Stockport distillery collects more awards

Local distillery, Stockport Gin, have received further recognition for their range of gins, including in The Gin Guide Awards 2020 and Bartenders Brand Awards.

The Gin Guide Awards 2020 took place on Tuesday 21^st April, with gins from around the world showing their quality and diversity. Stockport Gin’s Pink Edition achieved the highest judging scores in the Flavoured Gin category, the distillery beating off competition from all over the world.

Stockport Gin also received a Highly Commended award for their Sustainable Edition Gin in the Traditional Gin over 42%ABV category. The Sustainable Edition gin is made exclusively for Selfridges and uses leftover orange peel from the stores bars and restaurants to flavour the gin.

Gins from more than 30 countries competed in The Gin Guide Awards 2020 in categories based on production methods, styles of gin, and countries of production. The winners are selected through a rigorous blind tasting process conducted by a large panel of distinguished gin experts, distillers, retailers and mixologists. Each gin’s appearance, aroma, flavour, mouthfeel, finish and overall quality and market appeal are assessed to determine the highest scoring gins, based purely on the spirit itself and with no influence from branding or marketing.

Co-founder and distiller Cheryl Sharrocks said:

It is an incredible achievement given that to win requires unanimous high scores from all the judges across all key characteristics of your gin. Dare I say I but as this is a worldwide competition, this means that our Pink Edition gin is up there with the very best gins in the world!”

The Stockport distillery also announced that their Original Edition Gin has received further three medals in the Bartenders’ Brand Awards. The awards are purely focused on the on-trade and are open to drinks brands that are available in UK cocktail, hotel and restaurant bars and the competition is now in its third year.

Stockport Gin Original Edition was awarded 2 Silver Medals for taste and value plus a Bronze Medal for design.

Stockport Gin’s Paul Sharrocks said:

All these awards go to show that we must be doing something right. When we started making gin, we always wanted to make gins we loved in the hope that others would too and these awards go to show that we are certainly achieving that ambition! It’s great to receive such positive news in what has been a difficult time for everyone and it gives us further passion to work hard and continue doing what we love doing.”