Four American small-batch and single-barrel bourbons took top honors at the prestigious 2025 World Whisky Awards America.

Kim McDaniel, owner of Woodshed Designs, turned a passion for repurposing bourbon barrel parts into a thriving business.

“We’re a small company, but we do a lot of distribution ... Kaufman’s great-grandfather, Eli Weiner, reconditioned wooden barrels for any product that could be packaged and shipped ...