World Beer Challenge
XV International Brewery Awards 2025
25.26.27.28 May | Estoril | Portugal
Article nº 1
Organizer
1.1. Gonçalo Horta Poeira e Silva (Menu Magazine), with its head office at Rua de Ambriz, nº 29-3º B 2775-032 Parede – Portugal, Legal person nª 275 992.756 and Registration in INPI – Record no. 518319 – 733004 (National Institute of Industrial Property) promotes the event entitled “World Beer Challenge – XV International Brewery Awards 2025”, open to all brands complying with the international standards.
Article nº 2
Official registration way
2.1. Participants can register through our site www.worldbeerchallenge.org.uk with the following options: online or through a paper form together with a document confirming the bank transfer.
2.2. Companies will be able to register their brands in the official site as part of the means provided for online registrations.
2.3. The organizer of the event shall not be responsible for the wrongful use by users who have virus in their computer system and diffuse it in the network.
2.4. Online records will only be officially recognized when the organization confirms the completion of the entire registration process.
2.5. Each competing beer brand must use the appropriate registration form. Photocopies of the official registration form of the Contest are allowed.
2.6. The samples submitted to the contest must be delivered by 30.03.2025.
2.7. Registrations for the Contest outside the period established have an additional fee of 25%. Additional information requests may be submitted to registration@worldbeerchallenge.org.uk | + 351211972375 | + 351912822068.
2.8. There is no limit for the number of samples submitted to the Contest.
Article nº 3
Samples
3.1. It is necessary a volume of 1.98 litres (6×33 cl) for each brand submitted to the Contest. The samples must be dispatched in the same conditions they are retailed and will not be accepted if erased or handwritten.
3.2. All costs will be the competitor’s responsibility such as transportation, customs duties and any other cost regarding the participation process.
3.3. Samples must be sent to the following address: Gonçalo Horta Poeira e Silva ( Menu Magazine ) (World Beer Challenge – XV International Brewery Awards 2025) Secretariado Internacional Rua do Ambriz, nº 29-3º B – 2775-032 Parede – Portugal.
Article nº 4
Infractions
4.1. In case of lack of correction in the labels or back labels or in the information which does not comply with the international law or the law of the country of origin.
4.2. The participant shall be excluded from the Contest and shall not have any right to the reimbursement of the amount paid upon registration.
4.3. The outside of each box must be marked with the words World Beer Challenge – XV International Brewery Awards 2025 and must be accompanied by the corresponding laboratory analysis, issued by an officially recognized laboratory in accordance with the legislation in force in the country of origin.
4.4. Beer brands submitted to the Contest must be delivered free of any charges, bank transfer, transportation or customs services costs.
All documents must be sent in water-proof envelopes.
4.5. The samples must be sent together with document confirming payment of registration by bank transfer.
Article nº 5
Members of the International Jury
5.1 .The members of the “World Beer Challenge – XV International Brewery Awards 2025” international jury are qualified experts from 29 countries, in a total of 211 members.
5.2. A qualified expert shall be designated for each participating country to act as a member of the international jury.
Article nº 6
Prizes
6.1. The winning beer brands shall receive the following awards: Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Recommended Medal. Certificates and medals
shall be sent by mail.
6.2. The “World Beer Challenge – XV International Brewery Awards 2025” holds the registered rights to the stamps of awards.
6.3. The digital image of the award received will be provided upon request, without any charge for the awarded company.
6.4. Reproductions, format or colour change, copies or any other form of wrongful use are punishable by law.
Article nº 7
Award Notification
7.1. The companies holding the prize-winning brands shall be notified by e-mail no later than 15 DAYS after the contest ends. Each prize-
winning brand will be awarded a certificate identifying the name of the beer, company and country, and medal. the contest ends. Each
prize-winning brand will be awarded a certificate identifying the name of the beer, company and country, and medal.
7.2. Unlimited Gold, Silver, Bronze (750 Euros).
7.3. Any reproduction, unauthorized copy of the original for the improper use and use of different categories of self-adhesive gold, silver or bronze medals awarded by the organization Gonçalo Horta Poeira e Silva (Menu Magazine) is strictly prohibited. They are protected by
law (TM, INPI) at the World Beer Challenge – International Brewery Awards, which is held annually in Estoril, Portugal.
Having a penalty in the amount of the payment of an irreducible fine and fixed at 50,000 €, in addition to indemnities for direct and indirect damages, as well as court costs, the Cascais Court – Portugal being selected to resolve any legal action, renouncing any other.
Article nº 8
Payments
8.1. Payment must be made through bank transfer to Gonçalo Horta Poeira e Silva (Legal Person 275 992 756 – Portugal)
8.2. All fees regarding bank transfers and other expenses shall be paid by the participant.
8.3. Where the amount paid is not according to clause 8.1, participants will be informed by e-mail for immediate adjustment, under penalty of exclusion.
