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This newly added feature is a way to provide media exposure to winning brands all through the year as consumers get access to cocktail recipes that they may create from their favourite spirits.
In just a few weeks, the world’s top bartenders and spirits buyers will gather in London to judge the 5th annual London Spirits Competition, organized by Beverage Trade Network.
A primary reason why brands enter any competition is to generate awareness in trade and consumers and that is exactly what the London Spirits Competition aims to deliver more and more of every year.
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