Florida Brewery Wins Gold for Hard Cider
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 11:16:53 EDT From: Kellyscider@aol.com Subject: Gold Medal For Kelly's Hard Cider I want to share with you all our Press Release announcing our recent Gold Medal which we were awarded for our Kelly's Hard Cider. We new it was good but it is nice to get National recognition. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kelly's Traditional Irish Cider selected Best Cider in North America North American Brewers Association awards Gold to Kelly's Cider Melbourne, Fl. á July 8, 2002, - Breweries and Cideries from around the world competed for gold in the most prestigious Cider judging competition in North America. Coming out on top with a Gold Medal in the largest category, Draft Cider, was Indian River Beverage Corporation's, John J. Kelly's Traditional Irish Hard Cider. Hillary Jones, Competition Director of the North American Brewers Association 2002 Beer Awards, awarded the Gold Medal. With the judges using statements like "brilliant," "well built," "crisp clean apples," "subtle apple aroma" "nice apple flavor" and "superb finish," an unanimous decision ranked Kelly's Irish Hard Cider as America's best. Kelly's Irish Hard Cider has been produced in Melbourne for 4 years. Made with imported cider base from Irish partners, Indian River Beverage Corporation now distributes the cider to 35 distributors in 14 states. In Florida Kelly's is distributed by J. J. Taylor, Tampa, Champion Brands, Jacksonville, Grantham, Orlando, Southern Wine and Spirits, Miami and World Class Beers, Boca Raton. This is the second time this year that Kelly's Irish Cider has been to the top of the podium. In January, The American Tasting Institute judged Kelly's Irish hard cider as the superior brand in the National Hard Cider Category. Its Gold Medals were presented at Carnegie Hall this April.