Click Here to see the Brew Slam 2017 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
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!
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. The current prize tally is:
Over $11,000 in prizes so far!
More sponsors will be added as the competition approaches! 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
Platinum Sponsor
Judging Venue
Platinum Sponsor
Henderson Brewing
Awards Ceremony Venue
Henderson Cup Sponsor - $1000 cash
Platinum Sponsor
1/2 of Best of Show Prize: Grainfather system
$10 discount code for every participant
Saturday lunch for judging volunteers
Prize packs with BSG Ingredients
Gold Sponsor
Assorted brewing chemicals for cleaning
Gold Sponsor
12 x $25 gift cards for Gold Medals
Gold Sponsor
100 kg of grain for winners
Gold Sponsor
Brewvision Thermometer, Anvil Burner, and more!
Gold Sponsor
12 x $25 gift cards for Gold Medals
Gold Sponsor
Custom barrel stave openers for volunteers
Cans of Symington Saison for volunteers
Gold Sponsor
Five custom BIAB bag + gloves combos
Gold Sponsor
Fifteen pitches of yeast and eight shirts
Silver Sponsor
1/2 lbs bags of hops!
Silver Sponsor
6 x $25 Gift Cards
Silver Sponsor
One Hundred copies for volunteers
Bronze Sponsor
Swag
Bronze Sponsor
Beersmith
Five Beersmith 2.3 copies!
Bronze Sponsor
Swag
Bronze Sponsor
Three $30 gift cards
Bronze Sponsor
Swag
Bronze Sponsor
Graphic design services
Category and Pro-Am Sponsors:
Pro-Am: Brew a collaboration beer, with your name on it, at the sponsoring brewery Brewer for a Day: Hang out at the sponsoring brewery for a brew day, pick their brains, and pick up some tricks. Toronto Brewer of the Year (TBOY): Described above