Awards
Awards & accolades from the Food & Drinks Industry-
Happy Guinness World Records Day!
Thursday, 16th November marks ‘Guinness World Records Day’.
When she died on New Year’s Eve 1993, just 3 months shy of her 49th birthday, she had become something of a local celebrity. Over the course of her long life she had given birth to 39 calves, and this achievement, together with her tremendous age, had earned her an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records.
When we were thinking of a name for our gin we wanted to find something that was eye-catching, distinctive and that dovetailed with the pedigree of what are working with and what we have set out to achieve. The dairy farming heritage of Ballyvolane House, our use of whey alcohol in the gin, and our shared love of the gorgeous and gentle characters that can be found only in Ireland led us back to Bertha. To immortalise her memory, we have brought her back in spirit, literally!!
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Happy World Sustainability Day!
October 26th 2023 is World Sustainability Day!
We are passionate about sustainability, reducing our carbon emmissions and improving bio-diversity.
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'Get To Know Chilled 100 Bartender Seal of Approval Recipient, Bertha’s Revenge Gin' By Chilled Magazine
‘Get To Know Chilled 100 Bartender Seal of Approval Recipient, Bertha’s Revenge Gin’ By Chilled Magazine
We are delighted to be the recipient of this prestigious award and thank you for sharing our gin journey to date in Chilled Magazine. Your support is hugely appreciated.
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Chilled 100 Spirits Awards 2023
Bertha’s Revenge Gin has received the gold emblem/highest award – the Bartender’s Seal of Approval which is published by Chilled Magazine. In addition, within the New World/Botanical Gin category, we received a score of 98/100, making us the second highest performing gin out of the nine gins rated!
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Bertha wins Gold at 'The Fifty Best' in New York
Held in New York on 17th, May 2023 “The Fifty Best” has once again shined its spotlight on gin by hosting a tasting where 37 contenders were evaluated for the distinguished “Best Gin” awards for 2023.
We are delighted to announce that Bertha’s Revenge Small Batch Irish Milk Gin was awarded a Gold medal.
We are chuffed to bits, thank you!
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Bronze for Sloe Bertha at the Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards 2022
We are delighted Sloe Bertha picked up a bronze medal at the Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards 2022 in Dingle. Congratulations to all the other finalists and winners. We would like to thank the judging panel and all the team at Blas for their wonderful support. It was a joy to be back in Dingle after a two year hiatus. We enjoyed some world class food, drink and hospitality in Dingle and we even managed to fit in a hike up the mountain to clear the head.
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Double Gold for Bertha's Revenge Gin - San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC) 2022
Bertha’s Revenge Gin was awarded a Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2022. This is the highest award we have received from a truly independent awards judging panel so far. We would like extend our thanks to the judges. We are absolutely delighted.
The San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC) has just finished its 22nd annual judging of spirits. Founded in 2000, the SFWSC is the oldest competition in North America. A total of 70 judges drawn from all over the world evaluated approximately 5,000 spirits over two weeks in April 2022. 2022 marked the largest number of entrants that the San Francisco competition has ever received. Not only is the SFWSC now the largest spirits competition in the world, but we saw growth across all spirit categories, especially RTDs.
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IWSC Bronze Award 2022 for Sloe Bertha
We are chuffed-bits that Sloe Bertha was awarded a Bronze at the IWSC (International Wine and Spirits Competition) 2022.
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World Gin Awards 2022
We are proud and delighted that Sloe Bertha was award BEST IRISH SLOE GIN at the World Gin Awards 2022 in London. We are also chuffed to bits that Bertha’s Navy Strength was award SILVER. Thank you very much! We are celebrating!
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Great Taste Awards 2021 - 2 Gold Stars for Bertha's Revenge Navy Strength
Bertha’s Revenge Navy Strength was just awarded 2 gold stars at the Great Taste Awards 2021. This is the highest score we can achieved for our gin so far.
Great Taste is the largest and most trusted accreditation scheme for fine food and drink. It supports, promotes and mentors artisan food producers large and small, who want to supply the UK independent retail sector and overseas stores selling fine food. Great Taste offers a unique benchmarking and product evaluation service leading to an independent accreditation that encourages confidence and commercial success for small business, generating greater awareness for products locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
Since 1994, more than 130,000 products have been put through this robust judging process. Each one is fastidiously blind-tasted by selected chefs, buyers, fine food retailers, restaurateurs, food critics and writers over 70 judging days.