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The 2020 GinNation Awards were announced and clearly SA showed up

Australia’s most experienced Gin consumer judges have decided Australia’s best gins and the 2020 winners list has been announced.

The 2020 GinNation Awards – Australia’s first consumer driven Gin awards – created to provide a powerful synergy between consumer and distiller has taken place and the winners have been unveiled.

Australia’s most experienced Gin consumer judges get to decide Australia’s best gins while distilleries get valuable consumer feedback.

South Australian distilleries had a fantastic run with St Mary’s London Dry Gin being judged ‘Best in Class’ and also receiving the ‘Gold Award’ at for Classic Dry.

St Mary’s Vineyard was established in 1985 and is owned and operated by the Mulligan family. Every stage in the traditional process of making St Mary’s Wines and Spirits is carried out on the estate.

Never Never Distilling Co. Dark Series Ginanche Gin took home a Gold Award in the Flavoured category, and a Silver Award in the Navy category for their Southern Strength Gin.

Ambleside Distillers Big Dry Gin took home a Gold Award in the Classic Dry Category.

Prohibition Liquor Co. Navy Strength Gin took home a Bronze medal in the Navy category.

BEST IN CLASS WINNERS:

Best In Class
Contemporary
Old Macdonald Distillery Citrus Twist Gin

Best In Class
Navy
Wolf Lane Distillery Navy Strength Gin

Best In Class
Classic Dry
St Mary’s London Dry Gin

Best In Class
Matured
Manly Spirits Co. Distillery Barrel Aged Gin

Best In Class
Flavoured
Heathcote Shiraz Gin

Best In Class
Old Tom
Old Kempton Distillery Embezzler Dry Gin

Joint Winners
Consumer Choice Award
Karu Distillery Affinity Gin
Husk Distillers Ink Gin

Australia’s most experienced Gin consumer judges determined the award winners with all judging completed via a professional and thorough process.

Held in Sydney, Australia, judging was conducted as a blind tasting session and judges were pre-selected via a rigorous process to ensure all are experienced consumers of Gin.

For the full list of winners, click here.

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