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IWSC reveals the 2024 Alternative Drinks medal results
Following our Alternative Drinks Judging on 23 – 24 May, we are delighted to reveal the medal results.
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IWSC 2024 Alternative Drinks Judging: Judges’ deliberations on Low & No
With our last day of judging all about Low & No, we caught up with our judges to hear more about this exciting, and rapidly evolving category
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IWSC 2024 Alternative Drinks Judging: Judges’ deliberations on RTDs (Ready To Drink)
The Ready To Drink (RTD) category continues to grow at the IWSC, with so many diverse flavours, cocktails and spirit mixers entered, our judges were delighted to taste their way through the hundreds of entries across two days of judging.
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IWSC 2024 Alternative Drinks Judging: Judges’ deliberations on Vermouth
On the first day of the IWSC Alternative Drinks judging our experts tasted their way through a variety of styles of vermouth. We caught up with our judges to hear about the standout flights.
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IWSC Judges' Picks for Dry January: best non-alcoholic cocktails & aperitifs
Continuing our Dry January series, we are excited to highlight the best ready-to-drink non-alcoholic cocktails and aperitifs from our recent judging.
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IWSC Judges’ Picks for Dry January: low & no alcohol spirits
Celebrating the growing quality of low & no drinks, this dry January we are showcasing the best-performing low & no alcohol spirits from our 2023 judging.
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IWSC Judges’ Picks for Dry January: low & no alcohol wines
To mark dry January, we highlight the best low & no alcohol wines from our 2023 judging.
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Double Dutch Drinks awarded IWSC’s 2023 Mixer Producer Trophy
We’re delighted to award Double Dutch Drinks the IWSC 2023 Mixer Producer Trophy.
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Curatif awarded IWSC’s 2023 RTD Producer Trophy
We’re delighted to award Curatif the IWSC 2023 RTD Producer Trophy.
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All The Bitter awarded IWSC’s 2023 Low & No Spirits Producer Trophy
We’re delighted to award All The Bitter the IWSC 2023 Low & No Spirits Producer Trophy, sponsored by BevZero.
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