Virginia Distillery Firm Whisky Receives Highest Rating at Final Spirits Problem
The award is one in every of many the distillery has just lately obtained from nationwide and worldwide competitions
Lovingston, Va. (June 21, 2022) – Virginia Distillery Firm whiskies have just lately been acknowledged by a variety of totally different nationwide awards packages. One whisky specifically introduced house prime honors simply this week from the Final Spirits Problem, a world competitors that gives skilled analysis of spirits for producers, importers and entrepreneurs.
Virginia Distillery Firm’s Cuvée Single Cask obtained the best rating awarded this 12 months for all spirits with a 98-point score and was ranked #12 within the Prime 100. The whisky was the best awarded American Single Malt Whisky within the competitors and was one in every of solely a choose few American merchandise. Greater than 1,400 spirits have been entered into this 12 months’s competitors for judging.
“We’re honored to be acknowledged by the celebrated Final Spirits Problem and these different notable trade competitions,” Virginia Distillery Firm CEO Gareth H. Moore stated. “Cuvée Single Cask Whisky was one in every of solely two whiskies from craft unbiased producers that scored a 98 on the Final Spirits Problem. I couldn’t be prouder of our crew and the standard of whisky we’re producing right here in Virginia.”
Along with the Final Spirits Problem, the distillery and its whiskies have been acknowledged just lately with awards and constructive scores from the Worldwide Whisky Competitors, the New York Worldwide Spirits Competitors, American Spirits Council of Tasters (ASCOT) Awards, Los Angeles Worldwide Spirits Competitors and Tasting Panel Journal.
The Worldwide Whisky Competitors is among the best whisky competitions to this point, providing solely three medals per class, designed to be like ‘The Olympics of whisky competitions.’ Virginia Distillery Co. received a number of medals, together with ‘Greatest American Single Malt Whiskey’, ‘Greatest Micro Distillery Whiskey’, and ‘Greatest Virginia Whiskey’:
Greatest American Single Malt Whiskey
- 1st Place: Virginia Distillery – Braveness & Conviction – American Single Malt – 91.69 Pts
- 2nd Place: Virginia Distillery – Braveness & Conviction – American Single Malt – Cuvée Cask – 91.2 Pts
Greatest Micro Distillery Whiskey (Beneath 150,000 bottles)
- 1st Place: Virginia Distillery – Braveness & Conviction – American Single Malt – 91.69 Pts
Greatest Virginia Whiskey
- 1st Place: Braveness & Conviction – American Single Malt – 91.7 Pts
- 2nd Place: Braveness & Conviction – American Single Malt – Cuvée Cask – 91.2 Pts
- third Place: Braveness & Conviction – American Single Malt – Cuvée Single Cask – 89.6 Pts
The NY Worldwide Spirits Competitors is a New York-based competitors that gives skilled analysis of spirits from a trade-only, blind judging panel. On the awards, Virginia Distillery Firm was acknowledged because the Virginia Distillery of the Yr. The 4 whiskies within the Braveness & Conviction product line have been additionally awarded:
- Braveness & Conviction Cuvée Cask – Double Gold Winner
- Braveness & Conviction Sherry Cask – Double Gold Winner
- Braveness & Conviction – Gold Winner
- Braveness & Conviction Bourbon Cask – Bronze Winner
The ASCOT Awards was created by creator and veteran tasing decide Fred Minnick and goals to honor one of the best in spirits. All entries have been tasted blind by a panel of judges made up of spirits trade and evaluated on look, aroma, style and end. Virginia Distillery Firm’s whiskies earned the next:
- VHW Port Cask Completed Whisky – Double Platinum
- Braveness & Conviction Cuvée Cask – Platinum
Virginia Distillery Firm’s Braveness & Conviction Cuvée Cask obtained a finest of sophistication gold medal and a 94-point score on the LA Worldwide Spirits Competitors, an awards competitors bestowing medals to one of the best wines, spirits, olive oils and dairy merchandise from across the globe.
Virginia Distillery Firm’s inaugural Braveness & Conviction Cuvée Single Cask Power whisky earned a 96-point score in Tasting Panel Journal’s Might subject.
Virginia Distillery Firm just lately reopened the doorways to its Guests Middle to the general public. Whereas visiting the distillery in Lovingston, Va., patrons can tour the distillery, style the total Braveness & Conviction product line and Single Cask choices and luxuriate in a brand new Whisky Snack bar. The Guests Middle is open to visitors Thursdays-Sundays from 12:00 to five:00 p.m. Stroll-ins are welcome on a first-come, first-served foundation, however reservations are inspired and may be booked on-line.
For extra data about Virginia Distillery Firm or American Single Malt whisky, go to the distillery’s web site and full information to American Single Malt whisky. Extra data on awards recognition for the distillery may be seen right here.
About Virginia Distillery Firm
Staffed by a neighborhood Virginia crew mentored by Scottish consultants with many years of expertise, Virginia Distillery Firm is the most important devoted American Single Malt whisky distillery within the U.S. The distillery has a present annual manufacturing quantity of 80,000 4.5L circumstances and rising. At full capability, the distillery can produce over 8,000 casks yielding 350,000 4.5L circumstances yearly. The distillery produces Braveness & Conviction American Single Malt on-site utilizing malted barley from North America and water from Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. As well as, the distillery gives the award-winning VHW sequence, made with 100% malted barley. Showcasing each Previous and New World whisky-making, the award-winning line marries whisky made on-site in Virginia with whisky from Scotland. In 2020, Virginia Distillery Firm was named among the many prime 10 winners of the Greatest Craft Whiskey Distillery class in USA Right this moment’s 10Best Readers’ Alternative Journey Awards, and in 2021, Braveness & Conviction was awarded 96 factors by Wine Fanatic.
