AGA 2019 Awards Results - Australian GIN Awards

November 2019 Results

BEST IN SHOW

CATEGORY 1 – CLASSIC DRY

Never Never Distilling Co.
Southern Strength Gin

THE JUDGES WROTE:
What a beautifully balanced classic nose, complex and delicate at the same time. Immediately delicious on the palate rising to a rich high point then slowly leading to a welcoming finish taking you back to a lingering palate.

Winner of the $10,000 SabreX media prize.

BEST IN CLASS

CATEGORY 2 – CONTEMPORARY GIN

Archie Rose Distilling Co.
Distillers Strength Gin

THE JUDGES WROTE:
Lovely gin, at this ABV hard to get the botanical mix right, but the judges all agreed that you nailed it.

BEST IN CLASS

CATEGORY 3 – MATURED GIN

The West Winds Gin
Barrel Expedition II

THE JUDGES WROTE:
A delicious nose of good gin and subtle oak. Sweet and lusciously creamy up front with a well driven palate of gin and oak bouncing off each other in a balanced marriage gently sliding into a strong warm finish.

BEST IN CLASS

CATEGORY 4 – OLD TOM

Kangaroo Island Spirits
KIS Old Tom Gin

THE JUDGES WROTE:
Good gin nose with sweet overtones, sweet and luscious up front building beautifully across the palate with an equally bold and satisfying finish.

BEST IN CLASS

CATEGORY 5 – AUSTRALIAN NAVY GIN

Mt. Uncle Distillery
Botanic Australis
Navy Strength Gin

THE JUDGES WROTE:
Entry was very good, overall a solid Navy Strength Gin.

BEST IN CLASS

CATEGORY 6 – FLAVOURED GIN

Darby-Norris Distillery
Blueberry Gin

THE JUDGES WROTE:
Fruit had great intensitity, delightfully jammy fruit and lovely texture due to fine tannins.

