Judging for the first round of the World Drinks Awards 2017 has taken place, with each product judged according to style and country.
The country winners in the Gin, Rum and Vodka categories are listed below.
The final results for all the spirit categories and styles will be announced at the Whiskies & Spirits Conference during the World Drinks Awards lunch on March 30, 2017 at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London.
World Drinks Awards 2017, Chair - Felicity Murray
The Country Winners in each gin category are:
Cask gin category
Australia - The West Winds Gin Barrel Expedition Maidenii Voyage
Canada - Black Fox Dry Gin Barrel #2
Iceland - Vor Pot Distilled Gin
Sweden - Hernö Juniper Cask Gin
UK - Firkin Gin Original
USA - Vapor Distillery Ginskey Barrel Aged Gin
Compound gin category
Italy - Collesi Gin
UK - Ableforth's Bathtub Gin Navy-Strength
UK - Orkney Gin Company Johnsmas
Contemporary gin category
Australia - The West Winds The Cutlass
Belgium - Gilliam's Gin The Golden Apple
Canada - Ironworks Gin
Germany - Stauffenberg Dry Gin
Iceland - Vor Icelandic Premium Gin Navy Strength
New Zealand - Black Robin Rare Gin
South Africa - Cape Town Rooibos Red Gin
Spain - Gin Mare Mediterranean Gin
Sweden - Hernö Gin Old Tom
UK - Pothecary British Blended Gin
USA - Back River Gin
London Dry gin category
Australia - The West Winds Gin The Sabre
Belgium - Ginius The Flemish No1
Canada - Ironworks Gin
France - Citadelle Gin
Netherlands - Boomsma Dry Gin
Norway - Vidda Tørr Gin
South Africa - Cape Town Classic Dry Gin
Sweden - Hernö Gin Navy Strength
Switzerland - Turicum No3
Traditional Style gin category
Australia - Ironbark 313 Dry Gin
Canada - Black Fox Dry Gin #3
Germany - Penninger Granit Bavarian Gin
UK - Quinine Gin 1897
USA - OOLA Distillery Aloo Gin
The Country Winners in each rum category are:
Dark rum category
Australia - Bundaberg Master Distillers' Collection Solera
Germany - El Ron del Artesano 2004 Single Cask No.29
Netherlands - Old Captain Caribbean Brown Rum
UK - Westerhall No10
USA - Still 630 Expedition Rum
Flavoured rum category
Australia - Beenleigh Australian Honey
France - Ti'Original de Ced' Ti'Punch
Germany - Spirits of Old Man Rum Punch One
Gold - Aged up to 7 Years rum category
Australia - Bundaberg Master Distillers' Collection Small Batch
UK - St Vincent Distillers Sparrows Premium Rum
USA - Marauda Rum Steelpan
Gold - Aged 8 to 12 Years rum category
Thailand - Phraya Gold Rum
UK - St Vincent Distillers Mutineers Gold XO Special Reserve Rum
USA - The Real McCoy Aged 12 Years
Gold - Aged 13+ Years rum category
France - Plantation Rum XO
UK - Pirate's Grog Rum
Gold - No Age Statement rum category
Australia - Bundaberg Master Distiller's Collection Small Batch Vintage
Trinidad and Tobago - Agnostura 1919
UK - West Indies Rum & Cane
Spiced rum category
France - Ti'Original de Ced' Ti'Spicy
Germany - Spirits of Oldman Project Four Vanilla Cane
UK - Ableforth's Rumbullion! XO 15 Years Old
White rum category
Trinidad and Tobago - Agnostura Reserva
Netherlands - Old Captain Caribbean White Rum
The Country Winners in each vodka category are:
Flavoured vodka category
Ukraine - Nemiroff Premium Category
Pure/Neutral vodka category
Canada - Canada One Artisan Vodka
Italy - Collesi Vodka
Lithuania - Russian Courage Pure Grain Vodka
Netherlands - Esbjærg Copper Edition
New Zealand - Blue Duck Rare Vodka
Poland - Poniatowski Vodka Exquisite
Russia - Czar's Original
Ukraine - Nemiroff Premium De Luxe
UK - Slingsby Pure Grain Vodka
USA - Cruz Vintage Black Vodka
Varietal vodka category
Australia - Hartshorn Distillery Sheep Whey Vodka
Canada - Loon Vodka
UK - Adnams Rye Hill
USA - Valentine Vodka
23 December 2016 - Sam Coyne The Drinks Report, editorial assistant
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