What Categories are accepted?
Please refer to the below categories. If yours do not fit into any of the below, email support@europeanspiritschallenge.org – the European Spirits Challenge Team™ respond within 24 hours.
| Code | Categories | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| (A) AQUAVIT | ||
| A01 | Aquavit | |
| A02 | Aquavit Aged | |
| (B) BRANDY | ||
| B01 | Armagnac | Armagnac VS |
| B02 | Armagnac | Armagnac VSOP |
| B03 | Armagnac | Armagnac above VSOP level |
| B04 | Armagnac | Armagnac XO & Reserve Blends 10 to 19 years old |
| B05 | Armagnac | Armagnac XO & Reserve Blends 20 years & over |
| B06 | Armagnac | Armagnac Single Vintage over 10 years old |
| B07 | Brandy | Fruit brandies from all types of fruits (excluding grapes and apples) |
| B08 | Brandy | Marcs and other pomace brandies |
| B09 | Brandy | Other brandies made purely from grapes, blends from pot and continuous stills, or just continuous stills, unaged to 3 Years old |
| B10 | Brandy | Other brandies made purely from grapes, blends from pot and continuous stills, or just continuous stills, 4 to 10 Years old |
| B11 | Brandy | Other brandies made purely from grapes, blends from pot and continuous stills, or just continuous stills, 11 Years and older |
| B12 | Brandy | Other brandies made purely from grapes, exclusively in pot stills, unaged to 5 Years old |
| B13 | Brandy | Other brandies made purely from grapes, exclusively in pot stills, 6 to 10 Years old |
| B14 | Brandy | Other brandies made purely from grapes, exclusively in pot stills, 11 Years and older |
| B15 | Brandy | Brandy de Jerez |
| B16 | Cognac | Cognac VS or equivalent |
| B17 | Cognac | Cognac VSOP or equivalent |
| B18 | Cognac | Cognac XO or equivalent |
| B19 | Cognac | Cognac above XO level |
| B20 | Cognac | Cognac Extra |
| B21 | Cognac | Cognac Vintage |
| B22 | Cognac | Cognac No Age Statement |
| B23 | Grappa | Grappa Unaged |
| B24 | Grappa | Grappa Aged |
| B25 | Acquavite | Acquavite d’Uva Unaged |
| B26 | Acquavite | Acquavite d’Uva Aged |
| B27 | Pear Eau de Vie | An unaged brandy distilled to not more than 85% ABV from the fermented juice or mash of whole, sound, ripe pears or pear wine, with or without the addition of not more than 20 percent by weight of the pomace of such juice or wine, or 30 percent by volume of the lees of such wine, or both, and bottled at not less than 40%ABV. |
| B28 | Eau de Vie Other Fruit | An unaged brandy distilled to not more than 85% ABV from the fermented juice or mash of whole, sound, ripe other fruit or other fruit wine, with or without the addition of not more than 20 percent by weight of the pomace of such juice or wine, or 30 percent by volume of the lees of such wine, or both, and bottled at not less than 40%ABV. |
| (C) CALAVDOS | ||
| C01 | AOC Calvados Fine | |
| C02 | AOC Calvados Vieux | |
| C03 | AOC Calvados VSOP | |
| C04 | AOC Calvados XO | |
| C05 | AOC Calvados Pays d’Auge Fine | |
| C06 | AOC Calvados Pays d’Auge Vieux | |
| C07 | AOC Calvados Pays d’Auge VSOP | |
| C08 | AOC Calvados Pays d’Auge XO | |
| (D) PRE-MIXED DRINKS | ||
| D01 | Pre-mixed classic cocktails | |
| D02 | Pre-mixed classic cocktails with a twist | |
| D03 | Pre-mixed contemporary cocktails | |
| D04 | Low calorie pre-mixed cocktails | |
| D05 | Classic alcoholic spirit / mixer combinations | |
| D06 | Contemporary alcoholic spirit / mixer combinations | |
