Prize Winning Islay Distilleries

Tuesday, April 03 2007

Contributed by: ron

The San Francisco World Spirits Competition was held on March 18th and 19th in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in San Francisco. There were over 700 spirits entered from 51 countries. Highland Park from the Orkney Islands won the distiller of the year award and there were important awards for Islay's Distilleries. The most eye-catching award was the 'best in show whisky' for the Bowmore Distillery.

Here is a round up of the awards won by Bowmore :

  • Best in show whisky
  • Double Gold, Bowmore 25 years old
  • Double gold, Bowmore darkest 15 years old
  • Silver, Bowmore 16 years old
  • Silver, Bowmore 12 years old
  • Silver, Bowmore Legend

    This is great news for the Bowmore Distillery team. All their prize winning whiskies are available in the new visitor centre which opened in November last year. But Bowmore Distillery was not the only distillery to win important prizes. The other distilleries performed excellent as well:

    Lagavulin Distillery:

  • Double Gold Medal, Lagavulin 16 Year Old
  • Silver Medal, Lagavulin 16 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, Distiller's Edition

    Caol Ila Distillery:

  • Gold Medal, Caol Ila 18 Year Old
  • Silver Medal, Caol Ila 12 Year Old
  • Silver Medal, Caol Ila 25 Year Old

    Laphroaig Distillery:

  • Gold Medal, Laphroaig 10 Year Old
  • Gold Medal, Laphroaig 10 Year Old
  • Gold Medal, Laphroaig 30 Year Old
  • Silver Medal, Laphroaig 15 Year Old
  • Silver Medal, Laphroaig 10 Year Old

    Ardbeg Distillery:

  • Silver Medal, Ardbeg 10 Year Old
  • Silver Medal, Ardbeg 12 Year Old
  • Silver Medal, Ardbeg 17 Year Old

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