Reviews & Awards
Cygnet Dry Gin
IWSC Bronze Award 2019
The Gin Guide Awards 2019 - Bronze Award
London Spirits Competition 2020 - Bronze Award
Cygnet Pinc
London Spirits Competition 2020 - Silver Award
Amazing
My husband loves this gin. It’s got such a pure, refreshing taste. It’s by far one of the best gins out there. Definitely have recommended it - and definitely will be purchasing again. (Master of Malt)
Top of its class, a great all rounder.
A delicate and well balanced gin. It's robust enough to mate well with most mixers; but personally find it best with a lighter mixer. That allows the complexity of the drink to really show. (Master of Malt)
No better out there!
Truly the best Gin I've ever tasted. High quality! (Master of Malt)
Pollination Gin:
Best British Gin 2017, Great British Food Awards
Gold Medal 2020, World Gin Awards
Dyfi Original:
Best British Gin 2018, Great British Food Awards
Best Welsh Dry Gin 2020, World Gin Awards
Hibernation Gin:
Best New Gin of 2017, The Independent
Best Wild Gin 2018, inews
Navigation Gin:
Gold Medal 2020, The Gin Masters
Shortlisted (final results not yet released) Best Classic Gin 2020, Great British Food Awards
Nobody makes a better gin in my opinion or a better distillate in my opinion in the whole of Great Britain…. this is unparalleled right now.
Joe Wadsack Drinks Coach UK June 2020 World’s Three Best Gins.
GŴYR Original
• 2018 Guild of Fine Foods: Great Taste - 1 Star
• 2018 Silver - London Spirits Competition,
• 2018 San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Bronze;
• 2019 Gin Guide Best in Wales
GŴYR Rhosili
• 2020 Gold - World Gin Awards
• 2020 Guild of Fine Foods: Great Taste - 1 Star
GŴYR Pinwydd
• 2019 Bronze - London Spirits Competition
GŴYR Bara Brith
• 2020 Bronze - London Spirits Competition
• 2020 Guild of Fine Foods: Great Taste - 1 Star
GŴYR Rhamanta
• 2020 Silver - London Spirits Competition
Gower Gin doesn’t so much have an air of the seaside about it as it does the countryside. To breathe into the glass is to plunge head first into a sweet, flowering rosemary bush, all sweaty in the midday sun. It’s lusciously, verdantly, endlessly green on the nose, although the burnishing citrus keeps it fresh and light, preventing it from creeping down a savoury, vegetal path.
It’s a hugely flavoursome gin, a very loud gin and one that has clearly been made with a vision to steer away from the classics.
The Gin Foundry. https://www.ginfoundry.com/gin/gower-gin/
South Wales start up business of the year
Hensol Castle Distillery
IWSC Bronze award
Crawshay Gin Orange Zest
Lux Life Awards 2020
Spirit Bottling Plant – Wales
Gin Distillery of the Year - South Wales
Benjamin Hall London Dry Gin
My go-to gin. The juniper flavour is so well balanced, it makes for the perfect Gin and Tonic. Lovely over ice too. Perfect.
Crawshay
Tried it last night and it was delicious - very very good. Not like the sweet orange gin on the market, this had some real depth of flavour.
Trulo
Gorgeous makes a brilliant Expresso Martini or a White Russian
IWSC Gold Medal for Media and Artwork, 2018
Great Taste Award 3 star, 2019
Best Plastic free business- Sea2Shore Festival, Aberystwyth 2019
Welsh Golden Fork Award by Great Taste 2019
(meaning one of the top 3 food and drink products in Wales)
"Marked and resonant juniper on the nose, spicy with a nutty base. Gloriously smooth on the palate, and expressive of juniper, even at the level of the bark on the bush. What a relief, and an unexpected pleasure. A good, solid tonic base you can dress up with a slice or indeed with anything you like - loved the length of juniper lingering on after sipping the tonic. Surely a fantastic base for a dry martini - you find your perfect vermouth and add that perfect twist of juniper - just what these judges have been looking for. Kind of perfect."
Great Taste Judging Panel
Rosemary & Citrus Gin
2019
International Wine & Spirits Competition - Bronze Medal
2020
Best in Wales 2020 - Gin Guide Awards
Highly Commended - London Dry Gin - Gin Guide Awards
Highly Commended - Contemporary Gin - Gin Guide Awards
Great Taste Awards - 1 Star
The Gin Masters - Silver Medal
Best Craft Gin Company in Europe - Lux Lifestyle Magazine
International Wine & Spirits Competition - Bronze Medal
2020 – Whiskies
Madeira Single Cask | Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2020 European Whisky of the Year | Winner
Peated | San Francisco World Spirits | Double Gold
Portwood | San Francisco World Spirits | Gold
Rich Oak | San Francisco World Spirits | Gold
Madeira | Spirits Business World Whisky Masters | Gold
Peated | Spirits Business World Whisky Masters | Gold
Myth | Spirits Business World Whisky Masters | Gold
Celt | Spirits Business World Whisky Masters | Gold
Moscatel | Small Batch Spirits Business World Whisky Masters | Gold
2020 – Spirits
Brecon Gin | Spirits Business Global Gin Masters | Gold
Chocolate Orange Gin | Spirits Business Global Gin Masters | Gold
Brecon Botanicals Gin | Spirits Business Global Gin Masters | Silver
Rhubarb & Cranberry Gin | Spirits Business Global Gin Masters | Silver
Rhubarb & Cranberry Gin | World Gin Awards: Welsh Flavoured | Winner
Siddiqui Brown Rum | Spirits Business Rum and Cachaca Masters | Silver
18 Liquid Gold Awards for Penderyn's Whiskies in Jim Murray's 2021 Whisky Bible
https://penderyn.wales/news/
This drop of Welsh Gold has a Portuguese influence from the Madeira casks used to finish it, and is described by Penderyn Distillery as its original ‘house style’ whisky.
Its flavours are an interwoven mix of sweet and dry, each bidding for attention at every stage in harmonious fashion.
Soft fruits and almonds pop up in the aroma and taste, while vanilla threads its way through the whole piece, balancing both sweet and light notes with dry and oaky flavours. It’s a delicious drop of gleaming gold from the Brecon Beacons.
