Each year, as the recognition of the category expands and develops, more and more institutions are setting up competitions to assess which absinthes are worthy of true industry recognition. eAbsinthe has written the following article in order to establish once and for all which of today’s commercially available absinthes are considered by expert independent judging bodies to be the best in their category. We have detailed the awards won by each of the better known absinthes and also profiled the individual competitions. You will find the information laid out reflecting the number of awards received and the years they were achieved in. This data has been gathered from public sources for the following main global spirits industry competitions of any consequence:
1. The Absinthiades
2. The Spirits Business Absinthe Masters
3. The LA International Wine & Spirits Competition
4. The San Francisco World Spirits Competition
5. The International Spirits Challenge
6. The International Wine & Spirit Competition
7. The Chicago Beverage Testing Institute
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