Enter your Beer & Cider & Hard Seltzer to the 2024 Competition
Enter your Beer & Cider & Hard Seltzer to the MIBC today, or download the submission form.
Melbourne International Beer Competition announces 2023 Winners
Thank you to all the brands who came out to compete this year!
General Information for 2024
Updated Info Coming Soon
DEADLINES:
- Entry Deadline: July 5th 2024
- Product Delivery Deadline: July 5th 2024
- Products MUST arrive by July 5th 2024 in order to be judged.
- Please read the “Shipping Information” below carefully to ensure that your products arrive on time.
- Payment Deadline: July 19th 2024
COST (Australian Dollars):
- Early Entry (April 1st – June 22nd): AUD $100 per submission for both online entries and paper/fax/email entries
- Regular Entry (June 23rd-29th): $115 per submission for both online entries and paper/fax/email entries
- Late Entry (June 30th-July 5th): $125 per submission for both online entries and paper/fax/email entries
- Payments: Payment for online entries can be made by credit card through Stripe. Off-line entry fees can be made by credit card or by wire transfer. The banking information and associated fees for the wire transfer may be requested from us at adam@melbourneintlcomp.com.
- There is only one entry fee. We do not charge any extra fees for use of our logo and or medals for publicity purposes.
We do not charge the use of the medal on any marketing materials and POS. We do offer a medal use license on any packaging and stickers.
Eligibility & Requirements
- Each submission must include three (3) 12oz or 333ml bottles of product or two (2) 500, 700, 750ml or 1L bottles of product, or equivalent volumes. Bottles or cans must have no label as they are blind tasted by the judges. Mark each can or bottle with the category code or 4 Digit sku generated when submitting online.
- All commercially-produced beers, ciders, mead, hard seltzer and non alcohol products from anywhere in the world are eligible to enter.
- All entries must be listed on the official entry form, either online or downloaded from this web site as a paper form (see the top of this page for links to both). If downloading the paper form, please complete the entire form and sign at the bottom of the page to certify that the statements on the form are correct. Failure to complete the form properly may result in disqualification.
- All entries submitted on time will be judged. If your submission gets stuck in customs, as does occasionally happen, we are prepared to convene a smaller tasting panel for those entries. To avoid this, however, please read the “Shipping Information” below carefully to ensure that your products arrive on time.
- In addition to your entry form, please email the following information to adam@melbourneintlcomp.com:
- Link to each brand’s website
- JPG file of your brand artwork (Bottle Shot and/or Hi-Res Logo)
- Staff Relations Contact (Name, Phone, Email)
- Up to Date Brand Information (i.e. available in what markets domestically and internationally, info on the Producer, information unique to your brand)
- If submitting by paper form, please scan submission form and email it to: adam@melbourneintlcomp.com
- Please feel free to contact us directly if you have any additional questions.
Shipping Information
Please ship your beers to:
Liquor Logistics Pty Ltd.
C/O Melbourne International Beer Competition
Unit 1, 365 Plummer Street
Port Melbourne, Victoria 3207
Tel +61 386521989 / Fax +61 386521989
Email: adam@melbourneintlcomp.com
- Please register online or by email before shipping your products.
- Please feel free to contact us directly if you are a large organization shipping 20+ beers.
- All submissions must be in the warehouse by the deadline described in the “General Information” section above in order to be judged by the full panel.
- If your shipment is delayed due to customs or other unforeseen events, please contact us at adam@melbourneintlcomp.com