2025 San Diego Spirits Festival International Competition
2025 San Diego Spirits Festival International Competition
The 2025 San Diego Spirits Festival International Bottle Competition is open for entries from emerging craft distillers, American merchant bottlers and large distillers alike, and is open to all classes of spirits – and it is open to all classes of spirits, domestic and international – whiskey, bourbon, gin, brandy, vodka, rum, agave spirits, liqueurs and ready to drink (RTD).
The competition will bring renowned experts from the worlds of spirits and hospitality together to determine the best tasting spirits in a blind analysis. Our Industry judges are Unbiased, they evaluate the products based solely on their sensory characteristics, without any influence from the brand or packaging, which ensures a fair and objective evaluation process.
Our Judges are important in the blind tasting competitions because of their expertise, credibility, industry insights, consistency, impartiality, and ability to educate themselves and others.
The double-blind competition will be based on a 100-point scale and will be held on August 23 – deadline to enter August 1st. The results we be announced at the 16th Annual San Diego Spirits Festival on September 27; Medals will be given out to all brands who are exhibiting.
The integrity of San Diego Spirits Festival International Spirits Competition starts with the quality and expertise of our Esteemed Judges.
Our Judges have a wide variety of experiences and backgrounds, and this facilitates a true, unbiased quality of judging on all entries.
INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES
We encourage international entries. For International entrants to the competition that need assistance with import into the United States, please contact our exclusive importer AMERICAN SPIRITS LTD. attention Martha at colawaiver@americanspiritsltd.com International Entries MUST have a Cola Waiver. Please do not delay. Start the process early.
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