The Bond Wins Big at the 2024 ASCOT Awards

BARDSTOWN, Ky. — The ASCOT Awards, an international spirits competition created by spirits personality and veteran tasting judge Fred Minnick, has released its 2024 results, and The Bond won big:

• The Bond won Double Platinum in the Small Batch Bourbon – Up to 5 Years category.
• The Bond: Eternal won Gold in the Small Batch Bourbon – 6 to 10 Years category.

ASCOT (American Spirits Council of Tasters) Award judges are trained, experienced, long-time spirits professionals who have participated in numerous other tasting competitions. Entries are blind-tested and graded based on a series of criteria relating to appearance, aroma, taste, and finish. By receiving the Double Platinum distinction from the judges, The Bond has advanced to the live-streamed Championship Round where it will compete for the Best in Class title."

“We’re ecstatic to receive these nods from an organization as highly regarded as the ASCOT Awards,” says Master Blender Logan Bechanan. “Seeing The Bond: Eternal awarded Gold and The Bond awarded Double Platinum is a dream come true for me. We cannot thank the ASCOT enough for these recognitions and look forward to seeing how The Bond fares in the upcoming Best in Category tasting.”

“This recognition inspires our team to continue creating innovative blends that top the exceptional bourbons we've already crafted. I believe that blending bourbon is as much an art as it is a science,” Bechanan continues. “At Vincero Spirits, we choose to do things the old-fashioned way: by being patient with our bourbon and embracing the artisan nature of the industry by way of the natural maturation process. By sourcing distinctive barrels and incorporating them into our four-barrel artisan blends, we ensure that no chill filtering or large barrel batches can overshadow the true flavor of the spirit. This process, though time-consuming, results in an uninhibited, great-tasting, quality product. We look forward to continuing our commitment to blending great whiskey that celebrates ‘the bond’ we share with our families, friends, mentors, and loved ones.”

The Bond’s ASCOT Award wins come two weeks after The Bond and The Bond: Eternal were each awarded Gold Medals at the American Distilling Institute’s International Spirits Competition. 

In April 2024, The Bond launched exclusively in Kentucky with Heritage Wine & Spirits as the distributor. Both bottles are now available in select stores, bars, and restaurants across the Commonwealth: 

• The Bond: Aged for 4 years;  bottled-in-bond; 75% corn, 21% rye, 4% malted barley; 50% ABV, 100 proof; blue label
• The Bond: Eternal: Aged for 7 years; bottled-in-bond; 60% corn, 36% rye, 4% malted barley; 50% ABV, 100 proof; black label

The Bond is a creation of Vincero Spirits, an independent bottler based out of Bardstown, Kentucky. For more information about The Bond, visit our website.