The Three Ships 10 Year Old Single Malt has become the first South African
whisky to be awarded the Worldwide Whisky Trophy and a gold outstanding
distinction at the annual International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) held
in London. In a second round of blind tastings, the gold winners from all
the participating countries with the exception of Ireland and Scotland competed
for the trophy and judges chose the South African whisky above those from the
USA, Canada, Australia, the UK, France, Germany, Japan and Taiwan.
A delighted Andy Watts, master distiller of the range, said in the 33
years he had been involved in making Three Ships, he had time and again been
astounded by the international acclaim for these whiskies.
Another Three Ships entry in the competition, its Premium Select 5 Year
Old, took gold. This whisky is in many ways a tribute to the time Andy spent on
the Isle of Islay at the start of his whisky-making career. It was here where
so many years ago, he fell in love with the island’s iconic peaty whiskies. The
Premium Select, which spends five years in oak, is a blend of peated barley
distilled in copper stills made for the James Sedgwick Distillery by Forsyth’s
of Scotland, and grain spirit distilled in column stills.
The Three Ships 10 Year Old Single Malt, of which only a limited
quantity was released at the time of its launch, has long been sold out. Only a
few whisky lovers might still have a bottle or two in their collections while
others might still harbor fond memories of the whisky, which was matured for
ten years in carefully selected oak barrels. The Three Ships Premium Select 5
Year is available nationwide and retails for about R160. Visit www.threeshipswhisky.co.za for more on
the range.
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