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The Donn from Craft Irish Whiskey takes home the top prize at the inaugural Asia Spirits Ratings Photo illustration: Brad Japhe The Asia Spirits Ratings debuted earlier this autumn, promising to deliver a “first-of-its-kind competition aligning spirit excellence with real commercial performance” across the continent. What does that mean in practice? Well, judges were looking for more than just quality from the hundreds of liquids evaluated. Excellence, balance and character was merely the starting point. Beyond that, they took pricing, packaging and overall value into account when awarding their top winners across 11 total categories of spirit. In order to ensure this conflation of peerlessness, presentation and performance, tasting panels were purpose-built to include independent retailers, importers, buyers and on-premise beverage directors. Having the insight and expertise of all these separate levels of trade guaranteed that the highest accolades went out to expressions poised to make an impact in the key markets of Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and China. “Our mission is to help brands enter and scale across Asia — by building consumer trust, offering retail validation, and providing exposure to qualified trade buyers,” according to Sid Patel, CEO for ASR and it’s parent company, the Beverage Trade Network. “Asia is one of the most exciting growth markets in spirits today. We are proud to highlight spirits positioned to succeed in Asia’s retail and travel-retail ecosystems.” When it comes to whiskey, the top honor went to a relatively obscure cask-strength single malt out of Ireland: The Donn ‘23 Edition from Craft Irish Whiskey Company. The non-age-stated liquid was matured across a battery of casks, including bourbon, Tawny port, Hungarian oak, and PX sherry. This dynamic aging process has resulted in a profoundly rich and roundly textured sipping experience. Showing mahogany in its tapered decanter and nosing with…

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