| D07 | Pre – mixed alcoholic hard seltzers | |
| (E) CACHACA | ||
| E01 | Cachaça | |
| E02 | Cachaça Aged | |
| (F) FRUIT DISTILLATES | ||
| F01 | Cherry | |
| F02 | Quince | |
| F03 | Apple | |
| F04 | Pear | |
| F05 | Stone Fruits | |
| F06 | Berry | |
| F07 | Grapes | |
| F08 | Other | |
| (G) GINS | ||
| G01 | Classic Gin / London Gin | Gin that derives its primary flavor from juniper, often described as London Dry. |
| G02 | Signature Botanical Gin | A gin that identifies a small number botanical other than juniper that is ment to be highlighted and take the forefront with juniper in a secondary role. |
| G03 | Old Tom Gin | Sugar sweetened, botanically sweetened, or botanically intense gin that may be rested in wood barrels. |
| G04 | Navy-Strength Gin | Gin bottled at 57% ABV. |
| G05 | Genever Gin | A spirit made from the fermented mash of grains, usually rye, corn, barley, and wheat and distileld with juniper and other botanicals or made from a blend of malt spirt and botanical spirit. Genever may be contain up to 20g of sugar per liter and can only be produced in Belgium, The Netherlands, Départements Nord and Pas- de-Calais in France as well as German Bundesländer Nordrhein-Westfalen and Niedersachsen in Germany. |
| G06 | Genever Style Gin | A gin distilled from a grain base that may be blended with neautral spirit and may be rested in wood barrels. |
| G07 | Flavored Gin | As defined in the US Standards of Identity |
| G08 | Cordial Gin | Also know as Gin Liqueur defined in the US Standards of Identity |
| G09 | Contemporary Gin | Gin that includes juniper but derives its primary flavors from other botanicals. |
| G10 | Compound Gin | Gin made from the blending of single botanical distillates including the distillate of juniper, or neautral spirit flavored with extracts. |
| G11 | Aged Gin | Any gin rested/matured in new or used wood barrels. |
| (H) SHOCHU | ||
| H01 | Shochu Imo (Sweet Potato) | |
| H02 | Shochu Kome (Rice) | |
| H03 | Shochu Mugi (Barley) | |
| H04 | Shochu Soba (Rye) | |
| H05 | Shochu Kokuto (Brown Sugar) | |
| H06 | Shochu Other (Other Main Ingredient) | |
| H07 | Shochu Tori Moromi / Tori Kasu (By products from Sake) | |
| H08 | Shochu Awamori (Solera System Ageing) | |
| (J) BAIJU | ||
| J01 | Baijiu light aroma | |
| J02 | Baijiu strong aroma | |
| J03 | Baijiu sauce aroma | |
| J04 | Baijiu rice aroma | |
| J05 | Baijiu phoenix aroma | |
| J06 | Baijiu mixed aroma | |
| J07 | Baijiu chi aroma | |
| J08 | Baijiu sesame aroma | |
| J09 | Baijiu medicine aroma | |
| J10 | Baijiu extra-strong aroma | |
| J11 | Baijiu special aroma | |
| J12 | Baijiu laobaigan | |
| J13 | Baijiu small qu | |
| (L) LIQUEURS & SPECIALITIES | ||
| L01 | Liqueurs Absinthe | |
| L02 | Liqueurs Verte Distilled Absinthe | |
| L03 | Liqueurs Blanche Distilled Absinthe | |
| L04 | Liqueurs Cassis | |
| L05 | Liqueurs Berry Fruit | |
| L06 | Liqueurs Citrus Fruit | |
| L07 | Liqueurs Stone Fruit | |
| L08 | Liqueurs Tropical Fruit | |
| L09 | Liqueurs Other Fruit | |
| L10 | Liqueurs Crème Fruit | |
| L11 | Liqueurs Cream Dairy | |
| L12 | Liqueurs Irish Cream Dairy | |
| L13 | Liqueurs Cream Non Dairy | |
| L14 | Liqueurs Egg | |
| L15 | Liqueurs Herbal | |
| L16 | Liqueurs Floral | |
| L17 | Liqueurs Spice | |
| L18 | Liqueurs Bitter | |
| L19 | Liqueurs Coconut | |
| L20 | Liqueurs Nut | |
| L21 | Liqueurs Anis Based | |
| L22 | Liqueurs Brandy Based | |
