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2015 SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMPETITION GOLD MEDAL WINNERS

BLADE & BOW® BUCHANAN’S® BULLEIT® BOURBON WHISKEY DELUXE™ BOURBON 10 YEAR OLD • Rewards sippers with a BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY delicious hint of dried • Fresh and spicy, with • Consistently smooth apricot and ripe pear on herbal notes that give taste with vanilla, entry before melting into way to smooth chocolate. dried fruit, and a long, a sweet roasted grain taste smoky finish. mid-palate. The finish includes notes of charred oak and warm winter spices.

BULLEIT ® CAOL ILA® DALWHINNIE® 95 RYE SINGLE MALT SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY SCOTCH WHISKY • A smooth entry, bolstered 15 YEAR OLD by sweet tones of maple 12 YEAR OLD and oak. Finishes long, • Sweet start, light • Soft, lasting flavors of satiny, woody/resiny fragrant smokiness, heather, honey sweetness and light toffee. salt, sweetness and a and vanilla. Deeper citrus lengthy charred dry fruits and hints of malted finish. bread.

GEORGE DICKEL® GLENKINCHIE® I.W. HARPER® ® BARREL SELECT SINGLE MALT 15 YEAR OLD BOURBON SCOTCH WHISKY TENNESSEE WHISKY • Sweeter up front with 12 YEAR OLD • Aged for a minimum of grain and corn moving 10 years and created • Sweet yet fresh, late into notes of oak, raisin, from individual barrels summer fruits, wood caramel, spice and hand-selected every year. and malted barley. vanilla. The finish Extraordinarily smooth leaving a long and with caramel and vanilla lasting mouthfeel. tones, hints of oak/wood and a long, lingering finish.

MORTLACH™ MORTLACH™ OBAN® SINGLE MALT SINGLE MALT SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY SCOTCH WHISKY SCOTCH WHISKY 18 YEAR OLD RARE OLD 14 YEAR OLD • Astonishingly complex • A complex and bold • Opens with a light, throughout and Mortlach with the slightly fruity sweetness characterized by a fine exquisite balance of of oranges, lemons and interplay of meaty sweetness and dryness pears on the nose. notes, malty sweetness for which the distillery Finishes with a balance and balancing acidity, is renowned. of smooth, sweet fruit best enjoyed straight. and an oak-wood dryness.

CELEBRATING LIFE EVERY DAY, EVERYWHERE, RESPONSIBLY. ©2015 Diageo, Norwalk, CT he San Francisco World Spirits Competition is the first comprehensive, international spirits judging ever held in the United States on an annual basis. Celebrating its 15th year of awarding 2015 SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMPETITION T spirits excellence, the 2015 Competition was held in downtown San Francisco in March. DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL WINNERS Judging is based on a blind, consensual procedure ensuring competitive integrity, making this annual competition the most reputable and recognized competition in the spirits industry. In 2015, distillers and importers submitted 1,580 spirits from 66 countries.

® GEORGE DICKEL® JOHNNIE WALKER LAGAVULIN ® SINGLE MALT Diageo spirits liquids and packaging were recognized across the board as RYE WHISKY DOUBLE BLACK BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY SCOTCH WHISKY best-in-class at the 2015 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, winning • Only rye finished in the 12 YEAR OLD a grand total of 91 awards. In both Scotch and North American Whisk(e)y style that made George • Matured in deep-charred famous: chilled, then oak casks, this whisky • Distinctly herbal with liquids, Diageo brands did especially well, with 14 brands winning multiple charcoal mellowed. Fruit offers natural smoke smooth dark chocolate notes that maintain flavors and extraordinary with aromatic smoke and medals, and several being named “Best” in their category. The Company upon first taste. richness. a piercing pine resin finish. was also named “Importer of the Year” in recognition of Diageo’s consistent high quality of spirits across all brands.

® ™ LAGAVULIN® OBAN OBAN LITTLE BAY SINGLE MALT SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY 18 YEAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY 16 YEAR OLD • The additional four years of • Occasional hints of orange 2015 SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMPETITION – BEST SINGLE MALT SCOTCH zest and clove, before 13 TO 19 YRS maturation gives it a sweeter, smoother finish growing drier, again slightly • Powerful, smoky, than the 14 year old. It is minty, with hints of green DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL WINNERS peaty aroma with pleasantly smooth textured apple. a distinctively with a long, elegant finish of robust and complex late smoke and cocoa. taste.

® ® ® ™ BLADE & BOW BUCHANAN’S CLYNELISH ORPHAN BARREL™ TALISKER TALISKER STORM ® INGLE ALT COTCH HISKY SINGLE MALT BOURBON WHISKEY MASTER S M S W LOST PROPHET™ SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY 22 YEAR OLD 14 YEAR OLD 10 YEAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY KENTUCKY BOURBON – BEST SINGLE MALT SCOTCH – BEST SINGLE MALT SCOTCH – BEST STRAIGHT BOURBON • Soft honey taste giving • Faint flower fragrance, UP TO 12 YRS NO AGE STATEMENT • Smooth and smoky with way to bitter chocolate. brown sugar with an • Notes of honey, dried good oak structure, attractive slight bitterness. fruit, apricot and clove. • A spicy complexity with • Sweet, spicy and peppery, accented with notes of singular peppery character, with clouds of smoke; torched sugar, sweet further distinguished by a warm, intense long finish. vanilla bean and a spicy smoky smoothness and dry rye finish. sweet, lingering peaty finish.

® ® ® ® GEORGE DICKEL TANQUERAY CROWN ROYAL CROWN ROYAL CRAGGANMORE® NO. 12 LONDON DRY GIN NORTHERN HAND SELECTED SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY TENNESSEE WHISKY HARVEST RYE BARREL • Layers of flavors, robust 12 YEAR OLD – BEST TENNESSEE WHISKY BLENDED CANADIAN CANADIAN WHISKY juniper and smooth citrus notes which makes it the • Hugely complex, rich with WHISKY – BEST CANADIAN WHISKY • Concentrated flavors of perfect base for Tanqueray’s layers of flavor and a whiff rich oak and subtle vanilla signature cocktails. of smoke in the finish. • A distinctive Canadian • A balance of creamy and lead to a long finish with Rye whisky balanced fruity with notes of hints of maple, butter with hints of warm banana, and rich oak and smoke. spice and an impeccably undertones from maturing smooth finish. in new American wood. he San Francisco World Spirits Competition is the first comprehensive, international spirits judging ever held in the United States on an annual basis. Celebrating its 15th year of awarding 2015 SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMPETITION T spirits excellence, the 2015 Competition was held in downtown San Francisco in March. DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL WINNERS Judging is based on a blind, consensual procedure ensuring competitive integrity, making this annual competition the most reputable and recognized competition in the spirits industry. In 2015, distillers and importers submitted 1,580 spirits from 66 countries.