The Whisky Championships 2026 is here. We’re back, inviting YOU to crown the ultimate distillery.
This isn’t a tasting panel or a judges’ roundtable. You can’t pay to enter. Contenders are welcome to promote themselves (the more shameless, the better tbh), but everyone is here because they deserve to be.
Ultimately, it’s a popularity contest. Pure, undiluted, glorious, tragic, flawed, whisky-fuelled democracy.
The Whisky Championships 2026 is here!
How it works
The format’s simple: We begin with 32 contenders. They enter a World Cup-style single-elimination. All roads lead to one crown.
Every few days, a new set of matchups goes live. You vote for your favourite in each one, and the winner advances to the next round. No ties. No comebacks. Once a bottle’s out, it’s out.
Of the 32, we picked 16 from your nominations. That means whoever got the most votes competes. Pure democracy. The other 16 will be picked from our best sellers plus any cult favourites picked by the team. And yes, there were many heartbreaking omissions. A line had to be drawn somewhere.
Voting happens across three platforms:
- Our website bracket page
- Instagram Stories
- X (formerly Twitter) polls
Votes across all platforms are combined to determine the winner of each head-to-head fixture. We’ll be announcing results after every round and updating the bracket live so you can track the carnage in real time.
Now, head to the Whisky Championships 2026 page, check out the matchups, and start voting. Your favourite needs your support to survive the knockout.
May the best dram win.
