Two global awards for Old Bushmills Irish Whiskey

Thursday 26th March 2015


Old Bushmills, Ireland's oldest Irish Whiskey, gained two major awards in the influential World Whiskies Awards 2015.



The company, based at county Antrim in Northern Ireland, securedthe following category awards in the competition:




  • Bushmills VR 10 years in Best Irish Single Malt 12 years and under;


  • Bushmills 16 years old in Best Irish Single Malt 13-20 years.



Old Bushmills Distillery traces its roots back to 1608 and regarded as the world's oldest licensed whiskey. The business was established in 1743



The company is now owned by Casa Cuervo of Mexico, the market leader in tequila distilling. Casa Cuervo acquired the company from Diageo earlier in the year.



The awards are the most recent in a series won by the company over many years.



The World Whiskies Awards are part of the prestigious World Drinks Awards programme, launched in 2007 with the World Whiskies Awards and World Beer Awards. Presented by TheDrinksReport.com, the world's No. 1 online resource for drinks professionals, the World Whiskies Awards select, reward and promote the best whisky taste and design to consumers and trade across the globe.



The awards are open to distillers, bottlers, producers, agents, designers, design agents, packaging agencies, brand agencies, importers, wholesalers and retailers of any whisky from anywhere in the world. With entrance facilities in Europe, the US and Asia, the World Whiskies Awards provides a truly international service to entrants.



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