Since launching in May 2022, the team at i-Stil 38 Premium Irish Vodka have built up an impressive amount of accolades. To begin with, it is now the biggest selling premium Irish vodka in the country.
They recently collaborated with one of Ireland's most iconic brands Ballymaloe Foods to create a vodka cranberry sauce for Christmas and their 2024 has had an exceptional start. i-Stil 38 just won best Irish Vodka at The World Drinks Awards.
The World Drinks Awards are a global organization selecting the very best in all internationally recognised styles of drinks.
Presented by TheDrinksReport.com, the world’s no.1 online resource for drinks professionals, The World Drinks Awards select, reward and promote the world’s best drinks to consumers and trade across the globe. i-Stil 38 won best neutral vodka (non flavoured) for Ireland.
Such recognition is testimony to the hard work and dedication of i-Stil 38's founders, led by managing director Shane Davey of Sugarloaf Beverages,
"From the get go, we have always set our sights on winning in The World Drinks Awards. It carries huge weight in the global industry and gives amazing credibility to its winners. We're very excited about taking the top award for Ireland's vodkas, especially with such a huge amount of competition."
Pippa O'Connor Ormond, i-Stil 38's creative director and partner in the brand added, "The World Drink Awards have celebrated and showcased some of the best and well known brands on the planet. It's very humbling to see i-Stil 38 now sitting amongst such international giants. Irish spirits are now in massive global demand and I love being a part of it all."
i-Stil 38 is produced in West Cork with Irish grain spirit in a copper pot still and has three variants, the classic, vanilla and pink berries. Five cents from each bottle sold in Ireland goes towards the non profit Hometree for planting native Irish trees.
Congratulations to all involved at i-Stil 38 on this fantastic achievement!
Slán go fóill.