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The Australian Gin Awards November 2019 were held on Thursday 21 November at an events dinner at Paddington Town Hall in Sydney.
L-R: Bill Lark, Tim Boast (Never Never Distilling Co.) – Photo Supplied
The Best in Show was awarded to Never Never Distilling Co. Southern Strength Gin, winning a $10,000 marketing prize sponsored by SabreX.
More than 150 craft gins in six classes were judged in October before the results were announced by Bill Lark on the evening. The judges were Bill Lark (Chairman), Mikey Enright, Scott Fitzsimons, Lindsay Silcox, Lyn Lark, Genise Hollingworth, Philip Moore and Glenn McPhee.
Below are the ‘Best in Class’ winner in their respective categories:
- Best in Class – Classic Dry: Never Never Distilling Co. Southern Strength Gin
- Best in Class – Contemporary: Archie Rose Distiller’s Strength Gin
- Best in Class – Matured: The West Winds Gin Barrel Expedition II
- Best In Class – Navy: Kangaroo Island Spirits KIS Old Tom
- Best in Class – Australia Navy: Mt Uncle Distillery Botanic Australis Navy Strength Gin
- Best in Class – Flavoured: Darby-Norris Distillery Blueberry Gin
The Best Gin Bottle Design was awarded to Wildspirit Bloody Merry Gin, produced and designed by Dad and Dave’s Brewing in Brookvale NSW. The design award was chaired by Linda Sultmann of Signwave Australia and sponsored by CCL with a $5000 product prize.
Australian Gin Awards November 2019 Medal Winners
Below are all the Australian Gin Awards November 2019 medal winners:
| MEDAL | DISTILLERY | GIN | |
|---|---|---|---|
CATEGORY 1 CLASSIC DRY GIN | |||
| Trophy | Never Never Distilling Co | Southern Strength Gin | |
| Gold | Fonzie Abbott Brewing | Wishbone | |
| Gold | Gin Brothers Distillery | SevenZeroEight Gin | |
| Gold | McHenry Distillery | McHenry Classic Dry Gin | |
| Gold | Never Never Distilling Co | Triple Juniper Gin | |
| Gold | Noosa Heads Distillery | Signature Dry Gin | |
| Gold | Spring Bay Distillery | Dry Gin | |
| Gold | The National Distillery Company | Verdigris | |
| Silver | Australian Distilling Co. | Adelaide Gin | |
| Silver | Big River Distilling Co. | Canberra Dry Gin | |
| Silver | Cape Byron Distillery | Brookie’s Byron Dry Gin | |
| Silver | Craft & Co | Collingwood Dry | |
| Silver | Lighthouse Gin | Lighthouse Gin | |
| Silver | Never Never Distilling Co | Juniper Stomp Gin | |
| Silver | Prohibition Liquor Co | Prohibition Original Gin | |
| Silver | Small Batch Distilling | Red Hen Gin | |
| Silver | Swan Valley Gin Company | Diablo Artisan Gin | |
| Bronze | 23rd Street Distillery | Signature Gin | |
| Bronze | Ambleside Distillers | Big Dry Gin | |
| Bronze | Australian Distilling Co. | Melbourne Gin | |
| Bronze | Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley / Stone Pine Distillery | 1832 Wolgan Gin | |
| Bronze | Flinders Island Distillery | Traditional Gin | |
| Bronze | Golden Bay Distillery | Championz Gin | |
| Bronze | Joadja Distillery | Joadja Dry Gin | |
| Bronze | Parrot Distilling Co | Parrot Dry Gin | |
| Bronze | Stony Creek Farm Distillery | The Classic | |
| Bronze | The Aisling Distillery | Dry Gin Murrumbidgee | |
CATEGORY 2 CONTEMPORARY GIN | |||
| Trophy | Archie Rose Distilling Co. | Distiller’s Strength Gin | |
| Gold | Cedar Fox Distilling Co. | Cedar Fox Gin | |
| Gold | Flinders Island Distillery | Botanical Gin “Kate Mooney” | |
| Gold | Kangaroo Island Spirits | KIS O’Gin | |
| Gold | Kangaroo Island Spirits | KIS Wild Gin | |
| Gold | Karu Distillery | Affinity Gin | |
| Gold | Martin Distillation Company | Mount Compass Distilled Gin | |
| Gold | Swan Valley Gin Company | Mediterranean Gin | |
| Gold | Swan Valley Gin Company | Saltbush Gin | |
| Gold | The West Winds Gin | The Cutlass | |
| Gold | Winston Quinn Tailor Made Gin | Dry Cut Gin | |
| Gold | Wolf Lane Distillery | Tropical Gin | |
| Silver | 1919 Distilling | 1919 Classic Gin | |
| Silver | Ambleside Distillers | No. 8 Botanical Gin | |
| Silver | Archie Rose Distilling Co. | Signature Dry Gin | |
| Silver | Banks & Solander Distillery | Banks & Solander Gin | |
| Silver | Bellarine Distillery | Teddy & The Fox – Bellarine Gin | |
| Silver | Big River Distilling Co. | Cinn Gin | |
| Silver | Brisbane Distillery | Game of Eucalyptus | |
| Silver | Echuca Distillery | High Street Dry Gin | |
| Silver | Grown Spirits | Garden Grown Gin | |
| Silver | Hemp Gin Group | HG Hemp Gin | |
