With 28 awards—including 9 in 2026—J.T. Meleck has been honored as Best in Class and Craft Distiller of the Year, while our American Rice Whiskey was named one of the Top 100 Whiskeys of 2025.
“Best Rice Whiskey goes to JT Meleck. I love this brand. I love this rice whiskey. If more people made rice whiskey that would be awesome but I don’t think it’d be as good as JT Meleck.”
“Craft Distiller of the Year, JT Meleck out of Louisiana, I think is a distillery that should be studied by all of the distilleries in the United States of America because they are doing something over there. They are keeping everything local, having a story that ties in to the local scene, but also having a flavor that is International. So, JT Meleck is massively good. “
