ENTRY OPTIONS

There are two entry options that provide different levels of promotional tools and deliverables detailed below. Both options are for The World Beer Championships®

Option 1 – Competition Only

Includes:

• 100-point based score
• Awards given to best of category winners
• Promo materials available for download on your portal
• Confidential constructive criticism and feedback from trade buyers upon request
• Use of downloadable digital logo

Option 2 - Full Published Review

Includes:

• 100-point based score
• Awards given to best of category winners
• Confidential constructive criticism and feedback from trade buyers
• Use of downloadable digital logo
• Two-year publication of review on Tastings.com for all awarded beers (will include score, medal, tasting note, pairing suggestions, category info, and more)
• Results cross-posted on wine-searcher.com
• “Buy-It-Now” button that links your beers’ review page(s) to your e-commerce solution and/or online retailers of your choice.
• Promo materials available for download on your portal

Learn more about Beverage Testing Institute

BTI’s methodology: https://bevtest.com/lab/

BTI’s history:  https://bevtest.com/about/#mission-history

BTI’s panel: https://bevtest.com/lab/#the-panel

BTI’s editorials: https://bevtest.com/news-insights/industry-insights/

Visit consumer-facing Tastings.com and and check out the 2024 World Beer Championships results and reviews:

https://www.tastings.com/Calendar-Beer/Review-2023-12-16-2024-World-Beer-Championships.aspx

Read our editorial blog “The Slurp” 

https://www.tastings.com/Slurp/The-Whos-Whats-and-Whys.aspx

Registration due: May 1st

Delivery of samples deadline: May 15th

Results Released: June 15th

Ship 6 cans or bottles or the equivalent to:

The Lab

OK Imports, LLC

4849 N. Milwaukee Ave, Suite 303

Chicago, IL 60630 USA

P: 773-930-4080

Please note: To comply with shipping regulations and to avoid a fine, you must include ASR (Adult Signature Required) in the reference field of your airway bill and affix an ASR sticker to the outside of your package.

Rules of Entry & More

• All products must be commercially available in any country at the time of publication, liquid must be the same as that which is currently in-market.
• No results will be released or published without payment.
• Clients who submit before or on a deadline and cancel their submission within two weeks after that deadline, can opt for a full refund or a credit on their account.
• Clients who submit after a deadline and cancel their submission will only receive a credit on their account, they will not have the option for a refund. You may replace your submission with a different product at no additional cost.
• All submissions that have been reviewed by the panel will be published on tastings.com, no exceptions.
• Not recommended reviews will have a private review page on tastings.com, that is not searchable, nor found by search engines. A link will be sent to the client to see the panel's critique.
• Wine and Beer category results are released 45 days from their submission deadline.
• Spirits category results are released 60 days from their submission deadline.
• Priority results are released and published 15 days after receipt of product.
• Rush results are released and published 5 business days after receipt of product.
• Private consulting results are released to the client 30 days from receipt of product and clients are given the option to publish and license the results.
• We publish the most current review for a given Spirit, RTD, Beer, or FMB so that our audience knows the quality level of the brand currently in the market

Usage Policy

• We do not accept sponsorship or advertising from any alcoholic beverage brand.
• Participation in BevTest’s tastings and competitions is completely voluntary.
• Use of unauthorized copies or approximations of BevTest’s logos for any purpose is not allowed.
• All uses of BevTest’s name and content in press releases must be approved by BevTest prior to dissemination.
• You may submit a press release featuring our name, reviews, and awards, or any trade print ads featuring our results and logo, by sending it to us at support@bevtest.com for approval.
• It is our policy to allow licensed, approved reprints of the total results of any specific, individual tasting session for advertising purposes for a specified period of time.
• If you wish to license our category results or review content, contact us at consulting@bevtest.com No scraping or indexing allowed, violators will be punished.

• Amber Ale
• American Style Barley Wine
• American Style Brown Ale
• American Style Golden Ale
• American Style IPA
• American Style Pale Ale
• Bitter
• Black IPA
• Cream Ale
• English Style Barley Wine
• English Style Brown Ale
• English Style IPA
• English Style Pale Ale
• ESB
• Flavored IPA
• Imperial IPA
• Irish Style Ale
• Mild
• New England Style IPA
• Scottish Style Ale
• Session IPA
• Special Bitter
• Strong Ale
• White IPA
• Winter Ale

• Alt
• Belgian Style Amber Ale
• Belgian Style Blonde Ale
• Belgian Style Golden Ale
• Belgian Style IPA
• Belgian Style Pale Ale
• Belgian Style Specialty Ale
• Belgian Style Strong Ale
• Biere de Garde
• Flanders Style Brown Ale
• Flanders Style Red Ale
• Kolsch
• Lambic
• Lambic Faro
• Lambic Fruit
• Lambic Gueuze
• Saison
• Sour Ale
• Trappist or Abbey Dubbel
• Trappist or Abbey Quadrupel
• Trappist or Abbey Singel
• Trappist or Abbey Tripel

• American Style Stout
• Baltic Porter Ale
• Black & Tan Ale
• Dry Stout
• Flavored Imperial Stout
• Flavored Porter
• Flavored Stout
• Foreign/Export Stout
• Imperial Porter
• Imperial Stout
• Oatmeal Stout
• Old Ale
• Porter
• Robust Porter
• Specialty Porter
• Sweet Stout

• American Style Wheat Ale
• American Style Wheat Lager
• Berliner Weisse
• Flavored Berliner Weisse
• Flavored Wheat Beer
• Gose
• Hefeweizen
• Kristallweizen
• Weizen Bock
• Weizen Dunkel
• Wheat Ale
• Witbier

• Adjunct Lager
• Amber Lager
• American Style Lager
• Baltic Porter Lager
• Black & Tan Ale
• Black & Tan Lager
• Black Beer
• Bock
• Dark Lager
• Doppelbock
• Dortmunder
• Dry Beer
• Eisbock
• Ice Beer
• Imperial Pilsner
• Keller/Zwickl
• Maibock
• Malt Liquor
• Märzen/Octoberfest
• Munich Helles
• Pale Lager
• Pilsner
• Reduced Calorie Lager
• Strong Lager
• Vienna
• Winter Lager

• Barrel Aged Ale
• Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
• Barrel Aged Lager
• Flavored Ale
• Flavored Barrel Aged Ale
• Flavored Lager
• Fruit Beer
• Gluten Free Ale
• Gluten Free Lager
• Herb Spice Beer
• Honey Beer
• Lambic Faro
• Lambic Gueuze
• Low-Carb Beer
• Non Alcoholic Beer
• Radler/Shandy
• Rauchbier
• Smoked Beer
• Specialty Ales
• Specialty Lagers
• Specialty Single Hop Ale
• Specialty Single Yeast Ale
• Specialty Wheat Ales
• Wild Ale
• Wood Aged Ale

• Botanical Hard Soda
• Fruit-Flavored Hard Seltzer
• Fruit-Flavored Hard Soda
• Fruit-Flavored Hard Still Water
• Hard Ginger Beer
• Hard Kombucha
• Hard Lemonade
• Hard Root Beer
• Hard Tea
• Malt-Based Cocktail
• Michelada
• Other Hard Soda
• Other Malt Beverage
• Shandy
• Unflavored Hard Seltzer