GTA Brews members are encouraged to enter their beers into homebrew competitions for feedback and possibly prizes! This page has information about tons of awesome local competitions, and also some info about some awesome competitions happening across Canada.

 

Brew Slam – National

We run one big national competition every year called Brew Slam, where brewers from all over Canada enter as part of the Brewer of the Year Circuit. This competition is judged by BJCP judges according to the BJCP Beer Style Guidelines. See the following page for more details:

GTA Brews Brew Slam 2017 – BOTY
http://www.gtabrews.ca/brew-slam/
Deadline: Nov 4th
Judging: Nov 10th – 12th

Seasonal Competitions

We run feedback only competitions several times per year on a seasonal basis. These competitions are means for GTA Brews members (though anyone can enter) to compete against each other to brew the best beer of the season. This competitions is restricted to seasonally appropriate categories. See the following page for more details:

GTA Brews – Spring Showdown 2017
http://www.gtabrews.ca/seasonal-competition/
Deadline: Saturday May 27th, 2017

Other Local Competitions

Here are some other local competitions in Southern Ontario that we think you should enter!

Competition	Location	Deadline	Website
Because Beer Homebrew Competition	Hamilton, ON	May 26th, 2017	Website
Niagara College Brewing Competition	Niagara, ON	July 27th, 2017	Website
The Royal Finger Homebrew Competition	Kitchener, ON	Oct 14th, 2017	Website

BOTY Competitions

Competitions in this section are part of the Brewer of the Year circuit. A Canada-wide circuit of competitions tracked by the BOTY program. At the end of the year the brewer and club with the most points wins!

Competition	Location	Deadline	Website
Lethbridge Werthogs WertContest	Lethbridge, AB	Feb 24th, 2017	Website
Mountain View Homebrew Open	Olds, AB	March 3rd, 2017	Website
Yeast Wranglers Homebrew Roundup	Calgary, AB	March 22nd, 2017	Website
ALES Open	Regina, SK	April 5th, 2017	Website
VanBrewer Awards	Vancouver, BC	May 7th, 2017	Website
EHG Aurora Brewing Challenge	Edmonton, AB	May <TBA>, 2017	Website
National Capital Homebrew Competition	Ottawa, ON	May 15th, 2017	Website
Beau’s Oktoberfest Homebrew Competition	Ottawa, ON	Aug 23rd, 2017	Website
Winnipeg BrewBombers ProAm Brew Challenge	Winnipeg, MB	Oct 13th, 2016	Website
Saskatoon Head Hunters Brewing Competition	Saskatoon, SK	Nov 4th, 2017	Website
GTA Brews Brew Slam	Toronto, ON	Nov 4th, 2017	Website

 

* All competitions on this page will be judged using BJCP Style Guidelines, unless marked otherwise.
* Competitions marked with NON-BJCP will not necessarily be judged using BJCP Style Guidelines and/or BJCP Trained Judges

If you would like to have your competition listed here please email gtabrews@gmail.com.