Malvern Bitters' Inky Blue Bitters has been awarded GOLD in the Speciality Cocktail Products category in this year's World Drinks Awards.

Entries are blind tasted and scored to an enforced policy. Each drink is marked on aroma, flavour and finish, with other elements also taken into consideration. Written tasting notes are created for each product.

Once scored, these are added together to give an overall mark. This is used to calculate the best and top-scoring spirits, which move on to the next stage of judging. 

The judges' tasting notes said: "A lovely example of aromatic bitters that would work well in a host of classic cocktails such as the Pink Gin or the Old Fashioned. The colour-changing aspect works really well and has interesting applications in both full-strength and no/low alcohol drinks."