8.4 The amounts corresponding to registration costs must be transferred to the following official bank of the event:
Company: Gonçalo Horta Poeira e Silva
Bank: Millennium BCP
NIB: 0033 0000 4577 0744 4660 5
IBAN: PT50 0033 0000 4577 0744 4660 5
BIC/SWIFT: BCOMPTPL
Article nº 9
Exemption from customs duties
9.1. Exemption from customs duties is foreseen within the European Union space for the following countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania and Sweden.
9.2. For Non-EU countries, in order to be exempt from custom duties, we recommend the brands use Euro.
Article nº10
Program
10.1. The testing sessions will take place on 28.29.30 and 31 May, at Estoril.
Article nº 11
11.1. To solve any disputes arising from the fulfilment of the contract, the parties agree to the jurisdiction and venue of the district court of Cascais, renouncing to any other. The losing party shall incur in all expenses related to such disputes, including the fees of the legal counsellors to whom the other party may have resorted in order to assert their rights.
Article nº 12
Categories
120.1 Adambier
120.2 Aged Beer
120.3 Altbier
120.4 Alternative Fermentables Beer
120.5 Alternative Grain Beer
120.6 Alternative Sugar Beer
120.7 Amber and Brown American Beer
120.8 Amber Bitter European Beer
120.9 Amber Malty European Lager
120.10 American Amber Ale
120.11 American Barleywine
120.12 American Brown Ale
120.13 American IPA
120.14 American Lager
120.15 American Light Lager
120.16 American Pale Ale
120.17 American Porter
120.18 American Porter and Stout
120.19 American Stout
120.20 American Strong Ale
120.21 American Wheat Beer
120.22 American Wild Ale
120.23 American-Belgo-Style Ale
120.24 American-Style Amber Lager
120.25 American-Style Amber Light Lager
120.26 American-Style Amber/Red Ale
120.27 American-Style Barley Wine Ale
120.28 American-Style Black Ale
120.29 American-Style Brown Ale
120.30 American-Style Cream Ale
120.31 American-Style Dark Lager
120.32 American-Style Extra Special Bitter
120.33 American-Style Ice Lager
120.34 American-Style Imperial Porter
120.35 American-Style Imperial Stout
120.36 American-Style India Pale Ale
120.37 American-Style Lager
120.38 American-Style Light Lager
120.39 American-Style Maerzen/Oktoberfest
120.40 American-Style Malt Liquor
120.41 American-Style Pale Ale
120.42 American-Style Pilsener
120.43 American-Style Sour Ale
120.44 American-Style Stout
120.45 American-Style Strong Pale Ale
120.46 American-Style Wheat Beer
120.47 American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast
120.48 American-Style Wheat Wine Ale
120.49 Applewine
120.50 Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager
120.51 Australian- or International-Style Pale Ale
120.52 Australian Sparkling Ale
120.53 Australian-Style Pale Ale
120.54 Autumn Seasonal Beer
120.55 Baltic Porter
120.56 Baltic-Style Porter
120.57 Bamberg-Style Bock Rauchbier
120.58 Bamberg-Style Helles Rauchbier
120.59 Bamberg-Style Maerzen Rauchbier
120.60 Bamberg-Style Weiss Rauchbier
120.61 Barley Wine-Style Ale
120.62 Belgian Ale
120.63 Belgian- and French-Style Ale
120.64 Belgian Blond Ale
120.65 Belgian Dark Strong Ale
120.66 Belgian Dubbel
120.67 Belgian Golden Strong Ale
120.68 Belgian Pale Ale
120.69 Belgian Single
120.70 Belgian Tripel
120.71 Belgian-Style Blonde Ale
120.72 Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale
120.73 Belgian-Style Dubbel
120.74 Belgian-Style Dubbel or Quadrupel
120.75 Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale
120.76 Belgian-Style Fruit Beer
120.77 Belgian-Style Fruit Lambic
120.78 Belgian-Style Gueuze Lambic
120.79 Belgian-Style Lambic
120.80 Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale
120.81 Belgian-Style Pale Ale
120.82 Belgian-Style Pale Ale or Blonde Ale
120.83 Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale
120.84 Belgian-Style Quadrupel
120.85 Belgian-Style Sour Ale
120.86 Belgian-Style Table Beer
120.87 Belgian-Style Tripel
120.88 Belgian-Style Witbier
120.89 Berliner Weisse
120.90 Berliner-Style Weisse
120.91 Berry Mead
120.92 Best Bitter
