"Off Trail-Azeotrope" wins Gold and Silver Awards at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC) 2024, a global alcoholic beverage competition

Far Yeast Brewing Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kosuge Village, Yamanashi Prefecture, CEO: Shiro Yamada, hereinafter referred to as "Our Company") has won both a gold medal and a silver medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC) 2024, one of the world's leading spirits competitions held in the United States.

About the San Francisco World Spirits Competition

The San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC), held in the United States since 2000, is the largest competition in the United States specializing in alcoholic beverages, with categories including white spirits, whiskey, brandy, liqueurs, and more, and is known as one of the most prestigious competitions in the world. Products are selected for gold, silver, and bronze medals in each category, and those that are unanimously deemed worthy of a gold medal by the judges are awarded the title of "Grand Gold Award."

Click here for the results of the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2024 (SFWSC2024)

[About the winning products]

Gold Award: Off Trail - Azeotrope Malt Gin Distiller's Choice delta

This cask-aged gin captures the flavor of cask aging and the freshness of juniper berries . The raw spirit is distilled from the beer distilled in Belgium for our regular beer, "Kagua," and aged for 27 months. After aging in red wine barrels, the strong berry character of the raw spirit is removed from the barrel, and the excess aroma is removed to reveal a strawberry jam-like aroma.

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Silver Award: Off Trail - Azeotrope HOP Authenticity

Focusing on hops, an ingredient in beer, Beer Distilled Gin is made by distilling our own beer that was going to waste and using hops as botanicals. The hop aroma is brought out through two approaches: "extracting the hop flavor contained in the raw beer" and "extracting the hop aroma added as a botanical."

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