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Major Awards

*New: Click Here to see the Brew Slam 2016 Award Categories.

The winners from each category will be awarded a Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal, as well as gift cards and/or prizes provided by our fabulous sponsors. In addition to the medals and prizes above, the following special awards will be crowned:

Best of Show – Awarded to the single best beer entry, as determined in a final judging round with the best beers from the whole competition. Second and third BOS winners will also receive special prizes.

Toronto Brewer of the Year – Awarded to the GTA Brews entrant with the highest medal point count from beer categories. (Gold = 3 pts, Silver = 2 pts, Bronze = 1 pt)

Mead Maker of the Year – Awarded to the single best mead entry, by score

Cider Maker of the Year – Awarded to the single best cider entry, by score

*A minimum score of 30 is required to medal.

Henderson Cup

The top 10 entries from GTA Brews will be invited to re-submit a bottle of their beer for their chance at a $1000 cash prize and a Pro-Am with Henderson Brewing. Make sure to save a 3rd bottle for each of your entries so you are able to re-submit if you place in the top 10!

Click Here to read full details about the Henderson Cup!

Sponsors and Prizes

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for helping to make this competition possible! We work with our sponsors to supply prizes for our winners, volunteers, and even participants. We are already up to an estimated $7,420 in prizes (not including pro-ams), and this will continue to grow as we get closer to the competition. Time to get brewing!

If you are interested in sponsoring our competition please email: comp@gtabrews.ca

Title Sponsor: $15 gift card for each Silver Medalist $10 gift card for each Bronze Medalist $20 gift card for each volunteer
Judging Venue Sponsor: Judging Venue	Awards Venue Sponsor: Awards Ceremony Venue
Platinum Sponsor: Henderson Cup Sponsor. ARV $1000	Platinum Sponsor: Thirty of each 1 lbs PBW & 8 oz StarSan. ARV $750
Platinum Sponsor: Ten FastRack kits, three FastFerment kits. ARV $690	Gold Sponsor: Free copy of the Brew.io Pro Android app for every competition participant. ~ARV $400
Gold Sponsor: Saturday Lunch for Volunteers. Awards Ceremony door prizes. ARV $350	Gold Sponsor: 12x $25 gift cards. ARV $300
Gold Sponsor: 12x $25 gift cards. ARV $300	Silver Sponsor: 6x $25 gift cards. ARV $150
Bronze Sponsor: 10 pitches of artisanal yeast. ARV $100	Bronze Sponsor: 150 x 2 oz packets of Alkaline Brewery Wash ARV $100
Bronze Sponsor: Five copies of BeerSmith 2. ARV $100	Bronze Sponsor: Books, shirts, hat, glasses. ARV $100
Bronze Sponsor: 48 cans of Loose Lips Lager for volunteers. ARV $100	Bronze Sponsor: $30 gift card, blank re-usable labels, t-shirt. ARV $85
Bronze Sponsor: shirts, hat, bags, tatoos. ARV $50

Category and Pro-Am Sponsors:

Pro-Am Sponsor: Pro-Am Collaboration beer for a winner	Pro-Am Sponsor: Pro-Am Collaboration beer for a winner
Category – Light Lager: Brewer for a Day, Guest Judge, and swag. ARV $50	Category – European Amber Lager: Guest judge, swag for category winners. ARV $50
Category – Dark Lager: Guest judge, swag for category winners. ARV $50	Category – English Pale Ale: Guest judge, swag for category winners. ARV $50
Category – American Pale Ale: Guest judge, swag for category winners. ARV $50	Category – Porter: Guest judge, swag for category winners. ARV $50
Category – Stout: Guest judge, swag for category winners. ARV $50
Category – American IPA: Brewer for a Day, Guest Judge, and swag. ARV $50	Category – Other IPA: Guest judges, swag for category winners. ARV $50
Category – Belgian and French Ale: Guest judges, swag for category winners. ARV $50	Category – Sour Beer: 1st Drink the Rainbow Tap Handle Set 2nd Tap Handle + Coaster Set 3rd Coaster Set ARV $245
Category – Strong Beer: Swag for category winners. ARV $50	Category – Fruit Beer: Six t-shirts. ARV $150
Category – Spice, Herb, & Vegetable Beer: Swag for category winners. ARV $50	Category/Pro-Am – American Wild Ale: Pro-am for category winner, guest judges.

More sponsors will be added to this list over the coming weeks!