Earlier this week, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition announced the results from this year’s judging. Here are the Best in Show and Best of Class awards winners.
2020 Best In Show
- Unaged White Spirit – Defiance Navy Strength Gin, The UK
- Aged White Spirit – Rhum Savanna Traditionnel Le Must, France
- Whiskey – The GlenDronach Revival 15 Year Old single malt Scotch
- Brandy – Marie Brizard Anisette, France
- Liqueur – Château de Laubade Cask Strength Vintage 2000 Armagnac
2020 Best Of Class
- Vodka – Organika Life, Russia
- Aquavit – New Alchemy Distilling Fylleangst, The US
- London Dry Gin – Bareksten Botanical, Norway
- Regular Gin – Never Never Distilling Co Triple Juniper Export Strength, Australia
- Flavoured Gin – Whitley Neill Aloe & Cucumber, The UK
- Genever – Filliers Young & Pure Geneva, Belgium
- Other White Spirit – Iichiko Wapirits Tumugi, Oita, Japan
- Shochu – Hombo Shuzo Akane Kaze 43
- Baijiu – TTL Longtian Distillery Yushan Aromar Kaoliang Liquor
- Silver/Gold Tequila – El Sativo Organic, Kosher, Single Estate Reserve Blanco
- Reposado Tequila – Cutwater Spirits Reposado
- Añejo Tequila – Dano’s Dangerous Añejo
- Mezcal – Mezcal Carreño Ensamble 7
- Cachaça – Leblon Cachaça, Minas Gerais
- Dark/Gold Rum – Plantation Xaymaca Special Dry Rum, Jamaica
- Extra Aged Rum – Pusser’s 15 Year Old
- Straight Bourbon – Woodinville Straight Bourbon, Washington, The US
- Small Batch Bourbon – Up to 5 Years – Kings County Distillery Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon, The US
- Small Batch Bourbon – 6 to 10 Years – Barrell Bourbon Batch 021 10 Year Old Cask Strength, The US
- Small Batch Bourbon – 11 Years and Older – Eagle Rare 17 Year Old Kentucky Straight, The US
- Single Barrel Bourbon – Up to 10 Years – Baker’s Single Barrel Bourbon, The US
- Special Barrel-Finished Bourbon – Bardstown Bourbon Co Collaborative Series “Phifer Pavitt Reserve” Bourbon, The US
- Craft Distiller Whiskey – ASW Distillery Maris Otter Single Varietal Single Malt Whiskey, The US
- Tennessee Whiskey – Davidson Reserve Tennessee Straight Sour Mash Whiskey
- Rye Whiskey – Parker’s Heritage Collection 13th Edition, The US
- Canadian Whisky – Rare Perfection 15 Year Old
- Other Single Malt Whiskey – Triple Eight Notch Nantucket Island Single Malt Whiskey, The US
- Single Grain Whiskey – Ohishi 10 Year Old Brandy Cask Matured Japanese Whisky
- Other Whiskey – Shin 10 Year Old Mizunara Oak Finished Malt Whiskey, Japan
- American Blended Whiskey – FEW American Whiskey
- Flavoured Whiskey – Catskill Provisions New York Honey Rye Whiskey, The US
- Blended Irish Whiskey – Hyde #6 Special Reserve
- Single Malt Irish Whiskey – Matt D’Arcy’s 17 Year Old Rum Finish
- Blended Malt Scotch – Compass Box Whisky The Spice Tree
- Blended Scotch – No Age Statement – Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost & Rare Glenury Royal
- Blended Scotch – Up to 15 Years – Buchanan’s DeLuxe 12 Year Old
- Distillers’ Single Malt Scotch – No Age Statement – Aberlour A’bunadh
- Distillers’ Single Malt Scotch – Up to 12 Years – Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old
- Distillers’ Single Malt Scotch – 20 Years and Older – Aultmore 21 Year Old
- Independent Merchant Single Malt Scotch – Port Askaig 110 Proof
- Pisco – Mistral Nobel Pisco
- Cognac VSOP or Equivalent – Martell Matured in Red Barrels Cognac VSOP
- Cognac Extra-Aged/Vintage – Gautier Extra Since 1755
- French Grape Brandy – Le Furet Lysens 30 Year Old
- Spanish Grape Brandy & Brandy de Jerez – Torres 20 Hors d’Age
- Fruit Liqueur – Righteous Seven Barrel Reserve Liqueur, The US
- Vermouth – Apéritif – Foro Rosso Vermouth di Torino, Italy
- Pre-Mixed Cocktail – The Family Jones Automatic Jones Rock & Rye, The US
- Cream/Dairy Liqueur – Wayne Gretzky No. 99 Canadian Cream Liqueur
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