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    Up North Distillery Brings Home the Gold

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    By Nspire Magazine on April 5, 2018 News

    Up North Distillery Wins Best of Category & Gold Medal at the American Distilling Institute 2018 Spirits Competition.

    April 2, 2018 POST FALLS, UP NORTH DISTILLERY is pleased to announce that our company has recently won a “Gold Medal” & “Best of Specialty Spirits” for our Honey Spirits at the 2018 American Distilling Institute Competition.  This product is made solely from Idaho honey. We create a mead wine and then distill it, resulting in a naturally gluten free spirit with an essence of honey.

    Entrants consisted of newly opened micro-distilleries to globally recognized spirit brands.

    http://distilling.com/events/judging/awards/

    Up North Distillery won award medals for the following products:

    • Honey Spirits- Gold Medal
    • 3 Year Apple Brandy- Silver Medal
    • Apple Brandy- Bronze Medal
    • Big Kid Cider- Bronze Medal
    • Barrel Reserve Honey Spirits- Bronze Medal

    Previous awards include:

    2017 Denver International Spirits Competition:

    • Gold Medal: Honey Spirits
    • Gold Medal: Barrel Finished Honey Spirits
    • Gold Medal: Apple Brandy

    2017 Las Vegas International Global Spirit Awards

    • Gold Medal: Barrel Finished Honey Spirits

    2018 American Craft Spirits Association Competition:

    • Bronze Medal: Barrel Reserve Honey Spirits
    • Bronze Medal: 3 Year Barrel Aged Apple Brandy

    Up North Distillery products are available on site at their distillery in Post Falls where you can enjoy a free tasting, a signature cocktail and a bottle to go. Their products are also available in Idaho liquor stores.  For additional information visit: www.upnorthdistillery.com as well as Facebook https://www.facebook.com/upnorthdistillery/.

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