Not sure I would give it THAT much credence as this year the runner up is the youngest Redbreast (which I do always keep on hand) and in 2015 the winner was Crown Royal Northern Rye (which I bought a bottle last year and it’s mostly unused. Nothing wrong with it at all as it’s smooth like all Crowns but it’s not peppery enough to be a “Rye” in my book).
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