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Tag: San Francisco World Spirits Competition
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U.S. Senators Urge Biden Administration to Fight Whiskey Tariffs
December 6, 2023
U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wrote a letter to...
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Bourbon
Buzzard’s Roost Claims Multiple Gold at San Francisco World Spirits Competition
May 5, 2021
Louisville-based Buzzard’s Roost earned three gold medals recently at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The brand won top recognition...
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Bourbon
Best Bourbons of the Century So Far…. #29, a Shocker to Many
September 3, 2020
Barrell Bourbon Batch 11 won the 2017 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and it makes the list of the best...
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Bourbon
Winners of the San Francisco World Spirits Competition
March 26, 2020
As noted, due to the Coronavirus, this is the first year I’ve not been a judge in a long time...
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Bourbon
San Francisco World Spirits Competition: I Will Not Be a Judge This Year
March 12, 2020
It’s with a heavy heart I announce I will not be participating in this year’s San Francisco World Spirits Competiton....
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Bourbon
Best Bourbon? Or Bourbon Pride? The story of ’18 San Fran Spirits Comp
April 19, 2018
Coming into the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, my mind raced with many wonderful personal and professional things. Jaclyn is...
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Bourbon
Shocking Whiskey Upsets at ’17 San Fran World Spirits Comp
April 27, 2017
Has bourbon lost its way? The past couple years I’ve been asking this question a lot, as fewer American whiskeys...
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