The winners of the World Whiskies Awards and the Icon of Whisky 2025 were announced at the Signet Library in Edinburgh, below are the main categories:
| NEW MAKE & YOUNG SPIRIT Stirling | RYE NAS: Arbikie Highland Rye 1794 12 YEARS & UNDER: Arbikie Highland Rye 1794 Distiller’s Edition No.1 | GRAIN Loch Lomond Single Grain |
| BLENDED LIMITED RELEASE NAS: Woven Project 04 Inverarity Morton 21YO & OLDER: Rare Find Blended Scotch Refill Sherry Butt 34yo | BLENDED MALT NAS: The Borders Distillery WS:02 The Long and Short of It 12 YEARS & UNDER: Scottish Leader Original 13 – 20 YO: White Heather 15yo 21YO & OLDER: Dewar’s Double Double 21 Years Old | SMALL BATCH SINGLE MALT HIGHLANDS: Glenlaird Lightly Peated 12yo ISOLE: Isle of Raasay Dùn Cana — Sherry Quarter Cask Release: Second Edition ISLAY: Rare Find Bunnahabhain 40yo LOWLANDS: Holyrood Distillery Ambir SPEYSIDE: Brave New Spritis Whisky Of Voodoo Mask Of Death Batch #2 |
SINGLE MALT
NAS
| Campbeltown: Glen Scotia Double Cask Rum Finish | Highlands: Glenmorangie Signet Reserve | Isole: Arran The Bodega — Sherry Cask |
| Islay: Ardbeg Corryvreckan | Lowlands: Holyrood Distillery Embra | Speyside: Glen Moray Phoenix Rising |
12 YEARS & UNDER:
| Campbeltown: | Highlands: Loch Lomond Inchmurrin 12yo | Isole: Arran 10yo |
| Islay: Ben Bracken Islay Single Malt Scotch | Lowlands: Bonnington Single Malt Scotch Sherry Cask | Speyside: The GlenAllachie 12yo |
13 – 20 YO
| Campbeltown: Glen Scotia Icons of Campbeltown Release No.2 | Highlands: Loch Lomond Waypoint Series — Falls of Falloch 16yo | Isole: Jura 14yo |
| Islay: Ardbeg 17yo | Lowlands: Bladnoch 16yo | Speyside: Craigellachie 19yo |
21YO & OLDER
| Campbeltown: Glen Scotia 25yo | Highlands: Royal Brackla Sherry Cask Finish 25yo | Isole: |
| Islay: Ardbeg 25yo | Lowlands: Rosebank 32yo | Speyside: Secret Speyside Glen Keith 31yo |
| Brand Ambassador: Andrew Lennie, Whyte and Mackay | Craft Producer: Isle of Raasay | Distiller: Holyrood |
| Distillery Manager: Roselyn Burnett, Cardhu Distillery | Independent Bottler: Caskshare Highly Commended Brave New Spirits | Master Distiller/Blender: Stephanie Macleod, Dewar’s Highly Commended Alasdair Day, R&B Distillers Emma Walker, Johnnie Walker |
| Sustainiable Distillery: Nc’nean | Distilleria Single Estate: Arbikie Highly Commended Lochlea | Visitor Attraction: The Scotch Whisky Experience Highly Commended The Port of Leith Distillery |