2023 World Gin Awards: These Are Canada’s Best Gins

If you need help picking up the best gin for the alcohol connoisseur in your life or need a mixer for making a great cocktail to go with a celebration dinner, then consider buying Canada’s best gins for the year 2023 selected by the prestigious World Gin Awards held in London, England.

The World Gin Awards are part of the World Drinks Awards which select, reward and promote the world’s best drinks to consumers and trade globally.

Best gins from each country will compete for the World’s Best Gin in categories such as Classic Gin, Compound Gin, Signature Botanical and London Dry Gin among others.

Canada’s Best Gins – 2023 World Gin Awards:

Credit: Dunrobin Distilleries

Classic Gin:
- - Gold Winner & Country Winner: Reid’s Distillery, Toronto, Ontario– Reid’s Gin
  - Silver Winner: Ampersand Distilling Co., Duncan, BC — Gin
  - Bronze Winner: Last Best Brewing & Distilling, Calgary, Alberta — Fortunella
Contemporary Gin:
- - Country Winner: Last Best Brewing & Distilling, Calgary, Alberta — Afterglow
  - Gold Winners:
    - - Last Best Brewing & Distilling, Calgary, Alberta– Afterglow
      - Reid’s Distillery, Toronto, Ontario — Reid’s Spiced Gin
  - Silver Winner:
    - - Barrelling Tide Distillery, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia — Tide Gin
      - Anohka, Parkland County, Alberta — Orange Bloom Dry Gin
  - Bronze Winner:
    - - Compass Distillers, Halifax, Nova Scotia — Gin Royal
      - Antidote Distilling Co., Port Alberni, B.C. — Black Gin
      - The Newfoundland Distillery Company, Clarke’s Beach, NL — Seaweed Gin
Flavoured Gin:
- - Gold Winner & Country Winner: Dunrobin Distilleries. Ottawa, Ontario — Earl Grey Gin
  - Silver Winner: Victoria Distillers, Sidney, B.C. — Empress 1908
London Dry Gin:
- - Gold Winner & Country Winner: Gnu Craft Spirits, Calgary Alberta — The Gnu Normal
  - Silver Winners:
    - - Last Best Brewing & Distilling, Calgary Alberta — First Love
      - Anohka, Parkland County, Alberta — Tempest Dry Gin
Matured Gin:
- - Gold Winner & Country Winner: Distillerie des Marigots, Caplan, Quebec — Récif gin vieilli
  - Silver Winner: Compass Distillers, Halifax, Nova Scotia — Noon Gun Gin
Old Tom Gin:
- - Gold Winner & Country Winner: Giants and Gentlemen Gin, Ontario — Old Tom New Gin

The country winner in each category will represent Canada for the title of World’s Best Gin 2023 which will be announced on February 23rd, 2023.

Adrian Spitzer, CEO of Dunrobin Distilleries, whose product Earl Grey Gin won Canada’s best-flavoured gin said, “This award is a testament to the hard work of our entire team here at Dunrobin. We believe passion plays an important role in the spirits we produce, and we’re so proud to be recognized in this way”.