Resource Status
Complete
Legacy Resource Category
Supporting resources are discovery and retrieval portals. They are not evidence by default.
Purpose and boundary
Use IWSC for published spirits judging methods, judges, scores, medals, category results, and regional judging events, including North American whiskey sessions.
Evidence rule
Create a year-, event-, category-, and product-specific Source for every result used and relate it under Related Sources. Do not cite this portal record directly.
Review
- Resource class: International wine and spirits competition
- Access verified: 2026-08-25
- Published method: Double-blind numbered samples, panel discussion, daily sample limit, and re-tasting of Gold-awarded spirits
- Volatility: Panels, events, categories, scores, results, and published procedures change
- Capture when promoted: Year, judging event and location, product, category, score or medal, panel, method version, result date, stable URL, and access date
- Interpretive limit: Results are conditional on the submitted field, category definition, and that event's process
- Review basis: IWSC spirits judging process
