Gin Awards & Spirits Competitions 2024
Awards are a popular and powerful opportunity to gain publicity, detailed feedback and a point of difference for your products and distillery. As a resource first sent to Members of The Gin Guide, we have put together a guide to the Gin Awards taking place in 2024, including entry dates, results announcement dates, prices, sample information and other important information.
The first section of the guide includes summarised lists in order of dates, prices or other key details. The second section provides full information on each Awards. All information is believed to be correct at the time of publishing based on the information published on the respective websites of each Awards. If you have any additional information or corrections to recommend, please get in touch.
The first section of the guide includes summarised lists in order of dates, prices or other key details. The second section provides full information on each Awards. All information is believed to be correct at the time of publishing based on the information published on the respective websites of each Awards. If you have any additional information or corrections to recommend, please get in touch.
Key Dates & Details 2024
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Key Awards Details
The Gin Guide Awards 2024:
London Spirits Competition 2024:
San Francisco Spirits Competition 2024:
International Spirits Challenge 2024:
The Global Spirits Masters 2024:
International Wine & Spirits Competition 2024:
SIP Awards 2024:
ADI International Spirits Competition 2024:
- Entry Fee: £170 per entry (£136 for Members of The Gin Guide). £125 for additional entries (£100 for Members). No VAT payable.
- Entry Deadline: 9th February 2024 - Enter Online
- Samples: 1 bottle
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 23rd February 2024
- Judging: Blind tasting. Judging panel is published in full and includes buyers, retailers, distributors, venue owners, mixologists, distillers, and writers.
- Winners Announced: 1st May 2024
- Feedback Provided?: Yes - detailed.
- Sticker Cost: £25 per 1,000
- Instagram Followers: 95k
London Spirits Competition 2024:
- Entry Fee: £180 per entry (10% discount for 3+ entries)
- Entry Deadline: 22nd February 2024
- Samples: 2 x bottles
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 4th March 2024
- Judging: Judging process not published. Results based on a combination of spirit quality, value for money and packaging. Judging panel not published.
- Winners Announced: 10th April 2024
- Feedback Provided?: Not stated.
- Sticker Cost: £40 per 1,000
- Instagram Following: 6k
San Francisco Spirits Competition 2024:
- Entry Fee: $550 (approx. £455) per entry
- Entry Deadline: 8th March 2024
- Samples: 2 x bottles. Delivery to USA.
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 22nd March 2024
- Judging: Blind tasting. Panel ranges from beverage directors to authors.
- Winners Announced: TBA Spring 2024
- Feedback Provided?: Not stated.
- Sticker Cost: £47 per 1,000
- Instagram Following: 25k
International Spirits Challenge 2024:
- Entry Fee: £195 + VAT (i.e. £234) per entry
- Entry Deadline: TBA February 2024
- Samples: 2 x bottles
- Sample Delivery Deadline: TBA February 2024
- Judging: Blind tasting. Panel of 7 distillers and industry experts.
- Winners Announced: TBA May 2024
- Feedback Provided?: Feedback available on request only.
- Sticker Cost: £85 per 1,000
- Instagram Following: 2k
The Global Spirits Masters 2024:
- Entry Fee: £234 per entry
- Entry Deadline: 24th May 2024
- Samples: 2 x bottles
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 31st May 2024
- Judging: Blind tasting. Panel includes distributors, educators and bartenders.
- Winners Announced: TBA July 2024
- Feedback Provided?: Not stated.
- Sticker Cost: £55 per 1,000
- Instagram Following: 2k
International Wine & Spirits Competition 2024:
- Entry Fee: £159 + VAT (i.e. £190) per entry
- Entry Deadline: 15th March 2024
- Samples: 2 x bottles
- Sample Delivery Deadline: TBA March 2024
- Judging: Simultaneous blind tasting by panels, with discussion of each entry and ~65 samples tested by each judge in a day.
- Winners Announced: 3rd June 2024
- Feedback Provided?: Yes
- Sticker Cost: £62 per 1,000
- Instagram Following: 20k
SIP Awards 2024:
- Entry Fee: $595 (approx. £490) per entry
- Entry Deadline: TBC December 2023
- Samples: 2 x 700ml bottles or 3 x 500ml bottles. Delivery to USA.
- Sample Delivery Deadline: TBC January 2024
- Judging: Consumer judging panel.
- Winners Announced: TBC May 2024
- Feedback Provided?: Feedback available on request.
- Sticker Cost: £26 per 1,000
- Instagram Following: 8k
ADI International Spirits Competition 2024:
- Entry Fee: $475 (approx £390) per entry
- Entry Deadline: 1st March 2024
- Samples: 3 x bottles. Delivery to USA.
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 8th March 2024
- Judging: Process not publish.
- Winners Announced: TBA May 2024
- Feedback Provided?: Yes.
- Sticker Cost: Stickers not available, but logo is made available for own printing.
- Instagram Following: 7k
- Entry Fee: £189 + VAT (i.e. £226) per entry
- Entry Deadline: TBA October 2024
- Samples: 3 x bottles
- Sample Delivery Deadline: TBA October 2024
- Judging: Process not published. Panel of journalists, drinks retailers and industry experts.
- Winners Announced: March 2025
- Feedback Provided?: Not stated.
- Sticker Cost: Not published.
- Instagram Following: None
The Gin Guide Awards 2024
All Members of The Gin Guide have access to a 20% discount code on all entries. When entry for the 2024 Awards opens, all Members will be contacted and provided with full details and their 20% discount code. Find out more:
