Awards 2025

Victoria Schubert-Rapp

Germany

Beer sommelier and head of the Karg brewery in Murnau am Staffelsee

Alexis Alexiou

Cyprus

Brewer and international beer judge

Luboš Bokštefl

Czechia (Czech Republic)

Headbrewer of Pivovar Hangar

Marcela Tizlova

Czechia (Czech Republic)

Biersommelier Doemens - Editor of Pivo Bier Ale

Mareike Hasenbeck

Germany

Journalistin, Buchautorin und Biersommelière

Martin Seidl

Austria

Martin Seidl, alias Bierobelix, is Headbrewer of Brauhaus Haselbach and judge, evaluating entries at the Austrian Beer C...

Stefan Grauvogl

Germany

Stefan Grauvogl is the head and lecturer of the Italian beer sommelier training program. Teaches brewing technology and...

Christos Alexiou

Cyprus

Headbrewer of Pivo Microbrewery and Chemistral Engineer

Norbert Schmidl

Germany

Beer sommelier since 2008 and Certified Member of the Institute of Masters of Beer since 2017, also a judge at internati...

Mario Schäfer

Germany

Managing Director and Technical Consultant for Private Brauereien Bayern

Derek Walsh

Canada

Consultant for Beer+ and author of various beer books

Harald Schieder

Germany

Food and Drink Journalist, author of ten books about beer about Bavaria and ecologically brewed beer, international judg...

Verena Ahmann

Germany

Independent beer sommelier & Certified Member of the Institute of Masters of Beer

Jan-Machiel van Bragt

Netherlands

International beer judge, trainer, and author of The Beer Icons of the Netherlands

Markus Raupach

Germany

Markus Raupach is one founder of the Deutsche BierAkademie, author of numerous specialist books, and international beer...

Tibor Kantor

Germany

Tibor Kantor is the ground hopper of beer competitions. He has been travelling all around the world to judge beers inclu...

Lisa Matzeu

Italy

DOEMENS Academy, Beersommelier Certification and UBT (Italian Union Beer Tester)

Mikel Rius

Spain

Director on Barcelona Beer Festival

Carl Kins

Belgium

Long time beer judge at all major international competitions (USA, Europe, Asia). Beer writer for over a decade for vari...

Wolfgang Stempfl

Germany

Former CEO of the Doemens institute and teacher in the education of Brewmasters. Founder, organizer of the Beer Sommelie...