The BevNET Spirits Awards are returning for 2025! As a trusted platform for recognizing excellence, the program celebrates the brands, leaders, and innovations shaping the future of spirits. Award winners gain visibility across the BevNET ecosystem and the opportunity to stand out in a rapidly growing and competitive marketplace. This year’s program will recognize products across eight categories.
Categories Open for 2025 Nominations
- Spirits Company of the Year, Large
- Spirits Company of the Year, Small
- Spirits Industry Leadership Awards: Brand, Organization, or Person
- Best New RTD Cocktails, Spirit-Based
- Best New RTD Cocktail Brands, Wine-Based
- Best New Ready-to-Serve Cocktails
- Best New NA Spirits
- Best New NA RTD Cocktails
To reflect the dynamism of the marketplace, BevNET will select multiple winners (up to five) in the Ready-to-Drink and Non-Alcoholic Spirits categories. Judging will consider product quality, brand design and messaging, audience fit, and the less tangible features that capture both imagination and taste.
The deadline to submit your nominations is Friday, November 21, 2025.
To submit nominations for non-alcohol beverages that do not fall under the categories listed above, visit the BevNET Best Of 2025 Awards page. To submit nominations for products or people within the beer, cider, hard seltzer, and alcoholic kombucha segments, visit the Brewbound 2025 Awards page.
About BevNET Live
BevNET Live is the most influential business event for beverage brands in North America. Held twice annually, the event brings together a curated community of founders, investors, retailers, and distributors for strategic programming, 1:1 meetings, product sampling, and high-visibility networking.
The L.A. 2025 edition takes place December 7–9 in Marina del Rey, CA, and will feature the 27th edition of the New Beverage Showdown, alongside expert-led panels and insights from some of the industry’s most impactful leaders.