THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST in this year’s Mid-Atlantic Craft Spirits Awards produced by Libation Wine, Beer and Spirits Awards! This document includes all the forms and instructions you will need to submit your entries.

Your initial registration and payment must be done online at www.MACSAwards.com. You will use this paper document to submit your entries to the competition.

If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to info@libationawards.com.

ELIGIBILITY AND CONDITIONS

1. Any commercial craft spirits produced by a professional mid-Atlantic distilled spirits producer may be entered.

2. There is no limit to the number of distilled spirits entered. However, no distilled spirits may be entered in more than one class category.

3. Distilled spirits entered in previous years’ Competitions are welcome.

4. The Competition reserves the right to photograph any entry and reproduce it in catalogs, posters, publications, or on our website, and in publicity issued by the Competition.

JUDGING CRITERIA

The 2024 Mid-Atlantic Craft Spirits Award uses a proprietary 100-point scoring system. Entries will be adjudicated across 5 categories: Color/appearance (10), Aroma/nose (20), Flavor (40), Balance (10), and Finish (20).

Medals are awarded as follows:

Gold: 90-100

Silver: 80-89

Bronze: 70-79

TASTING COMPETITION

Our quality-based scoring system allows for medals to be awarded through independent evaluation, rather than through comparison against other submissions. It is possible, and likely, that multiple gold, sliver, or bronze awards will be awarded in each category. Each entry also has 3 additional ways each submission can win in the competition. See panel below.

 AWARDS AND RESULTS

Winners will be notified by e-mail during the week following the Competition.

FOUR WAYS TO WIN

There are FOUR WAYS for distilled spirits to WIN for every submission:

Gold, Silver, & Bronze: Our panel of judges will be scoring each submission using a double blind, 100 point scale. This point-based scoring system allows for multiple Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards per category. By using this method of scoring and medaling, producers are not competing against each other, but rather being evaluated on an individual basis.

Best in Class: The top score holder in each category will be recognized as "Best in Class of 2024"

Distilled Spirits Producer of the Year: Submitting four or more items will automatically enter you into the running for Distilled Spirits Producer of the Year. An average of each entry’s overall scores will be calculated to determine the highest overall score.

Bottle Art & Label Design: You spend a lot of time designing your labels- opt to have them adjudicated so they get the credit they deserve!