The medal winners of the coveted San Francisco World Spirits Competition have been announced and Australian gins have achieved great results, with 9 Double golds awarded to; Never Never Distilling Co.’s Triple Juniper Export Strength AND Southern Strength gins, Imperial Measures Distilling Bold gin, 23rd Street Distillery Signature gin, Archie Rose Distilling Co. Distiller’s Strength gin, Brisbane Distillery Company Christmas Muscat Barrel-aged gin, Australian Distilling Co. Gold Coast Gin, Sandy Gray gin, and Native Spirits Melbourne Classic gin by Patient Wolf.
Of the 9 Double gold medals 4 went to South Australia!
In total Aussie gins won 9 double golds (+4 from 2020), 17 gold medals (+5 from 2020), 27 Silvers (+3 from 2020), and 4 bronze medals (-11 from 2020). That’s a total of 53 medals, a fantastic achievement!
Double Gold (Outstanding; earning top marks from all judges.)
Gold Medal (an excellent product, meeting very high standards.)
- Four Pillars Rare Dry gin (VIC)
- Four Pillars Olive Leaf gin (VIC)
- Never Never Distilling Co. Triple Juniper gin (SA)
- Never Never Distilling Co. Mediterranean gin (SA)
- Brookie’s Dry gin (NSW)
- Two Accents Barrel-Aged Shiraz gin (SA)
- Karu Lightning gin (NSW)
- Australian Distilling Co. Darwin Craft gin (NT)
- Australian Distilling Co. Rhapsody Ruby gin (unknown)
- Australian Distilling Co. gin (unknown)
- Poltergeist Unfiltered gin (TAS)
- Hellfire Bluff Distillery London Dry gin (TAS)
- Hellfire Bluff Distillery Piquant gin (TAS)
- Adelaide Hills Distillery 78° Sunset gin (SA)
- Adelaide Hills Distillery 78° Desert gin (SA)
- Patient Wolf Melbourne Dry gin (VIC)
- Little Juniper Distilling Signature gin (SA)
Silver Medal (A finely crafted spirit, well above average.)
- Finders Distillery gin (NSW)
- Four Pillars Navy Strength (VIC)
- Brookie’s Slow gin (NSW)
- Archie Rose Signature Dry gin (NSW)
- Two Accents Shiraz gin (SA)
- Jaru Affinity gin (NSW)
- 23rd Street Distillery Violet gin (SA)
- Imperial Measures Distilling Ounce Signature gin (SA)
- Australian Distilling Co. Bondi gin (NSW)
- Australian Distilling Co. Fremantle gin (WA)
- Australian Distilling Co. Geelong gin (VIC)
- Australian Distilling Co. Shiraz gin (unknown)
- Australian Distilling Co. Brisbane gin (QLD)
- Australian Distilling Co. Perth gin (WA)
- Melbourne Gin Company Dry gin (VIC)
- Melbourne Gin Company Single Shot gin (VIC)
- Brisbane Distillery Company Dry gin (QLD)
- Native Spirits by Archie Rose (NSW)
- Native Spirits by West Winds (WA)
- Darleys gin by Aldi (unknown)
- Adelaide Hills Distillery 78° Classic gin (SA)
- Patient Wolf Summer Thyme gin (VIC)
- Reed & Co Distillery Remedy gin (VIC)
- Reed & Co Distillery Gin & Juice (VIC)
- Threefold Aromatic gin (SA)
- Threefold Mediterranean gin (SA)
- Hellfire Bluff Distillery Summer gin (TAS)
Bronze Medal (A well-crafted spirit that deserves recognition.)
- Brookie’s Gin Shirl the Pearl (NSW)
- Old Lions gin (Coles)
- Native Spirits Spirits Adelaide by 23rd Street Distillery (SA)
- Native Spirits Spirits Brisbane by Winston Quinn Distillery (QLD)
States ranked by how many medals they won: South Australia (17) New South Wales (9), Victoria (9), Queensland (5), Tasmania (5), Western Australia (3) and NT (1). This doesn’t include brands where production location is unknown.
Launched in 2000, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition is considered the most respected and influential spirits competition in the world, with a rigorous judging process involving highly controlled blind-tastings with an expert panel who only receive information on spirit type, ABV and age (where applicable) to remove bias.
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