The Craft Beer Marketing Awards started as a nationwide competition and the very first awards program in the U.S. to focus exclusively on retail beer marketing efforts and is now a global competition. The 2024 Global Judges Panel includes over 700 beverage and beer industry professionals worldwide, making the CBMAS the largest awards program of its kind in the world. Per the press release, well-known Judges who have returned or joined include Ralph Steadman, David Carson, Tara Nurin, Zane Lamprey, Megan Stone, and Garrett Oliver, among others.
“I’ve watched the Craft Beer Marketing Awards rise so quickly to prominence and am honored to participate as a judge alongside top contributors from the beer community,” said Tara Nurin, Independent Beer/Spirits Journalist and Author, “As a female writer in the beer world, I appreciate that the CBMAS recognizes the achievements of creative and influential women.”
Founded in 2019, the CBMAS is the only global awards competition to recognize and celebrate the importance of craft beer marketing and design as a key to success in this highly competitive marketplace. With ever-increasing craft beer breweries, the need to be more creative in marketing efforts is becoming an ever-increasingly important aspect of success in the brewing industry.
This year, the CBMAs will be once again raising money for the Michael James Jackson Foundation Last year the CBMAs raised $7k to help send students to brewing school. This year, donors get their logo permanently displayed on the new CBMAS Giving Wall.
