Judging process
Judging needs its experts!
Judging panels are the responsibility of the Technical Director. The category guidelines for the judges are based on the ABA standards. EBCU beer categories guidelines have also been taken into consideration to create our Beer Categories for this Competition Manual. To judge your samples in the right way, it is important to submit them in the proper category and fill in the details for your beer (yeast, barrel, fruits or other ingredients, bottle conditioned, haze, unfiltered, unpasteurized), please refer to the Competition Manual to be precise.
The main philosophy of the competition is to award beers for their complexity in aroma and taste. Great beers at all! Beers displaying off-flavours or other negative characteristics will lose points.
If your beer does not fit any style of our Beer Categories according to the Competition Manual, then enter it in the Specialty Lager or Ale, provide all the required details, and add a note/request for a specific new style. We consider any proposals you have. You can contact us through the chat-app on the bottom right of our website, WhatsApp or e-mail.
Every sample is evaluated by each judge, who adds notes and points for every evaluation part on the form. The feedback is sent anonymously to you, without name and points, after the Event Night. If a judge identifies a potential issue, the judge’s table can ask for a second sample from this beer.
The organization in agreement with the Technical Director reserves the right to merge, split, or add categories.
The Technical Director is responsible for the technical management of the competition, including sample classification, tasting flights and judging panels. The Technical Director does not participate in the tasting and has the obligation to remind the philosophy of the competition to the judges.
The Greek Beer Awards bring together experienced beer judges from different countries and professional backgrounds. Judges are selected by the Technical Director and invited by the organizers. To express your interest in joining the judging panel, please visit the Become a Judge page.
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Tasting Process
All beers are evaluated in the first round. Beers qualifying for medal consideration are evaluated again in a second round to determine the finalists. Judges record tasting notes in both rounds.
An additional tasting round may be held if needed to determine the Top Lager and Top Ale distinctions.
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SCORE 71-80
Score 81-90
Score 91-100
top aLE & Lager
Markus Raupach
Technical Director
Journalist and Photographer. Founder of the German Beer Academy, host Podcast BierTalk, author of over 60 Books, Beer Educator, International Beer Judge all over the World. President of the German Beer Consumers Union, President of the Bavarian Spirit Sommeliers Association, Board Member of the Franconian Breweries Association.
Member of the Greek Beer Awards judges since 2021.
Beer is always about people, passion and stories. The Greek Beer Awards bring all of these together: outstanding beers, dedicated brewers, inspiring conversations and the opportunity to discover the rich culture, hospitality and unique character of Greece.
6th August 2026
Leading the process
The Technical Director
The Technical Director is a well respected and experienced person, chosen by the organizers to fulfill the following responsibilities: