{"id":287,"date":"2025-06-24T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/?p=287"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:12:23","slug":"bca-takes-home-three-double-platinum-honors-at-the-ascot-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/bca-takes-home-three-double-platinum-honors-at-the-ascot-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"BCA Takes Home Three Double Platinum Honors at the ASCOT Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Little Rock, AR \u2014<\/strong> The Bourbon Club of Arkansas (BCA) earned a standout haul at the ASCOT Awards, with <strong>three entries recognized as Double Platinum\u2013level winners in the Single Barrel Pick competition<\/strong>: <strong>Elijah Craig \u201cThe Deatsville Strikes Back,\u201d Elliot Brothers<\/strong>, and <strong>Rare Character \u201cThe Aurora.\u201d<\/strong> The ASCOT Awards\u2014organized by spirits authority Fred Minnick\u2019s American Spirits Council of Tasters\u2014announce category medalists in early June each year, followed by Best in Show later in the month, spotlighting the industry\u2019s top single barrels and limited releases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-winning-bca-entries-single-barrel-pick-straight-bourbon\">The Winning BCA Entries (Single Barrel Pick \u2013 Straight Bourbon)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"elijah-craig-the-deatsville-strikes-back\">Elijah Craig \u201cThe Deatsville Strikes Back\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-BCA-Deatsville-Strikes-Back.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-BCA-Deatsville-Strikes-Back.png 418w, https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-BCA-Deatsville-Strikes-Back-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ASCOT\u2019s listing shows this BCA entry in the <strong>Taste Competition | Single Barrel Pick | Straight Bourbon<\/strong> class. Judging notes highlight <strong>layered brown sugar and nutmeg<\/strong>, a <strong>warm, balanced finish<\/strong>, and overall exuberant praise (\u201cI simply love this whiskey!\u201d). Entry details: <strong>59.75% ABV (119.5 proof), age 8 years<\/strong>. <em>(Note: ASCOT\u2019s page title spells it \u201cDeastsville Stikes Back\u201d; the Deatsville rickhouse reference suggests \u201cDeatsville Strikes Back.\u201d)<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"elliot-brothers\">Elliot Brothers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-BCA-Elliot-Brothers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-BCA-Elliot-Brothers.png 195w, https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-BCA-Elliot-Brothers-127x300.png 127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also entered under <strong>Single Barrel Pick | Straight Bourbon<\/strong>, judges remarked on a <strong>fragrant, warm spice nose<\/strong>, <strong>cherry crisp<\/strong> aromatics, and a <strong>well-balanced fruit-and-oak profile<\/strong>. Entry details: <strong>63% ABV (126 proof), age 10 years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rare-character-the-aurora\">Rare Character \u201cThe Aurora\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A third BCA Single Barrel Pick winner, described by judges as offering <strong>dried fruits, spice, vanilla custard<\/strong>, <strong>great mouthfeel<\/strong>, and a <strong>lovely finish<\/strong>. Entry details: <strong>57.51% ABV (115.0 proof), age 8.2 years<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-the-ascot-awards-timing-levels\">About the ASCOT Awards Timing &amp; Levels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>ASCOT medals (Gold, Platinum, <strong>Double Platinum<\/strong>) are announced in <strong>early June<\/strong>; in 2025 multiple producers publicly shared Double Platinum announcements the week of <strong>June 2\u20136<\/strong>, and ASCOT\u2019s <strong>Best in Show<\/strong> winners were announced <strong>June 24, 2025<\/strong>. ASCOT defines <strong>Double Platinum<\/strong> as entries that make the live-streamed Championship Round and \u201cearn top marks from all judges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ASCoT-2025-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ASCoT-2025-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ASCoT-2025-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ASCoT-2025-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ASCoT-2025-1536x849.png 1536w, https:\/\/arkansasliquor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ASCoT-2025.png 1646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Rock, AR \u2014 The Bourbon Club of Arkansas (BCA) earned a standout haul at the ASCOT Awards, with three entries recognized as Double Platinum\u2013level winners in the Single Barrel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bcanews"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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