Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Tasting Australia Spirit Awards presented by Master Cask. 

See the full list of entrants and winners below. 

 

Best Small Batch Spirit

Won by The Craft & Co's Acheron Gin (also Best Gin). 

 

Best Distiller

Won by Southern Wild Distillery. 

 

Whisky

Whisky

Not awarded. 

Category Product Name Distiller Medal
100 Single Malt River's End GR Andrews & Sons Fleurieu Distillery Bronze
100 Single Malt Limeburners Single Malt Sherry Cask Great Southern Distilling Company Bronze
100 Single Malt Lark Distillery Classic Cask Lark Distillery Pty Ltd Bronze
100 Single Malt Starward Wine Cask Starward Bronze
100 Single Malt Starward Solera Starward Bronze
100 Single Malt Sullivans Cove Double Cask Sullivans Cove Distillery Bronze
100 Single Malt Limeburners Single Malt Port Cask Great Southern Distilling Company -
100 Single Malt Mackey Tasmanian Single Malt Whisky Shene Estate & Distillery -
100 Single Malt The Grove Single Malt Whisky The Grove Distillery -
100 Single Malt Iniquity Single Malt Batch 010 Tin Shed Distillling Co -
101 Cask Strength Limeburners Single Malt Port Cask M183 Great Southern Distilling Company Silver
101 Cask Strength Lark Distillery Cask Strength Lark Distillery Bronze
101 Cask Strength Limeburners Single Malt Sherry M305 Great Southern Distilling Company -
102 Single Barrel or Cask Limeburners Single Malt Darkest Winter M345 Great Southern Distilling Company Silver
102 Single Barrel or Cask Iniquity single malt Gold batch 003 Tin Shed Distillling Co Silver
102 Single Barrel or Cask Upshot Australian Whiskey Whipper Snapper Distillery Silver
102 Single Barrel or Cask Heart of Gold GR Andrews & Sons Fleurieu Distillery Bronze
102 Single Barrel or Cask Lark Distillery Distillers Selection Lark Distillery Bronze
102 Single Barrel or Cask Sullivans Cove American Oak Single Cask Sullivans Cove Distillery Bronze
102 Single Barrel or Cask 3Souls Batch 3 Whisky Australia Pty Ltd Bronze
102 Single Barrel or Cask Master Series Original Hellyers Road Distillery -
102 Single Barrel or Cask 3Souls Batch 2 Whisky Australia Pty Ltd -
103 Peated Bogart & Bacall GR Andrews & Sons Fleurieu Distillery Silver
103 Peated Limeburners Single Malt Peated Great Southern Distilling Company Bronze
103 Peated Atlantic Crossing GR Andrews & Sons Fleurieu Distillery -
104 Other James Bentley Whisky Liqueur Bluestill Pty Ltd Silver
104 Other Black Widow Honey Bluestill Pty Ltd Bronze
104 Other Tiger Snake Australian Whisky Batch 13 Great Southern Distilling Company -

Gin

Gin

Won by The Craft & Co's Acheron Gin. 

