SEVERAL delicious products made in Flintshire and Wrexham have been chosen among the Great Taste list for 2024.
The Guild of Fine Food has released the results, dubbed the ‘Oscars of the food and drink world’.
Nearly 3,500 companies entered Great Taste this year, between them offering 13,672 products for review.
Each entry was blind-tasted by the Guild’s expert judging panel of over 500 food critics, chefs, recipe creators, buyers, retailers, and other specialists in the field of food and drink.
Entries were analysed across 92 judging days, each receiving detailed feedback, whether or not they obtained an award.
And several Flintshire and Wrexham firms are now celebrating being among the 2024 list.
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The following products from both counties have been selected by this year's judges:
- Buckwheat crackers (Ma Baker) – Wrexham
- Seeded Rye Sourdough (Ma Baker) - Wrexham
- Green One (Magic Dragon Brewing) - Wrexham
- Border Bitter (Magic Dragon Brewing) - Wrexham
- Honey liqueur (Beech Avenue Drinks Co) - Wrexham
- Mafon (Beech Avenue Drinks Co) - Wrexham
- Lost Abbey - Coffee Stout (Big Hand Brewing Co Ltd) - Wrexham
- Welsh butter shortbread (Bev's Been Baking) - Wrexham
- Welsh Witch Lammas Vodka (Wild Moon) - Wrexham
- Welsh Witch Mabon Rum (Wild Moon) - Wrexham
- Welsh Witch Spiced Rum (Wild Moon) - Wrexham
- Moel Famau (Hafod Brewing Company Ltd) - Mold
It was an impressive hat-trick of successes for Wrexham-based Wild Moon.
Judged by the Guild of Fine Food’s expert panel, Welsh Witch Lammas Vodka, Mabon Rum and Spiced Rum have all been awarded a Great Taste 1-star in the world’s most trusted food and drink accreditation scheme.
The judges described the Lammas Vodka, launched in July 2023 as “really smooth, almost sweet (almost vanilla or honey-noted) and warming with a good booze kick but in a very pleasant way.”
The Original Spiced Rum which has been improved over the years was described as “Beguiling and complex with hints of cloves and rowan berries, delivering a pleasant mouthfeel and a reasonably dry tannic finish.”
The Mabon Rum, launched in September 2023 brings to life the beauty of nature and the fruit harvest and the judges described it as “Very highly palatable with the pleasant sweetness supported by the spices. Nice and easy drinking.”
Jade Garston, Founder of the Wild Moon Distillery, said: “We are super thrilled to have won 3 Great Taste awards for our spirits this year. We are so proud to be adding these prestigious badges of honour to our very own Lammas Vodka, Spiced Rum and Mabon Rum.
"We’re a family run distillery that has been creating spirits since 2019 so to be where we are today is truly a dream come true.”
“Being recognised with a Great Taste 1-star for three of our products this year means so much to independent producers such as myself, as it makes all the hard work and determination worth it! It’s a huge moment for us and we’re excited to celebrate!”
Wild Moo distillery uses folklore inspired botanicals and bases its products around the Celtic Pagan Wheel of the Year.
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