Sponsors, Awards, & Prizes - Brew Slam 2018

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Major Awards

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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 He nderson 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
$10 gift card for each Bronze Medalist
$20 gift card for each volunteer

Venue Platinum Sponsor

Judging Venue

Venue Platinum Sponsor

Award Ceremony Host

Platinum Sponsor

Henderson Cup Sponsor - $1000 cash

Platinum Sponsor

Robobrew v3 & Fermentasaurus + Swag

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

Ontario Grown Hops

Gold Sponsor

Yeast pitches & Swag

Gold Sponsor

Barrel Stave Bottle Openers for Volunteers

Silver Sponsor

10 gal Spike Kettle & Swag

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

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