Awards & Recognition | Biggar Gin — Scotland's Most Decorated Craft Distillery
Awards & Recognition
The awards are earned. Here's the evidence.
We don't enter competitions to collect certificates. We enter them because independent blind judging is one of the most honest ways to test a spirit. The judges don't see the label, the story, or the marketing. They taste the contents of the glass and score it accordingly.
Since 2018, Biggar Gin has won in some of the most respected competitions in the spirits industry. Here's the full record.
The International Wine & Spirits Competition has been running since 1969. It is one of the most rigorous independent judging panels in the world — blind tasting, strict category criteria, and a scoring system that makes high marks genuinely difficult to achieve.
A score of 90 or above is classified as Outstanding. Our 98 was the joint highest score ever awarded to a gin in the competition's history — from a field of 1,100 entries worldwide. No label. No story. No bottle design. Just the spirit, tasted blind by a panel of experts whose job it is to know the difference.
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Out of 100 · IWSC 2021 · Joint highest score ever awarded to a gin
From a field of 1,100 gins entered globally. Blind tasting. No brand story to influence the judges. Just what was in the glass.
The Great Taste Awards are run by the Guild of Fine Food and are widely regarded as the most trusted independent assessment of food and drink quality in the UK. Producers enter without branding visible to judges, and the product is assessed entirely on what it tastes like.
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Three Stars — Biggar Strength Gin2022
The highest Great Taste rating available. In 2022, Biggar Strength was one of only two gins in the entire UK to receive a three-star rating that year. -
One Star — Biggar Gin Original2021
Our flagship gin recognised as a product of quality that stands above standard commercial alternatives. -
One Star — Biggar Gin Original2020
A second consecutive year of Great Taste recognition — demonstrating consistency across batches.
Great Taste judges' notes · Biggar Strength Gin · 2022
"Bright, sharp, classic on the nose and the palate does not disappoint: the impact is immense, chock-full of citrus and aniseed alongside the peppery spice… it's a great quality Navy Strength Gin, with a wealth of botanicals, and would certainly make a dramatic impact in cocktails."
The Scottish Gin Awards recognise the best gins produced in Scotland — judged by a panel of industry professionals, buyers, bartenders, and spirits writers.
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Gold — Biggar Strength Gin2024
Our highest-strength gin taking gold in its category. -
Gold — Old Tom Gin2024
The Old Tom recognised with gold in the same year — two golds from a single awards cycle. -
Bronze — Old Tom Gin2023
The Old Tom's first competition entry, followed a year later by gold.
The Gin Guide Awards are judged by a community of gin enthusiasts and experts, making them a reliable signal of what real gin drinkers value in a bottle.
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London Dry Gin Category Winner — Biggar Gin Original2018
Won in the year we launched. Our original recipe, distilled in batches of no more than 140 bottles at a time, took the top prize in its category in our first year of entering. -
Cask Aged Gin Category Winner — Biggar Cask Aged Gin2023
Our cask-aged expression — rested with staves from an ex-sherry cask, with only 70 bottles per batch — won its category, recognising what small-batch aged gin can achieve.
More from the record
Further recognition across the industry.
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Scottish Field Gin Challenge — Gold2021
Recognised by one of Scotland's most respected lifestyle publications for the quality of our spirits. -
The Gin Cooperative Awards — Silver, Cask Aged Scottish Gin2022
Further recognition for our cask-aged expression from the specialist gin judging community.
Why it matters — and why it doesn't
An award doesn't make a great spirit. The spirit makes the award.
What the record above tells you is that the people who spend their careers tasting gin, rum, and spirits think what's in our bottles is exceptional. Repeatedly, across multiple competitions, over multiple years, across multiple products.
That consistency is the point. A single lucky score means very little. Winning across categories, years, and judging panels is a more reliable signal.
The spirits that earned these scores are made in small batches in Biggar. The same stills. The same water. The same two brothers checking every run before it ships.
Full awards record at a glance
Every result, in order.
| Year | Competition | Award | Product |
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| 2018 | The Gin Guide Awards | Category Winner — London Dry Gin | Biggar Gin Original |
| 2020 | Great Taste Awards | 1 Star | Biggar Gin Original |
| 2021 | IWSC | 98/100 Outstanding | Biggar Strength Gin |
| 2021 | Great Taste Awards | 1 Star | Biggar Gin Original |
| 2021 | Scottish Field Gin Challenge | Gold | Biggar Gin Original |
| 2022 | Great Taste Awards | 3 Stars | Biggar Strength Gin |
| 2022 | Gin Cooperative Awards | Silver — Cask Aged Scottish Gin | Biggar Cask Aged Gin |
| 2023 | The Gin Guide Awards | Category Winner — Cask Aged Gin | Biggar Cask Aged Gin |
| 2023 | Scottish Gin Awards | Bronze | Old Tom Gin |
| 2024 | Scottish Gin Awards | Gold | Biggar Strength Gin |
| 2024 | Scottish Gin Awards | Gold | Old Tom Gin |
| 2025 | To be updated | ||
Ready?
Try the spirits that earned these scores.
Small batches. The same copper pot stills. The same two brothers checking every run before it ships.