JUDGING CRITERIA 1. Awards will be made on a merit basis. The judges will not grant an award when, in their opinion, an entry is not worthy of an award. 2. Each entry will, within reason and at the discretion of the Director of Judging and Managing Director, be evaluated within a peer group of similar spirits. However, the Directors reserve the right to arrange categories as they see fit in light of the number of entries. ELIGIBILITY AND CONDITIONS 1. Any commercial spirits beverage may be entered. 2. There is no limit to the number of entries per producer. However, no product can be entered more than once in any given year. 3. Spirits entered in previous 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 printed by the Competition. 5. REFUNDS: The Competition will refund entry fees for products that do not arrive in our warehouse in time for competition. However, a processing fee of $50 per tasting entry and $25.00 per packaging design entry will be deducted from the refunded amount.