World Whiskies Awards & Icons of Whisky Australia, 2024

Icons of Whisky 2024 title banner

The World Whiskies Awards and the Icons of Whisky winners (in the Rest of World category) have been unveiled for 2024.  There are some familiar names and, pleasingly, some new names and faces as a number of new distilleries bring their whiskies to the world’s stage… 

The World Whiskies Awards has grown to such an extent that, several years ago now, it was split into various regions to do justice to the huge number of distilleries, producers, bottlers, and individuals who contribute to the many sectors of the whisk(e)y industry.  While some regions naturally pick themselves (e.g. Scotland, USA, Ireland), the catch-all region of Rest of World was created to capture the likes of Australia, Japan, India, Taiwan, Canada, New Zealand, Israel, China, and the many European countries producing whisky (e.g. Belgium, Germany, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, etc) and more.  In February this year, the 2024 winners in the Rest of World categories were announced for both the World Whiskies Awards and the Icons of Whisky Awards.  Being an Aussie and someone who’s written a lot about Australian whisky, I trust you’ll indulge us if we highlight the Australian winners for 2024… 

Icons of Whisky badges

Icons of Whisky, 2024
(Rest of World category – Australian winners)

Brand Ambassador, Scotch Whisky – Seamus Carroll, The Whisky Club

Brand Ambassador, World Whisky – Ally Bhana, Sullivans Cove Distillery

Brand Innovator – Sullivans Cove Distillery

Communicator – Andrew Derbidge, Whisky & Wisdom

Craft Producer – Callington Mill Distillery

Distillery Manager – Heather Tillott, Sullivans Cove Distillery

Master Distiller / Master Blender – Ian Thorn, The Gospel Whiskey

Sales Team – Sullivans Cove Distillery

Visitor Attraction Manager – Michelle Burns, The Aisling Distillery

Visitor Attraction – Callington Mill Distillery

 

World Whiskies Awards, 2024
(Rest of World category – Australian winners)

A large number of Australian distilleries and producers submitted their whiskies for judging, and a number of expressions / bottlings were recognised with Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals.  Importantly, an impressive number of whiskies were announced as being overall Category Winners – a huge achievement, particularly noting the huge volume of entries and the large number of different categories.  The Australian Category Winners were as follows:

Backwoods Distilling Co, Shiraz Cask, 46% – Rye, No Age Statement

Coastal Stone, Xplore, 40% – Blended, No Age Statement

Eden, Folklore – Double Oak, 50.4% – Small Batch Single Malt, No Age Statement

Hellyers Road Distillery, The American Oak 16 Years Old, 60.7% – Single Cask Single Malt, 13 to 20 years

Hellyers Road Distillery, The American Oak 21 Years Old – Cask 2157.05, 62.4% – Single Cask Single Malt 21 Years & Over

Hellyers Road Distillery, The Dark Harmony, 52% – Blended Limited Release, No Age Statement

Hellyers Road Distillery, The Voyager Cask, 57% – Small Batch Single Malt, 13 to 20 Years

Hillwood Whisky, Peated Sherry Cask 150, 60.5% – Single Cask Single Malt, No Age Statement

Iniquity, Talamara, 40% – Single Malt, 12 Years & Under

Lark, Fresh IPA Cask, 46% – Single Malt, No Age Statement

Lark, Symphony No. 1, 40.2% – Blended Malt, No Age Statement

Sullivans Cove, American Oak 2nd Fill TD0452, 50% – Single Cask Single Malt, 12 Years & Under

The Gospel, Legacy Rye, 56% – Rye, 12 Years & Under

Transportation Whiskey, The Journey Single Cask Cask Strength, 57.6% – Pot Still, No Age Statement

Waubs Harbour Distillery, Waubs Original, 43% – Small Batch Single Malt, 12 Years & Under

Whipper Snapper, Rye, 48% – Single Cask Single Rye, No Age Statement

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If you’d like to see the full list of medals (Bronze, Silver, Gold) and the many Australian distilleries and their releases that entered the awards but aren’t listed above, you’ll find it here.   Of course, it’s worth stating that this is an awards program that distilleries choose to enter and submit their whiskies to, and so not every Australian distillery or producer is necessarily represented.  For more information on this and how whisky awards programs work, you might like to read our recent article, “Whisky Awards – Who really wins?

Congratulations to all involved; to the many individuals behind the scenes that work tirelessly and often anonymously in the production of great Australian whiskies, and to the Australian whisky industry as a whole.

Cheers,
AD

PS…you might also like our article Which is the best Australian whisky?

 

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Author: AD

I'm a whisky writer, brand ambassador, host, presenter, educator, distillery tour guide, reviewer, and Keeper of the Quaich. Also the Chairman and Director of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) in Australia since 2005. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @whiskyandwisdom and also on YouTube at /c/whiskyandwisdom

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