon — Louisiana
Willett Bottle Still Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon — Kentucky
Woodinville Whiskey Bourbon Finished in Port Casks — Washington
Woodinville Whiskey Straight Bourbon Aged 10 Years — Washington

Rye Whiskey

Angel’s Envy 10 Cask Strength Rye — KY
Art of the Spirits Mogadishu Hazmat Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey — Colorado
ASW Distillery Fiddler Toasted Straight Rye Whiskey — Georgia
Baltimore Spirits Company Epoch Maryland Straight Rye Whiskey 6 Year Old Cask Strength — Maryland
Dillon’s Small Batch Distillers Rye 1 Whisky — Ontario, Canada
Frey Ranch Distillery Farm Strength Rye Whiskey — Nevada
Hooten Young Rye Whiskey — Indiana
James B. Beam Distilling Co. Old Overholt 12 Year Old Extra Aged Cask Strength — Kentucky
King’s Family Distillery, Inc Cask Rye Whiskey — Tennessee
Kings County Distillery Barrel Strength Straight Empire Rye Whiskey — New York
O.K.I. Single Barrel Rye Whiskey — Indiana
One Of One (Powered By Bespoken) Straight Rye Whiskey Finished With Amburana Staves — Indiana
Pine Bluffs Distilling Straight Rye Whiskey — Wyoming
Silverthorn Reserve The Rye Blend — Maryland
Whiskey Acres Distilling Co Bottled-in-Bond Rye Whiskey — Illinois
WhistlePig The Boss Hog Collection – Boss XII Feather & Flame Rye Whiskey — Vermont
Willett Family Estate Rye Whiskey — Kentucky

American Single Malt & Other American Whiskeys

ASW Distillery 8 Year American Single Malt Whiskey — Georgia
Bainbridge Battle Point Barrel Proof Wheat Whiskey — Washington
Brother Justus American Single Malt Whiskey — Minnesota
Dancing Goat Distillery The Spaniard Corn Whiskey — Wisconsin
Dark Arts Whiskey House American Single Malt Whiskey — Kentucky
Jack Daniel’s Batch 2 14-Year-Old Tennessee Whiskey — Tennessee
Lasso Motel 18-Year Old American Straight Whiskey — Indiana
Leiper’s Fork Distillery Bottled-In-Bond Tennessee Whiskey — Tennessee
Lost Woods 110 American Single Malt Whiskey — Minnesota
Old Dominick Distillery Bonded Tennessee Whiskey — Tennessee
Old Hickory Hermitage Reserve 15-Year-Old Barrel Proof Light Whiskey — Indiana
Rio Brazos Distillery Single Barrel Single Malt Whiskey — Texas
Roaming Man Tennessee Whiskey — Tennessee
SirDavis Cask Strength Whiskey — Texas
Starlight Distillery Blackberry Flavored Whiskey — Indiana
Stranahan’s Mountain Angel 10 Year Old American Single Malt Whiskey — Denver, Colorado
Stranahan’s Mountain Angel 12 Year Old American Single Malt Whiskey — Denver, Colorado
Stranahan’s Original American Single Malt Whiskey — Denver, Colorado
Tenmile Distillery Little Rest: Classic V American Single Malt Whiskey — New York
The Macklowe Private Collection Single Cask American Single Malt Whiskey — Kentucky
The Notch Nantucket Single Malt Whisky 15 Year Old — Massachusetts
Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Aged Whiskey — Tennessee
Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey — Tennessee
Whiskey War American Blended Whiskey — Ohio
Whiskey War Double Double Oaked American Blended Whiskey — Ohio
XPLORER Peanut Butter Whiskey — Pennsylvania

Irish Whiskey

Ardara Distillery 2025 Edition Cask Strength Single Malt Irish Whiskey — Donegal, Ireland
Craft Irish Whiskey The Donn Single Malt Irish Whiskey — Ireland
Egan’s Conviction 21 Blended Irish Whiskey — Midlands, Ireland
Jameson Triple Triple Chestnut Edition — Midleton County Cork, Ireland
MJM Co. Irish Whiskey — Cork, Ireland
Redbreast 12 Cask Strength — Midleton County Cork, Ireland
Spot Whiskey Blue Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey — Ireland
Spot Whiskey Yellow Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey — Ireland
Teeling Single Malt Irish Whiskey — Dublin, Ireland
Titanic Distillers 8 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey — Northern Ireland
West Cork Irish Whiskey 7 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey — County Cork, Ireland
YUTUMOMO Milk Candy Whiskey — West Cork, Ireland

Japanese, Taiwanese & Korean Whisky

(饷威士忌) Shou Whisky Single Rice Whisky Shou 21 Years Sherry Cask — Okinawa, Japan
Ohishi Sherry Cask 8 Year Old Japanese Whisky — Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Saburomaru Single Cask Shokatsuryo Whisky No210153 — Toyama, Japan
Saburomaru V The Hierophant Cask Strength Whisky — Toyama, Japan
Kavalan Podium Single Malt Whisky — Taiwan
Kavalan Solist Amontillado Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky — Taiwan
Kavalan Solist ex-Bourbon Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky — Taiwan
Kavalan Solist Madeira Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky — Taiwan
Kavalan Solist Manzanilla Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky — Taiwan
Kavalan Solist Moscatel Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky — Taiwan
Kavalan Solist Palo Cortado Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky — Taiwan
Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky — Taiwan
King Car Food Industrial Co., Ltd Yuan Shan Factory Kavalan Solist Fino Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky — Taiwan
Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corporation, Nantou Wine Plant OMAR Single Malt Whisky (Sherry Cask) — Taiwan
KI ONE EAGLE KOREAN SINGLE MALT WHISKY — Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
KI ONE STAR KOREAN SINGLE MALT WHISKY — Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
KI ONE SUN KOREAN SINGLE MALT WHISKY — Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
KI ONE TIGER KOREAN SINGLE MALT WHISKY — Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
KI ONE TIGER CASK STRENGTH KOREAN SINGLE MALT WHISKY — Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Australian, Canadian & Other World Whiskies

Amber Lane French Kiss Australian Single Malt Whisky — New South Wales, Australia
Amber Lane Sherry Lane Exclusive 2026 Release Australian Single Malt Whisky — New South Wales, Australia
BEARFACE BEAR-BON CHARRED BARREL WHISKY — British Columbia, Canada
78 Degrees Muscat Finish Whiskey — Australia
Callington Mill Distillery El Sol Australian Single Malt Whisky — Tasmania, Australia
Callington Mill Distillery Oloroso Australian Single Malt Whisky — Tasmania, Australia
Callington Mill Distillery Quagmire (Peated) Australian Single Malt Whisky — Tasmania, Australia
Coburns At Last – Founders Trilogy Australian Single Malt Whisky — New South Wales, Australia
Glen Breton 10 Year Old Rare Canadian Single Malt Whisky — Canada
Headlands Distilling Company Apera Cask Whisky — New South Wales, Australia
Headlands Distilling Company Illawara Plum Cask Single Malt Whisky — New South Wales, Australia
Pendleton Midnight Whisky — Canada
Starward 100-Proof Australian Single Malt Whisky — Victoria, Australia
Starward D53 Australian Single Malt Whisky — Victoria, Australia
Starward Honeycomb Australian Whisky — Victoria, Australia
Starward Pinot Cask Australian Single Malt Whisky — Victoria, Australia
Starward Single Barrel 13534 Australian Single Malt Whisky — Victoria, Australia
Starward Single Barrel 16794 Australian Single Malt Whisky — Victoria, Australia
Starward Single Barrel 2800 Australian Single Malt Whisky — Victoria, Australia
Starward Single Malt Australian Whisky Finished in ex-Lagavulin Barrels — Victoria, Australia
Starward TWC Cognac Cask Australian Single Malt Whisky — Victoria, Australia
Starward TWC PX Cask Australian Single Malt Whisky — Victoria, Australia
Devans GianChand Indian Single Malt Whisky — Jammu & Kashmir, India
The M&H Distillery Apex Terroir Dead Sea Whiskey — Tel Aviv, Israel
The M&H Distillery Apex Terroir Sea of Galilee Whiskey — Tel Aviv, Israel
Soubeyran 7 Year Old Ex Tequila Cask Single Malt Whiskey — Provence, France
Laizhou Bourbon Cask Peated Malt Whisky — Sichuan, China
Laizhou Fino Sherry Cask Single Malt Whisky — Sichuan, China