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Whiskey, vodka and tequila brands make up the majority of the top 20
Customers wait in the cold to buy limited allocated bourbon at Centerville Liquor & Wine on South Mian Street in Centerville Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Total sales of liquor increased in Ohio in 2022 by nearly 1%, while the amount of gallons sold decreased by nearly 1.8%. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Customers wait in the cold to buy limited allocated bourbon at Centerville Liquor & Wine on South Mian Street in Centerville Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Total sales of liquor increased in Ohio in 2022 by nearly 1%, while the amount of gallons sold decreased by nearly 1.8%. JIM NOELKER/STAFF
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State liquor agencies sold $1.74 billion of high-proof liquor in 2022 — that’s 17 million gallons of it, enough to fill almost 26 Olympic-size swimming pools — or 1.45 billion shot glasses.

Even with American Whiskey as Ohio’s biggest seller, according to Ohio Liquor, both Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Crown Royal Canadian Whisky topped the charts for the No. 1 and No. 2 spots for brands sold by dollars and by gallons.

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Here are a few key lists of the liquor brands with the highest sales in Ohio in 2022 — top overall sales by dollars and by volume, plus top American whiskies, vodkas and tequilas.

Ohio's most-sold liquors in 2022

RankBy cost soldBy volume sold
1Tito'sTito's
2Crown RoyalCrown Royal
3PatronSmirnoff
4Jack DanielsJack Daniels
5HennessyBacardi
6JamesonJim Beam
7Jim BeamPatron
8Don JulioCaptain Morgan
9Remy MartinFireball
10CasamigosAbsolut
11SmirnoffCuervo Especial
12Cuervo EspecialJameson
13AbsolutNew Amsterdam Vodka
14Captain MorganHennessy
15Maker's MarkBlack Velvet
1618001800
17BacardiEvan Williams
18FireballPaul Masson
19Woodford ReserveGrey Goose
20Grey GooseKamchatka
Source: Ohio Liquor

2022 Ohio liquor sales by type

RankAmerican WhiskeyVodkaTequila
1Jack DanielsTito'sPatron
2Jim BeamSmirnoffDon Julio
3Maker's MarkAbsolutCasamigos
4Woodford ReserveGrey GooseCuervo Especial
5WellerCiroc1800
6BulleitKetel OneTeremana
7Wild TurkeyNew AmsterdamEspolon
8Evan WilliamsSvedkaAvion
9Four RosesSkyyMontezuma
10Elijah CraigPinnacleLa Prima
Source: Ohio Liquor
Jay Patel, co-owner of Centerville Liquor & Wine on South Main Street in Centerville, moves around boxes of liquor for retail at the store on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Total sales of liquor increased in Ohio in 2022 by nearly 1%, while the amount of gallons sold decreased by nearly 1.8%. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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