The SIBA ‘Digital Beer Awards’ have been created to showcase the best beers from independent breweries across the UK. Carefully selected beer judges will use BJCP style guides to decide upon the winners.

The judging sessions take place live via Zoom, with each judging ‘table’ captained by a trained beer sommelier. The judges shall use internationally recognised guidelines for each beer style, colour, aroma and flavour.

James Calder (SIBA Chief Executive) said “The Digital Beer Awards are a landmark competition in the UK and open to all independent breweries, many of whom have massively increased the amount of beer they put into bottle and can as a result of pubs being closed during Coronavirus lockdown. Even as pubs are set to reopen it is unclear when beer competitions and judging sessions will be able to take place, so we have worked tirelessly to deliver a modern and safe way to find the very best craft beers in the UK.”

How to enter

The Digital Beer Awards 2020 is open for entries by all independent breweries in the UK who meet SIBA’s criteria. Both SIBA members and non-members are welcome to enter (with free entry for SIBA Member breweries). The awards follow SIBA’s bottle and can competition-style categories, which can be accessed here.

Breweries can submit a maximum of 3 different beers/brands. However, the competition team reserves the right to reduce the numbers from individual breweries depending on the number of overall entries.

To enter the Digital Beer Awards awards simply complete the entry form by Friday 3rd July 2020.

Looking for a list of North East breweries? You can check out our guide (separated by region) here.

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