Best of Show, Gold for Honey Pear Bourbon Ratafia!
The results are in, Mountain State Spirits wins Best in Show in the National Honey Board’s 2023 Honey Spirits Competition.
Honey Pear Bourbon Ratafia, Best of Show, Gold
Honey Pear Bourbon Ratafia, Liqueurs/Specialty Spirits, Gold
Hazelnut Honey Bourbon Ratafia, Liqueurs/Specialty Spirits, Silver
More than 70 made-with-honey spirits competed for medals at the 2023 Honey Spirits Competition! Congratulations to all of our winners!
The Honey Spirits Competition featured eleven spirits style categories, including a category that contained products that used honey as the primary distillate. The submitted spirits were judged on nose, appearance, palate, balance and finish. A design category also recognized the best honey or honey bee-related packaging graphics.
Mountain State Spirits Honey PearBourbon Ratafia Cordial
Pear Honey Bourbon Ratafia is the perfect marriage of the finest bourbon with pure, whole ingredients to create a new standard for elevating cordials. It is created using aged, Single Barrel Bourbon by hand in small batches using old-world techniques. So flavorful, balanced, and richly pleasant. Dynamic, versatile, and destined to be your favorite. Most excellent neat and amazing in cocktails, Pear Honey Bourbon Ratafia is here!
Tasting Notes: “Balanced and rich; most pleasant finish.”
Appearance - “Brilliant amber”
Aroma - “Subtle, moderately complex; fruit with an earthy undertone”
Palate - “A pleasant, silky texture, lots of flavor”
Body - “Rich, components all shine”
Finish - “Lingering pleasant finish”
