Rock Town Distillery Wins Top Honors In 2013 World Spirits Competitions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Phil Brandon, founder of Rock Town Distillery, Arkansas' first legal distillery since prohibition, is happy to announce his hand crafted spirits have won top honors in recent prestigious spirits competitions.

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Early in March, Rock Town was awarded the rating of "Exceptional - Gold Medal" for both our Arkansas Young Bourbon and our Hickory Smoked Whiskey by the highly respected Beverage Tasting Institute in Chicago.  The Beverage Testing Institute's International Review of Spirits Competition is one of America's oldest and most influential spirits competitions operating since 1994.

"On March 21st we were stunned to learn our Bourbon was awarded Best Bourbon (no age statement) at the World Whiskies Awards in London, England," said Phil Brandon distillery founder.  The World Whiskies Awards had more than 300 whiskies battling it out during three intensive blind tasting rounds, for the coveted title of '2013 World's Best Whiskies'. Judges for Whisky Magazine's independent editorial panel were drawn from the best drinks journalists and retailers across the world, with industry representatives made up of master blenders, distillers and brand ambassadors in the final round. 

On March 24^th Rock Town received more great news from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition that our Bourbon won the top award of Double Gold Medal in the 'Small Batch Bourbon up to 10yrs Old' category.  The annual San Francisco World Spirits Competition commends the finest spirits from across the globe.  More than 1,400 spirits from 63 countries were judged this year as part of the largest competition in the event's 13 year history. 

"Receiving these accolades really is a testament to the hard work, dedication and craftsmanship we put into our whiskies," said Phil Brandon.  "We're very proud of the fact that we use locally sourced Arkansas grains to make world class whiskies."

For a complete listing of winners online: 

World Whiskies Awards 2013 - http://www.whiskymag.com/awards/wwa/2013/
San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2013 - http://sfspiritscomp.com/results/browse
International Review of Spirits 2013 - http://tastings.com/LatestSpiritsReviews.html

Rock Town Distillery is also proud to announce it has also recently partnered with Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) and is now available in Georgia and Florida through RNDC.  Soon RNDC will distribute Rock Town's products in Texas and Louisiana as well.  Rock Town's products are also distributed in Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Oregon, and Oklahoma.

ABOUT ROCK TOWN DISTILLERY

Rock Town Distillery, Arkansas' first legal distillery since prohibition, produces the award winning Brandon's Vodka, Brandon's Gin, Arkansas Young Bourbon Whiskey, Arkansas Hickory Smoked Whiskey, Riverboat Rum, as well as three moonshines called Arkansas Lightning, Apple Pie Arkansas Lightning and Lightning Hot Arkansas Lightning.  The distillery located in downtown Little Rock at 1216 E 6^th Street, Little Rock, AR 72202.  The distillery is open for tours and tastings.  For more information please visit www.arkansaslightning.com

SOURCE Rock Town Distillery