| L23 | Liqueurs Gin Based | |
| L24 | Liqueurs Rum Based | |
| L25 | Liqueurs Whisky Based | |
| L26 | Liqueurs Other Spirit Based | |
| L27 | Liqueurs Apéritifs | |
| L28 | Liqueurs Coffee or Chocolate | |
| L29 | Liqueurs Anisette | |
| L30 | Liqueurs Pastis | |
| L31 | Liqueurs Arak | |
| L32 | Liqueurs Ouzo | |
| L33 | Liqueurs Raki | |
| L34 | Liqueurs Sambuca | |
| L35 | Liqueurs Sloe Gin | |
| L36 | Vermouth | |
| L37 | Contemporary | |
| L38 | Other Liqueurs and Specialities | |
| (M) MESCAL | ||
| M01 | Mezcal Joven | |
| M02 | Mezcal Reposado | |
| M03 | Mezcal Añejo | |
| M04 | Mezcal Artesanal Joven | |
| M05 | Mezcal Artesanal Reposado | |
| M06 | Mezcal Artesanal Añejo | |
| M07 | Mezcal Ancestral | |
| M08 | Mezcal Distilled With | |
| (N) LOW OR NO ALCOHOL DISTILED SPIRITS | ||
| N01 | Low or No Alcohol Distilled Spirits | |
| N02 | Low or No Alcohol Mixed Spirit Drink | |
| (O) OTHER AGAVE SPIRITS | ||
| O01 | Bacanora | Bacanora Blanco |
| O02 | Bacanora | Bacanora Joven / Oro |
| O03 | Bacanora | Bacanora Reposado |
| O04 | Bacanora | Bacanora Añejo |
| O05 | Pulque | |
| O06 | Raicilla | Raicilla Blanco / Joven |
| O07 | Raicilla | Raicilla Reposado |
| O08 | Raicilla | Raicilla Añejo |
| O09 | Sotol | Sotol Blanco |
| O10 | Sotol | Sotol Joven / Oro |
| O11 | Sotol | Sotol Reposado |
| O12 | Sotol | Sotol Añejo |
| O13 | Other Agave Spirits | |
| (P) PISCO | ||
| P01 | Pisco Chilean Regular | |
| P02 | Pisco Chilean Special | |
| P03 | Pisco Chilean Reserve | |
| P04 | Pisco Chilean Great | |
| P05 | Pisco Peruvian Puro | |
| P06 | Pisco Peruvian Aromático | |
| P07 | Pisco Peruvian Acholado | |
| P08 | Pisco Peruvian Mosto Verde | |
| (R) RUM & CANE SPIRITS | ||
| R01 | Rum Un Aged – White | |
| R02 | Rum Un Aged – White Blended | |
| R03 | Rum Un Aged – Dark | |
| R04 | Rum Un Aged – Dark Blended | |
| R05 | Rum Aged – No Age Statement | |
| R06 | Rum Aged – up to 5 Years Old | |
| R07 | Rum Aged – 5 to 10 Years Old | |
| R08 | Rum Aged – over 10 Years Old | |
| R09 | Rum Limited Bottling | |
| R10 | Rhum Agricole Un Aged | |
| R11 | Rhum Agricole Aged | |
| R12 | Rum Flavoured | |
| R13 | Rum Spiced | |
| (S) SOJU | ||
| S01 | Soju Rice | |
| S02 | Soju Barley | |
| S03 | Soju Buckwheat | |
| S04 | Soju Sweet Potato | |
| S05 | Soju Other Ingredient | |
| (T) TEQUILA | ||
| T01 | Tequila Blanco | |
| T02 | Tequila Extra Añejo 100% Agave | |
| T03 | Tequila Blanco 100% Agave | |
| T04 | Tequila Joven / Oro | |
| T05 | Tequila Joven / Oro 100% Agave | |
| T06 | Tequila Reposado | |
| T07 | Tequila Reposado 100% Agave | |
| T08 | Tequila Añejo | |
| T09 | Tequila Añejo 100% Agave | |
| T10 | Tequila Extra Añejo | |
| (V) VODKA | ||
| V01 | Vodka Potato | |
| V02 | Vodka Rye | |
| V03 | Vodka Barley | |
| V04 | Vodka Wheat | |
| V05 | Vodka Corn | |
| V06 | Vodka Grape | |
| V07 | Vodka Other Main Ingredient | |
| V08 | Vodka Multi-ingredient | |
| V09 | Vodka Organic | |
| V10 | Vodka Flavoured | |
| (W) WHISKEY/WHISKY | ||
| W01 | American Whiskey | Straight Bourbon 10 years old and under |
| W02 | American Whiskey | Straight Bourbon 11 years and over |
| W03 | American Whiskey | Single Barrel Bourbon / American Whiskey 10 years old and under |
| W04 | American Whiskey | Single Barrel Bourbon / American Whiskey 11 years old and over |
| W05 | American Whiskey | Tennessee Whiskey |
| W06 | American Whiskey | American Straight Rye Whiskey |
