Winners of The Spirits International Prestige ("SIP") AwardsThe Spirits

The SIP – Spirits International Prestige Awards are now announced for 2013.

We at Lighthouse Group and Tequila Total are proud to represent premium Spirit Brands that have won a number of major awards this year. Best in Class-Platinum: Congratulations to KAH tequila’s for winning across the range as Best in Show. 

Distinguished Platinum winner: McCormick Distillery new brands North American Whiskey –Triple Crown, Hooks Spiced Black and Gold all won in their first debut onto the USA market this summer. 

SIP Awards' panel members have no affiliation with marketers, wholesalers or spirit label distributors. Each spirit is presented undiluted and chilled, and scored based on aroma, taste, and finish in a blind tasting. Award levels include Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.

Among the spirits competing for titles were gins, liqueurs, rums, tequilas, vodkas and whiskeys, each divided into multiple sub-categories. The top-tier 2013 winners are crowned as follows:

Platinum– "Best of Class"
Hooks Black Rum@ McCormick Distillery
KAH Tequila Series @ World Wide Beverages

Distinguished Platinum Winners360 Double Chocolate @ McCormick Distillery
360 Georgia Peach@ McCormick Distillery
Triple Crown North American Whiskey @ McCormick DistilleryHooks Spiced Rum @ McCormick DistilleryTequila Rose @ McCormick Distillery

The Prestige

The SIP Awards have become an increasingly popular and important international spirits competition. In addition to boosting brand recognition, winners enjoy the power of consumer choice credibility. "Consumers are the ultimate decision makers, and their honest opinions are something you just can't buy," says SIP Awards executive producer Paul Hashemi. "When you enter this competition, your spirit will be judged by a panel of consumers, not by industry insiders." 

Although hundreds of brands enter the competition, only brands with the highest scores receive honors. Rising above several hundred entrants, the winners in each category have proven themselves superior to the competition, worthy of high honors from an honest and impartial consumer base.