The Top Ten Spirits of 2024!

Once again, it's time for another clickbaity end-of-year awards video! This is my chance to nudge you towards some of the bottlings I was most impressed by this year, and boy howdy were there a lot.

So what's eligible? To make the Top Ten proper, I'm ruling out long-running bottlings without marked vintages, bottlings from more than a few years ago (but they don't actually have to be 2024), and bottlings where there were only a handful made (under 350, say). But for all that, there's the Honorable Disqualifieds list. Also there are some Honorable Mentions and what I'm calling the Just So You Knows. And here's what I ended up with:

*HONORABLE DISQUALIFIEDS*
- Zind-Humbrecht 1998-2002-2003 21 Year Old Fine d’Alsace - https://youtu.be/_LSElpvxvDM
- Burrito Fiestero Mezcal Ancestral, Castilla, distilled by Juan Manuel Conde - https://youtu.be/rMFS4QeLXYA
- McCarthy's Cask Strength Oregon Single Malt Whiskey, Ex-Rum Barrel No. 702 for Aficionados - https://youtu.be/DY0M-NML4kg
- Dad’s Hat Single Barrel Barrel Proof Pennsylvania Straight Rye Whiskey, r/Bourbon Private Selection - https://youtu.be/hVPhj2BxA-8
- Fiji 2001 22 Year Old Rum, Cask No. 16, bottled by Rum Artesanal - https://youtu.be/CSCyBNgGeyY
- Mortlach 2009 13 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Cask No. 317322, bottled by The Ultimate - https://youtu.be/pRVQeLk3BLw
- St. George California Reserve Apple Brandy, Single Barrel No. AB-BSC-A006-154 for Binny's - https://youtu.be/W-XuMkxpmvs
- Old Ballantruan 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky - https://youtu.be/0Co2ESiKZrE
- Roaming Road 9 Year Old Jamaica Rum - https://youtu.be/CSCyBNgGeyY
- Richland Rum "RR20" Twentieth Anniversary Single Estate Old South Georgia Rum - https://youtu.be/MZaHTnr3aD8

*HONORABLE MENTIONS*
- Kō Hana Cask Strength "Kila" Hawaiian Agricole Rum Aged in American Oak - https://youtu.be/qzYigzhrHSU
- Hampden Great House Distillery Edition 2024 Old Single Jamaican Rum - https://youtu.be/_LSElpvxvDM
- Mount Gay Eclipse "Navy Strength" Barbados Rum - https://youtu.be/jZZRr8I_IRY
- Mauritius 2017 3 Year Old Rum, bottled by Transcontinental Rum Line - https://youtu.be/UDhiJwrmMbE
- Clairin Sajous, 2020 Harvest - https://youtu.be/I7CR5KQTedk
- Père Labat Les Mangles Single Plot Rhum Agricole - https://youtu.be/ANJMB4krc3g
- RomDeluxe Trelawny Parish TECC, Distillation Strength Batch I (Long Pond) - https://youtu.be/uNadKJZUC7k
- Derrumbes Michoacán Mezcal Artesanal by Mezcalero Guadelupe Pérez - https://youtu.be/h8ENaUHAPvM
- Gujing Gong 8 Years Baijiu - https://youtu.be/XF0PPOtlf1o

*JUST SO YOU KNOW*
- Don Q Signature Release 2009 Single Barrel Cask Strength Rum - https://youtu.be/khRT-LVujss (it's CS Puerto Rico and as I mention in Arminder's year-ender - which you should go watch, it's good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k74R2sH6itA - it was a discovery)
- L'Encantada Pouy 1999 23 Year Old Armagnac-Ténarèze, Lot 99Po115, No. 115 - https://youtu.be/gtjP20GFMaE (in a 3-pack but worth it)
- Turning Tables NOLA Rhum Pou Moun-La from Porchjam - https://youtu.be/Tm9MawcqI3o (NOLA cane juice for a good cause!)
- Leopold Bros. Bottled In Bond Three Chamber Rye Whiskey - https://youtu.be/6h4I_F_G7TI (now in flasks!!)
- BONUS I FORGOT TO MENTION: Green River barrel picks - https://youtu.be/HuqTE07GZCU (They good.)

*TOP TEN*
10. Benchmark "Full Proof" Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey - https://youtu.be/6DiiX9YB7vw
9. Worthy Park "Overproof" Single Estate Jamaica Rum - https://youtu.be/UWzkPJY5aYE
8. Clear Creek 15 Year Old Apple Brandy, Single Barrel Select No. 409 for Aficionados - https://youtu.be/W-XuMkxpmvs
7. Guizhou Xi Jiu Jiaocang 1988 Baijiu, 2021 Edition - https://youtu.be/LzZAhf41jSE and also go watch Robyn's take over at This Blog's NEAT (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tczh8WWwk3w )
6. SUYO Italia Pisco, Ed. 06, 2022 harvest distilled by the Del Carpio family - https://youtu.be/1odANO3m0MA
5. Ardnahoe Inaugural Release 5 Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky - https://youtu.be/4QiWRIsiejQ
4. Armorik 15 Year Old Single Malt Whisky Breton, 2022 - https://youtu.be/cCGHDq38EHo
3. Alambique Serrano "Cartier 30" Single Origin Oaxacan Rum - https://youtu.be/IUXGN6RQ2jo
2. Leopold Brothers Cask Strength 8 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Distiller's Barrel Select Finished in Three Chamber Rye Barrels - https://youtu.be/Ia3l_81QNvw
1. Papalin Haiti 6 Year Old Vatted Rum, Ex-Sherry Casks - https://youtu.be/nmdtw57drcQ

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