BrewNZ Beer Awards 2010
For the 9th year running The Brewers Guild of New Zealand invites breweries from all over the world to enter their beers for New Zealand’s premier beer competition, the BrewNZ Beer Awards. The beers will be judged over three days by a panel of experts. The BrewNZ Beer Awards culminate in an awards evening on 26 August at the Duxton Hotel.
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Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded in each of 17 trophy classes, and those beers commercially available in New Zeland will be eligible to win a trophy. Breweries brewing beers not available in New Zealand will be eligible for the 'Champion International Brewer' trophy (see below).
Breweries wishing to enter the awards must make their entry using the online process below. Beers may be added or removed over the period of time before the dealine of 31 July. When you have completed your entry you finalise it online and make payment. Entries that are not paid by 31 July will NOT BE JUDGED. Those breweries for which payment is outstanding will receive an email reminder.
Prices:
Brewers Guild of NZ Member* price per entry
$100 (cut off 30 June)
$150 (cut off 31 July)
Non-member price per entry
$125 (cut off 30 June)
$175 (cut off 31 July)
After 8 beers are entered any subsequent entries (submitted in one go) attract a 50% discount.
*Only breweries situated in New Zealand are eligible to join the Brewers Guild.
Payment:
Payment is preferred by credit card (Visa or Mastercard) using the online entry process. Only fully paid entries will be entered for judging.
Entries are preferred in bottled form - if your product is not available in bottles, then kegs may be used but there will be an additional charge of $10 per entry to cover handling. Cask conditioned ales may be entered and will also be subject to the $10 surcharge.
A minimum of 4 litres of each beer entered is required for judging. Beers to arrive in Christchurch by 4 August 2010. Delivery Address:
BGNZ
Cranford Cool Stores
52 Birmingham Drive
Middleton, Christchurch
New Zealand
US Entries:
The New Zealand Brewers Guild is aiding US entries into our awards by offering a consolidation point for beer entries in Portland, Oregon. Breweries can send their beer to this point and it will be handled properly and then consolidated onto pallets for shipment to NZ. The charge for this will be NZ$20 (approx US$12-50) per carton of 12 x 335ml bottles and NZ$40 (US$25-00) for 12 x 610ml bottles. To take advantage of this offer the entries will need to be paid for and delivered to the address below by 25 June 2009. Payment for this option can be made as part of the online entry process.
GNZ (Brewers Guild of NZ)
C/- Double Mountain Brewery & Taproom
8 Fourth Street
Hood River, Oregon 97031
USA
Attn: Matt Swihart (ph: 541-387-0042; email: info@doublemountainbrewery.com)
BGNZ US based contact for further information or clarification is our Chief Judge: Dave Logsdon (ph: 541-490-9161; email: Dave@wyeastlab.com).
European Entries:
The New Zealand Brewers Guild is aiding European entries into our awards by offering a consolidation point for beer entries at Weyermann Specialty Maltings, Bamberg. Breweries can send their beer to this point and it will be handled properly and then consolidated onto pallets for shipment to NZ. The charge for this will be NZ$20 (approx €9.00) per carton of 12 x 330ml bottles and NZ$40 (€18.00) for 12 x 500ml bottles. To take advantage of this offer the entries will need to be paid for and delivered to the address below by 25 June 2009. Payment for this option can be made as part of the online entry process.
Weyermann Specialty Malts
Brennerstraße 17-19
Bamberg, 96052
Germany
Attn: Fran Puskorius (ph: +49 951 9322022)
New for 2009
For the first time a new trophy is available: “Champion International Brewer”. This trophy is designed exclusively to reward entrants whose beers are currently NOT commercially available in New Zealand (and who are therefore ineligible to win any of the other trophies). The trophy will be awarded to the brewery with the highest average score across its three highest scoring entries. To be eligible a brewery must have a minimum of three beers entered.
Gold medal = 3 points , Silver medal = 2 points , Bronze medal = 1 point No medal = 0 points
Class, style and subcategory is to be chosen from attached style guidelines based on those from the World Beer Cup with the addition of four NZ specific styles (classes 101 – 104). In addition, and for the first time, ciders and perries are being accepted.
Notes and style guidelines (classes 127-128) can be viewed here.
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