10 March 2008 - Connemara Cask Strength, The “Worlds Best Irish Single Malt”
Cooley Distillery is proud to announce that the Connemara Cask Strength Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey has been selected as the “World’s Best Irish Single Malt Whiskey” with no age statement by an illustrious panel of independent whisky experts at the World Whiskies Awards in London.
This panel of judges chose Connemara Cask Strength over the competitor bottlings that had made it through to the last round.
Connemara Cask Strength will now represent the Irish as it goes head to head with the “World’s Best” Single Malt whiskies from around the world at the World of Whiskies Conference in Glasgow in April.
The Whisky Magazine, which run the World Whiskies Awards, assembled some of the best noses and experts in the whisky business to form an independent tasting panel.
These were the brave souls who tackled the large number of Irish whiskeys that entered the competition. Chaired by Dave Broom, this annual selection of the very best proprietary whiskeys evolved out of Best of the Best, the biannual tasting held since 2000.
The judging process started with the independent panel receiving samples at home and judging blind. This enabled the panel to whittle down the large number of entries to a select few that were then tasted by an invited panel from the International Whisky Industry on the eve of Whisky Live London last Thursday.
May 2007 - Connemara Wins Gold At Both the 2007 SFWSC and IWSC
Connemara continues its winning streak at International Whiskey Awards picking up 6 Medals at two prestigious Spirits competitions on both sides of the Atlantic - the International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC) held in London and San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC). Highlights includes -
Gold & Best in Class for Connemara Peated Single Malt at IWSC
Gold for Connemara 12 Year Old at the SFWSC
Jack Teeling, Marketing Director for Cooley, commented, “We are delighted that the quality of Connemara continues to be recognised. This award is a testament to the skill and craftsmanship that goes into creating this Peated Single Malt.”
International Wine and Spirits Competition
The International Wine and Spirit Competition was founded in 1969 and is the premier competition of its kind in the world. Its aim is to promote the quality and excellence of the world's best wines, spirits and liqueurs. This standard is achieved through a rigorous two-stage judging process of professional blind tasting and detailed technical analysis that takes place at The Competition's headquarters in Surrey, UK.
San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Held on March 17th and 18th at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in San Francisco, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition is the first international spirits judging held in the United States on an annual basis. 2007 marked the largest and most successful event in the competitions history with 701 spirits entries from 52 countries and 6 continents. Judging is based on blind taste tests and medals are awarded based on taste alone.
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