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International
Beverage celebrates picking up Whisky
Magazine’s Icons of Whisky Scotland
Whisky Distiller of the Year award.
International Beverage is celebrating
being named Whisky Distiller of the Year
in the Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky
Scotland 2017 awards. a very successful
year for the business in which its
whisky brands have scooped over 80
medals in international competitions. At
the World Whiskies Awards earlier this
year, Old Pulteney 1989 was named
‘World’s Best Single Malt’ and anCnoc 18
Year Old ‘World’s Best Whisky’ in the
Highland 13 – 20 year old category,
whilst Balblair Vintage 1990 won the
IWSC Trophy for a single malt Scotch
whisky over 15 years old. And last
month, Speyburn was named Speyside
Distillery of the Year at the New York
International Spirits Competition as
well as its 10 year old expression being
awarded a silver medal.
Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky
invites the industry elite to nominate
the finest companies and individuals
throughout the whisky world. From these
entries the Whisky Magazine editorial
panel then choose the winners. The
lavish Icons of Whisky Scotland Awards
ceremony took place on the 2nd December
at Surgeons Hall in Edinburgh, and was
attended by leaders of the Scottish
whisky world.
The International Beverage team is
thrilled to have been recognised in such
a prestigious competition, amongst so
many of their industry peers. There were
further celebrations for the business
with Gordon Bruce, Distillery Manager at
Knockdhu which produces anCnoc single
malt whisky taking second place and an
honourable mention in the Scotch
Distillery Manager of the Year category.
Marketing Director Karen Walker
commented: "Whisky Magazine’s Icons of
Whisky is one of the industry’s most
credible awards and so it is an enormous
honour to have been recognised by our
peers and by judges as Whisky Distiller
of the Year. This is a historic win for
our business, coming at the end of a
year in which we have surpassed all
previous records at international
competitions for the quality of our
whisky. Our single malt brands Old
Pulteney, anCnoc, Balblair and Speyburn,
and our blend Hankey Bannister, have all
won a glittering array of trophies, gold
and silver medals. Our years of
experience in crafting premium Scotch
whisky have also gone into the
production of Caorunn Gin which is made
at our Balmenach Distillery and has also
enjoyed a tremendous year in terms of
its success in markets around the world.
"All of this is the result of so much
hard work and dedication from the
producers at our five distilleries and
from our brand teams around the world,
and our thanks and congratulations go
out to all of them. This accolade from
Whisky Magazine is the perfect way to
end the business year and to fuel our
ambition and passion for further success
in 2017."
You will find the current Old Pulteney,
anCnoc, Balblair, Speyburn and Hankey
Bannister available from specialist online
whisky retailers such as
Master of Malt
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