| Silver | Kilderkin Distillery | Sunburnt Country, Bush Tucker Gin | |
| Silver | Lawrenny Estate Distilling | Van Diemen’s Gin | |
| Silver | Lord Howe Island Distilling Co. | Wild Lemon & Hibiscus | |
| Silver | Margaret River Distilling Co. | Giniversity Botanical Gin | |
| Silver | Noosa Heads Distillery | Sum Yung Guys X Pho Gin | |
| Silver | Parrot Distilling Co | Parrot Foragers Gin | |
| Silver | Prohibition Liquor Co | Prohibition Gin | |
| Silver | Rochfort Distillery | De Bourbel Gin | |
| Silver | Settlers Spirits | Yuzu Gin | |
| Silver | Stony Creek Farm Distillery | The Connoisseur | |
| Silver | Swan Valley Gin Company | Cumquat Gin | |
| Silver | The Abel Gin Co. | Quintessence | |
| Silver | The Abel Gin Co. | Essence | |
| Silver | The Farmer’s Wife Distillery | Autumn Dry Gin | |
| Silver | The National Distillery Company | Adorn | |
| Silver | Turner Stillhouse | Three Cuts Gin – Founder’s Release | |
| Bronze | Ambleside Distillers | Small Acre Gin | |
| Bronze | Balcombe Distillery | Balcombe Coastal Gin | |
| Bronze | Bass & Flinders Distillery | Angry Ant Gin | |
| Bronze | Brisbane Distillery | Brisbane Dry | |
| Bronze | Brisbane Distillery | A Chocwork Orange | |
| Bronze | Brisbane Distillery | Number 11 | |
| Bronze | Brisbane Distillery | Big Red | |
| Bronze | Fossey’s | Original Gin Elixir | |
| Bronze | Hartshorn Distillery | Sheep Whey Gin | |
| Bronze | Kiwi Spirits NZ Ltd | Tokara Gin | |
| Bronze | LOBO Juice and Cider Pty Ltd | LOBO Djinn Gin | |
| Bronze | Margaret River Distilling Co. | Giniversity Australian Native Gin | |
| Bronze | Mt. Uncle Distillery | Botanic Australis Gin | |
| Bronze | Old Kempton Distillery | Embezzler Gin | |
| Bronze | Taylor & Smith Distilling Co | Taylor & Smith Gin | |
CATEGORY 3 MATURED GIN | |||
| Trophy | The West Winds Gin | Barrel Expedition II | |
| Gold | Kangaroo Island Spirits | KIS Whisky Barrel Gin | |
| Gold | 23rd Street Distillery | Barrel Aged Gin | |
| Silver | Bellarine Distillery | Rosey & the Rabbits | |
| Bronze | Cedar Fox Distilling Co. | Cedar Fox Oak Gin | |
| Bronze | SouWester Spirits | SouWester Sunset Gin | |
CATEGORY 4 OLD TOM | |||
| Trophy | Kangaroo Island Spirits | KIS Old Tom Gin | |
| Gold | Karu Distillery | Affinity Gin | |
| Silver | Old Kempton Distillery | Embezzler Gin | |
| Bronze | Craft & Co | Old Tom | |
CATEGORY 5 AUSTRALIAN NAVY GIN | |||
| Trophy | Mt. Uncle Distillery | Botanic Australis Navy Strength Gin | |
| Gold | Craft & Co | Navy Strength | |
| Gold | Never Never Distilling Co | 2018 Juniper Freak Gin | |
| Silver | Kilderkin Distillery | Buccaneer, Navy Strength | |
| Silver | Lawrenny Estate Distilling | 1818 Settlers Gin | |
| Silver | Lighthouse Gin | Hawthorn Edition | |
| Silver | Echuca Distillery | Cadells Navy Strength Gin | |
| Silver | Parrot Distilling Co | Parrot Uncaged Gin | |
| Silver | The West Winds Gin | The Broadside | |
| Bronze | Fossey’s | Navel Strength Gin Elixir | |
| Bronze | Noosa Heads Distillery | Peter Phillips X Navy Strength Gin | |
| Bronze | The Splendid Gin | The Splendid Mesmeric | |
| Bronze | Woodwater Distillery | MY Gin | |
CATEGORY 6 FLAVOURED | |||
| Trophy | Darby-Norris Distillery | Blueberry Gin | |
| Gold | Fossey’s | Pepperberry Gin Elixir | |
| Gold | Settlers Spirits | Sloe Gin | |
| Gold | The West Winds Gin | Wild Plum Gin | |
| Silver | 1919 Distilling | Blush Boysenberry Gin | |
| Silver | Bass & Flinders Distillery | Cerise Gin | |
| Silver | McHenry Distillery | McHenry Sloe Gin | |
| Bronze | Fossey’s | Shiraz Gin Elixir | |
| Bronze | Fossey’s | Broken Heel Gin | |
| Bronze | Great Ocean Road GIn | Raspberry Gin Liqueur | |
| Bronze | Kangaroo Island Spirits | KIS Mulberry Gin | |
| Bronze | Kilderkin Distillery | Bramble, Blackberry Gin | |
| Bronze | Nosferatu Distillery | Nosferatu Blood Orange Gin | |
| Bronze | Prohibition Liquor Co | Shiraz Barrel Aged Gin | |
| Bronze | Settlers Spirits | Shiraz Gin | |
| Bronze | Settlers Spirits | Spiced Fig Gin | |
| Bronze | Settlers Spirits | Coriander Leaf Gin | |
| Bronze | Settlers Spirits | Settlers Blood Orange and Chilli Gin | |
| Bronze | Winston Quinn Tailor Made Gin | Slim Crop Gin | |
| Bronze | Winston Quinn Tailor Made Gin | Pink Fit Gin | |
The Australian Gin Awards dinner heralds the opening of the Sydney Gin Palooza which will host 1800+ gin lovers over the following three days.
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