Category Product Name Distiller Medal
300 London Dry High Spirits Distillery Dry Gin High Spirits Distillery -
300 London Dry Joadja Dry Gin Southern Frontier Pty Ltd -
300 London Dry Collingwood Dry The Craft and Co -
300 London Dry Four Pillars Modern Australian Gin Four Pillars Distillery Bronze
300 London Dry Original Classic Dry Original Spirit Co. Bronze
300 London Dry Poltergeist - A True Spirit Shene Estate & Distillery Bronze
300 London Dry Prohibition Gin Prohibition Liquor Co Gold
300 London Dry Dasher + Fisher Mountain Gin Southern Wild Distillery Gold
300 London Dry Animus Macedon Dry Gin Animus Distillery Silver
300 London Dry Nonesuch Dry Gin Nonesuch Distillery Silver
300 London Dry Poltergeist - Unfiltered Shene Estate & Distillery Silver
300 London Dry Elegant Dry Gin Big Tree Distillery Withdrawn
300 London Dry Apothecary Triple Juniper Gin Killara Distillery  
301 New World / Contemporary The Abel GIN co - Essence Gin Abel Distillers t/a The Abel GIN co. -
301 New World / Contemporary Big Dry Gin Ambleside Distillers Ambleside Distillers Pty Ltd -
301 New World / Contemporary Generations Gin Barossa Distilling Company -
301 New World / Contemporary Brookie's Byron Dry Gin Cape Byron Distillery -
301 New World / Contemporary Four Pillars Spiced Negroni Gin Four Pillars Distillery -
301 New World / Contemporary Ink Gin Husk Distillers -
301 New World / Contemporary KIS O'Gin Kangaroo Island Distillery -
301 New World / Contemporary Apothecary Triple Juniper Gin Killara Distillery -
301 New World / Contemporary Apothecary Gin Killara Distillery -
301 New World / Contemporary Lyrebird Australiana Dry Gin Lyrebird Distilling Company Pty Ltd -
301 New World / Contemporary Settlers Yuzu Gin Settlers Spirits -
301 New World / Contemporary Settlers G & TEA Breakfast Gin Settlers Spirits -
301 New World / Contemporary Settlers Pink Gin Settlers Spirits -
301 New World / Contemporary Red Hen Gin Small Batch Distilling -
301 New World / Contemporary Dasher + Fisher Meadow Gin Southern Wild Distillery -
301 New World / Contemporary Hobart No. 4 Single Malt Gin Sullivans Cove Distillery -
301 New World / Contemporary Antipodes Gin The Antipodes Gin Co -
301 New World / Contemporary 36 Short Original Gin Virginia Spirits Pty Ltd -
301 New World / Contemporary 36 Short Blood Orange Gin Virginia Spirits Pty Ltd -
301 New World / Contemporary Brand: Twenty Third Street // Product: Signature Gin Vok Beverages Pty Ltd -
301 New World / Contemporary Patient Wolf Premium Dry Gin 13th Duke Distilling Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary 78 degrees Adelaide Hills Distillery Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary Something Wild Beverages Green Ant Gin Adelaide Hills Distillery Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary Applewood Gin Applewood Distillery Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary Distiller's Strength Gin Archie Rose Distilling Co. Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary Archie Rose Signature Dry Gin Archie Rose Distilling Co. Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary Mad Men Original Gin Hayward Park Pty Ltd Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary Ounce Gin Imperial Measures Distilling Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary KIS Wild Gin Kangaroo Island Distillery Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary Lawrenny Van Diemen's Gin Lawrenny Estate Distillery Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary LOBO Djinn - Gin LOBO Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary Triple Juniper Gin Never Never Distilling Co Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary Original Bushcrafted Dry Original Spirit Co. Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary Antipodes Pink Gin The Antipodes Gin Co Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary Blood Orange & Gin The Canberra Distillery Bronze
301 New World / Contemporary No. 8 Botanical Gin Ambleside Distillers Gold
301 New World / Contemporary Acheron Gin The Craft and Co Gold
301 New World / Contemporary The Abel GIN co - Quintessence Gin Abel Distillers t/a The Abel GIN co. Silver
301 New World / Contemporary Small Acre Gin Ambleside Distillers Silver
301 New World / Contemporary Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin Four Pillars Distillery Silver
301 New World / Contemporary Giniversity Botanical Gin Great Southern Distilling Company Silver
301 New World / Contemporary Billy Goats Gin Saleyards Distillery Silver
301 New World / Contemporary Dasher + Fisher Ocean Gin Southern Wild Distillery Silver
301 New World / Contemporary Summer Gin The Canberra Distillery Silver
301 New World / Contemporary Signature Gin Underground Spirits Silver
302 Old Tom Ambrosian Gin Animus Distillery Silver
302 Old Tom Arboretum GIn Animus Distillery Silver
302 Old Tom Budburst Gin Barossa Distilling Company Silver
302 Old Tom KIS Old Tom Kangaroo Island Distillery Silver
303 Navy Fossey's Navel Strength Gin Elixir Fossey's Gin -
303 Navy KIS Cape Borda Gin Kangaroo Island Distillery Bronze
303 Navy Lawrenny 1818 Settlers Gin Lawrenny Estate Distillery Bronze
303 Navy Four Pillars Navy Strength Gin Four Pillars Distillery Silver
304 Barrel Aged Four Pillars Chardonnay Barrel Gin Four Pillars Distillery Bronze
304 Barrel Aged Wise Old Goat Saleyards Distillery Bronze
304 Barrel Aged SouWester barrel aged gin SouWester Spirits Holdings Pty Ltd Bronze
304 Barrel Aged KIS Whisky Barrel Gin Kangaroo Island Distillery Gold
304 Barrel Aged Four Pillars Sherry Cask Gin Four Pillars Distillery Silver
305 Sloe Settlers Sloe Gin Settlers Spirits -
305 Sloe Wildbrumby Elderberry-Sloe Gin Wildbrumby Distillery -
305 Sloe Nonesuch Sloe Gin Stillworks Tas Pty Ltd T/as Nonesuch Distillery Bronze
305 Sloe Dasher + Fisher Sloe Gin Southern Wild Distillery Gold
306 Other The Matriarch Durand Distillery -
306 Other Fig Gin Pot & Still Bronze
306 Other Prohibition Bathtub Cut Gin Prohibition Liquor Co. Bronze
306 Other Brookie's Byron Slow Gin Cape Byron Distillery Silver
306 Other KIS Mulberry Gin Kangaroo Island Distillery Silver

