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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 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 $23,800 in prizes and volunteer perks this year!
More sponsors will be added as the competition approaches! If you are interested in sponsoring our competition please email: sponsorship@gtabrews.ca
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 Belgian & French Ale Winner |
![]() Pro-Am for English Pale 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 |
2 – Pale European LagerBrewer for a Day |
3 – Pilsner |
4 – Amber Lager |
5 – Dark Lager |
6 – Bock |
7 – English Pale Ale |
8 – Scottish & Irish Ale |
9 – American Pale Ale |
10 – Other Pale American Ale |
11 – Amber & Brown American Ale |
12 – English Brown Ale |
13 – Porter |
14 – Stout |
15 – Strong Stout |
16 – Standard IPA |
17 – Other IPA |
18 – Wheat & Rye Beer |
19 – Belgian & French Ale |
20 – Belgian Strong Ale |
21 – Strong Ale |
22 – Brett Beer |
23 – Sour Beer |
24 – Specialty Wild & Sour Beer |
25 – Fruit Beer |
26 – Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer |
27 – Smoke-Flavoured & Wood-Aged Beer |
28 – Specialty Beer |
29 – Traditional Mead |
30 – Specialty Mead |
31 – Traditional Cider |
32 – Specialty Cider |