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until2022 International Spirits Competition Since 2007, ADI has upheld the highest standards in the industry by giving our judges the freedom to only award the very best, and being the first competition to provide written feedback for every entry. Members of ADI and select international affiliate associations will receive a $100 discount per entry from our standard registration fee. Enter Today 2021 Competition Deadlines Deadline to apply for COLA Waiver for International Spirits: February 16, 2022 Deadline for Spirits Registration: February 25, 2022 Deadline for Receiving Entries: March 3, 2022 Entry Fees: ADI Members $325 per spirit for US entries $375 per spirit for international entries Bulk discount for members who enter more than 10 spirits Non-Members $425 per spirit for US entries $475 per spirit for international entries Benefits All spirits entered: Receive written feedback from our expert judges. Free entry into ADI’s Excellence in Packaging Awards with no additional bottles or paperwork. Award winners will receive: Best of Class Trophy winners have the opportunity to meet with our retail partners: Binny’s Beverage Depot, K&L Wine Merchants, and Total Wine & More. Gold medal winners are promoted through ADI’s social media channels. All winners are shared with ADI’s hundreds of media contacts and to the more than 13,000 readers of ADI’s e-newsletter. All winners receive physical and digital awards for free. For more information go to distilling.com/adi-isc
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Dear Forum Readers, I just wanted to take a moment to say congratulations to all of the award winners this year for the 12th Annual Craft Spirits Awards! As I went through the list I cannot tell you how overjoyed I was to see so many of the folks that I work with appear on this awards list. There are so many of you that I have worked with from the "inception period" all the way up through production and the winning of awards and it is so fun to watch you grow and be recognized for your amazing talents! I have reached out to many of you personally with an email or phone call, but to all the rest that I either do not know, or have not tasted your product as of yet, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone on that list, and all of you here for that matter, pour your heart and soul, blood, sweat, and tears into your business - your passion - and you all should be congratulated for doing what you do, doing what you enjoy, doing what makes you happy and gives you drive. I am truly the luckiest guy around that I get to work with so many of you. There truly are no nicer people on the planet and it is an honor and pleasure to know so many of you. So again, congratulations to all of you and do take time to stop and enjoy this moment for it is big. It is what you have worked so hard to achieve for so many years. Thank you to all of you for doing what you do, and thank you for allowing me to be a part of it!
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untilADI welcoms US and International entries in all classes and categories of distilled spirits, RTDs, cocktail bitters, aperitif & fortified wines from small and medium-scale producers (up to 750 proof gallons/year in annual sales). All spirits entered will receive written feedback from our expert judges, be considered for awards both for the spirit and the packaging, and be evaluated to see if they if they meet the standards for ADI’s Certification of Craft Spirits at no additional cost or paperwork. Award winners will receive a physical awards as well as digital renderings of all applicable medals, awards and certifications. Deadline for International Entries: November 30, 2018 Deadline for US Entries: December 14, 2018 Deadline to Receive Spirits: December 20, 2018 Entry Fees ADI Members $250 per spirit for US entries $300 per spirit for international entries Bulk discount for members who enter more than 10 spirits Non-Members $350 per spirit for US entries $400 per spirit for international entries Discount for Affiliate Associations Members of the following Affiliate Associations: The Gin Guild British Distillers Alliance Ontario Distillers Association BC Craft Distilling Association Australian Distillers Association Verband der Deutschen Whiskybrenner Southern African Craft Distilling Institute Bureau National Interprofessionnel de l’Armagnac may enter their spirits at the ADI Member price even if they are not current members of ADI. Award winning spirits will receive their medals at ADI’s Annual Conference and Vendor Expo, March 18-21, 2019 in Denver, CO. For more information on how to enter visit www.distilling.com/judging Ready to register? Enter Today
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Starting to get the itch to try and get some bling on a couple of our products. Aside from the ADI and ACSA spirits awards, is there a reliable list of competitions anywhere? Naturally, we've started getting solicitations for such events but I'm wary of anyone that comes to US.
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Obviously, we all love our own products. After years of planning, study and compromising in one way or another, we all absolutely have to love what we make. Our North Carolina Rum (forthcoming here in NC, for those of you around) has developed into a complex, slightly sweet, floral and full flavored white rum which I love drinking. But sometimes, after a long day of distilling, bottling, labeling, government paperwork and cleaning, I want to drink and appreciate someone else's hard work. So what does everyone admire these days? I've got a couple I'm really into these days: Balcones True Blue is a work of art. North Shore Distillery's gin is completely unique and delightful. And Great Lakes Rehorst Vodka is the only vodka i have ever been able to drink since college. Anyone else want to give some props?
