The Gin Guide Awards is an independent, global celebration of the historic, diverse and growing gin industry. Recognised and respected by the trade and consumers alike for its rigorous and quality-focused approach, The Gin Guide Awards serve to highlight the exceptional products, distilleries and people within the gin industry across the world. Keep an eye out for past winners displaying their Awards proudly on their bottles and packaging. 

Head Judge Paul Jackson, the Founder and Editor of The Gin Guide, commented on The Gin Guide Awards 2020 and the standard of entries:

“The quality and diversity of gins has been outstanding. British gins and international gins alike showed the depth of skill in distillation and product development that exists in the industry. Gins from unexpected and emerging markets hugely impressed the esteemed judges and showed that gin can truly cross borders and be an exciting product in markets
across the world.”

“Huge congratulations and credibility go to all the winners and finalists. It is a remarkable achievement to be a winner in The Gin Guide Awards, with the need to unanimously impress an expert panel across all key characteristics of the spirit. Previous winners have used their success in The Gin Guide Awards to help take their businesses to the next level, and I look forward to seeing this year’s winners enjoying the benefits in the same way.”

So, what did we win?

First off, we won “Distillery of the Year 2020” – this is “Awarded to the distillery whose product range (3 or more entries in The Gin Guide Awards 2020) achieved the highest average score across all entries. Our entries were Henstone London Dry Gin, Henstone Navy Strength Gin, Henstone Rosé Gin.

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Next up our London Dry Gin won “Best in Britain 2020” in the International category!!

International categories are defined by the distillation or compounding location of the gin and our London Dry got the Best in Britain title as well as being the highest scorer in England!!!

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Then Our London Dry Gin was a winner in the “London Dry” category and was also the highest scoring gin in this category in England!

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Our Rosé Gin was a winner in the “Aged Gin” category and was also the highest scoring gin in this category in England! 

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Our London Dry Gin was a winner in the “Traditional Gin Over 42%” category and was also the highest scoring gin in this category in England! 

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…..and finally our Navy Gin was highly commended in the “Navy Strength Gin 57 – 58%” category!

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You can read about the entire awards on The Gin Guide website – CLICK HERE FOR GIN GUIDE WEBSITE 

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Press Release

 

We issued a press release on the day of the results, the content of which is shown below:

“The team at Henstone Distillery are absolutely delighted to have been awarded ‘Distillery of the Year’ and winner of the ‘Best in Year’ by the independent Gin Guide. Henstone were winners of numerous categories at the recent awards; including ‘London Dry Gin’, ‘Traditional Gin’ and ‘Aged Gin’. On top of that, their Navy Strength Gin was ‘Highly Commended’
The Gin Guide Awards are a global celebration of our historic, diverse and growing spirits category. Recognised and respected by the trade and consumers across the world, The Gin Guide Awards highlight the exceptional products, distilleries and people within the gin industry.

Henstone were awarded winners after a rigorous blind tasting and unique scoring process by carefully selected and expert judges. All entrants receive a summary of judges’ scores and their valuable comments and feedback.
The company have recently turned their skills to producing hand sanitiser for local hospitals, care homes and key workers. With gin production being on the back burner the award wins were a welcome bit of good news. Despite the change of focus, Henstone still has good stocks of their gins should anyone wish to purchase the products and put them to the test themselves.

Stockists include local shops and supermarkets as well as online distributors. For more information please contact Henstone Distillery T: 01691 676457 info@henstonedistillery.com”

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