Press & Awards

Patience pays. Critics agree.

A decade-plus of laying down barrels has earned a shelf full of medals — including World's Best Bourbon, Platinum at San Francisco, and Double Platinum at the ASCOTs.

Headliners

Recognized at the highest tier.

World's Best Bourbon2023 · Tasting Alliance World Championship · White Label
Platinum2025 · San Francisco World Spirits · White Label
Double Platinum2025 · ASCOT Awards · 12 Year
Platinum2025 · ASCOT Awards · 8 Year & White Label
Best Small Batch Bourbon2024 · Singapore World Spirits · 8 Year
Best Small Batch Bourbon (10+)2024 · NY World Spirits · 12 Year
96 Points2024 · International Wine & Spirit Competition · White Label
1st Place — BBQ Alcoholic Beverages2024 · NBBQA · White Label
Tennessee Straight Bourbon · The Flagship

White Label

  • 2025PlatinumSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
  • 2025PlatinumASCOT Awards
  • 2025PlatinumSIP Awards
  • 2025Double GoldSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
  • 2025Double GoldNew York International Spirits Competition
  • 2025Consumer's ChoiceSIP Awards
  • 2025GoldTasting Alliance Asia
  • 2025SilverInternational Spirits Challenge
  • 2025SilverBartender Spirits Awards
  • 2025BronzeInternational Wine and Spirit Competition
  • 2024Double GoldSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
  • 2024Double GoldNew York World Spirits Competition
  • 2024Double GoldSIP Awards
  • 2024Double GoldAmerica's Best Beverage Awards · Regional
  • 2024Gold (96 pts)International Wine and Spirit Competition
  • 2024GoldSingapore World Spirits Competition
  • 2024GoldASCOT Awards
  • 2024GoldAmerica's Best Beverage Awards · National
  • 20241st PlaceNBBQA BBQ Alcoholic Beverages
  • 2024Consumers' ChoiceSIP Awards
  • 2023World's Best BourbonThe Tasting Alliance
  • 2023Triple Still AwardThe Tasting Alliance
  • 2023Double GoldSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
  • 2023Double GoldNew York World Spirits Competition
  • 2023Double GoldSingapore World Spirits Competition
  • 2023Double GoldSIP Awards
  • 2023GoldThe South's Best Spirits Awards
  • 2023Finalist · Best in ClassSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
  • 2023SilverAmerican Distilling Institute International
  • 2021SilverSIP Awards
  • 2015SilverNew York World Spirits Competition
  • 2015BronzeDenver Wine and Spirits
  • 2014BronzeSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
Tennessee Straight Bourbon

Aged 8 Years

  • 2025PlatinumASCOT Awards
  • 2025Double GoldSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
  • 2025Double GoldNew York World Spirits Competition
  • 2025Double GoldSIP Awards
  • 2025Double GoldTasting Alliance Asia
  • 2025BronzeInternational Wine and Spirit Competition
  • 2024Best Small Batch BourbonSingapore World Spirits Competition
  • 2024Double GoldSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
  • 2024Double GoldSingapore World Spirits Competition
  • 2024Double GoldNew York World Spirits Competition
  • 2024Double GoldAmerica's Best Beverage Awards · Regional
  • 2024GoldAmerica's Best Beverage Awards · National
  • 2018PlatinumSIP Awards
  • 2016GoldSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
Tennessee Straight Bourbon

Aged 12 Years

  • 2025Double PlatinumASCOT Awards
  • 2025Double GoldSIP Awards
  • 2025GoldSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
  • 2025GoldNew York World Spirits Competition
  • 2025GoldTasting Alliance Asia
  • 2025SilverInternational Wine and Spirit Competition
  • 2024Best Small Batch Bourbon (10+ years)New York World Spirits Competition
  • 2024Double GoldNew York World Spirits Competition
  • 2024Double GoldAmerica's Best Beverage Awards · Regional
  • 2024GoldSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
  • 2024GoldSingapore World Spirits Competition
  • 2024GoldAmerica's Best Beverage Awards · National
  • 2019GoldThe Fifty Best Spirits Competition
  • 2018PlatinumSIP Awards
  • 2017Double GoldSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
Pitmaster Reserve

15 Year · #1 Release

  • 2021Platinum · Best in ClassSIP Awards
  • 2021Double Gold · Packaging DesignSIP Awards
  • 2021Innovation AwardSIP Awards
Pitmaster Reserve

15 Year · #2 Release

  • 2025PlatinumSIP Awards
  • 2025Gold · Individual Bottle DesignSIP Awards
  • 2025SilverTasting Alliance Asia
  • 2025SilverNew York World Spirits Competition
Tennessee Rye

8 Year Rye

  • 2024GoldSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
  • 2024GoldNew York World Spirits Competition
  • 2024SilverSingapore World Spirits Competition
  • 2023Double GoldSIP Awards
  • 2023GoldAmerican Distilling Institute International
  • 2023SilverNew York World Spirits Competition
  • 2023BronzeSan Francisco World Spirits Competition
PLP Spirits

PLP Vodka

  • 2025SilverNew York World Spirits Competition
Featured Articles

A whiskey worth writing about.

A Leg Up On the Competition

How Carey Bringle of Nashville's Peg Leg Porker crafted the "World's Best Bourbon."

Hey, guess what? The first time the Tasting Alliance has ever awarded a bourbon a World Championship — it's not even from Kentucky. It's Tennessee Bourbon.
— Carey Bringle, in Bourbon+
Read the full article (PDF)

A Soul of Smoke & Spirits

The first pitmaster with a barbecue and bourbon brand, both award-winning. But acclaim isn't what excites him.

It's been great having the bourbon company, because barbecue and bourbon have always gone hand in hand. Being able to marry them under one brand was a lifetime dream for me.
— Carey Bringle, in On 'Cue Magazine
Read the full article (PDF)
For Press & Media

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Writing about whiskey, hospitality, or Nashville? We're happy to send hi-res imagery, founder bio, tasting notes, and bottle samples for editorial review. Reach out to our PR lead Emily at RPR Firm:

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