Gin Awards & Spirits Competitions 2025
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 2025, 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 2025
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Awards Summaries
The Gin Guide Awards 2025:
ADI International Spirits Competition 2025:
Global Spirits Masters 2025:
International Spirits Challenge 2025:
International Wine & Spirits Competition 2025:
London Spirits Competition 2025:
SIP Awards 2025:
World Gin Awards 2025:
- Entry Fee: £170 for first entry (£136 for Members of The Gin Guide). £130 for additional entries (£104 for Members). No VAT payable.
- Entry Deadline: 7th February 2025 - Enter Online
- Samples: 1 Bottle
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 21st February 2025
- Judging: Blind tasting. Judging panel is published in full and includes buyers, retailers, distributors, venue owners, mixologists, distillers, and writers.
- Winners Announced: 14th May 2025
- Feedback Provided?: Yes - detailed feedback for all entrants, plus quotable marketing comments for Winners.
- Sticker Cost: £25 per 1,000
- Instagram Followers: 93k
ADI International Spirits Competition 2025:
- Entry Fee: $425 (approx £335) per entry
- Entry Deadline: 1st March 2025
- Samples: 3 Bottles. Delivery to USA.
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 8th March 2025
- Judging: Panels of 4 or more professionals from across the industry.
- Winners Announced: TBA May 2025
- Feedback Provided?: Yes.
- Sticker Cost: Stickers not available, but logo is made available for own printing.
- Instagram Following: 8k
Global Spirits Masters 2025:
- Entry Fee: £195 + VAT for first entry. £155 + VAT for additional entries.
- Entry Deadline: 22nd May 2025
- Samples: 2 Bottles
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 29th May 2025
- Judging: Blind tasting. Panel includes distributors, educators and bartenders.
- Winners Announced: TBA July 2025
- Feedback Provided?: Not stated.
- Sticker Cost: £55 per 1,000
- Instagram Following: 6k
International Spirits Challenge 2025:
- Entry Fee: £200 + VAT per entry
- Entry Deadline: 18th March 2025
- Samples: 2 Bottles
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 4th April 2025
- Judging: Blind tasting. Panel of 7 distillers and industry experts.
- Winners Announced: 7th August 2025
- Feedback Provided?: Feedback available on request only.
- Sticker Cost: £85 per 1,000 (min. 3,000)
- Instagram Following: 3k
International Wine & Spirits Competition 2025:
- Entry Fee: £170 + VAT for first entry. £160 + VAT if entering 4 or more entries.
- Entry Deadline: 21st March 2025
- Samples: 2 Bottles
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 28th March 2025
- Judging: Simultaneous blind tasting by panels, with discussion of each entry and up to 65 samples tested by each judge in a day.
- Winners Announced: 2nd June 2025
- Feedback Provided?: Winners receive tasting notes. Non-Winners may request feedback.
- Sticker Cost: £62 per 1,000
- Instagram Following: 24k
London Spirits Competition 2025:
- Entry Fee: £180 per entry (10% discount for 3+ entries)
- Entry Deadline: 28th February 2025
- Samples: 2 Bottles
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 7th March 2025
- Judging: Results based on a combination of spirit quality, value for money and packaging. Judging panel focused on bar managers and mixologists.
- Winners Announced: 22nd April 2025
- Feedback Provided?: Not stated.
- Sticker Cost: £40 per 1,000
- Instagram Following: 7k
SIP Awards 2025:
- Entry Fee: $550 (approx. £435) per entry
- Entry Deadline: 31st December 2024
- Samples: 2 x 700ml bottles or 3 x 500ml bottles. Delivery to USA.
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 31st January 2025
- Judging: Consumer judging panel.
- Winners Announced: 6th June 2025
- Feedback Provided?: Feedback available on request.
- Sticker Cost: £26 per 1,000
- Instagram Following: 8k
World Gin Awards 2025:
- Entry Fee: £209 + VAT per entry
- Entry Deadline: 21st October 2024
- Samples: 3 Bottles
- Sample Delivery Deadline: 4th November 2024
- Judging: Process not published. Panel of journalists, drinks retailers and industry experts.
- Winners Announced: 16th April 2025
- Feedback Provided?: Not stated.
- Sticker Cost: Not published.
- Instagram Following: None
The Gin Guide Awards 2025
All Members of The Gin Guide have access to a 20% discount code on all entries. When entry for the 2025 Awards opens, all Members will be contacted and provided with full details and their 20% discount code. Find out more:
