Talking Rain Beverage Company in Preston was named Company of the Year by the Beverage Forum, an annual conference of beverage company executives held April 21 and 22 in Chicago.

This is the second time in three years that Talking Rain has won the honor, in the small companies category, for organizations with less than $1 billion in revenue. The Beverage Marketing Corporation presents the award annually to recognize outstanding performance in the beverage industry.

Company president and CEO, Kevin Klock, was also a featured speaker at this year’s Beverage Forum. He  answered industry questions as part of his in-depth interview.

“Talking Rain started as an entrepreneurial company and has grown into a leading business that maintains its bold and independent spirit,” said Klock. ”We are so proud to have a product, team and focus in place to position Talking Rain for continued and accelerated growth.”

Talking Rain also received Beverage World’s 2014 Liquid Refreshment Company of the Year award, a BCG and IRI Best-Performing Company award among small companies in 2014, was named one of Washington’s fastest growing private companies in 2014 in the Puget Sound Business Journal, and was an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in 2014.

For more information, visit www.talkingrain.com.