Diageo Brands Wins 65 Awards at San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Diageo brands were recognized across the board at the 2016 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, winning a grand total of 65 medals, more than a third of which were gold or double gold.
Diageo Whiskey brands earned a total of 43 medals in the Whiskey category, including ten double gold medals. Johnnie Walker dominated with eight overall medals, including a double gold. While Bulleit Bourbon, Orphan Barrel and the soon-to-be-launched The Hilhaven Lodge Straight American Whiskey also brought home double gold medals, Diageo scotches earned seven of the medals.
Diageo has generations of craftspeople in their coppersmiths, cooperage, distilleries and warehouses who are carrying on their family traditions in whisky making, and sharing their skills, experience and enthusiasm with the next generation.
Diageo's winning brands at the 2016 San Francisco World Spirits Competition:
Double Gold:
•Bulleit Kentucky Straight Bourbon
•Caol Ila 12 Year Old
•Glenkinchie 12 Year Old
•Johnnie Walker Blue Label
•Lagavulin 16 Year Old
•Oban Little Bay
•Orphan Barrel 21 Year Old Rhetoric Kentucky Straight Bourbon
•Port Dundas 18 Year Old
•Smoky Goat Blended Scotch
•The Hilhaven Lodge Straight American Whiskey
Gold:
•Baileys Pumpkin Spice Cream Liqueur
•Booth's Finest Dry Gin Cask Mellowed
•Buchanan's 12 Year Old Deluxe
•Bulleit Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon
•Clynelish 14 Year Old
•Cragganmore 12 Year Old
•Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye Whisky
•Dalwhinnie 15 Year Old
•Johnnie Walker 15 Year Green Label
•Johnnie Walker Black Label
•Johnnie Walker Gold Label
•Mezcal Union El Viejo Mezcal
•Oban 14 Year Old
•Ypica Cinco Chaves Cachaa
The San Francisco World Spirits Competition, the largest international spirits competition in America, is judged by a panel of nationally recognized spirits experts. Judging is based on a blind, consensual procedure, ensuring competitive integrity.
Diageo Whiskey brands earned a total of 43 medals in the Whiskey category, including ten double gold medals. Johnnie Walker dominated with eight overall medals, including a double gold. While Bulleit Bourbon, Orphan Barrel and the soon-to-be-launched The Hilhaven Lodge Straight American Whiskey also brought home double gold medals, Diageo scotches earned seven of the medals.
Diageo has generations of craftspeople in their coppersmiths, cooperage, distilleries and warehouses who are carrying on their family traditions in whisky making, and sharing their skills, experience and enthusiasm with the next generation.
Diageo's winning brands at the 2016 San Francisco World Spirits Competition:
Double Gold:
•Bulleit Kentucky Straight Bourbon
•Caol Ila 12 Year Old
•Glenkinchie 12 Year Old
•Johnnie Walker Blue Label
•Lagavulin 16 Year Old
•Oban Little Bay
•Orphan Barrel 21 Year Old Rhetoric Kentucky Straight Bourbon
•Port Dundas 18 Year Old
•Smoky Goat Blended Scotch
•The Hilhaven Lodge Straight American Whiskey
Gold:
•Baileys Pumpkin Spice Cream Liqueur
•Booth's Finest Dry Gin Cask Mellowed
•Buchanan's 12 Year Old Deluxe
•Bulleit Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon
•Clynelish 14 Year Old
•Cragganmore 12 Year Old
•Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye Whisky
•Dalwhinnie 15 Year Old
•Johnnie Walker 15 Year Green Label
•Johnnie Walker Black Label
•Johnnie Walker Gold Label
•Mezcal Union El Viejo Mezcal
•Oban 14 Year Old
•Ypica Cinco Chaves Cachaa
The San Francisco World Spirits Competition, the largest international spirits competition in America, is judged by a panel of nationally recognized spirits experts. Judging is based on a blind, consensual procedure, ensuring competitive integrity.