Beam Suntory wins eighteen medals in ISC 2014

Each of the winning whiskies received a gold medal in the Whiskies category.

According to the officials, the recognition of brand quality comes just five weeks after the acquisition of Beam Inc., by Suntory Holdings, creating Beam Suntory, the world’s No. 3 premium spirits company.

Beam Suntory intends to integrate the spirits business of Suntory before the end of this year, the officials noted.

The International Spirits Challenge is a competition held every year in the UK, the home of Scotch whisky. 

In the Whiskies category, medals are awarded based on the blind testing of eleven testers, all of whom are blenders, distillery managers and other industry professionals, and who perform sensory inspections on each of the over 400 whiskies submitted from around the world. 

The competition is regarded as an authoritative arena for judging the quality of the entries by the exquisite sensory skills of the panel of whisky-making professionals.

Following are the gold medal award-winning whiskies:

Suntory Whisky Hibiki 21 Years Old
Suntory Whisky Hibiki DEEP HARMONY (Japanese market only)
Suntory Whisky Hibiki MELLOW HARMONY (Japanese market only)
Suntory Single Malt Whisky Yamazaki 18 Years Old
Suntory Single Malt Whisky Yamazaki Mizunara 2013
Suntory Single Malt Whisky Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel 2014
Suntory Single Malt Whisky Hakushu 25 Years Old
Suntory Single Malt Whisky Hakushu 18 Years Old
Suntory Single Malt Whisky Sherry Cask 2014
Jim Beam Signature Craft 12 Year
Knob Creek Straight Bourbon
Knob Creek Rye
Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve
Canadian Club Classic 12
Bowmore 15 Years Old Darkest
Bowmore Black Rock
Bowmore Springtide
Bowmore Devils Casks