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Alternative drinks
Laura Willoughby MBE: To achieve a gold medal, low and no drinks must push the boundaries
Founder of Club Soda and IWSC judge Laura Willoughby MBE shares what it takes for a low and no-alcohol drink to achieve gold medal status.
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Millie Gooch: Low & No drinks have to do more than just skip the booze
In this edition of the IWSC Insider, we catch up with Millie Gooch, writer, Low & No advocate and judge, who shares how the IWSC helps shape the emerging Low & No category.
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Franklin & Sons take home IWSC 2024 Mixer Producer Trophy
The IWSC is delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 Mixer Producer Trophy - Franklin & Sons.
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Curatif awarded IWSC 2024 RTD Producer Trophy
The IWSC is thrilled to announce that Curatif is the winner of the 2024 RTD Producer Trophy.
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Edenvale Beverages – winner of IWSC 2024 Low & No Producer Trophy
We are pleased to share that the winner of The IWSC 2024 Low & No Producer Trophy is Edenvale Beverages.
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The IWSC announces 2024 Alternative Drinks trophy winners
Our judges gathered to retaste all of the 2024 gold-winning alternative drinks, selecting the best of the best for this year's trophy winners.
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IWSC announces shortlists for 2024 Alternative Drinks Producer Trophies
The IWSC is thrilled to reveal the shortlist for its Alternative Drinks Producer Trophies. Both Low and No, and RTD are some of the fastest growing categories in the IWSC, with continued innovation every year
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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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