AUSTRALIA, 14 APRIL – Sullivans Cove Distillery in Hobart, Tasmania, has won many awards for their quintessential small-batch luxury whisky in the past few years. Now the distillery is celebrating once again after taking home a number of awards in the Rest Of The World category at the World Whiskies Awards 2022. The result comes after last year’s prestigious claim by American Oak Old & Rare (HH0108) for Best Australian Single Cask Single Malt (13 – 20 years) in 2021.
The World Whiskies Awards 2022 ceremony has finally returned to London for an in-person event after two years – and what an event. Held at the Honourable Artillery Company in London on 24 March 2022, the industry’s finest gathered to celebrate the global winners of the 2022 Icons of Whisky and World Whiskies Awards, as well as honouring the latest inductees to the illustrious Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame.
Among this year’s winners, Sullivans Cove has been named ‘Icons of Whisky Craft Producer of the Year’. The award is a recognition of the team’s hard work and focused attention to every detail of the whisky-making process, allowing them to craft single cask whisky of the highest standard.
In addition to winning this title, they were able to bring home two other prestigious awards with Distillery Manager of the Year going to Heather Tillotts and Visitor Attraction Manager of the Year going to Ally Bhana. To top it off, Sullivans Cove Old & Rare 19-year-old American Oak ex-Bourbon release (HH0609) won category winner for Best Australian Single Cask Single Malt.
When the panel of esteemed judges came together to validate Sullivan Cove Distillery’s craft for extraordinary spirits, it was an unequivocal victory for all those who have worked tirelessly behind the scenes. A simple glance at the list of awards proudly displayed by Sullivans Cove Distillery is a great achievement for the Australian whisky industry and reflects how the region has quickly climbed the ranks in this globally competitive whiskey market.
As the global whisky industry is still navigating through the difficulties and the occasional bump in the road, there’s no doubt that everyone who works in this field loves what they do and strives for nothing less than perfection.
ABOUT SULLIVANS COVE DISTILLERY
Sullivans Cove Distillery is Australia’s premier craft producer of single malt whisky. Founded on the shores of Sullivans Cove in Hobart, Tasmania in 1994, Sullivans Cove is one of Australia’s longest-running whisky distilleries of the modern craft era. Sullivans Cove is also Australia’s most awarded whisky, having won three “World’s Best” titles at the World Whiskies Awards in 2014, 2018 and 2019 and many, many other accolades both locally and globally. Sullivans Cove Distillery produces full-flavoured, rustic, hand-made single malt whiskies from 100% Tasmanian ingredients. Allowed to mature over many years in the unique Tasmanian climate in hand-selected, full sized casks, Sullivans Cove whiskies are unrushed, each unique cask allowed to express its own individual character and quality.
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