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MEDAL	COMPANY	GIN NAME
CATEGORY 1. CLASSIC DRY GIN
Trophy	Never Never Distilling Co	Southern Strength Gin
Gold	Fonzie Abbott Brewing	Wishbone
Gold	Gin Brothers Distillery	SevenZeroEight Gin
Gold	McHenry Distillery	McHenry Classic Dry Gin
Gold	Never Never Distilling Co	Triple Juniper Gin
Gold	Noosa Heads Distillery	Signature Dry Gin
Gold	Spring Bay Distillery	Dry Gin
Gold	The National Distillery Company	Verdigris
Silver	Australian Distilling Co.	Adelaide Gin
Silver	Big River Distilling Co.	Canberra Dry Gin
Silver	Cape Byron Distillery	Brookie’s Byron Dry Gin
Silver	Craft & Co	Collingwood Dry
Silver	Lighthouse Gin	Lighthouse Gin
Silver	Never Never Distilling Co	Juniper Stomp Gin
Silver	Prohibition Liquor Co	Prohibition Original Gin
Silver	Small Batch Distilling	Red Hen Gin
Silver	Swan Valley Gin Company	Diablo Artisan Gin
Bronze	23rd Street Distillery	Signature Gin
Bronze	Ambleside Distillers	Big Dry Gin
Bronze	Australian Distilling Co.	Melbourne Gin
Bronze	Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley / Stone Pine Distillery	1832 Wolgan Gin
Bronze	Flinders Island Distillery	Traditonail Gin
Bronze	Golden Bay Distillery	Championz Gin
Bronze	Joadja Distillery	Joadja Dry Gin
Bronze	Parrot Distilling Co	Parrot Dry Gin
Bronze	Stony Creek Farm Distillery	The Classic
Bronze	The Aisling Distillery	Dry Gin Murrumbidgee
CATEGORY 2. CONTEMPORARY GIN
Trophy	Archie Rose Distilling Co.	Distiller’s Strength Gin
Gold	Cedar Fox Distilling Co.	Cedar Fox Gin
Gold	Flinders Island Distillery	Botanical Gin “Kate Mooney”
Gold	Kangaroo Island Spirits	KIS O’Gin
Gold	Kangaroo Island Spirits	KIS Wild Gin
Gold	Karu Distillery	Affinity Gin
Gold	Martin Distillation Company	Mount Compass Distilled Gin
Gold	Swan Valley Gin Company	Mediterranean Gin
Gold	Swan Valley Gin Company	Saltbush Gin
Gold	The West Winds Gin	The Cutlass
Gold	Winston Quinn Tailor Made Gin	Dry Cut Gin
Gold	Wolf Lane Distillery	Tropical Gin
Silver	1919 Distilling	1919 Classic Gin
Silver	Ambleside Distillers	No. 8 Botanical Gin
Silver	Archie Rose Distilling Co.	Signature Dry Gin
Silver	Banks & Solander Distillery	Banks & Solander Gin
Silver	Bellarine Distillery	Teddy & The Fox – Bellarine Gin
Silver	Big River Distilling Co.	Cinn Gin
Silver	Brisbane Distillery	Game of Eucalyptus?
Silver	Echuca Distillery	High Street Dry Gin
Silver	Grown Spirits	Garden Grown Gin
Silver	Hemp Gin Group	HG Hemp Gin
Silver	Kilderkin Distillery	Sunburnt Country, Bush Tucker Gin
Silver	Lawrenny Estate Distilling	Van Diemen’s Gin
Silver	Lord Howe Island Distilling Co.	Wild Lemon & Hibiscus
Silver	Margaret River Distilling Co.	Giniversity Botanical Gin
Silver	Noosa Heads Distillery	Sum Yung Guys X Pho Gin
Silver	Parrot Distilling Co	Parrot Foragers Gin
Silver	Prohibition Liquor Co	Prohibition Gin
Silver	Rochfort Distillery	De Bourbel Gin
Silver	Settlers Spirits	Yuzu Gin
Silver	Stony Creek Farm Distillery	The Connoisseur
Silver	Swan Valley Gin Company	Cumquat Gin
Silver	The Abel Gin Co.	Quintessence
Silver	The Abel Gin Co.	Essence
Silver	The Farmer’s Wife Distillery	Autumn Dry Gin
Silver	The National Distillery Company	Adorn
Silver	Turner Stillhouse	Three Cuts Gin – Founder’s Release
Bronze	Ambleside Distillers	Small Acre Gin
Bronze	Balcombe Distillery	Balcombe Coastal Gin
Bronze	Bass & Flinders Distillery	Angry Ant Gin
Bronze	Brisbane Distillery	Brisbane Dry
Bronze	Brisbane Distillery	A Chocwork Orange
Bronze	Brisbane Distillery	Number 11
Bronze	Brisbane Distillery	Big Red
Bronze	Fossey’s	Original Gin Elixir
Bronze	Hartshorn Distillery	Sheep Whey Gin
Bronze	Kiwi Spirits NZ Ltd	Totara Gin
Bronze	LOBO Juice and Cider Pty Ltd	LOBO Djinn Gin
Bronze	Margaret River Distilling Co.	Giniversity Australian Native Gin
Bronze	Mt. Uncle Distillery	Botanic Ausralis Gin
Bronze	Old Kempton Distillery	Embezzler Gin
Bronze	Taylor & Smith Distilling Co	Taylor & Smith Gin
CATEGORY 3. MATURED GIN
Trophy	The West Winds Gin	Barrel Expedition II
Gold	Kangaroo Island Spirits	KIS Whisky Barrel Gin
Gold	23rd Street Distillery	Barrel Aged Gin
Silver	Bellarine Distillery	Rosey & the Rabbits
Bronze	Cedar Fox Distilling Co.	Cedar Fox Oak Gin
Bronze	SouWester Spirits	SouWester Sunset Gin
CATEGORY 4. OLD TOM
Trophy	Kangaroo Island Spirits	KIS Old Tom Gin
Gold	Karu Distillery	Affinity Gin
Silver	Old Kempton Distillery	Embezzler Gin
Bronze	Craft & Co	Old Tom
CATEGORY 5. AUSTRALIAN NAVY GIN
Trophy	Mt. Uncle Distillery	Botanic Ausralis Navy Strength Gin
Gold	Craft & Co	Navy Strength
Gold	Never Never Distilling Co	2018 Juniper Freak Gin
Silver	Kilderkin Distillery	Buccaneer, Navy Strength
Silver	Lawrenny Estate Distilling	1818 Settlers Gin
Silver	Lighthouse Gin	Hawthorn Edition
Silver	Echuca Distillery	Cadells Navy Strength Gin
Silver	Parrot Distilling Co	Parrot Uncaged Gin
Silver	The West Winds Gin	The Broadside
Bronze	Fossey’s	Navel Strength Gin Elixir
Bronze	Noosa Heads Distillery	Peter Phillips X Navy Strength Gin
Bronze	The Splendid Gin	The Splendid Mesmeric
Bronze	Woodwater Distillery	MY Gin
CATEGORY 6. FLAVOURED
Trophy	Darby-Norris Distillery	Blueberry Gin
Gold	Fossey’s	Pepperberry Gin Elixir
Gold	Settlers Spirits	Sloe Gin
Gold	The West Winds Gin	Wild Plum Gin
Silver	1919 Distilling	Blush Boysenberry Gin
Silver	Bass & Flinders Distillery	Cerise Gin
Silver	McHenry Distillery	McHenry Sloe Gin
Bronze	Fossey’s	Shiraz Gin Elixir
Bronze	Fossey’s	Broken Heel Gin
Bronze	Great Ocean Road GIn	Raspberry Gin Liqueur
Bronze	Kangaroo Island Spirits	KIS Mulberry Gin
Bronze	Kilderkin Distillery	Bramble, Blackberry Gin
Bronze	Nosferatu Distillery	Nosferatu Blood Orange Gin
Bronze	Prohibition Liquor Co	Shiraz Barrel Aged Gin
Bronze	Settlers Spirits	Shiraz Gin
Bronze	Settlers Spirits	Spiced Fig Gin
Bronze	Settlers Spirits	Coriander Leaf Gin
Bronze	Settlers Spirits	Settlers Blood Orange and Chilli Gin
Bronze	Winston Quinn Tailor Made Gin	Slim Crop Gin
Bronze	Winston Quinn Tailor Made Gin	Pink Fit Gin

DESIGN AWARD

BLOODY MERRY GIN
Wildspirit Distilling Company

THE JUDGES WROTE:
Outstanding. The label design is unique and distinctive which also speaks to the gin itself. Very eye catching and quirky and invites you to look closer. Love the story it tells.