| W07 | American Whiskey | American Corn Rye Whiskey |
| W08 | American Whiskey | American Wheat Rye Whiskey |
| W09 | American Whiskey | American Single Malt Whiskey 10 years old and under |
| W10 | American Whiskey | American Single Malt Whiskey 11 years old and over |
| W11 | Canadian Whiskey | Canadian Whiskey |
| W12 | Canadian Whiskey | Canadian Blended Whiskey |
| W13 | Canadian Whiskey | Canadian Rye Whiskey |
| W14 | Canadian Whiskey | Canadian Single Grain Whiskey |
| W15 | Canadian Whiskey | Canadian Single Malt Whiskey |
| W16 | Irish Whiskey | Irish Blends Standard |
| W17 | Irish Whiskey | Irish Blends Premium |
| W18 | Irish Whiskey | Irish Blends Super-Premium |
| W19 | Irish Whiskey | Irish Blends Deluxe |
| W20 | Irish Whiskey | Irish Single Malts |
| W21 | Irish Whiskey | Irish Pot Stills |
| W22 | Irish Whiskey | Irish Single Grain |
| W23 | Japanese Whisky | Japanese Blends between 12 and 20 years old |
| W24 | Japanese Whisky | Japanese Blends 11 years old and under |
| W25 | Japanese Whisky | Japanese Blends 21 years old and over |
| W26 | Japanese Whisky | Japanese Blends No Age Statement |
| W27 | Japanese Whisky | Japanese Malts 12 years old and under |
| W28 | Japanese Whisky | Japanese Malts between 13 and 20 years old |
| W29 | Japanese Whisky | Japanese Malts 21 years old and older |
| W30 | Japanese Whisky | Japanese Malts No Age Statement |
| W31 | Japanese Whisky | Japanese Grain Whisky |
| W32 | Scotch Whisky | Distillers Blended Malts |
| W33 | Scotch Whisky | Independent Blended Malts |
| W34 | Scotch Whisky | Own Label Blended Malts |
| W35 | Scotch Whisky | Own Label Islay Malts |
| W36 | Scotch Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts 12 years old and under |
| W37 | Scotch Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts between 13 and 20 years old |
| W38 | Scotch Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts 21 years old and over |
| W39 | Scotch Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts Islay, 12 years old and under |
| W40 | Scotch Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts Islay, between 13 and 20 years old |
| W41 | Scotch Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts Islay, 21 years old and over |
| W42 | Scotch Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts 12 years and under |
| W43 | Scotch Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts between 13 and 20 years |
| W44 | Scotch Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts 21 years old and over |
| W45 | Scotch Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts Islay 12 years and under |
| W46 | Scotch Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts Islay between 13 and 20 years |
| W47 | Scotch Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts Islay 21 years and over |
| W48 | Scotch Whisky | Own Label Single Malts 12 years old and under |
| W49 | Scotch Whisky | Own Label Single Malts 13 years old and over |
| W50 | Scotch Whisky | Own Label Single Malts Islay, 12 years old and under |
| W51 | Scotch Whisky | Own Label Single Malts Islay, 13 years old and over |
| W52 | Scotch Whisky | Scotch Blends 11 years old and under |
| W53 | Scotch Whisky | Scotch Blends between 12 and 20 years old |
| W54 | Scotch Whisky | Scotch Blends 21 years old and over |
| W55 | Scotch Whisky | Independent Scotch Blends 11 years and under |
