Beverage Testing Institute (BevTest), creators of the World Beer Championships® (WBC)!
Secure your spot now for the 2027 WBC and join a community passionate about honoring the genuine craft of brewing.
Engage in a competitive event, where the best in over 125 beer category styles will earn the esteemed World Beer Championships medals: platinum, gold, silver, bronze. It's an opportunity to showcase your brews to our audience.
For our new clients, please register for your client portal.
If you have already registered,
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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: October 1st
Delivery of samples deadline: October 15th
Results Released: November 16th
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.
All beers must be from licensed breweries and must be commercially available somewhere in the world.
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.