Artisanal Distilleries
Small to mid-size distilleries crafting handcrafted spirits such as whiskey, gin, rum, and brandy with an emphasis on provenance and unique recipes.
Artisanal Distilleries is a highly fragmented category in AI responses
Even the top-ranked brand (St. George Spirits at 48/100) is mentioned inconsistently when users ask AI assistants about Artisanal Distilleries. Only 3 brands in this category scored above 40. Categories often land here for two reasons: the space is dominated by local or niche players no single AI model has strong training on, or it's a services-heavy category (agencies, consultants) where AI assistants tend not to name specific brands regardless of reputation.
Brand Leaderboard All 38 Artisanal Distilleries brands ranked
Ranked by overall AI Visibility Score (geometric mean of LBA, Authority, and TOM). Click any brand for the full report.
| # | Brand | LBA | Authority | TOM | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 St. George Spirits
stgeorgespirits.com
|
77 | 21 | 68 | 48 |
| 2 |
 Westland
westlanddistillery.com
|
68 | 24 | 60 | 46 |
| 3 |
B
Balcones
balconesdistilling.com
|
71 | 21 | 52 | 43 |
| 4 |
 New Riff
newriffdistilling.com
|
75 | 25 | 21 | 34 |
| 5 |
 High West
highwest.com
|
78 | 5 | 35 | 24 |
| 6 |
 The Botanist
thebotanist.com
|
84 | 5 | 21 | 21 |
| 7 |
 Bruichladdich
bruichladdich.com
|
88 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 8 |
 Sipsmith
sipsmith.com
|
86 | 0 | 28 | 10 |
| 9 |
 WhistlePig
whistlepigwhiskey.com
|
81 | 0 | 24 | 10 |
| 10 |
 FEW Spirits
fewspirits.com
|
62 | 1 | 24 | 9 |
| 11 |
 Copper & Kings
copperandkings.com
|
58 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 12 |
 Corsair
corsairdistillery.com
|
74 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 13 |
 Four Pillars
fourpillarsgin.com.au
|
85 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 14 |
F
Foursquare
foursquarerum.com
|
82 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 15 |
M
Monkey 47
monkey47.com
|
90 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 16 |
 Nikka
nikka.com
|
87 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 17 |
 Stranahan’s
stranahans.com
|
71 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 18 |
 Catoctin Creek
catoctincreekdistilling.com
|
67 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 |
 Frey Ranch
freyranch.com
|
62 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 |
 Hendrick's
hendricksgin.com
|
94 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 |
 Kings County Distillery
kingscountydistillery.com
|
66 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 |
 Koval
koval-distillery.com
|
69 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 |
 Wigle Whiskey
wiglewhiskey.com
|
62 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 |
 Bimber
bimberdistillery.co.uk
|
52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 |
 Brough Brothers
broughbrothers.com
|
40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 |
 Buffalo Trace Distillery
buffalotracedistillery.com
|
91 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 |
D
Death's Door Spirits
deathsdoorspirits.com
|
64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 |
 Driftless Glen
driftlessglen.com
|
49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |
 Glenfiddich
glenfiddich.com
|
90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 |
 Journeyman Distillery
journeyman.com
|
53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 |
 Leopold Bros.
leopoldbros.com
|
77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 |
 Maker's Mark
makersmark.com
|
83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 |
 Michter's
michters.com
|
87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 |
R
Ransom Spirits
ransomspirits.net
|
44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 |
 Santa Fe Spirits
santafespirits.com
|
42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 |
 The Balvenie
thebalvenie.com
|
90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 |
 Uncle Nearest
unclenearest.com
|
71 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 |
 Woodford Reserve
woodfordreserve.com
|
92 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How is this calculated? Methodology
Every brand in this leaderboard is scored against the same set of 293 shared Artisanal Distilleries prompts. The same prompts, same model, same iterations. So differences in scores reflect actual differences in AI visibility, not differences in measurement.
Overall AI Visibility Score
(LBA × Authority × TOM)^(1/3). Geometric mean is used so that any single weak metric pulls the overall score down, rather than being masked by strength elsewhere.
Shared industry prompts
Latent Brand Association (LBA)
quality × meta × stability × share × recognition × 100. Read the full LBA methodology →