Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin SirDavis Whiskey It is a fine time to be a spirits lover as the world of offerings gets larger every year and this list is my attempt to compile a year’s worth of tasting bourbon and whiskey into the best or 2024. Indeed, it can be challenging to keep up with the numerous new expressions and new brands, hence this is not definitive or exhaustive list of top spirits, but rather a distilled (pardon the pun) list of the expressions that were most memorable to me. Some are quite rare and pricey while others are well under $50 and easy to find, despite the range on this list, all of them delivered on balance and depth.
SirDavis: Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, who has a passion for the balanced and elegant Japanese whisky expressions, partnered with Moët Hennessy to craft this delicious whisky. Moet wisely leveraged the whisky-blending genius of Dr. Bill Lumsden, one of the world’s most awarded Master Distillers (he’s the artisan behind Glenmorangie and Ardbeg), to work with Knowles-Carter on the expression.
When you bring two people together who prize harmony and balance, the result is of course a marvelously elegant whisky with delicious silky notes of caramel, butterscotch and dark chocolate. It’s made from a unique blend of American grains, a mashbill of 51% rye and 49% malted barley. Knowles-Carter named SirDavis in honor of Davis Hogue, her paternal great-grandfather, who was a farmer and a moonshiner in the American S.