Spirits Awards

Western Australia’s distilleries are crafting spirits with purpose: spirits that evoke a sense of place, using ingredients indigenous to the state. They range from new, upstart distilleries that take ingredients that would otherwise go to waste and turn them into something delicious to drink, to whiskey distilleries employing only Western Australian grains to make their spirit; from gin specialists to rum producers fermenting their own base ingredients. The results of our judging, and our Top 10, speak to the quality that WA is producing across the board, with plenty to keep you occupied for the year ahead. Cheers.

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Illegal Tender Distilling Co Distiller’s Cut Overproof Rum Spirit of the Year

Presented by The Good Grocer Cellar

01 / Illegal Tender Distilling Co Distiller’s Cut Overproof Rum

Style: Overproof Rum

Alcohol %: 45% abv

02 / Whipper Snapper Distillery Single Malt Australian Whiskey

Style: Single Malt Whiskey

Alcohol %: 48% abv

03 / Old Young’s 1829 Gin

Style: Contemporary Gin

Alcohol %: 42% abv

04 / Cuprum Captain Coffin Pure Single Rum

Style: Aged Rum

Alcohol %: 40% abv

05 / Little Stiller Distillery Signature Gin

Style: Dry Gin

Alcohol %: 40% abv

06 / Swan River Distillery Miners Strength Gin

Style: Navy Strength

Alcohol %: 58% abv

07 / Sin Gin Distillery Greed

Style: Dry Gin

Alcohol %: 40% abv

08 / Old Young’s Six Seasons Gin

Style: Contemporary Gin

Alcohol %: 50% abv

09 / Damaged Goods Distilling Co Smashed Apple Aperitivo

Style: Aperitif

Alcohol %: 21% abv

10 / Cannabis Botanical Distillery Re-Gin

Style: Aged Wine Gin

Alcohol %: 38% abv