2025 AWARDS

Tickets Available for our 2025 Annual Awards

Big Penny Social

Thursday 27th November

6pm - 11pm

Our annual event includes a delicious dinner matched with beers, a great range of drinks provided by our sponsors, and the announcement of our Award winners, including overall Beer Writer of the Year, the new Beer of the Year award, and Brewer of the Year (sponsored by SIBA). Plus the chance to enjoy a beer or two with other Guild members and industry friends. Taking place at Big Penny Social for a third year, tickets are on sale now.

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Entering the Awards

The awards entry deadline has now passed. You can enter your work within 14 separate categories for a chance to win a prestigious award and prize money, and as a guild member entry to all of the awards is free. The winners and runners-up, alongside our ‘Brewer of the Year’ (sponsored by SIBA) and the brand-new ‘Beer of the Year’ category will be announced during our annual event, which will be held at Big Penny Social in London on Thursday 27th November.

What’s New

For 2025, we’ve updated the categories and have added a Best Beer Publisher category, to recognise the work of newspapers, magazines and websites that commission work from communicators, as well as any businesses who have created content for the specific purpose of promoting a business or product. We have also decided to take a stance on Generative AI, stressing that its use won’t be allowed as the Guild looks to champion human creativity and journalistic integrity. More information will be available on this shortly.

Please ensure you’ve read our Judging Criteria page before you enter the awards, and note that there is a new limit of one piece per category (except for the Best Beer Publisher category, where we allow up to four entries).

The 2025 Awards Categories

Best Beer Publisher (new category)
Best Commissioned Beer Writing, sponsored by Greene King
Best Short-Form Beer Writing, sponsored by Shepherd Neame
Best Technical Communication about Beer
Best Book about Beer or Pubs, sponsored by Heineken
Best Audio or Video Beer Communication, sponsored by Fuller, Smith & Turner
Best Communication about No and Low Alcohol Beer, sponsored by Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I
Best Communication about Sustainability in Beer and Pubs, sponsored by Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company
Best Communication about Beer and Travel, sponsored by VISITFLANDERS
Best Beer News & Business Communicator, sponsored by St Austell
Best Self-Published Beer Writing
Best New or Citizen Beer Communicator
The Susanna Forbes Award for Best Communication about Cider sponsored by National Association of Cider Makers
Guild Award for Best Communication About Diversity in Beer

Entries for the 2025 Guild Awards are now closed.