Ultimate Spirits Challenge 2015: 95 points ("Spicy, with a buttery sweetness to match...Outstanding")
San Francisco Spirits Competition 2015: Double Gold (Judges Unanimously Agree)
Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2016: Second Finest Whisky in the World ("one of the aromas of the year...after that nose, the delivery just had to be majestic. And it is...those wonderful, bustling, fizzing spices...the best from Heaven Hill for some time")