World Cup Final Wrap Up
The Bourbon Gents World Cup 2021 is over, and we have our winner.
3 weeks ago, we started with 64 bourbons, all with a chance to lift the trophy. Some fell early, some hung on longer than expected, and some seemed unbeatable, but in the end only one can remain…
The Final
Pappy Van Winkle 20-year-old was drawn as the home team, which meant William Larue Weller got the dodgy away dressing room with the broken heating and blocked toilets. Unlucky, but maybe it would give them that extra motivation to win heading into the match.
Just like last year’s final, it was one of those close, tense affairs. There would be no landslide victory here, no large leads, just neck and neck battling and tight margins with no room for error. At half time it really could have gone either way and was really too close to call.
Pappy 20 was slightly in front heading into the second day of voting but, with the gap so small, it wouldn’t take much for Weller to get back in the game. Both teams could picture themselves lifting that coveted trophy and it spurred them both on. The match was intense, the were crowd biting their nails as the clock ticked down and the victory really could have still gone to either bourbon.
Weller had been slightly behind for a good part of the match by this point, but never far enough for it to be insurmountable. They just needed that bit of luck or that one surge of energy to push them level and beyond… And then it came. Buffalo Trace gave their man a helping hand and liked the tweet and called upon their army of fans to vote for their bourbon. This was going to be close.
The gap started to close, the fans rallied and lifted their team.
There was a flurry of activity and the gap was now down to only 6%
5%
in the blink of an eye it was now 4%
Just a few minutes left
Pappy were holding on by a thread.
Could William Larue Weller keep closing that gap and take a last gasp lead to win it…
Seconds remained and still the votes poured in
The whistle was blown and the match was over!
The crowd cheered as fireworks went off all round the stadium and balloons fell from the sky. Pappy Van Winkle 20 had held on to the lead and won the Bourbon Gents World Cup 2021 - 52% to 48%.
Wow.
Pappy 20 year old the Bourbon Gents World Cup Winner 2021.
The End
The 2021 world cup has drawn to a close. The Gents are now busy engraving the name of Pappy Van Winkle on the trophy and will ship it to them shortly.
As always, we would like to thank each and every one of you who helped decide this year’s winner and we are already looking forward to doing it all over again next year.
For the World cup geeks among you here is the full 2021 World Cup wall chart complete with the scores and winners of all the matches.
