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The episode discusses a new approach to beer awards with industry leaders Justin Fox and Jayne Lewis.

"Year one for us is proof of concept." In January, we unveiled plans [https://craftypint.com/news/3975/leading-figures-in-aussie-beer-to-launch-new-awards-competition] for a new form of beer awards being conceived by industry titans Justin Fox and Jayne Lewis. Five months on and submissions are now open for The Beer Championships [https://thebeerchampionships.com/brewer-hub], so we invited them to join us on the show to find out more. We delve into the genesis for this new approach to assessing and celebrating greatness in beer, their reasons for heading down this path after years spent judging across the world, and their desire to achieve significant commercial benefits for finalists and champions. We also tease from them the Oscars-inspired name for the trophies they'll be handing out in October. It would be remiss of us to have two such respected individuals, with rare breadth of knowledge across many facets of the beer community, on the show and not ask more of them. So, in the second half of the main chat, we invite Justin and Jayne to tell us what they're seeing and hearing about the beer world's health and prospects, and to share their personal feelings on where the…

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