Event
BEER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Beer&Tech Arena - Hall D3
The longest-running and most anticipated brewing competition in Italy returns to Beer&Food Attraction 2026: the 21st edition of the Beer of the Year award, a competition organized by Unionbirrai, which rewards the best craft beers and crowns the best Italian craft brewery of the year.
Expert tasters from abroad and from all over Italy will gather around the tables for blind tastings that will decide the winners of the 2026 edition of the competition among the craft beers entered in the 46 different categories. 3 beers will be the winners for each category.
The judging panel will consist of 65 judges, including 21 Italians and 44 international experts, representing a broad and diverse global landscape with professionals from Argentina, Austria, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, Spain, the United States, Switzerland and Ukraine. This global presence confirms the authority of the competition and the increasingly central role of Italian craft beer in the international scene.
Organized by: UNIONBIRRAI
15 February , 15:45 - 18:00
Language
Italian
Category
Beer
Type
Award Ceremony