Scottish Gins win at the World Gin Awards

They are the biggest gin awards on the planet.  The World Gin Awards are the global awards selecting the very best in gins from around the world and awarding medals in a range of categories. Winning a medal at these prestigious awards is a huge achievement for any gin brand, so we were absolutely delighted to see so many of our wonderful Scottish Gins receiving awards, alongside the highest quality gin brands from countries all over the world.

Every gin that took home a medal deserves huge congratulations, but particularly those that were awarded “Best” for their country in each category.

So, now we have access to the full list of winners, and below, we’ve shared the Scottish Gin brands that triumphed in each of the categories:

Classic Gin

Best -Tobermory Gin
Gold – Ginveraray Foxy
Silver – Pixel Spirits Drookit Piper

Compound Gin

Best – Byron’s Gin Melancholy Thistle
Gold – Byron’s Gin Bird Cherry
Silver – Orkney Gin Company Johnsmas

Contemporary Gin

Best – Pickering’s Gin Pickering’s Original 1947 Gin
Gold – Pixel Spirits Devil’s Staircase
Gold – Ginveraray Katty
Silver – Oro Oro V
Silver – Darnley’s Gin Smoke and Zest
Silver – Kirkjuvagr Orkney Gin Aurora
Bronze – Bright Spirits Peels Gin

Flavoured Gin

Best – Edinburgh Gin Rhubarb & Ginger
Gold – Orkney Gin Company Rhubarb Old Tom
Silver – Edinburgh Gin Lemon & Jasmine
Bronze – McQueen Gin Blood Orange & Cranberry

London Dry Gin

Best – Hills & Harbour Gin

Gold – Oro Oro
Gold – Aquine Scottish Craft Gin
Gold – Eight Lands Organic Speyside Gin
Silver – Edinburgh Gin Classic
Silver – London Hill London Dry Gin
Silver – Kirkjuvagr Orkney Gin Kirkjuvagr
Silver – Downpour Scottish Dry Gin
Bronze – Pentland Hills Gin London Dry Gin
Bronze – Uisge Lusach – The Gaelic Gins Uisge Lusach Sùg/Dry
Bronze – Intercontinental The George Number Nineteen

Matured Gin

Best- Firkin Gin Oak aged
Gold -GlenWyvis Christmas GoodWill Spiced Gin

Navy Gin

Best- Pickering’s Gin Pickering’s Navy Strength Gin
Silver – Darnley’s Gin Spiced Gin Navy Strength

Old Tom Gin

Bronze – Kirkjuvagr Orkney Gin Beyla

Given the highly prestigious nature of these globally-recognised awards, we are incredibly proud of all the Scottish Gin brands who received medals or were overall category winners, yet again, this proves that the Scottish Gin industry is one of the best in the world (actually, we’d argue it is the best!).

Big congratulations to all the winning Scottish Gin brands!