Rum

Rum

Won by The Grove Distillery for The Grove Dark Rum. 

Category Product Name Distiller Medal
400 White Rum Pure Cane Husk Distillers Bronze
402 Dark Rum - Underproof THE GROVE DARK RUM THE GROVE DISTILLERY Gold
402 Dark Rum - Underproof Ord River Premium Rum Hoochery Distillery Silver
402 Dark Rum - Underproof Brand: Beenleigh Artisan Distillers // Product: Bourbon Barrel Aged Vok Beverages Pty Ltd -
402 Dark Rum - Underproof Brand: Beenleigh Artisan Distillers // Product: Double Barrel Rum Vok Beverages Pty Ltd -
403 Spiced Rum 5 Rivers Spiced Rum Hoochery Distillery Bronze
403 Spiced Rum Spiced Bam Bam Husk Distillers Bronze
403 Spiced Rum Brand: Beenleigh Artisan Distillers // Product: Australian Spiced Rum Vok Beverages Bronze
403 Spiced Rum Capricorn Spiced Saleyards Distillery -
404 Spiced Rum Settlers White Spiced Rhum Settlers Spirits -

Vodka

Vodka

Won by White Light Beverages' White Light Vodka Original. 

Category Product Name Distiller Medal
Vodka 200 Pure Vodka White Light Vodka Original White Light Beverages P/L
Vodka 200 Pure Vodka Signature Vodka Underground Spirits
Vodka 200 Pure Vodka Triticale Vodka High Spirits Distillery
Vodka 200 Pure Vodka Fire Drum Sullivans Cove Distillery
Vodka 200 Pure Vodka Alaskan Rock Vodka Alaskan Rock Vodka
Vodka 200 Pure Vodka KIS Vodka Pure Kangaroo Island Distillery
Vodka 200 Pure Vodka Lawrenny Saint Clair Vodka Lawrenny Estate Distillery
Vodka 200 Pure Vodka Pure No 1 Vodka Old Young's Distillery
Vodka 200 Pure Vodka White Light Vodka, WLV47 White LIght Beverages P/L
Vodka 201 Flavoured / Infused Vodka The Grove Chilli Vodka The Grove Distillery
Vodka 201 Flavoured / Infused Vodka Brand: Twenty Third Street // Product: Riverland Rose Vodka Vok Beverages Pty Ltd
Vodka 201 Flavoured / Infused Vodka KIS Vodka SLAP Kangaroo Island Distillery
Vodka 202 Other Vodka Triticale Vodka High Spirits Distillery

Liqueurs

Liqueurs

Won by Adelaide Hills Distillery for The Italian.

