A Cumbrian distillery has won two prestigious awards.
Wolftown Distillery, in Ulverston, won the the flavoured gin category at the Gin Guide Awards 2022 and was awarded a bronze medal at the London Spirits Competition for its citrus gin.
Hundreds of gins from over 30 countries around the world took part in the Gin Guide Award, in categories based on the most popular styles of gin and their countries of production, as well as design, branding and environmental sustainability categories.
John McKeown, founder of Wolftown, said “We got notice that we were a finalist in the flavoured gin category at the Gin Guide Awards and having seeing the other finalists, I thought there was no chance of being a winner and was happy enough with that.
“Iʼd even sent artwork to the printers that had the finalist badge on, though thankfully, they were able to add the winners badge at the very last minute.
“We are so proud that Wolftown Citrus Gin has achieved this recognition from two different gin competitions.
“We created such a unique tasting and multi-award-winning first spirit with our Wolftown Signature Gin, that we knew it would be a hard act to follow, so we created something that was true to ourselves and with broad appeal.
“My wife Helen is a travel agent and we were missing visiting our favourite Mediterranean destinations in lockdown, so we wanted to create a drink with a flavour that reminded us of those places.
“Weʼre now looking forward to serving plenty of Citrus Gin at our small bar in the centre of Ulverston and planning what will hopefully be our next award winning spirits.”
