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Three Food NI Members Among Six Distillers To Win World Gin Awards 2021

Three Food NI members were among six Northern Ireland distilleries to have been successful in the prestigious World Gin Awards 2021, the winners of which have just been announced.

The global awards select the very best in all internationally recognised styles of gin. They are presented by TheDrinksReport.com, the world’s leading online resource for drinks professionals. The awards select, reward and promote the world’s best gins to consumers and trade across the globe.

The three Food NI members were: 

Boatyard Gin, Enniskillen, county Fermanagh was named Northern Ireland Country Winner in the World’s Best Flavoured Gin category for its Winter Solstice Gin,

Category Winner in the World’s Best Matured Gin for its Old Tom Gin and Northern Ireland category winner for its Sloe Gin, Silver for its Double Gin in the World’s Best London Dry Gin, Northern Ireland Country category winner for its Old Tom Gin in World’s Best Matured Gin category and Northern Ireland Country Winner for its Sloe Boat Gin in World’s Best Sloe Gin Category.

Echlinville, Kircubbin in county Down which was the overall Ireland Country Category Winner in the World’s Best Contemporary Gin for its Irish Pot Still Gin;

Symphonia from Moy in Tyrone won a silver medal for its Dry Gin in the Northern Ireland category in Contemporary Gin category and a Bronze in the World’s Best Flavoured Gin category for its Symphonia Apple Gin

Three other distilleries were also successful. They were

Belfast Artisan was named Northern Ireland Country Winner in World’s Best London Dry Gin for its Small Batch Gin;

Killowen, Rostrevor, county Down  – Bronze for Native Botanical Gin in Ireland category in Best Contemporary Gin;

Wild Atlantic Way, near Castlederg in county Tyrone, was the Northern Ireland Country category winner for its First Edition Gin in the World’s Best Contemporary Gin category; and