2017 BEST IN SHOW & PREMIUM AWARDS

www.sfspiritscomp.com 2017 PREMIUM AWARDS

2017 was another record- breaking year for the SFWSC, with an 18% increase in entries over 2016!

THE TASTING PANEL MAGAZINE DISTILLERY OF THE YEAR 2,500 Jameson Distillery Ireland 2,252 ENTRIES

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1,899 ENTRIES

IMPORTER OF THE YEAR 1,500 2017 London, United Kingdom

2016 1,000

500 DIRECTOR’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Distell Group South Africa 2017 BEST IN SHOW

PISCO’S RISE: BEST IN SHOW UNAGED WHITE SPIRIT 2017 was the second year in a BEST PISCO row that Pisco La Caravedo’s Pisco La Caravedo Puro Torontel Pisco Puro Torentel Pisco won Ica, Peru PISCO PORTON LLC Best Pisco and Best in Show ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $33 Unaged White Spirit!

BEST IN SHOW This is the fourth year in a AGED WHITE SPIRIT row that the Best in Show BEST RUM Unaged White Spirits honor BEST EXTRA-AGED RUM was awarded to a Pisco. Ron Cartavio XO Rum Lima, Peru The SFWSC re-classified­ EKEKO DISTRIBUTION Piscos in 2017 to better ALCOHOL: 40% reflect the diversity and differences between Chilean BEST IN SHOW and Peruvian brands, WHISKEY resulting in a 50% increase in BEST Pisco entries over 2016. WhistlePig Boss Hog: Black Prince Rye Whiskey Vermont, USA

WHISTLEPIG GROUP GORDON ALCOHOL: 61.2% RETAIL PRICE: $349

BEST IN SHOW BEST BEST COGNAC EXTRA-AGED/VINTAGE Croizet Extra Cognac Cognac, France

SAS CROIZET ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $233

BEST IN SHOW BEST FRUIT LIQUEUR Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge Liqueur France

CAMPARI AMERICA ALCOHOL: 40% 2017 BEST OF CLASS

BEST Wodka Vodka, Wrelkopolska, Poland EDGEWATER SPIRITS LLC ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $12

BEST FLAVORED VODKA Black Infusions Black Fig Vodka, Massachusetts, USA BLACK INFUSIONS, LLC ALCOHOL: 30% RETAIL PRICE: $30 IS IN: BEST AQUAVIT Tattersall Distilling Aquavit, Minnesota, USA The SFWSC saw a dramatic TATTERSALL DISTILLING COMPANY ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $30 increase in the number of gin entries this year: BEST GIN Tarquin’s The Seadog Navy Strength Gin 268 were entered in Cornwall, United Kingdom SOUTHWESTERN DISTILLERY LIMITED 2017—vs. 199 in 2016— ALCOHOL: 57% RETAIL PRICE: $45 not including flavored or

BEST BARREL AGED GIN barrel-aged gins. Copperworks Northwest Cask Finished Gin Washington, USA COPPERWORKS DISTILLING COMPANY ALCOHOL: 50% RETAIL PRICE: $45

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50 BEST FLAVORED GIN BEST STRAIGHT BOURBON Springfield Manor Lavender Gin, Maryland, USA David Nicholson Reserve Straight Bourbon SPRINGFIELD MANOR WINERY & DISTILLERY Kentucky, USA ALCOHOL: 45% RETAIL PRICE: $45 LUXCO ALCOHOL: 50% RETAIL PRICE: $33 BEST SHOCHU Kirishima Akane Shochu, Miyazaki, Japan BEST SMALL BATCH BOURBON – NORD TRADE COUNSEL UP TO 5 YRS ALCOHOL: 25% RETAIL PRICE: $22 Kings County Distillery Bottled-in-Bond Straight Bourbon Brooklyn, USA BEST BAIJIU KINGS COUNTY DISTILLERY Yushan 6 Year Old Kaoliang ALCOHOL: 45% Longtian, Taiwan TAIWAN TOBACCO & LIQUOR CO. BEST BOURBON ALCOHOL: 58% RETAIL PRICE: $24 BEST SMALL BATCH BOURBON BEST SMALL BATCH BOURBON – BEST WHITE RUM 6 TO 10 YRS Miami Club Rum, Florida, USA Barrell Batch 011 Cask Strength Straight Bourbon ALCHEMIST DISTILLERIES Tennessee, USA ALCOHOL: 42% RETAIL PRICE: $28 BARRELL CRAFT SPIRITS ALCOHOL: 57.4% RETAIL PRICE: $85 BEST DARK/GOLD RUM Mad River PX Rum, Vermont, USA BEST SMALL BATCH BOURBON – MAD RIVER DISTILLERS 11 YRS AND OLDER ALCOHOL: 46% RETAIL PRICE: $45 Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon BEST OVER-PROOF RUM Kentucky, USA Barrell Batch 001 Cask Strength Rum, Jamaica DISTILLERY BARRELL CRAFT SPIRITS ALCOHOL: 63.5% RETAIL PRICE: $50 ALCOHOL: 67.36% RETAIL PRICE: $60 BEST SINGLE BARREL BOURBON BEST CACHAÇA BEST SINGLE BARREL BOURBON – Cachaça Tiê Prata Cachaça, Brazil UP TO 10 YRS CACHAÇARIA TIE Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel Bourbon ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $30 Kentucky, USA BLANTON DISTILLING COMPANY BEST ALCOHOL: 66.35% RETAIL PRICE: $105 BEST SILVER/GOLD (UNAGED) TEQUILA Nosotros Blanco Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico BEST SINGLE BARREL BOURBON – 11 YRS AND OLDER NOSOTROS LIFE AND SPIRITS LLC ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $37 Four Roses Elliott’s Select Barrel Strength 2016 Limited Edition Single Barrel Bourbon BEST AÑEJO TEQUILA Kentucky, USA Siete Leguas Añejo Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico FOUR ROSES DISTILLERY ALCOHOL: 56.9% RETAIL PRICE: $125 COMPANY, INC. ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $57 BEST SPECIAL BARREL-FINISHED BOURBON BEST EXTRA AÑEJO TEQUILA One Eight Distilling Untitled Whiskey #6 Washington D.C., USA Alacrán XA Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico ONE EIGHT DISTILLING, LLC DOZORTSEV & SONS ENTERPRISES, LTD. ALCOHOL: 50% RETAIL PRICE: $78 ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $70

BEST CRAFT DISTILLER WHISKEY BEST Oregon Spirit Distillers Straight Bourbon, Oregon, USA Banhez Mezcal, Oaxaca, Mexico OREGON SPIRIT DISTILLERS CNI BRANDS ALCOHOL: 47% RETAIL PRICE: $40 ALCOHOL: 42% RETAIL PRICE: $40 BEST CORN WHISKEY Stolen 11 Year Old American Whiskey, Florida, USA STOLEN SPIRITS LLC. ALCOHOL: 46% RETAIL PRICE: $35 ANY OTHER WHISK[E]YS? BEST OTHER MANY OTHER WHISK[E]YS! Paul John Bold Indian Single Malt, Goa, India DOMAINE SELECT WINE & SPIRITS Other Whisk[e]y entries nearly ALCOHOL: 46% RETAIL PRICE: $70 doubled this year, from 57 in BEST BLENDED 2016 to 100 in 2017. 2016 Irish Whiskey, Ireland RICHMOND TOWERS LTD. And for the first time in the ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $167 history of the Competition, BEST SINGLE MALT IRISH WHISKEY an won Best The 16 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey, Ireland Other Whisky. BEAM ALCOHOL: 46% RETAIL PRICE: $100

BEST IRISH WHISKEY BEST PURE POT STILL IRISH WHISKEY 15 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey, Midleton, Ireland RICHMOND TOWERS ALCOHOL: 46% RETAIL PRICE: $85 BEST BLENDED SCOTCH – 16 YRS AND OLDER BEST COGNAC VSOP OR EQUIVALENT Buchanan’s 18 Year Old Special Reserve Scotch, Scotland Cognac Godet Special Cognac VSOP HUNTER PUBLIC RELATIONS Cognac, France ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $75 COGNAC GODET ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $45 BEST BLENDED SCOTCH – NO AGE STATEMENT Black Bottle Blended Scotch, Islands, Scotland BEST COGNAC XO OR EQUIVALENT DISTELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. Delpech Fougerat Cognac XO ALCOHOL: 43% RETAIL PRICE: $25 Cognac, France DISTILLERIE VINET-DELPECH SAS BEST DISTILLERS’ SINGLE MALT SCOTCH – ALCOHOL: 40% UP TO 12 YRS Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch, BEST Highlands, Scotland Armagnac Goudoulin 30 Year Old Armagnac MOËT HENNESSY Gers, France ALCOHOL: 46% RETAIL PRICE: $75 ARMAGNAC GOUDOULIN ALCOHOL: 40% RETAIL PRICE: $74 BEST DISTILLERS’ SINGLE MALT SCOTCH – 13 TO 19 YRS BEST OTHER BRANDY Lagavulin 16 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Oude Meester 12 Year Old Reserve Brandy Islay, Scotland Western Cape, South Africa HUNTER PUBLIC RELATIONS DISTELL LTD ALCOHOL: 43% RETAIL PRICE: $85 ALCOHOL: 38% RETAIL PRICE: $30

BEST SCOTCH BEST EAU-DE-VIE BEST SINGLE MALT SCOTCH Sutherland Distilling Apricot Brandy, California, USA BEST DISTILLERS’ SINGLE MALT SCOTCH – SUTHERLAND DISTILLING COMPANY 20 YRS AND OLDER ALCOHOL: 45% RETAIL PRICE: $55 Tomatin 36 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Highlands, Scotland BEST HERBAL/BOTANICALS LIQUEUR THE TOMATIN DISTILLERY Marie Brizard Anisette Liqueur, France ALCOHOL: 46% RETAIL PRICE: $750 MARIE BRIZARD WINE & SPIRITS AMERICAS ALCOHOL: 25% RETAIL PRICE: $23 BEST DISTILLERS’ SINGLE MALT SCOTCH – NO AGE STATEMENT BEST CREAM/DAIRY Ardbeg Uigeadail Single Malt Scotch, Islay, Scotland SōmruS Original Indian Cream Liqueur, USA MOËT HENNESSY SOMPRIYA FINE SPIRITS, LLC ALCOHOL: 54.2% RETAIL PRICE: $80 ALCOHOL: 13.5% RETAIL PRICE: $25

BEST INDEPENDENT MERCHANT SINGLE MALT BEST APÉRITIF Prometheus 27 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Adelaide Hills Distillery The Italian Bitter Orange Aperitif Speyside, Scotland South Australia, Australia GLASGOW DISTILLERY COMPANY ADELAIDE HILLS DISTILLERY ALCOHOL: 47% RETAIL PRICE: $950 ALCOHOL: 20% RETAIL PRICE: $35

BEST BLENDED SCOTCH BEST PRE-MIXED BEST BLENDED MALT BTL SVC Negroni, Kentucky, USA Johnnie Walker 15 Year Green Label INNOVATIVE BEVERAGE GROUP LLC Blended Malt Scotch Scotland ALCOHOL: 28% RETAIL PRICE: $12 SMARTS HOUSE ALCOHOL: 43% RETAIL PRICE: $42

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