120.93 Bière de Garde
120.94 Blonde Ale
120.95 Bohemian-Style Pilsener
120.96 Braggot
120.97 Brett Beer
120.98 British Bitter
120.99 British Brown Ale
120.100 British Golden Ale
120.101 British Strong Ale
120.102 British-Style Barley Wine Ale
120.103 British-Style Imperial Stout
120.104 Brown British Beer
120.105 Brown Porter
120.106 California Common
120.107 California Common Beer
120.108 Chili Beer
120.109 Chocolate Beer
120.110 Cider with Herbs/Spices
120.111 Cider with Other Fruit
120.112 Classic English-Style Pale Ale
120.113 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
120.114 Classic Style Smoked Beer
120.115 Clone Beer
120.116 Coffee Beer
120.117 Commercial Specialty Beer
120.118 Contemporary Gose
120.119 Cream Ale
120.120 Cyser
120.121 Czech Amber Lager
120.122 Czech Dark Lager
120.123 Czech Lager
120.124 Czech Pale Lager
120.125 Czech Premium Pale Lager
120.126 Cuban Style Ale
120.127 Dark American Wheat Beer with Yeast
120.128 Dark American Wheat Beer without Yeast
120.129 Dark American-Belgo-Style Ale
120.130 Dark British Beer
120.131 Dark European Lager
120.132 Dark Mild
120.133 Doppelbock
120.134 Dortmunder/European-Style Export
120.135 Dortmunder/Export or German-Style Oktoberfest
120.136 Double IPA
120.137 Double Red Ale
120.138 Dry Mead
120.139 Dunkles Bock
120.140 Dunkles Weissbier
120.141 Dutch-Style Kuyt Beer
120.142 Eisbock
120.143 English Barleywine
120.144 English Cider
120.145 English IPA
120.146 English Porter
120.147 English-Style Brown Ale
120.148 English-Style Dark Mild Ale
120.149 English-Style Extra Special Bitter
120.150 English-Style India Pale Ale
120.151 English-Style Mild Ale
120.152 English-Style Pale Mild Ale
120.153 English-Style Summer Ale
120.154 European Sour Ale
120.155 European-Style Dark/Muenchner Dunkel
120.156 Experimental Beer
120.157 Experimental Mead
120.158 Export Stout
120.159 Extra Special Bitter
120.160 Festbier
120.161 Field Beer
120.162 Flanders Red Ale
120.163 Foreign Extra Stout
120.164 French- & Belgian-Style Saison
120.165 French Cider
120.166 French-Style Biere de Garde
120.167 Fresh or Wet Hop Ale
120.168 Fruit and Spice Beer
120.169 Fruit and Spice Mead
120.170 Fruit Beer
120.171 Fruit Lambic
120.172 Fruit Mead
120.173 Fruit Wheat Beer
120.174 Fruited American-Style Sour Ale
120.175 Fruited Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
120.176 German Helles Exportbier
120.177 German Leichtbier
120.178 German Pils
120.179 German Wheat Beer
120.180 German-Style Altbier
120.181 German-Style Bock or Maibock
120.182 German-Style Doppelbock
120.183 German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock
120.184 German-Style Eisbock
120.185 German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock
120.186 German-Style Koelsch
120.187 German-Style Leichtbier
120.188 German-Style Leichtes Weizen
120.189 German-Style Maerzen
120.190 German-Style Oktoberfest/Wiesn
120.191 German-Style Pilsener
120.192 German-Style Rye Ale
120.193 German-Style Schwarzbier
120.194 German-Style Sour Ale
120.195 German-Style Wheat Ale
120.196 Ginjo Beer or Sake-Yeast Beer
120.197 Gluten-Free Beer
120.198 Golden or Blonde Ale
120.199 Gose
120.200 Grape Ale
120.201 Grodziskie
120.202 Gueuze
120.203 Hazy IPA
120.204 Helles Bock
120.205 Herb and Spice Beer
120.206 Historical Beer
120.207 Historical Beer: Gose
120.208 Historical Beer: Kellerbier
120.209 Historical Beer: Kentucky Common
120.210 Historical Beer: Lichtenhainer
120.211 Historical Beer: London Brown Ale
120.212 Historical Beer: Piwo Grodziskie
120.213 Historical Beer: Pre-Prohibition Lager
120.214 Historical Beer: Pre-Prohibition Porter
120.215 Historical Beer: Roggenbier
120.216 Historical Beer: Sahti
120.217 Historical Mead
120.218 Honey Beer
120.219 Ice Cider
120.220 Imperial India Pale Ale
120.221 Imperial Red Ale
120.222 Imperial Stout
120.223 International Amber Lager
120.224 International Dark Lager
120.225 International Lager
120.226 International Pale Lager
120.227 International-Style Lager
120.228 International-Style Pale Ale
120.229 International-Style Pilsener
120.230 IPA
120.231 Irish Beer
