2026 USA Beer Ratings

Judging – July 26, 2026 – Winners Announcement – August 12, 2026

The USA Beer Ratings looks to recognise, reward and help promote beer brands that have successfully been created to identify with and target a specific beer drinker. For any beer brand to earn its place on a retailer’s shelf or a restaurant’s beer list – and then vitally stay there – they need to be marketable and consumer driven and not just produced in the general hope it can find enough people willing to sell and buy it.

That is why the USA Beer Ratings is different. It will single out and shine the spotlight on those beer brands that consumers really want to buy and have a clear market value for trade buyers.

Q (Quality Score) + Value Score (V) + Package Score (P) = USA Beer Ratings Score
A separate weighted score will be given for each of the three parts of the judging process. The scores will be calculated to give a final score out of 100 from which individual prizes will be awarded.
1. Quality Score: will be marked out of 100
2. Value Score: will be marked out of 100
3. Package Score: will be marked out of 100