Press release: Highest awards for St. Kilian Distillers at the World Spirits Award 2023

Germany's largest whisky distillery was awarded World-Class Distillery and Distillery of the Year in Gold

Rüdenau, March 2023

The World Spirits Award (WSA) honors the elite of the spirits scene with titles, awards and medals. At the Award Celebration, which took place on March 24 and 25, 2023, in Tramin an der Weinstraße in South Tyrol, St. Kilian Distillers from Rüdenau near Miltenberg am Main in Lower Franconia became the first whiskey distillery in the 20-year history of the WSA to receive the "World-Class Distillery" and "Distillery of the Year" awards in gold as well as the Award. Among a total of 304 different spirits from 77 distilleries from 15 nations, an international jury awarded St. Kilian Distillers' extensive product portfolio with an outstanding fourteen medals. "This competition is very high quality for us, fair, transparent and extremely professional. We are very proud of these great results and it makes us happy that we were able to win so many awards among the many spirits businesses that participated here," says a delighted Managing Director Philipp Trützler, who personally accepted the trophies together with Master Distiller Mario Rudolf.

Wins in the category Whisky Worldwide

In addition to the awarding of medals for the products - evaluated according to the WOB 100-point evaluation system developed by organizer Wolfram Ortner and tailored to spirits - the respective production companies are also classified. Compared to other international spirits competitions, the WSA thus occupies a special position. The differentiation ranges from "First-Class" through "World-Class" to "Distillery of the Year. In the "Whisky Worldwide" category, St. Kilian Distillers received the top awards "Distillery of the Year 2023" and "World-Class Distillery 2023". In addition, the Core Range bottling St. Kilian Peated - Rich & Smoky - Single Malt Whisky, together with the smoky Terence Hill - The Hero - Whisky, were awarded both the "World-Spirits Award" as group winner and the title of "Spirits of the Year" as variety winner in the "Whisky Worldwide" category. "For us as a young distillery, this is a great success to be able to win this award to such an extent here in the German-speaking region. Above all, it is enormously important that our newly formed Core Range as well as the Bud Spencer and Terence Hill whiskies find such great favor, all of which are permanently available in the range. This makes us extremely proud and is a great success for the entire team," says Mario Rudolf, overjoyed.

The awards in detail:

• Distillery of the Year: St. Kilian Distillers GmbH
• World-Spirits Award & Spirits of the Year: St. Kilian PEATED - Rich & Smoky - Single Malt Whisky
• World Spirits Award & Spirits of the Year: Terence Hill - The Hero - Whisky (smoky)
• DOUBLE-GOLD: Single Cask Ex PX Sherry #1527 peated - Single Malt Whisky (96,7 pts.)
• DOUBLE-GOLD: St. Kilian PEATED - Rich & Smoky - Single Malt Whisky (95.7 pts.)
• DOUBLE-GOLD: Terence Hill - The Hero - Whisky (smoky) (95.7 pts.)
• GOLD: Bud Spencer - The Legend - Whisky (mild) (93.3 pts.)
• GOLD: Terence Hill - The Hero - Whisky (mild) (93 pts.)
• GOLD: Bud Spencer - The Legend - Single Malt Whisky (smoky) (91.3 pts.)
• GOLD: Judas Priest - 50 Heavy Metal Years - Single Malt Whisky (91 pts.)
• GOLD: St. Kilian CLASSIC - Mild & Fruity - Single Malt Whisky (90.3 pts.)
• SilVer: Signature Edition ELEVEN - Single Malt Whisky (89 pts.)
• SilVer: Ambassador's Choice V - Mario Rudolf and Olli Fink - Single Malt Whisky (85 pts.)
• BRONZE: Ambassador's Choice VI - Mario Rudolf and Udo Sonntag - Single Malt Whisky (78 pts.)

Award winning bottlings available

The two bottlings St. Kilian Classic - Mild & Fruity - Single Malt Whisky and St. Kilian Peated - Rich & Smoky - Single Malt Whisky form the new Core Range at St. Kilian Distillers. These single malt whiskies, bottled in 0.7 liter pot-still bottles, are permanently available alongside the Bud Spencer and Terence Hill whiskies. In addition, with the exception of the DOUBLE-GOLD winner Single Cask Ex PX Sherry #1527 peated - Single Malt Whisky, all of the whiskies from St. Kilian Distillers awarded at the WSA 2023 can be purchased in the online store, on site at the distillery in Rüdenau as well as in specialized stores.

About St. Kilian Distillers GmbH

Germany's largest whiskey distillery, based in the Lower Franconian town of Rüdenau near Miltenberg am Main, produces top-class whiskey that regularly wins numerous gold medals at the most prestigious whiskey competitions around the globe. In addition, awards such as "World-Class Distillery", "Distillery of the Year" and "Whisky of the Year" also testify to the top international level at which the distillery, which was only founded in 2012 by the investment banker Andreas Thümmler and is therefore still young, is now operating with its whiskies. St. Kilian Distillers supports the responsible use of alcohol, about which you can find out more at https://www.massvoll-geniessen.de/. For more information on the company and portfolio, visit www.stkiliandistillers.com.