120.232 Irish Extra Stout
120.233 Irish Red Ale
120.234 Irish Stout
120.235 Irish-Style Red Ale
120.236 Kellerbier
120.237 Kellerbier or Zwickelbier
120.238 Kellerbier: Amber Kellerbier
120.239 Kellerbier: Pale Kellerbier
120.240 Kölsch
120.241 Lambic
120.242 Leipzig-Style Gose
120.243 Light American Wheat Beer with Yeast
120.244 Light American Wheat Beer without Yeast
120.245 Light Lager
120.246 Märzen
120.247 Melomel
120.248 Mixed Culture Beer Beer
120.249 Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer
120.250 Mixed-Style Beer
120.251 Monastic Ale
120.252 Muenchner-Style Helles
120.253 Munich Dunkel
120.254 Munich Helles
120.255 New England Cider
120.256 New World Cider
120.257 New World Perry
120.258 Oatmeal Stout
120.259 Old Ale
120.260 Old Ale or Strong Ale
120.261 Ordinary Bitter
120.262 Ordinary or Special Bitter
120.263 Other Belgian- and French-Style Ale
120.264 Other Belgian-Style Abbey Ale
120.265 Other Belgian-Style Ale
120.266 Other Belgian-Style Sour Ale
120.267 Other Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale
120.268 Other International-Style Lager
120.269 Other Smoke Beer
120.270 Other Strong Ale or Lager
120.271 Other Strong Beer
120.272 Oud Bruin
120.273 Pale American Ale
120.274 Pale American-Belgo-Style Ale
120.275 Pale Bitter European Beer
120.276 Pale Commonwealth Beer
120.277 Pale Malty European Lager
120.278 Peated Scotch Ale
120.279 Pumpkin Beer
120.280 Pyment
120.281 Rauchbier
120.282 Robust Porter
120.283 Russian-Style Imperial Stout
120.284 Rye Beer
120.285 Saison
120.286 Schwarzbier
120.287 Scotch Ale
120.288 Scottish Ale
120.289 Scottish Export
120.290 Scottish Heavy
120.291 Scottish Light
120.292 Scottish-Style Ale
120.293 Scottish-Style Export Ale
120.294 Scottish-Style Heavy Ale
120.295 Scottish-Style Light Ale
120.296 Semi-Sweet Mead
120.297 Session Beer
120.298 Session India Pale Ale
120.299 Smoke Beer
120.300 Smoke Porter
120.301 Smoked Beer
120.302 South German-Style Bernsteinfarbenes Weizen
120.303 South German-Style Dunkel Weizen
120.304 South German-Style Hefeweizen
120.305 South German-Style Kristal Weizen
120.306 South German-Style Weizenbock
120.307 Special Bitter or Best Bitter
120.308 Specialty Beer
120.309 Specialty Cider and Perry
120.310 Specialty Cider/Perry
120.311 Specialty Fruit Beer
120.312 Specialty IPA
120.313 Specialty IPA: Belgian IPA
120.314 Specialty IPA: Black IPA
120.315 Specialty IPA: Brown IPA
120.316 Specialty IPA: Brut IPA
120.317 Specialty IPA: Red IPA
120.318 Specialty IPA: Rye IPA
120.319 Specialty IPA: White IPA
120.320 Specialty Mead
120.321 Specialty Smoked Beer
120.322 Specialty Spice Beer
120.323 Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
120.324 Spice, Herb or Vegetable Mead
120.325 Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
120.326 Spiced Beer
120.327 Spiced Mead
120.328 Standard American Beer
120.329 Standard Cider and Perry
120.330 Stone Fruit Mead
120.331 Straight Sour Beer
120.332 Strong Ale
120.333 Strong American Ale
120.334 Strong Belgian Ale
120.335 Strong Bitter
120.336 Strong British Ale
120.337 Strong European Beer
120.338 Sweet Mead
120.339 Sweet Stout
120.340 Sweet Stout or Cream Stout
120.341 Traditional German-Style Bock
120.342 Traditional Mead
120.343 Traditional Perry
120.344 Traditional Scotch Ale
120.345 Trappist Ale
120.346 Trappist Single
120.347 Tropical Stout
120.348 Unfiltered German-Style Ale
120.349 Unfiltered German-Style Lager
120.350 Vienna Lager
120.351 Vienna-Style Lager
120.352 Wee Heavy
120.353 Weissbier
120.354 Weizenbock
120.355 Wheatwine
120.356 Wild Beer
120.357 Wild Specialty Beer
120.358 Winter Seasonal Beer
120.359 Witbier
120.360 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer
120.361 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dark Beer
120.362 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Pale to Amber Beer
120.363 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
120.364 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
120.365 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout
120.366 Wood Beer
120.367 Wood-Aged Beer