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Registration is now open for ADI's 8th Annual Judging of Craft American Spirits. The judging has now expanded to include all classes of spirits. If it is make in America by small-batch, independently-owned distilleries, we will evaluate it. For more information, go to: http://distilling.com/events/judging-craft-spirits/ 8TH ANNUAL JUDGING OF CRAFT AMERICAN SPIRITS The American Distilling Institute will judge artisan American gins, rums, fruit infusions, brandies, moonshines and whiskies. Select judges will perform a blind tasting of spirits submitted. Location: Seattle Washington Judging Dates: February 10-12, 2014 Submission Deadline Date: Friday, January 31, 2014 Submissions must be received by: Thursday, February 6, 2014 Entry Fee: $200 per spirit entered The purpose of this judging is to help promote the American craft distillers that are producing the finest quality artisan spirits and to give participating distillers valuable, unbiased, third-party feedback on the quality and process of their spirits. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded with certificates and bottle-stickers made available for spirits judged worthy of recognition. All entrants will receive tasting notes with comments from the spirits judges. Judges reserve the right to not award medals when, in their opinion, no spirits in that category merit an award. Medals will be announced at the American Distilling Institute’s Annual Conference & Vendor Expo, March 31-April 2, 2014 in Seattle, WA. Spirits Categories & Classifications Spirits in each class will be categorized as is appropriate for the entries received so that like spirits are tasted in the same flight. The prospective categories are; Whiskey Clear Whiskey Aged Corn Whiskey Bourbon (under two years) Straight Bourbon Rye Whiskey (under two years) Straight Rye Whiskey Malt Whiskey (under two years) Straight Malt Whiskey Wheat Whiskey (under two years) Straight Wheat Whiskey Blended Whiskey Whiskey Non-typical Smoked Whiskey Hopped Whiskey Flavored Whiskey Moonshine Sugarshine Corn Whiskey Moonshine Other Moonshine Aged Moonshine Flavored Moonshine Brandy Pear Eau de Vie Eaux de Vie (other) Grappa Applejack/Apple Brandy Aged brandy (other than grape or apple) Brandy from Grapes (aged less than six years) Brandy from Grapes (aged six years or more) Rum White Rum (Agricole, ECJ, sugar, molasses) Amber Rum (Agricole, ECJ, sugar, molasses) Dark Rum (Agricole, ECJ, sugar, molasses) Overproof Rum Flavored Rum Spiced Rum Gin Classic Distilled Gin Classic Rectified Gin Contemporary Distilled Gin Contemporary Rectified Gin Genever Navy-Strength Gin Old Tom Gin Barrel-Aged Gin Vodka New-made Vodka (from Barley, Corn, Rye, Wheat, Other Grain, Grape, Apple, Fruit, Potato, or Cane) Rectified Vodka (from Barley, Corn, Rye, Wheat, Other Grain, Grape, Apple, Fruit, Potato, or Cane) Flavored vodka Aquavit Liqueurs Fruit Liqueur Citrus Liqueur Herbal/Botanical/Spiced Liqueur Coffee Liqueur Cream Liqueur Mistel, Pommeau, Pineau Nut Liqueur Cordial Gin Other Liqueur Vermouth (and other fortified wines and aperitifs) Other Absinthe Agave Spirits Amaro Barrel-Aged Cocktails Bitters (digestif and aperitif) Non-potable bitters Tinctures Soju Schnapps Moonshine will loosely be defined as spirits marketed as moonshine. ADI will accept spirits distilled from sugar or grain (or hybrids of either) that the TTB has designated as Distilled Spirits Specialty. Also, any clear whiskey or whiskey, on which the words moon or shine, or which contains clear references toward moonshine on the label, will be allowed in this category provided it is designated at the time of registration. Packaging Award ADI will also award innovative packaging. Bottles will be judges on overall originality, creativity, graphic design, integration of bottle design to label style, and aesthetic appeal. Each spirit submitted for judging will also be considered for the packaging award. Producers who wish to enter spirits for whom there is no category, may enter bottles for only the packaging award. The Judging Director reserves the right to create new categories and to categorize entries as is appropriate for spirits entered. _____________________________________________________________
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Registration is now open for the American Distilling Institute is pleased to announce the 2012 Judging of Artisan American Spirits at Huber’s Starlight Distillery February 27-28, 2012. Rums, Brandies and Whiskies will be judged in a blind tasting by a panel of select judges. Deadline to register spirits is Friday January 27, 2012. Rums will be judged in the following categories; Clear Rum Amber Rum Aged Rum Overproof Rum Spiced Rum Fruit-flavored Rum Whiskies will be judged in the following categories: Malt Whiskey Bourbon Wheat Whiskey Corn Whiskey Rye Whiskey Un-aged Whiskey Other Whiskey Brandies will be judged in the following categories; Brandy from grapes Grappa Aged brandy from other fruits (apple, cherry, peach, pear, plum, raspberry and other) Un-aged brandy from other fruits (apple, cherry, peach, pear, plum, raspberry and other) Fruit Infusions (fruit infusions into a fruit-based spirit) ADI will evaluate spirits made in one DSP in separate categories from those from products that include spirits distilled at other facilities. Packaging Award -- ADI will also award innovative packaging. Bottles will be judged on overall originality, creativity, graphic design, integration of bottle design to label style, and aesthetic appeal. Each spirit submitted for judging will also be considered for the packaging award. Producers who wish to enter spirits for whom there is no category, may enter bottles for only the packaging award. Deadline for sprits registration is Friday, January 27, 2012. All spirits must arrive in Indiana for judging by Friday February 10, 2012 to be considered - no exceptions. Judging will be held Monday-Tuesday, February 27-28 at Huber’s Starlight Distillery in Borden, IN. Medals will be announced at ADI’s annual conference, April 1-4, 2012 in Louisville, Kentucky. For complete information go to http://www.distilling.com Only craft producers who are 2012 ADI members are eligible for entry. For questions that are not answered there, contact ADI’s Judging Director Andrew Faulkner drew@distilling.com, 415-517-7377.
