Auch wenn die Preisverleihung selbst schon einige Wochen her ist, freut sich die Barton Distillery in den USA heute offiziell über eine prestigeträchtige Auszeichnung: Ihr 1792 Full Proof Bourbon (wir haben ihn vor etwa zwei Jahren hier vorgestellt) wurde bei den 2018 World Whisky Awards als weltbester Bourbon ausgezeichnet. Diese Auszeichnung wurde in einer Blindverkostung ermittelt – und ist die dritte in Reihe für Whiskeys der Sazerac-Gruppe.
Hier die englischsprachige Pressemitteilung dazu:
1792 FULL PROOF BOURBON NAMED WORLD’S BEST BOURBON
Three Sazerac-Owned Distilleries Home to World’s Best Bourbons
BARDSTOWN, kENTUCKY (May 3, 2018) – Barton 1792 Distillery’s 1792 Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey was named the World’s Best Bourbon by Whisky Magazine at the 2018 World Whiskies Awards. This latest award denotes a trifecta of recent world’s best whiskey awards received by Buffalo Trace Distillery, A. Smith Bowman Distillery and Barton 1792 Distillery – each of which are owned by the Sazerac Company.
Smith Bowman Distillery received the honor of Whiskey Magazine’s World’s Best Bourbon two years in a row, for its John J. Bowman Single Barrel Bourbon in 2017, and for its Abraham Bowman Port Finished Bourbon in 2016. This fall, Buffalo Trace Distillery received top recognition in “Jim Murray’s Whiskey Bible 2018,” where it received the top prize of World Whisky of the Year for its Col. E. H. Taylor, Jr. Four Grain Bourbon. “Jim Murray’s Whiskey Bible 2018” also honored Buffalo Trace Distillery whiskies as Bourbon of the Year, Rye of the Year, Best American Whisky No Age Statement, Best American Whisky 9 Years and Under, Best American Whisky 10 Years and Over, Best Rye No Age Statement, and Best Rye 11 Years and Over.
1792 Full Proof was first released in the summer of 2016 by Barton 1792 Distillery as one of its limited edition expressions, and is now released once a year.
Full Proof is bottled at its original 125 barrel entry proof and has a strong, full flavor that is balanced with sweet vanilla and notes of caramel.
The World Whiskies Awards were announced at the Whisky Magazine Awards presentation held in London on March 22.
Whiskies in each category were subject to rigorous blind taste testing to determine the very best. For more information about the World Whiskies Awards visit www.worldwhiskiesawards.com.
