Old Mutual Trophy Spirits Show winners revealedThe results of the third annual Old Mutual Trophy Spirits Show were announced on Wednesday, 11 August. Source: Pexels Launched in 2019, the Trophy Spirits Show is open to all producers and importers of spirits and liqueurs. The show scores and ranks all products across a series of categories, identifying the gold, silver and bronze medallists and awarding a trophy to best-in-class submissions providing they are of gold medal standard. This year number of entries was up from 2020, with entrants coming from as far afield as the Americas, the Middle East, Scandinavia, the highlands of Scotland, the deserts of Mexico and the villages of Cognac. Alongside them were at least 50 different brandies, liqueurs, whiskies and gins from the Cape, Gauteng and Mpumalanga. The trophies for the best gins, vodkas, rums, pot-still brandies, grain whiskies and liqueurs were awarded to South African producers. Those for the best Cognacs, blended whiskies, pot-still whiskeys and single malts went abroad. The line-up of judges this year comprised only locally-based specialists as a result of the restrictions imposed on international travel. Convened by show chairman Michael Fridjhon, the panel was made up of Dr Caroline Snyman, Pieter de Bod, Kobus Gelderblom, Dave Gunns, Mare-Loe Prinsloo, Kurt Schlechter, Neil Paterson, Bradley Jacobs and Julian Short. The list of trophy and gold medal winners can be found below. Trophy winners• Trophy for Best Brandy of Show, Old Mutual Trophy for Best Cognac: • Trophy for Best Pot-distilled Brandy: • Trophy for Best Blended Brandy: • Old Mutual Trophy for Best London Gin: • Old Mutual Trophy for Best Distilled Gin, Riedel Trophy for Best Gin of Show: • Old Mutual Trophy for Best Blended Whisky: • Old Mutual Trophy for Best Grain Whisky: • Trophy for Best Single Malt Whisky, Trophy for Best Whisky of Show: • Trophy for Best Single Pot Still Whisk(e)y: • Trophy Best Vodka of Show: • Old Mutual Trophy for Best Rum of Show: • Old Mutual Trophy for Best Liqueur of Show: Gold medal winners:• Aberlour Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 18 Years Click here for the full list of winners and scores. |