For another consecutive year, Luxco® brands earned top honors at the oldest and largest spirits competition of its kind. In its largest year yet with over 5,500 entries across hundreds of categories, the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition awarded nine GOLD and six DOUBLE GOLD medals to Luxco brands across a variety of categories.

And one brand – Ezra Brooks® Old Ezra 7 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – received a PLATINUM medal. This award is given only to a handful of brands that receive DOUBLE GOLD medals for three consecutive years.

Here’s more about this prestigious awards program:

COMPETITION OVERVIEW

As one of The Tasting Alliance Competitions, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition selects award winners that range from renowned international distillers to small-batch producers. The SFWSC medal is a universally-recognized symbol of exceptional quality and craftsmanship. Category winners, or “BEST IN CLASS,” will be selected from the DOUBLE GOLD winners and announced throughout the year.

MEDAL RATINGS DEFINED

The panel of prestigious judges from around the world blind taste and evaluate each entry, and designate specific metal ratings:

GOLD Medal ratings are awarded for “exceptional spirits that are near the pinnacle of achievement; these products set the standard for their categories.”

DOUBLE GOLD Medal status is “awarded to the entries that receive a Gold Medal rating by all members of the judging panel; these are among the finest products in the world.” Double Gold Medal status also automatically qualifies an entry as a finalist for BEST IN CLASS, the best example of each spirit type.

PLATINUM Medal Awarded to the very few entries that receive a Double Gold medal for three consecutive years at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

OUR WINNERS:

LUX ROW DISTILLERS®

  • PLATINUM: Ezra Brooks® Old Ezra 7 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • DOUBLE GOLD: Ezra Brooks® Old Ezra 7 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Score of 95)
  • GOLD: Rebel® 10 Year Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Score of 91)
  • GOLD: Ezra Brooks® 99 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Score of 90)
  • GOLD: Ezra Brooks® Old Ezra 7-Year Straight Rye Whiskey (Score of 90)
  • GOLD: Lux Row® Four Grain Double Single Barrel (Score of 90)

PENELOPE® BOURBON

  • DOUBLE GOLD: Penelope® Toasted Straight Rye Whiskey (Score of 99)
  • DOUBLE GOLD: Penelope® Barrel Strength Straight Bourbon (Score of 96)
  • GOLD: Penelope® Tokaji Cask Finish (Score of 93)

LIMESTONE BRANCH DISTILLERY®

  • DOUBLE GOLD: Yellowstone® Special Finishes: Toasted (Score of 96)

ROSS & SQUIBB DISTILLERY®

  • GOLD: Remus® Gatsby Reserve (Score of 90)
  • GOLD: Rossville Union® Master Crafted Straight Rye Whiskey (Score of 90)

DESTILADORA GONZALEZ LUX®

  • DOUBLE GOLD: El Mayor® Reposado (Score of 98)

NICHE BRANDS®

  • DOUBLE GOLD: Saint Brendan’s® Caramel Cream (Score of 98)
  • GOLD: The Quiet Man® Traditional Irish Whiskey (Score of 90)
  • GOLD: Saint Brendan’s® Irish Cream Liqueur (Score of 90)

Winners will be listed in an issue of The Tasting Panel Magazine, which reaches over 90,000 beverage-trade decision makers, and the news also will be featured in national consumer and trade industry outlets. For more information about the contest, visit TheTastingAlliance.com/Events.