Members Only: MN Brewers Cup & Awards

MN Brewers Cup Awards Ceremony Schedule

6:30 – 7 p.m.: Brewers Cup check-in & Cocktail reception
7:00 p.m.: Dinner service
7:30 p.m.: Award Ceremony begins
8:30 p.m.: Dessert service
9:30 p.m.: Last Call/Bar Close
10:00 p.m.: Event ends

First-place award trophies will be given at the ceremony along with a certificate; second and third place winners will also be announced and will be able to receive a certificate at the conclusion of the ceremony.

Member-Voted Awards

Additional awards were be voted on by membership and/or the Board of Directors, including:

• Best Art/Design
• Best Collaboration
• Most Innovative Brewery
• Best Member Volunteer
• Outstanding Allied Trade Member

Voting closed on April 14. Any MNCBG Member staff could vote 1 time for these awards.

Promotion of Winners

The winners of the top 3 beers in each category will be announced at the awards ceremony and put on the MNCBG website, and all winners will be sent graphics and a marketing packet to help promote their achievement.

All first-place winners in each category will be announced in a press release, highlighted on the Guild’s social media, and promoted at the Minnesota State Fair.

Hotel Room Block for MN Brewers Conference and MN Brewers Cup Awards Ceremony

The Guild’s room block closed in mid-March. Members who purchased within the block will be staying at the Hyatt Place in Downtown St. Paul, which is less than a block from Union Depot—St. Paul.

Attendees are welcome to book anywhere that is most convenient. Union Depot—St. Paul is a stop on the Metro Transit Green Line and within blocks of multiple bus stops, and it is easily accessible for ride-share services like Uber and Lyft. Please book as soon as possible to ensure you have a place to stay.

Transportation & Registration

Driving/Parking

Attendees are welcome to park in lots B, C, or D at Union Depot. (Parking Lot A is reserved for exhibitors, staff, and volunteers.) Parking in any of these three lots will have you enter Union Depot at the Concourse/Waiting Room, right by Check-In.

All parking is first-come, first-serve. You will receive a ticket when you enter the lot, and you will pay by cash or credit card at the exit. For pricing and lot maps, please see the Union Depot parking page.

Street parking is also available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Walking or Public Transportation

Union Depot—St. Paul is a stop on the Metro Transit Green Line and within blocks of multiple bus stops, and it is easily accessible for ride-share services like Uber and Lyft. All of these options will have you enter at the North Plaza.

Entering from the plaza will bring you into the Head House (where the Exhibitor Hall will be during the Conference). To get to Check-In, walk through the Head House (towards the left of the restaurant) and into the Concourse to Check-In.

Through the Skyway

If you are using the Saint Paul skyway system, you will enter Union Depot on the main level right next to the Lowertown Bike Shop. As you walk, you will be entering the Head House. To get to Check-In, walk through the Head House, then take a right into the Concourse to Check-In.