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Major Awards
Click Here to see the Brew Slam 2018 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)
Jon Mains Award (Top Overall Brewer) – Awarded to the top overall 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!
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. The current prize tally is:
Over $16,000 in prizes so far!
More sponsors will be added as the competition approaches! If you are interested in sponsoring our competition please email: sponsorship@gtabrews.ca
Title Sponsor
$15 gift card for each Silver Medalist |
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Venue Platinum Sponsor
Judging Venue |
Venue Platinum Sponsor
Award Ceremony Host |
Platinum Sponsor
Henderson Cup Sponsor – $1000 cash |
Platinum Sponsor
Robobrew v3 & Fermentasaurus + Swag |
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Platinum Sponsor
Yeast Coupons |
Platinum Sponsor
Co-Sponsoring a Grainfather & Coupons |
Platinum Sponsor
Co-Sponsoring a Grainfather |
Platinum Sponsor
1lbs PBW & 8 oz StarSan per Gold Medal |
Platinum Sponsor
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Platinum Sponsor
Ontario Grown Hops
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Gold Sponsor
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Gold Sponsor
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Gold Sponsor
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Gold Sponsor
Yeast pitches & Swag |
Gold Sponsor |
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Silver Sponsor
10 gal Spike Kettle & Swag |
Silver Sponsor
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Silver Sponsor
100kg of Ontario Malt |
Silver Sponsor
Ontario Grown Hops & Swag |
Bronze Sponsor
Beersmith 3.0 Gold Subscriptions |
Bronze Sponsor
Gift Cards |
Bronze Sponsor
Swag & Yeast Nutrient |
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Pro-Am Sponsors:
Pro-Am: Brew a collaboration beer, with your name on it, at the sponsoring brewery
Toronto Brewer of the Year (TBOY): Described above in Major Awards
Pro-Am for a TBOY Winner |
Pro-Am for a TBOY Winner |
Pro-Am for a TBOY Winner |
Pro-Am for the American Wild Ale winner |
Medal Category Sponsors:
Brewer for a Day: Hang out at the sponsoring brewery for a brew day, pick their brains, and pick up some tricks.
1 – Light Lager
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2 – Pale European Lager
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3 – Pilsner
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4 – Amber Lager |
5 – Dark Lager
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6 – Bock |
7 – English Pale Ale |
8 – Scottish & Irish Ale |
9 – American Pale Ale
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10 – Other Pale American Ale
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11 – Amber & Brown American Ale
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12 – English Brown Ale
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13 – Porter
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14 – Stout
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15 – Strong Stout
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16 – American IPA
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17 – Other IPA
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17 – Other IPA
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18 – German Wheat & Rye Beer |
19 – Belgian & French Ale |
20 – Belgian Strong Ale
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21 – Sour Ale
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22 – Strong Ale
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23 – Fruit Beer
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24 – Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer
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25 – Smoke-Flavoured & Wood-Aged Beer |
26 – American Wild Ale
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27 – Specialty Beer
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28 – Mead |
30 – Traditional Cider
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31 – Specialty Cider |