Category Product Name Distiller Medal
500 Absinthe Demoiselle Matilda Absinthe Demoiselle Distillery Bronze
501 Aperitifs The Italian Adelaide Hills Distillery Gold
501 Aperitifs Økar Amaro Applewood Distillery Bronze
502 Coffee Liqueurs Coffee Liqueur The Canberra Distillery Silver
502 Coffee Liqueurs Antipodes Espresso The Antipodes Gin Co Bronze
502 Coffee Liqueurs Ambra Cappuccino Ambra Liqueurs -
502 Coffee Liqueurs Espressocello Applewood Distillery -
503 Cream/Dairy Liqueurs Whisky Cream Liqueur Original Hellyers Road Distillery Silver
504 Fruit Liqueurs Marionette Dry Cassis Marionette Liqueurs -
504 Fruit Liqueurs Braccioforte Arancino 40 XO Braccio Forte Pty Ltd Bronze
504 Fruit Liqueurs Marionette Orange Curacao Marionette Liqueurs Bronze
504 Fruit Liqueurs Applewood Limoncello Applewood Distillery Silver
504 Fruit Liqueurs Braccio Forte Limoncello 40 XO Braccio Forte Pty Ltd Silver
504 Fruit Liqueurs Ambra Limoncello AMBRA LIQUEURS Bronze
504 Fruit Liqueurs The Craft & Co Limoncello The Craft and Co Bronze
504 Fruit Liqueurs KIS Limoncello Kangaroo Island Distillery -
505 Herbal / Botanical Liqueurs Canberra Fog The Canberra Distillery Silver
505 Herbal / Botanical Liqueurs KIS Zenzerino Kangaroo Island Distillery Bronze
505 Herbal / Botanical Liqueurs KIS Anisette Kangaroo Island Distillery Bronze
505 Herbal / Botanical Liqueurs Winter Gin The Canberra Distillery Bronze
505 Herbal / Botanical Liqueurs KIS Kaffiercello Kangaroo Island Distillery -
506 Nut Liqueurs KIS Honey and Walnut Kangaroo Island Distillery Bronze

Brandy

Brandy

Won by St Agnes Distillery for St Agnes XO Grand Reserve 40 Year Old. 

Category Product Name Distiller Medal
600 Grape St Agnes XO Grand Reserve 40 Year Old St Agnes Distillery Gold
600 Grape St Agnes VSOP St Agnes Distillery Silver
600 Grape St Agnes XO Imperial 20 Year Old St Agnes Distillery Bronze
600 Grape St Agnes XO 15 Year Old St Agnes Distillery Bronze
600 Grape Brand: Twenty Third Street // Product: Not Your Nanna's Brandy Vok Beverages Bronze
601 Fruit 36 Short Gold Rakia Virginia Spirits Pty Ltd Bronze
601 Fruit 36 Short White Rakia Virginia Spirits Pty Ltd Bronze
602 Pomace Tsipouro with Aniseed Vittorio Spirits Bronze
602 Pomace Tsipouro Traditional Pomace Brandy Vittorio Spirits -
602 Pomace Rakomelo Vittorio Spirits -

Other Spirits

Other Spirits

Not awarded. 

Category Product Name Distiller Medal
700 Moonshine White Rye Archie Rose Distilling Co. Bronze
700 Moonshine Margaret River Honey Corn Mash Whiskey The Grove Distillery Bronze
700 Moonshine Crazy Uncle Moonshine Whipper Snapper Distillery -
704 Unlisted Spirit (not in any other class) Original EXQ Harvest Blend Original Spirit Co. Silver

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