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The Great Craft Beer Taste Off World Tour

Who has the best Craft Beer? New Zealand holds the title. We want to take on the world and find out.

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The Great Craft Beer Taste Off World Tour

The Great Craft Beer Taste Off World Tour

The Great Craft Beer Taste Off World Tour

The Great Craft Beer Taste Off World Tour

The Great Craft Beer Taste Off World Tour

Who has the best Craft Beer? New Zealand holds the title. We want to take on the world and find out.

Who has the best Craft Beer? New Zealand holds the title. We want to take on the world and find out.

Who has the best Craft Beer? New Zealand holds the title. We want to take on the world and find out.

Who has the best Craft Beer? New Zealand holds the title. We want to take on the world and find out.

Icy Wingz
Icy Wingz
Icy Wingz
Icy Wingz
1 Campaign |
Nelson, New Zealand
$30 USD 2 backers
0% of $50,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Sponsor A Keg

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Craft Brewed Thanks

$15 USD
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Entry To Any 2 Of Our Events

$50 USD
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Go Team USA! (T-Shirt)

$75 USD
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Go Team New Zealand! (T-Shirt)

$75 USD
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Go Team Australia (T-Shirt)

$75 USD
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VIP Entry - Meet The Brewers

$200 USD
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Overview
THE GREAT CRAFT BEER TASTE OFF WORLD TOUR Craft Brewers from US/New Zealand/Australia/Europe enter their beers and the public is invited to rate them. To keep it simple, beers are given a score of 1 – 5 on just taste. No labels – a blind tasting - no bias – beers that score highest, win. After the tasting everyone can hangout, relax and enjoy great craft beers on offer at Happy Hour prices. The Top 10 beers are revealed during a presentation starting about an hour before event closes.

THE GREAT CRAFT BEER TASTE OFF WORLD TOUR

Like you, we love Craft Beer!  And, if you're anything like us, you enjoy tasting craft beers from around the world, not just the usual, local brews.

We, Icy Wingz Events, specialize in hosting Craft Beer Taste Offs. Please refer to our website for information on our previous events – www.icywingz.com

Our Goal

We want to bring our event concept to the world... similar to the Grand Prix auto race, but with Craft Beer!

Why we need your help

Due to the costs of freight (chilled) and duty and excise taxes, plus getting these awesome brews to different countries and venues to hold the events, we just need some initial funding to get the ball rolling.

Our concept has proven very popular with craft breweries and the venues we've partnered with to date.

You might be thinking, “why should I invest in this if the event isn’t taking place here?”

With your support, we’ll be able to bring this event to you!

What we do...

Our first Taste Offs were held in New Zealand. We then took the concept to Melbourne/Australia where we ran the Australia vs New Zealand Craft Beer Taste Off. The Top 5 beers from 34 entries determined the individual winner and the winning nation. New Zealand won the inaugural international competition by a whisker. We since hosted the return match in Wellington, New Zealand in March this year, which was also won by New Zealand.


To keep it simple, beers are given a score of 1 – 5 on just taste. No labels – a blind tasting - no bias – the beers that score highest, win.


The Top 10 beers are revealed during a presentation starting about an hour before event closes. It would be counter-productive, potentially damaging to brewers announcing lower placings. As far as everyone is concerned any brewer not placed in the top 10 might have just missed out.

The event's concept has proven to be very popular.  It gives value for money to our tasters, a lot of fun, and puts the public, rather than professional judges, in charge of deciding which beers come out on top. The ticket price always includes the tasting and Happy Hour-priced beers after the tasting.

Our events celebrate the success of craft brewers and their creations. They give our tasters the opportunity to meet and talk with many innovators of the craft beer world.

We believe the time is right to take this event to the rest of the world – inviting craft brewers and tasters worldwide to join in.

We’ll begin our world tour in Vancouver, Washington, US (across the bridge from Portland – the craft beer capital of the world), where 10 Brewers each from the US, New Zealand and Australia go head to head in a Tri-Nation blind Taste Off. The Brewers for this event are confirmed and committed.

Please see below our planned tour venues after that event.

Putting on these events is expensive, and would be impossible without the generous support of our sponsors. Taking this event worldwide not only adds another dimension to the excitement it creates, but it also adds to the costs for making this possible. This is why we ask you to support us with contributions to turn the dream into reality.


We estimate we require about US$50,000 to cover costs such as:

Beer Purchase

Freight (most likely by air)

Excise taxes

Import Duties

Airfares (for two event organizers)

Marketing & Publicity

Accommodation for two event organizers

Equipment & Hire Charges (e.g. disposable kegs, jockey boxes, etc.)

Printing & Stationery


If you can’t help with money, you can still help in other ways – like by making plenty of noise about our campaign and by using the Indiegogo share tools.

Our Goal

We want to bring our event concept to the world... similar to the Grand Prix auto race, but with Craft Beer!

Why we need your help

Due to the costs of freight (chilled) and duty and excise taxes, plus getting these awesome brews to different countries and venues to hold the events, we just need some initial funding to get the ball rolling.

Our concept has proven very popular with craft breweries and the venues we've partnered with to date.

You might be thinking, “why should I invest in this if the event isn’t taking place here?”

With your support, we’ll be able to bring this event to you!

Please help us put ‘The Great Craft Beer Taste Off World Tour’ on the map!


VENUES IN:

US – UK – GERMANY –NEW ZEALAND – AUSTRALIA - CHINA ... YOUR CITY!

EVENT DATES:

2016:

USA – Vancouver/Washington, October

AUSTRALIA – Melbourne, November

2017:

UK – London, February

GERMANY - Berlin, February

NEW ZEALAND – Wellington, March

CHINA – Beijing, June

AUSTRALIA – Melbourne, August

USA – Vancouver/Washington, October


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