After international awards, O.B. Distilling goes for Gold By Matthew Haskett

In April, the 2017 San Francisco International Spirit Competition awarded medals to all four of Outer Banks Distilling’s entries. Their limited release Shipwreck series earned a bronze and their small batch Winter Solspice, a silver.

Both of their flagship submittals, Silver and Kill Devil Pecan Rum, were honored with silver medals.

“It’s the longest-running and most prestigious spirit competition,” co-owners Matt Newsome and Scott Smith told me.

For Outer Banks Distilling, the awards reassure them their small-batch experiments are successes and their year-round offerings can go toe-to-toe with any of the competition. “It’s a big deal,” Scott said.

While I met with Matt and Scott to discuss their awards, th

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