Five Saints Distilling wins awards
Local distiller honored for its vodka, gin, white whiskey and blood orange liqueur
Five Saints Distilling and International Spirits LLC, located at 129 E. Main St. in Norristown, has been recognized over the past three months at International Spirits competitions held in New York, California and Seattle. The company has received awards for its vodka, gin, white whiskey and blood orange liqueur, said founder and distiller John Robert George.
Five Saints Blood Orange Liqueur received a bronze medal at the New York International Spirits competition in April. Nearly 600 from around the world competed in a blind tasting where top spirits buyers from around New York City judged the spirits by their category and price.
In May, Five Saints Savory Tuscan Style Gin received a gold medal at the 2017 Spirits International Prestige (SIP) Awards blind tasting competition in Newport Beach California where 673 spirit brands were rated by 118 consumer judges.
“What was especially gratifying about this competition was that it was a double blind competition with neither consumers or contest officials knowing what brand was being evaluated. Brands received honest and unbiased feedback straight from an audience with zero industry entanglements and straight from their taste buds,” said George.
In June, Five Saints Distilling was notified that each of its spir-
its won awards at the 2017 Seattle International Spirits competition, which conducted blind evaluations of national and international entries.
“With the success of the SIPs awards and NY Competitions we decided to enter all four products in the Seattle competition. Our SlowDistilled
Vodka and Savory Tuscan Gin both took silver medals, our White Whiskey received a bronze and our Blood Orange Liqueur received a gold medal,” said George. “It’s quite an honor and tribute to all of our supporters that we have won these medals in the short period of time since we opened in July 2016.”
Five Saints Distilling is a grain to glass distillery located in the historic Humane Fire Engine Co. No. 1
in Norristown. Five Saints Distilling is committed to producing a wide range of quality, premium and ultrapremium spirits in a worldclass micro-distillery. Each spirit is produced in classic style using modernized processes and equipment.
To learn more about Five Saints Distilling, its products and plans for the future visit www.fivesaintsdistilling.com or on Facebook at www.facebook. com/FiveSaintsDistilling/.