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| The winners of the IBC 2014 are announced. -Click here- | |||
| "The International Beer Competition" is renamed to "The International Beer Cup". | |||
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■Mission |
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The mission of the IBC is to create greater consumer awareness around the world about the quality and diversity by the various beers of the world. Traditionally, most of beers in the competition have been registered by Japanese breweries. As we see expansion of Asia/Japanese craft beer market by quality and diversity, we started to open doors to beers and breweries outside Japan in recent years. In 2013, 19 international judges from 14 countries have evaluated 252 beers of eligible beer styles from 16 countries. You can find the result here. With this global competition, we creates greater consumer awareness about differences and qualities by qualified judges to panel with gold, silver, and bronze awards in 105 beer styles. In this year, the IBC 2014 will be expected more than 600 beers 25 countries and will be judged by more than 60 judges from 20 countries. The winners will be announced on Saturday, 13th of September at the Great Japan Beer Festival 2014 (GJBF2014) at Osanbashi Hall, Yokohama. (Award winners will be announced immediately after the judging) The Craft Beer Association (CBA), which was founded 1994 by Ryouji Oda, is an independent organization based in Ashiya city, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, with 20 years of experience in organizing successful beer competitions, events and seminars. The International Beer Cup (IBC), which was started in 1996 and has been held every year since, is most historical competition in the world. Great Japan Beer Festival (GJBF), which also started 1998 and has been held every year since, is biggest craft beer festival in Asia (more than 20,000 beer enthusiasts come). |
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■Details |
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| Judging | : | 10th-11th of September, 2014, at Osanbashi Hall, Yokohama |
| Award Winner announce | : | It will be announced immediately after judging on CBA Web-site. |
| http://beertaster.org/ | ||
| Award Ceremony | : | 13th of September, 2014, at Osanbashi Hall in Yokohama. |
| Brewery and Beer Eligibility | : | The Brewery must be fully licensed for the manufacture and commercial sales of beers. Breweries in planning and home brewers are not eligible to register. Beer registered in the IBC must be commercially available. |
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■Registration of beers |
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| - | Registration is available online from 1st of July 2014. | |
| To register please complete our online registration by selecting this link: | ||
| http://www.beertaster.org/maker/bc/ibc/ibc14/appli_e_ibc14.html | ||
| *Please see the "Beer Style" for registration on the guideline on following URL. | ||
| *If you can not register from online form, please see this page. | ||
| http://www.beertaster.org/beerstyle/BSGL_e1208.pdf | ||
| - | Registration site will be closed on 27th of August 2014. | |
| - | Fees | |
| The cost to participate in the competition is 17,000 JPY per one beer registration. | ||
| *Payment dead line: 27th of August 2014. | ||
| - | Number of beers per brewery: Not limited | |
| - | Number of bottles/cans per 1 beer registration for the completion: 6 bottles/cans per 1 registration. | |
| - | Judging samples must be arrived at the CBA's refrigerated warehouse in a period between 28th of August | |
| and 3rd of September except Judge's hand-carry on 9th of September. | ||
| *More information will be informed soon. | ||
| - | Transportation | |
| For transportation of registered beers, CBA offers 4 options as below. | ||
| Your options: | ||
| 1.CBA-DHL Service: | ||
| Please contact your local DHL office, and arrange transportation to the CBA's refrigerated warehouse. | ||
| Please contact your local DHL office, and arrange transportation to the CBA's refrigerated warehouse. | ||
| Transportation cost is shown bellow per 1 entry (including of all import costs/duties)(6 bottles/cans per 1 entry are required). | ||
| Payment method should be made to the CBA together with beer registration fees. | ||
| * Note: CBA-DHL service is not allowed USA and China, please choice "2. CBA-Yamato Service (from USA)" or "3. By our arrangements". | ||
| - Transportation cost is 24,000 JPY per 1 entry as Area 1 (Asia, Oceania, Canada and Mexico) | ||
| - Transportation cost is 32,000 JPY per 1 entry as Area 2 (EU Countries and India) | ||
| - Transportation cost is 45,000 JPY per 1 entry as Area 3 (Other area except above) | ||
| (More details to follow) | ||
| 2.CBA-Yamato Service (for USA only): | ||
| You need to send your beer to Yamato office in Los Angeles by yourself. | ||
| Transportation cost is shown below per 6 bottles registration which is including of all import costs/duties from Yamato office in Los Angeles to the CBA's refrigerated warehouse. | ||
| Payment method should be made to the CBA together with beer registration fees. | ||
| * Note: This cost does not include the transportation fee from your brewery to Yamato office in Los Angeles. | ||
| * Note: CBA-Yamato service is only from USA. | ||
| Transportation cost is 18,000 JPY per 1 entry(including of all import costs/duties)(6 bottles/cans per 1 entry are required). | ||
| (More details to follow) | ||
| 3.By your arrangements: | ||
| * You shall make your own transportation arrangements to CBA's refrigerated warehouse. | ||
| * You will pay the competition registration fees only to the CBA. | ||
| * You should understand you need to pay local Japan importation tax as well as transportation fees. | ||
| 4.By your hand carry: | ||
| * You will bring yourself on 9th of September if you will be judge at IBC 2014. | ||
| * Transportation Fee has been changed due to the increase of air-fare. | ||
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■Contact |
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| - | If you have any question, please contact to info@craftbeerassociation.jp . | |