OFFICIAL AG MEDIA SPONSOR: MORNING AG CLIPS
We are very pleased that Morning Ag Clips has signed on as the official agricultural media sponsor of this year's competition.
MAC is owned and run by a farmer whose media enterprise has been a welcome addition to the ag news landscape.
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The Heartland Whiskey Competition is a biennial, blind-tasting judging event that is sanctioned and supervised by the American Craft Spirits Association. The competition is sponsored by the promotion arms of participating state corn associations. Competition in several whiskey categories is open to craft distillers from all 50 U.S. states and territories. In addition to category competition (e.g., bourbon, moonshine, etc.), “Best of State” awards are given to those states with corn association sponsorship and a “Best of Show” award is given to the highest-scoring whiskey from the “Best of State” awardees.
ACSA delineates specific entry criteria consistent with its stewardship of this and other spirits competitions. The one criterion unique to this competition is that all whiskey submissions must be made from some amount of corn grain.
Top Farmer-Distiller Award
In sponsored states, the 2023 competition introduced the Top Farmer-Distiller Award which was chosen from all categories. Entering the 2025 competition year, Top Farmer-Distiller has expanded to three awards.