Accolades for Dutch Courage Dry Gin:

Dutch Courage Dry Gin was awarded a gold medal at the International Spirits Challenge 2012

Dutch Courage Dry Gin has before this occasion already been awarded many accolades, below some of them.
For example Dutch Courage Dry Gin previously won:

Master / Best in Class, Drinks Business

“Best White Spirit of the year” by Paul Pacults Spirits Journal

Gold medal, BTI competition in Chicago

“Classic, highest recommendation”  (96-100 points) by Wine Enthusiast

Gold medal, Los Angeles International Wine and Spirits Competition.

Best of Show, Los Angeles International Wine and Spirits Competition.

The Beginning

The original gin known as Genever was first created by the Seventeenth century physician Franciscus Sylvius. The name is a corruption of the Dutch word for juniper, jeneverbes, which was thought to have healing properties and which gives gin its distinctive flavour. Truth be told distillation techniques (nor brewing and fermentation techniques) in the 17th century were nowhere near as good as they are today. So even though it is true that juniper was thought to have healing properties it is also true that adding juniper helped to mask the rough edges that these early spirits must have surely possessed. So the predecessor of gin back in the 17th century was most likely very big and bold in flavour. As distillation techniques in the 18th century improved the base spirit got more refined. This is probably when Old Tom Gin was born. It was lighter in style than Genever. But as distillation techniques were still a little erratic Old Tom Gin was often sweetened a bit to hide the faults in the spirit and make the drink more attractive. It was only after the invention of the Column still and the clean neutral spirits it produced that Dry Gin was born.