| W56 | Scotch Whisky | Independent Scotch Blends between 12 and 20 years |
| W57 | Scotch Whisky | Independent Scotch Blends 21 years and over |
| W58 | Scotch Whisky | Independent Blended Scotch |
| W59 | Scotch Whisky | Independent Blended Malt Scotch |
| W60 | Scotch Whisky | Own Label Scotch Blends 11 years old and under |
| W61 | Scotch Whisky | Own Label Scotch Blends 12 years old and over |
| W62 | Scotch Whisky | Single Grain Scotch |
| W63 | Scotch Whisky | Blended Grain Scotch |
| W64 | Scotch Whisky | Single Malt No Age Statement |
| W65 | Scotch Whisky | Single Grain No Age Statement |
| W66 | Scotch Whisky | Scotch Blends No Age Statement |
| W67 | Other Origin Whisky | Distillers Blended Malts |
| W68 | Other Origin Whisky | Independent Blended Malts |
| W69 | Other Origin Whisky | Own Label Blended Malts |
| W70 | Other Origin Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts 12 years old and under |
| W71 | Other Origin Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts between 13 and 20 years old |
| W72 | Other Origin Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts 21 years old and over |
| W73 | Other Origin Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts Islay, 12 years old and under |
| W74 | Other Origin Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts Islay, between 13 and 20 years old |
| W75 | Other Origin Whisky | Distillers’ Single Malts Islay, 21 years old and over |
| W76 | Other Origin Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts 12 years and under |
| W77 | Other Origin Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts between 13 and 20 years |
| W78 | Other Origin Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts 21 years old and over |
| W79 | Other Origin Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts Islay 12 years and under |
| W80 | Other Origin Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts Islay between 13 and 20 years |
| W81 | Other Origin Whisky | Independents’ Single Malts Islay 21 years and over |
| W82 | Other Origin Whisky | Own Label Single Malts 12 years old and under |
| W83 | Other Origin Whisky | Own Label Single Malts 13 years old and over |
| W84 | Other Origin Whisky | Own Label Single Malts Islay, 12 years old and under |
| W85 | Other Origin Whisky | Own Label Single Malts Islay, 13 years old and over |
| W86 | Other Origin Whisky | Other Origin Blends 11 years old and under |
| W87 | Other Origin Whisky | Other Origin Blends between 12 and 20 years old |
| W88 | Other Origin Whisky | Other Origin Blends 21 years old and over |
| W89 | Other Origin Whisky | Independent Other Origin Blends 11 years and under |
| W90 | Other Origin Whisky | Independent Other Origin Blends between 12 and 20 years |
| W91 | Other Origin Whisky | Independent Other Origin Blends 21 years and over |
| W92 | Other Origin Whisky | Independent Blended Other Origin |
| W93 | Other Origin Whisky | Independent Blended Malt Other Origin |
| W94 | Other Origin Whisky | Own Label Other Origin Blends 11 years old and under |
| W95 | Other Origin Whisky | Own Label Other Origin Blends 12 years old and over |
| W96 | Other Origin Whisky | Single Grain Other Origin |
| W97 | Other Origin Whisky | Blended Grain Other Origin |
| W98 | Other Origin Whisky | Single Malt No Age Statement |
| W99 | Other Origin Whisky | Single Grain No Age Statement |
| W100 | Other Origin Whisky | Other Origin Blends No Age Statement |