Members Only: MN Brewers Cup & Awards

Registration will open February 9 at the registration website: brewedinmn.com
Drop off period: April 11-13; location TBD.

• NEW THIS YEAR: The competition will include two NA categories as well as a Hard Seltzer category.
• Entries will be judged based on their adherence to BJCP category guidelines.
• All entries must be received at the drop-off location by the deadline. Drop-off information will be sent privately to all registered participants. No refunds will be given for entries not received. The competition organizers are not responsible for miscategorized entries, entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged. Packaging will not be returned to entrants.
• The competition organizers reserve the right to combine styles for judging and to restructure awards as needed depending upon the quantity and quality of entries.
• Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category. Every judging pair will have at least one BJCP-certified judge; all judges will have sensory training.
• The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.

View full Entry and Drop-off Requirements on the registration website.

Each entrant is limited to 6 entries total.

We will require the following number of vessels per container type:

• 12/16oz cans or bottles: Submit 3 per entry
• 750 ml bottle: Submit 2 per entry
• Crowlers/Howlers/Growlettes (750ml): Submit 2 per entry
• Growlers: NOT ACCEPTED.

Additional vessels will not be accepted.

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 will 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 for these awards will take place prior to the Awards Ceremony; member main contacts will be provided more information on voting.

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. Up to 10 awardees may be asked to participate in the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild GABF space in Denver, Colorado. Requirements to participate are based on the BA’s rules for exhibiting in the Guilds Pavilion and some breweries may not qualify.