2022 AWARDS
2022 GOLD
The Fifty Best Domestic Vodka Gold Medal 2022
Reserved for the top performing American-made unflavored craft vodkas in rigorous competition, spirits earning this award are judged solely on merit by a panel of eight judges. Measures are taken to ensure that the spirits are tasted in the best conditions and scored on a 5-point system.
2022 CONSUMER’S CHOICE AWARD
Reserved for spirits that have placed in the SIP Awards for two or more consecutive years, Consumers’ Choice recipients demonstrate an unwavering commitment to their spirit.
2022 DOUBLE GOLD SIP AWARD
International Consumer Tasting
The Double Gold medal corresponds to an outstanding rank of spirits that consumers judged to qualify for the top percentile of their given categories and justify strong recommendations.
2022 INNOVATION AWARD | SIP AWARD
World Spirits Competition
The Innovation Award applauds spirits with an interesting and unique taste profile or design. Consumer judges deem these spirits as innovative and groundbreaking by highlighting them with this exclusive recognition.
2022 DOUBLE GOLD SIP AWARD
Package Design: BE COLORFUL Limited Edition
The SIP Bottle and Packaging Design Awards are conducted separately from tasting and recognize successfully crafted designs that complement the spirit and appeal to the consumers’ aesthetic sense. Criteria for the design awards include creativity, originality, theme consistency, and overall design.
Blue Shark Vodka has achieved Double Gold in Package Design for the BE COLORFUL Limited Edition bottle design.
2022 PLATINUM SIP AWARD
Package Design: Series Bottle & Individual Bottle Design
The SIP Bottle and Packaging Design Awards are conducted separately from tasting and recognize successfully crafted designs that complement the spirit and appeal to the consumers’ aesthetic sense. Criteria for the design awards include creativity, originality, theme consistency, and overall design.
Blue Shark Vodka has achieved Platinum in both Series Bottle Design and Individual Bottle Design.
2021 AWARDS
2021 BEST OF CLASS SIP AWARD
Package Design Series
The Best of Class medal expresses the highest acclaim from consumer judges and is reserved for premium spirits with scores at the pinnacle of their respective categories.
2021 CONSUMER’S CHOICE AWARD
Reserved for spirits that have placed in the SIP Awards for two or more consecutive years, Consumers’ Choice recipients demonstrate an unwavering commitment to their spirit.
2021 PLATINUM SIP AWARD
Spirits that place for a Platinum medal represent a distinguished class that earned exceptional marks from consumer judges. Recipients are highly recommended to the public.
2021 INNOVATION AWARD | SIP AWARD
World Spirits Competition
The Innovation Award applauds spirits with an interesting and unique taste profile or design. Consumer judges deem these spirits as innovative and groundbreaking.
2021 PLATINUM BOTTLE DESIGN:
Original Shark Bottle
Reserved for entries that impress consumer judges on all fronts, the SIP Awards Platinum Design Award represents an elite class of package designs.
2021 DOUBLE GOLD BOTTLE DESIGN:
The Wyland Edition Bottle
The SIP Double Gold Design Award represents products adorned with a design that receives scores in the upper division for creativity, originality, theme consistency, and overall design.
2020 AWARDS
GOLD 2020 LAS VEGAS GLOBAL SPIRIT AWARDS
The Las Vegas Global Spirit Awards is an annual event bringing together the finest experts in the spirits industry. Expert distillers, trade experts, master mixologists, distributors, and beverage media make up the judges panel at this world-class awards competition.
GOLD SAN DIEGO
2020 SPIRITS FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL SPIRITS COMPETITION
The San Diego Spirits Festival is one of the top cocktail festivals in the world according to Fodor’s. The festival’s spirits competition brings in world experts for a blind tasting and full analysis to find the best in class. Blue Shark Vodka ranked highest in Gold in 2020.
GOLD
2020 EAST COAST CRAFT SPIRITS AWARD
The East Coast Craft Spirits Award limits entries to truly craft distilleries making less than 100,000 tons each year located on states bordering the Atlantic. Judges rate the top three spirits in each class by a point system.
DESIGN SAN DIEGO
2020 SPIRITS FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL SPIRITS COMPETITION
Blue Shark Vodka placed first in design in the 2020 bottle competition, recognizing the package design as one a standout in the industry.
DOUBLE GOLD SIP AWARD
The Double Gold medal corresponds to an outstanding rank of spirits which consumers judge to qualify for the top percentile of their given categories and justify strong recommendations.
PLATINUM SIP AWARD
Spirits that place for a Platinum medal represent a distinguished class that earned exceptional marks from consumer judges. Recipients are highly recommended to the public.
INNOVATION SIP AWARD
The Innovation Award applauds spirits with an interesting and unique taste profile or design. Consumer judges deem these spirits as innovative and groundbreaking.
SILVER BARTENDER SPIRITS AWARD
The leading spirits competition in the USA that rates spirits with a focus on the bar industry. Aiming to provide independent and honest reviews for brands targeting the US on-premise trade.
SILVER NEW YORK INTL SPIRITS COMPETITION
The New York International Spirits Competition is the first competition to be founded in the International Beverage Competition Series. Awards are judged by a trade-only blind judging panel.
SILVER BARTENDER SPIRITS AWARD
The leading spirits competition in the USA that rates spirits with a focus on the bar industry. Aiming to provide independent and honest reviews for brands targeting the US on-premise trade.