MONTHLY SUBMISSION Entry

Featured Submissions

The JUDGES

Chris Kiertz, FOUNDER & JUDGE

Instagram: @cocktail_chris
Favorite Drink: Boulevardier

CARLOS ANTONORSI, LEAD JUDGE

Instagram: @carlosantonorsi
Favorite Drink: Negroni

How to Submit Entries

1. Every month there is a different challenge. Eligible entries must be submitted by the last day of the month.

2. Participants submit entries by tagging submitting the form at homebarawards.com/submit.

3. Participants can submit an unlimited number of entries.

4. Participants can work for licensed entities or brands, but eligible accounts must have no affiliation with them.

5. Professional bartenders and enthusiasts are welcome to enter the monthly challenges, but all entries must be created at home.

6. Posts that are sponsored or paid for by someone else (native advertisements) are ineligible.

Reposting Guidelines

We love reposting the awesome cocktail creations this community submits to our competition and we make sure to repost every eligible submission. However, we will not repost submissions that:

• Violate our community standards.

• Display blurry or poorly lit photos.

• Disregard the monthly challenge rules.

Please note that in posts with multiple photos, we will only post one photo that best represents the cocktail unless we determine that the additional photos add significant context to the submission.

The Awards

Posts that tag #homebarawards are eligible for an award, but the award goes to the respective account, not the post. Winning any of these awards grants you one entry into the 2020 Home Bartender of the Year challenge at the end of the year. Accounts can win multiple challenges, but are only eligible for one award per month.

• Best Overall Submission - Formerly 1st Place, this submission is the ultimate winner. It’s thoughtful, creative, and over-indexes across the entire grading rubric (the other award categories below).

• Best Photo - Making the cocktail is only half the battle. Photo prep, setup and execution is time consuming and hard. This award will go to the most “gram-worthy” of all the submissions. It’s professional, unique, and instantly eye-catching.

• Best Recipe - Due to budget, ingredient accessibility and time restraints, we cannot taste all the drinks. Having tasted and created many cocktails in our lifetime, we have a general sense of what balance looks like, but it's not perfect. This is why it’s so important to include tasting notes in your submission!

• Best Concept - This is specific to each month’s theme. You embraced the challenge, did your research, and applied it to your cocktail without being tacky.

• Most Innovative - This goes to the submission that pushes the boundaries. Pizza infusions, edible cocktails, burnt toast foam  - nothing is off the table. "Innovative” does not mean “silly” or “tastes like shit”.

• Crowd Favorite - Every submission I repost has a weighted engagement score that I calculate on the back end. This takes into account impressions and how many days the post has been live. The drink with the highest engagement score wins this award.

It’s important to note that none of these exist in a vacuum. You can submit the most innovative cocktail of all time, but if it’s an unfocused photo or the recipe contains 2 oz of Rose’s Lime Juice it’s not going to win.